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HNN Sponsor     Don't Miss Original Stories from HNN! Liberal Reform Threatens to Expand the Police Power--Just as it did in the Past by Max Felker-Kantor The history of liberal law-and-order reveals that procedural reforms implemented on top of a structure of policing that has been empowered to protect property and control "disorder" are not only doomed to fail but will produce the conditions for more protest and resistance.  Big Alex McKenzie and the Last Great Fraud of the Gilded Age by Paul Starobin Alexander McKenzie's plot to corner Alaska's gold proved to be the last great swindle of the original gilded age, as this seamy chapter in our national life gave way to what become known as the Progressive Era. The Slow Path to Police Reform in Northern Ireland by Donald M. Beaudette and Laura Weinstein It took deep reforms and patience to build trust in policing across the sectarian divide of Northern Ireland after the Good Friday Accords. Does that process have lessons for the United States?  In the "Bramble" of Central Park, a Showdown Over Nature and Race by Douglas C. Sackman The viral video of the confrontation between birder Christian Cooper and dog walker Amy Cooper in Central park illuminates how nature and race have been constructed in America, giving privileged access to some while turning others into eternal trespassers.  Newest Born of Nations: European Nationalism and the Confederacy by Ann Tucker White southerners looked to contemporary European nationalist movements to conceive of the South as a potential nation, distinct from the North and separate from the United States, and to justify secession and the creation of the Confederacy.   Today's News Headlines - Biden Says Trump 'Surrendered' to Coronavirus in Blistering Speech - Brushing Aside Opponents, Beijing Imposes Security Law on Hong Kong - As Shaken Cities and States Pull Back from Reopening, Fauci Sounds Alarm on Surging Virus 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! Mississippi Governor Signs Law Removing Confederate Design From State Flag "People who wanted to keep the flag couldn't ignore what it meant anymore," says Democratic state Rep. Robert Johnson, the minority leader in the Mississippi House. Trump Doubles Down on 'Heritage' Defense of Confederate Statues In response, the President said, "We have a heritage, we have a history and we should learn from the history, and if you don't understand your history, you will go back to it again. You will go right back to it. You have to learn. Think of it, you take away that whole era and you're going to go back to it sometime." The FBI Has a History of Targeting Black Activists. That's Still True Today The FBI has long disrupted and discredited civil rights leaders. It should put its authorities to better use by holding officers accountable. Why Thomas Jefferson's Anti-Slavery Passage Was Removed from the Declaration of Independence To call slavery a "cruel war against human nature itself" may have accurately reflected the values of many of the founders, but it also underscored the paradox between what they said and what they did. Disputed African Artifacts Sell at Auction Chika Okeke-Agulu's voice is one of many calling for the repatriation of African artworks in European and American collections that are thought to have been acquired through colonial exploitation or illegal looting. There's Another Confederate Monument in the US Capitol: Jefferson Davis' Old Desk Once a symbol of treachery, his former Senate seat has become a tribute to his memory. Defenders of Roosevelt Statue Converge on Natural History Museum Last week it was decided to remove the image because it evoked racism and colonialism. Sunday, the other side turned out. The Walkman, Forty Years On This was a new form of human experience, engaged disengagement, a technological shield from the world and an antidote to ennui.  Confronting the Living History of the Civil Rights Struggle (Video) In this video, we meet Sylvester, a man born and raised in the same town where Emmett Till was tortured and lynched. His story, his connection to the land and the people, and his recollection of that fateful event compels us to bear witness. 'An Inappropriate Namesake': Princeton Strips Woodrow Wilson's Name From Public-Policy School Princeton's decision is all the more notable for how recently the university had resisted this precise step.  My Confederate Past I ask myself now why did it take so long for me to realize what it might be like for nearly 40 percent of my state to go to school and work under a flag that represented a cause dedicated to the right to own their ancestors?      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! The Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History "Asian Americans owe so much of their presence in this country to the Black struggle for freedom — from birthright citizenship to the ability to tell our stories in education and the culture to the civil rights we enjoy," says author Jeff Chang. The Surprisingly Deep—and Often Troubling—History of 'Social Distancing' Doctoral student Lily Scherlis traced the evolution of the term in a "social history of social distancing," from the earliest reference she could find in English—in the 1831 translation of Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne's memoirs of his friendship with Napoleon—to the Social Distance Scale that sociologist Emory Bogardus created in the aftermath of the Red Summer of 1919. Is DC Statehood Possible and If So, How? On July 16, historian Derek Musgrove and ex-Post columnist Bob Levey will discuss how statehood became the top strategy to gain full citizenship for DC. As Monuments Fall, How Does The World Reckon With A Racist Past? Historian Kevin Gaines discusses the growing movement to challenge memorialization of racists in public places and suggests its cross-racial nature makes it harder to ignore.  Naomi Oreskes: Feminist Science is Better Science Historian Andrew Needham interviews Naomi Oreskes about her new book "Why Trust Science" and the crisis of expertise in American society.  Why A History Professor Says 'Racist' Emancipation Memorial Shouldn't Come Down (audio) Protesters want to remove the Emancipation Memorial in Washington, D.C. NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Yale history professor David Blight about why he thinks the memorial should stay up. Abolitionist "Wide Awakes" Were Woke Before "Woke" What the "Wide Awakes" helped create was focus in muddled political times, a whipping up of the enthusiasm of other voters: "By the end of 1860, the nation was wide awake." To Nichole Nelson Ph.D. '20, Policy is 'History in Action' The American Council of Learned Societies has named Nichole Nelson one of 22 new Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows for 2020. The Western Origins of the "Southern Strategy" The growing importance of racially conservative white Republicans in the western states after World War II helped present southern whites with a viable alternative to the Democratic Party.  UHA Summer 2020 Virtual Roundtables On Race, Policing And Abolition (JULY 1) The Urban History Association will live stream a panel discussion on the history of racist police violence and organization to fight against it, today at 8:00 PM EDT.  Top French Historian Slams Macron's Hardline Stance on Statues Historian Nicolas Offenstadt told French radio that Macron had a made a "hugely damaging confusion between history and memory that will not help public debate in France." AHA Statement on the History of Racist Violence in the United States (June 2020) George Floyd's death at the hands of Minneapolis police officers cannot be understood in isolation, as a tragic moment detached from a familiar narrative of "who we as Americans really are." What happened to George Floyd stands well within our national tradition. 21 Lessons From America's Worst Moments Historians reflect on the lessons to be learned from the worst episodes of American history (if Americans can look unflinchingly on them).    Browsing: News from Around the Internet  Mississippi to Remove Confederate Insignia from State Flag Historians discuss the bipartisan vote and the path forward for the state of Mississippi.

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