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This Week's Op Eds Original essays for the History News Network.  by Rebecca Clifford A tenth of Europe's pre-war population of Jewish children survived the Holocaust. Many sought and achieved reunification with their families, but reunification did not usually end the trauma endured by this "fragment of an entire generation." |
 by Alicia K. Jackson The unspoken realities of past voter suppression resonate in the present experience of many Black Georgians. |
 by Carlton F.W. Larson The only capital sentence for treason carried out under United States law shows the way that racism is embedded in the idea of national belonging. |
 by Gregory A. Daddis The bizarre idea that COVID-19 can be defeated through manliness is one of the stranger cultural themes of our time, but it connects to a long history of anxiety about masculinity in a changing America that encourages violent and even self-destructive actions in the name of proving virility. |
 by James M. Banner, Jr. He's accomplished what no other president has been able to achieve since the first presidential ranking in 1948. He's managed to raise James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Warren Harding off the floor. The sad thing is that this is no achievement we can cheer. |
 by D.G. Hart Joe Biden will likely do what JFK and Al Smith did, namely, fit his faith into the norms of American politics. |
 by Lawrence Wittner After witnessing firsthand the depth of struggle needed to secure the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the author says the 2013 Supreme Court decision to gut the VRA and subsequent acts by state governments to suppress the vote "betray the most basic principle of democracy." |
 by Hazel Gaynor "Disaster and tragedy are often where we find our strongest bonds, and as we find ourselves separated from family and distanced from loved ones, stories of community and shared hope are, arguably, more important than ever." |
 by Matthijs Tieleman The history of the Dutch Republic demonstrates that polarization can gradually destroy a country from within and can easily be exploited by foreign actors. The embrace of political pluralism by every citizen is the key antidote to the rot of polarization. |
 by Ronald L. Feinman Presidential succession would extend past the vice president only in a dire circumstance, when the nation could ill afford a partisan battle. Reverting to the Presidential Succession Act of 1886 would eliminate that risk. |
 by Rick Shenkman He wrote for HNN for years. He continued writing after he turned 100. |
 by Sheldon M. Stern Longtime JFK Library historian Sheldon Stern offers a review of a new book on the diplomatic resolution of the Cuban Missile Crisis. |
Don't Miss!
 by Michael Koncewicz Independent civil servants checked Richard Nixon's worst impulses to use the executive branch to punish enemies. The independence of the bureaucracy has since eroded, to Donald Trump's advantage. |
 by Brian M. Puaca As the new 1776 Commission begins to consider how to wield history as a weapon against indoctrination, America's educational work in Germany can serve as a guidepost for a commitment to preparing vigilant young men and women to build and defend democracy. |
 by Susan M. Reverby Governments need to establish trust so that their public health announcements are credible and persuasive, but have undermined that trust by conducting ethically questionable studies. A model of apology is part of the solution. |
 by Michael A. Genovese The tools for making sound decisions are available. Not to rely on them is a choice presidents make with tragic consequences. |
Roundup Top 10
 The top op eds by historians from around the web last week. | |
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