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This Week's Op Eds Original essays for the History News Network.  by Victoria Woeste Trump's comments praising Henry Ford's "bloodline" are no coincidence. Both men used the American cult of the businessman to amass power and wealth while championing the idea of racial hierarchy. |
 by Gail Radford Treasury Secretary William McAdoo was a presidential son-in-law whose knowledge, experience, and belief in the role of government made him an effective public servant. |
 by Garrett Peck The history of the 2000s is a story of human resilience in the face of crisis. We must find ways to respond to disruption with mutual care and creativity. |
 by Peter N. Stearns One of the few bright features of the past two months has been the extent to which the pandemic crisis has clarified the real public need for historical perspectives. |
 by Annabel Abbs A historical novel exposes the complex relationship between historians and sources: "Because Lucia's own voice had been effectively smothered, most 'facts' came from those later responsible for incarcerating her.... Few sources are genuinely independent, memory is notoriously fickle, and all facts are open to interpretation." |
 by Jeff Kolnick The economic logic of efficiency is responsible for the severity and deadliness of the Coronavirus outbreak in both meatpacking plants and nursing homes. |
 by Martyn Whittock No one would ever call Donald Trump a Puritan. But the 17th century religious movement is a foundation of Trump's America. |
 by Pete Sigal, Robbie Ethridge, and Nancy Shoemaker Centuries of unequal access to resources and decision-making served to weaken indigenous health across the Americas and beyond. |
 by Steve Hochstadt The broad anti-left political campaigns associated with Joseph McCarthy should remind us that pursuing justice requires courage. |
 by Jonathan Rose A history professor argues that, even given the risks of COVID, the intellectual and social missions of higher education will be crippled if in-person education isn't resumed soon. |
 by Elwood Watson Little Richard left a lasting musical and cultural legacy because of his talent and his willingness to be more boldly black and sexual than other artists dared. |
 by Ron Steinman Will people struggling to get through a normal day be inspired by a renewed space program? Will either the government or the media commit for the long haul? At least I knew there was a time when we all had it in us. For the future, only time will tell. |
 by Ronald L. Feinman Part 2 of a series on the rivalries, grudges, and feuds among American presidents. |
 by Joseph A. Esposito John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917. Although much of the Camelot ideal was mythical, Kennedy's optimism and purposefulness are nevertheless missed today. |
 by Ralph Seliger A new book examines the diminished influence of left and labor parties in Israeli politics. |
Don't Miss!  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. |
 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. |
 by Robin Lindley "Fifty years is too long for these crimes to continue to happen, and to go unpunished by our justice system." |
 by Isser Woloch After the military defeat of Nazism, the governments of Britain, France and the United States made uneven and incomplete progress to remake their societies along more egalitarian lines, but their efforts should be seen as part of an international trend. |
 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. | Roundup Top 10
 This week's broad sampling of opinion pieces found on the Internet, as selected by the editors of HNN. | |
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