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Earth Day 1970 Was More than a Protest. It Built a Movement.

by Adam Rome

How can environmentalists create space for people on the sidelines to ask what a changing climate means for their hopes and dreams? And how can they encourage everyone on the field to do more?


The Black Plague

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

Public officials lament the way that the coronavirus is engulfing black communities. The question is, what are they prepared to do about it?


Miracle 'Coronavirus Cures' Haven't Changed in 700 Years

by Jennifer Wright

The many bizarre "cures" for the coronavirus circulating online are nothing new. Rather, they have a lineage that stretches back to the bubonic plague.


The Far Right Hates Liberals, Government and the Media — And Now, Quarantines

by Timothy J. Lombardo

Protests against social distancing measures are rooted in decades-old anger and mistrust.


Why Did Women Vote For Hitler? Long-Forgotten Essays Hold Some Answers

by Sarah R. Warren, Daniel Maier-Katkin, Nathan Stoltzfus

More than 30 essays on the subject "Why I became a Nazi" written by German women in 1934 have been lying fallow in the archives of the Hoover Institution in Palo Alto for decades.


Today's Biggest Act of Patriotic Love

by David M. Perry

Under quarantine, a majority of Americans are more united than ever, argues historian David M. Perry.


Christian Groups That Resist Public-Health Guidelines Are Forgetting a Key Part of the Religion's History

by Matthew Gabriele

Scholars have shown that a large part of Christianity's attraction in the Roman world was that it cared for the welfare of the people who were suffering.


Justice In Movement

by Genevieve Carpio

History should challenge us to think about transportation not only in terms of moving people, but of distributing the costs and benefits of mobility equitably.


Inequality and the Coronavirus

by Liz Theoharis

Here's the simple truth of twenty-first-century America: all of us live in a time and in an economic system that values our lives relative to our ability to produce profits for the rich or in the context of the wealth we possess.


A Brief Criminal History of the Mask

by Melissa Gira Grant

The New York  City mask order, particularly without any subsequent plan to make masks accessible to the public, hands police another tool to regulate public space—and that is not the same thing as ensuring public safety.


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An Earth Day Reminder of How the Republicans Have Forsaken the Environment

Professors James Morton Turner and Andrew Isenberg's recent book identifies the Reagan Revolution as the moment the Republican Party rejected environmental regulation and made further protective legislation politically unthinkable for a generation.


He Risked His Life Photographing the 1961 Freedom Riders. Theodore Gaffney Just Died from the Coronavirus at 92.

Theodore Gaffney eagerly signed up for an assignment where he found himself risking his life and documenting one of the most tumultuous 48 hours in civil rights history.


Republican-Led Senate Panel Confirms That Russia Backed Trump in 2016

The intelligence committee refutes the president's unfounded claims by giving an Obama-era report its seal of approval.


"A Prize Contest: Applying History to Clarify the COVID-19 Challenge"

The Stanton Foundation sponsors a weekly award for published essays that "illuminate current challenges and policy choices by analyzing the historical record, especially precedents and analogues."


Coronavirus Lockdown Deepens Holocaust Survivors' Loneliness

How one Holocaust survivor is honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day under quarantine.


Here are the Innovations We Need to Reopen the Economy

Before the United States and other countries can return to business and life as usual, we will need some innovative new tools that help us detect, treat and prevent covid-19.


A Museum Devoted to Survivors Now Faces its Own Fight to Live

Like other small, endangered arts organizations, the Tenement Museum in Manhattan has drastically cut its budget as it tries to weather the pandemic.


An Oral History of the Pandemic Warnings Trump Ignored

The president says "nobody ever expected a thing like this," but dire predictions have been heaped on leaders for decades.


The Holocaust Was an Attempt to Erase Millions of People. Today, the World Must Honor the Evidence That They Existed

"Naming the great European void, recognizing its existence by remembering, is thus not only a moral duty but also the only way for us, as survivors, to maintain our own humanity," writes author Elisabeth Åsbrink.


The Quiet Hand of Conservative Groups in the Anti-Lockdown Protests

Groups in a loose coalition have tapped their networks to drive up turnout at recent rallies in state capitals and financed lawsuits, polling and research to combat the stay-at-home orders.


Israeli Historian Donates $1 Million to WHO After US Cuts Funding

Yuval Noah Harari and husband Itzik Yahav say that while Trump has cut aid, 'luckily, there are more than 7 billion other humans on this earth, and we can do better'.


A Historic Life

Friends and colleagues of Alabama historian Sarah Wiggins echoed certain refrains time and again, among them: "She did not suffer fools gladly."


What the Coronavirus Means for Europe's Future

On March 13th the World Health Organization declared Europe to be "the epicenter of the pandemic," and the shortfalls of isolated action became clear.


Former Stanford President Donald Kennedy Dies of COVID-19

The neurobiologist was appointed in 1980, served 12 years at helm, and was credited as a key figure in Stanford's rise to prominence as a research university.



 
 







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