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HNN Sponsor     Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN! Morning or Mourning in America? Political Advertising and the Politics of Emotion by Wendy Melillo The Lincoln Project's recent "Mourning in America" ad seeks to connect Donald Trump to deep misery in America. The history of political advertising suggests it's likely to work. 100 Years of Political Spectacle: Women, Political Protest, and the White House by Bernadette Crehan and Susan Liebell Like suffrage protesters a century ago, nurses demonstrating at the White House to demand adequate protection for frontline medical workers can win by taking on the President on the grounds of spectacle and social media to shape public opinion.  Hong Kong Apocalypses: Teaching the Recent Past and the Speculative Future by James Carter The chaos of Hong Kong's recent protests and the Coronavirus unsettled a historian's sense of the boundary between past and present. Perhaps we understand either only through the mirror of the other.  Graduate Students: NOT THE WORST by Michelle Nickerson A history professor celebrates her graduate students' idiosyncrasies and their outstanding work under duress as redemption for a calamitous semester. What the New Evidence on Pope Pius XII and the Holocaust Means by Rafael Medoff In the end, whatever their respective reasons, the Pope and the president both opted to look away from the greatest humanitarian crisis of our time.   Today's COVID Headlines - Where Chronic Health Conditions and Coronavirus Could Collide - Fever Checks and Quarantine Dorms: The Fall College Experience? - Federal Judge Rules Texans Afraid Of Catching Covid-19 Can Vote By Mail Breaking News Stay Up to Date!  You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple:  Go Here!  What follows is a streamlined list of stories.  To see the full list:  Go Here! Al Mohler, Southern Baptist Leader, Says He Was 'Stupid' To Defend Slavery In December 2018, Albert Mohler, longtime president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, released a report detailing and denouncing the school's legacy of supporting slavery and segregation. However, evidence suggests both the denomination's and Mohler's personal reckoning have been incomplete. The Tumultuous History of the U.S. Postal Service—and its Constant Fight for Survival The agency has shape-shifted to overcome crises for more than two and a half centuries—and emerged as the nation's most trusted institution. Richard Gilder's American Legacy Howard Husock argues that the late Richard Gilder's work with the Central Park Conservancy showed the benefits of using private philanthropy to preserve public parks instead of government programs, and praises Gilder's support for the study of American history.  Faculty Cuts Begin, With Warnings of More to Come Faculty grow wary of cuts to instructional staff as universities respond to fiscal crisis. "Rumors of War" Arrives in the South Kehinde Wiley's new sculpture serves as a rejoinder to the statues of Confederate leaders along Richmond's Monument Avenue.  Why Are There Almost No Memorials to the Flu of 1918? Historians have accounted for how the influenza pandemic unfolded across the US and the world, but have been less successful accounting for why the disease seems to have been forgotten. The Pandemic Has Led to an Outbreak of Terrible Historical Analogies The pandemic has given Americans lots to think about, not the least of which are the awful historical analogies and references used to make its worst actors seem valorous. Here are some of the most egregious examples, why they're absurd, and why they should be taken seriously. Up From The Streets, a Vibrant Documentary on the History of New Orleans Music, Is Essential Viewing Because of its profound, often tangled and diverse roots, there have been plenty of quality documentaries on the music of New Orleans. This is arguably the best.  66 years after Brown v. Board, Schools Across the South are Still Separate and Unequal The SPLC contends that school funding programs, including vouchers and charter schools, help to preserve and extend racial segregation in the South.   Tributes As World War Two Code Breaker Ann Mitchell Dies Aged 97 One of the last of the famed Bletchley Girls, who worked to break the German Enigma codes, has died.  Jane Roe's Deathbed Confession: Anti-Abortion Conversion 'All an Act' Paid for by the Christian Right A new documentary includes Norma McCorvey's revelation that anti-abortion organizations paid her to pose insincerely as a born-again pro-life crusader in the 1990s.     History and Historians in the News Stay Up to Date!  You can now receive a daily digest of news headlines posted on HNN by email. It's simple:  Go Here!  What follows is a streamlined list of stories.  To see the full list:  Go Here! Baseball History and Rural America The study of how baseball evolved, historain David Vaught writes, remains a test of how history is written--from concern with origin moments or attention to ongoing processes of change and development. 'Matewan Massacre' A Century Ago Embodied Miners' Struggles Historian Lou Martin, a board member of the West Virginia Mine Wars Museum, recounts the oppressive atmosphere in mining towns that led to a violently repressed unionization drive. Did The South Win The Civil War? In this podcast, Historian Heather Cox Richardson discusses her new book "How The South Won The Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, And The Continuing Fight For The Soul Of America." Historians Brighten Shelter-in-Place with Vintage Photos Pinned to Telephone Poles OpenSFHistory is utilizing their collection of photographs to connect San Franciscans with their community during quarantine. Pandemic Past, Pandemic Present with Medical Historian Mark Honigsbaum In this Zoom webinar, Honigsbaum discusses the influenza pandemics of the last century and their connections to COVID-19. An Eyewitness to Studs To mark what would have been the 108th birthday of Studs Terkel, Peter T. Alter, Chicago History Museum chief historian and director of the Studs Terkel Center for Oral History, reflects on the memorable moments he shared with Studs at the Museum and Studs's enduring cultural influence.  Lessons for a Depression: A Conversation with Historian Eric Rauchway Historian Eric Rauchway compares the Great Depression and our current pandemic-induced economic decline, Franklin Roosevelt's democratic principles, and the role of a competent government in preventing authoritarianism.  The Mrs. Files The honorific "Mrs." has a complex history reflecting changing social values and gender roles. From Black Death to Fatal Flu, Past Pandemics Show Why People on the Margins Suffer Most Evidence from bioanthropology and history suggests that late medieval plagues (and other pandemics) are not levelling forces; they often reinforce the divisions in society. A New Biography of Odetta Reveals a Difficult Life Well Sung Ian Zack's biography of the singer Odetta reveals a great deal about the limits racism and sexism imposed on her career and the limited terms on which she was accepted by white audiences. Pandemic Narratives and the Historian A group of historians including Alison Bashford, Simuka Chigudu, Deborah Coen, Richard Keller, Julie Livingston, Nayan Shah and Paul Weindling discuss the helpful and harmful ways historians have examined the COVID-19 crisis.    Browsing: News from Around the Internet  Historians are Graduating It hasn't been the semester anyone expected, but undergrad and graduate students are finishing their degrees and defending their theses. We join professors and advisors and committee chairs in congratulating all those graduating in history! Updated: Will Campuses Reopen in 2020? Should They? Some universities are declaring virtual instruction for Fall 2020; others are suggesting they'll test, trace, and quarantine the sick. Historians discuss the options. Right-Wing Protests Intensify over COVID Closures Historians consider how far shows of hostility against state governments and the media are likely to go.

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