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Tolerance and Violence: The Fate of Religious Minorities During The Plague

by Selina O'Grady

A historian of monotheistic religion argues that the Islamic world showed greater tolerance of religious minorities during medieval plagues than did Christendom. Yet tolerance is a poor model for intercultural cooperation in our current crisis.


Honor the Work of Brazil's Villas-Bôas Brothers by Protecting the Amazon's Indigenous

by John Hemming

The Villas-Bôas brothers worked with Brazil's indigenous people to balance the preservation of their Amazonian lands with inclusion in modernizing society. The policies of Jair Bolsonaro are a dire threat to their work, the survival of indigenous peoples, and the planet.


"The News Will Get Out Soon Enough": Homefront Jim Crow and the Integration of the U.S. Navy

by Dan C. Goldberg

Politico reporter Dan Goldberg's new book details how thirteen black men overcame prejudice and indifference to integrate the Navy's officer corps in 1944. 


Will History Judge Trump? Only if We Preserve Our Capacity for Judgment

by Christine Adams and Nina Kushner

The idea of truth reached by reason and evidence is under grave threat. Historians must find ways to publicly defend their methods for the good of history and society.


The Social Psychology of Popular Right-Wing Conservatism

by Daniel Burnstein

Right-wing conservative movements are driven by a psychological complex of threat and hostility to heterodox opinion that makes them difficult to stop once they've developed.


No More Business as Usual! It's Time for Joe Biden to Defend our Democracy

by Claudia Koonz

A historian of European dictatorship argues that Joe Biden must recognize that not just the election but the health of democracy is at stake and challenge the administration's efforts to operate above the law.


The Pandemic Exposed a Major Flaw in America's Health Care System

by Robert Brent Toplin

The crisis may create an opportunity to do what once seemed impossible: deliver universal healthcare and end the employer-based insurance system.


Pandemic, Pandering and Prejudice: Trump's Effort to Weaponize Xenophobia

by James D. Zirin

Blaming China and threatening reprisals is not going to save any lives. It won't open up the country any sooner. It won't create a single job. But it might just get Trump re-elected--at least he thinks so.


Citizen's Arrest: Racist at its Roots

by Alan J. Singer

Georgia's Citizens's Arrest law has always been used to enable and support white supremacy since its enactment during the Civil War.


A Memorial Day Lament for Capt. Wilfred Owen, Sgt. Joyce Kilmer, and the Needless Dead of Foolish Wars

by Walter G. Moss

The horrific scale of slaughter in the first World War can be understood, ironically, through the tragedy of a single lost life. Walter Moss considers the deaths of two poets in France.


The Post Office is Mentioned, but Not Protected, by the Constitution

by David Head

If the day comes when the USPS, like privateering, has outlived its usefulness, the Constitution will prove no obstacle. The only question that matters is the practical one: does the postal service accomplish its mission better than the alternatives?


Life during Wartime 508

by Joshua Brown

 


Shining Stars and Rogues: Presidential Offspring in American History (Part 2)

by Ronald L. Feinman

Part 2 of a survey of the good, the bad, and the crooked among presidential offspring.


The Lynching of David Wyatt

by Greg Bailey

Lynching and mob terrorism against African Americans have never been a strictly southern phenomenon as a bloody incident from southern Illinois's histrory reveals. 


 

 

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Spiritualism and Suspension Bridges: John Roebling and a Biographer's Sympathy for the Weird 19th Century

by Richard Haw

A biographer of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling expected to write about a genius. He also ended up writing about a complete weirdo, and how one man could be both.


The Heroism of an Ordinary American Woman on the World War II Homefront

by Jim DeFelice

We should definitely celebrate people like Henry Langrehr, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, and the other troops who fought with them. But we should also spend a moment thanking people like his wife, who made their triumph possible.


COVID-19 and the White Horse Prophecy: The Theology of Ammon Bundy

by Betsy Gaines Quammen

In a country with segments of people who deny science, act on revelation, see regular events as either conspiratorial or supernatural, COVID-19 offers a platform for misinformation and agitation.

 

"The Last Dance" is the 'Presidential Historian' of Documentaries

by Jason Steinhauer

Viewers have embraced the ESPN Documentary "The Last Dance" as an escape and the best sports "fix" around. But its framing of leadership reflects a serious issue: the limits of how American media presents history.


What to do about COVID? Start by Listening to People

by Rachel F. Seidman

An oral historian of medical care in the South observes that the current crisis shows weaknesses in the fabric of society that would have long been obvious to policymakers if they were more inclined to listen to ordinary people. 

 

 

Roundup Top 10

Roundup Top Ten for May 22, 2020

This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN.

 
 






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