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Historians Watch "Grant"

The History Channel's miniseries "Grant" invited discussion of the misremembered career and legacy of Ulysses S. Grant. 


Historians on the Killing of George Floyd and Unrest in Minneapolis

Historians discuss police racism, protests and response, and the consequences of the week's events.


Historians Discuss the Legacy of Larry Kramer

The author and activist embraced confrontational tactics to push medical and political authorities to respond to the AIDS crisis.


Historians Share Cute Animal Pictures for Trying Times

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- Administration Initially Dispensed Scarce COVID-19 Drug to some Hospitals that Didn't Need It

- The World Is Still Far From Herd Immunity for Coronavirus

- Antibody Tests and Accuracy Issues Leave Some Americans With More Questions Than Answers

 

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Why Does the Minneapolis Police Department Look Like a Military Unit?

by Philip V. McHarris

The violent response to protests by the Minneapolis Police Department show how police departments that have been granted subsidized access to military equipment have adopted a posture of battle against civilians. 


Immigrant Workers Have Borne the Brunt of COVID-19 Outbreaks at Meatpacking Plants

by Anya Jabour

The COVID-19 epidemic should remind us of the hazards faced by immigrant meatpacking workers a century ago, and the labor and industry reforms needed to secure their safety.


How the Disappearance of Etan Patz Changed the Face of New York City Forever

by Paul Renfro

Concerns about the "safety" and "security" of specific children—particularly those who resemble Etan Patz—played a considerable role in New York's extraordinary late twentieth-century transformation.


COVID-19 Didn't Break the Food System. Hunger Was Already Here.

by Carla Cevasco

The COVID-19 pandemic is revealing the hunger underneath the rhetoric of American plenty.


Understanding the Origins of American Gun Culture Can Help Reframe Today's Gun Debate

by Jim Rasenberger

The past is a morally untidy place. As a result, it is also a place, perhaps the last one left, where we can meet and lower our weapons for a while. 


There's No Historical Justification for One of the Most Dangerous Ideas in American Law

by Julian Davis Mortenson and Nicholas Bagley

The delegation of regulatory power to federal agencies is the indispensable foundation of modern American governance. And it is under siege.


'A Black Man in a White Space': America has a Long and Troubled History of Segregated Public Parks

by Victoria W. Wolcott

Public spaces are infused with the power of history: the legacy of segregation, police brutality, and white supremacy. If there was ever a time that called for compassion in our shared spaces, it is now.


From Associate to Full Professor

by Keisha N. Blain

Although securing tenure and tenure-track jobs has received great attention lately, it is important that historians from underrepresented groups successfully pursue promotion to full professorship in their institutions to diversify leadership in the profession. 


The Link Between the Video of Ahmaud Arbery's Death and Lynching Photos

by Grace Elizabeth Hale

Lynching images can only be created in a context where both killing and observing are allowed by law and society.


The Great Depression, Coronavirus Style: Crashes, Then and Now

by Nomi Prins

Monetary policy responses to the current crisis can't fix either the structural problems that make the economy vulnerable to severe disruption or the virus and public health crisis that underlie that disruption. Governments must choose to take coordinated action on multiple fronts. 

 

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Larry Kramer, Author and Outspoken AIDS Activist, Dies at 84

Even some of the officials Mr. Kramer accused of "murder" and "genocide" recognized that his outbursts were part of a strategy to shock the country into dealing with AIDS as a public-health emergency.


'This Invokes a History of Terror': Central Park Incident Between White Woman and Black Man is Part of a Fraught Legacy

Scholars including Ibram X. Kendi, Robin DiAngelo, and Stephanie Jones-Rogers describe the historical phenomenon that real or imagined threats to white women's safety has justified repression against black men. 


America's Response to Coronavirus Pandemic is 'Incomprehensibly Incoherent,' Says Historian Who Studied the 1918 Flu

According to historian John M. Barry, Americans have not learned their lesson since 1918.


Future Historians Will Rely on Wikipedia's COVID-19 Coverage

Because Wikipedia archives each version of articles as they are edited, it offers a rich resource for tracking how knowledge of a subject changes. 


William Small, Who Made CBS Washington Bureau a TV News Powerhouse, Dies at 93

William Small built CBS News into a top journalistic organization that covered the biggest stories of the 1960s and 1970s. 


What We Learn From FDR's New Deal

"A president alone can't do everything," says historian Lizabeth Cohen, "that president needs a supportive Congress."


Continuing to Reshape Women's History: The Ongoing Story of Nontraditional Women Historians

The editors of a collection of essays by non-traditional women historians celebrate the impact of the Catherine Prelinger Award (of the Coordinating Council for Women in History), which aided the scholarship published in their book and is supporting a new generation of women historians expanding the scope of the field to address race, disability, indigeneity, and mass incarceration (among other issues).


Everybody Hates the SBA

How did one of the most addled government agencies end up as our last line of pandemic defense? The answer lies in the agency's history of capture by large business interests.


Lessons From Operation 'Denver,' the KGB's Massive AIDS Disinformation Campaign

Historian Douglas Selvage sheds light on a conspiracy theory that reverberates to this day.


Demanding End to 'Failed Billionaire-Backed' Policies, 200+ Teachers and Activists Urge Biden to Go Bold on Public Education

Activists including education historian Diane Ravitch hope to push Biden toward a progressive education platform and break from the status quo in Washington.


The Unluckiest Generation In U.S. History

Economic data suggest that Millennials aren't just complaining. Their early years on the job market have been affected by the Great Recession and COVID and seen less growth than any other generation.


Abraham Lincoln and the Shavuot Controversy of 1865

The conflict between a national day of mourning declared for Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and the Jewish holiday commemorating God's revelation of the law to Moses (during which mourning is forbidden) reflects conflicting ideas of how Jews should balance observance and participation in civic life.


Old Saybrook Historical Society Wins Prestigious History Award, Publishes New Book

The winner of a 2020 Award of Excellence from the American Association for State and Local History's new book focuses on the Battles of Saybrook Fort during the Pequot War.


Reopening too Soon: Lessons from the Deadly Second Wave of the 1918 Flu Pandemic

J. Alexander Navarro of the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine has compiled archival records of the 1918 Influenza pandemic in 43 U.S. cities. The findings suggest staying closed helps prevent a deadly second wave of infections.


 
 







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