The Roundup Top Ten for August 7, 2020
America's Coronavirus Endurance Testby Howard MarkelTo defeat the virus, we will have to start thinking in years, not months. We must refuse to give up on flattening the curve. It’s up to us to hold the line until our government catches up. |
The Never Trumpers Have Already Wonby Samuel MoynNever Trump's historic role turns out to be not among Republicans so far, but within a Democratic Party whose members have chosen to convert enemies into friends, setting up a guardrail against the capture of their party by the left. |
Richard Nixon Bears Responsibility for the Pandemic’s Child-Care Crisisby Anna K. Danziger HalperinToday’s child-care crisis may have been fueled by the outbreak, but it is not new. It has been simmering below the surface for decades and can be traced back to President Richard M. Nixon’s 1971 veto of federally funded universal child care. |
A Magazine Story Opened Eyes to Hiroshima’s Horror. White House Allies Plotted to Shut Them Again.by Greg MitchellThe Hersey article, with its unflinching account of what survivors witnessed in Hiroshima, threatened the official narrative of justification. |
The Next Lost Cause?by Caroline E. JanneyThe South’s mythology glamorized a noble defeat. Trump backers may do the same. |
History, Civil Rights and the Original Cancel Cultureby Keri Leigh Merritt and Chris RichardsonConfederate monuments valorize a political movement that violently "cancelled" interracial movements to improve the lives of poor southerners. |
She Played a Key Role in the Police Response to the Watts Riots. The Memory Still Haunts Herby Morgan JerkinsRegina was a Black woman working as an LAPD dispatcher in the 77th Street Division of South Los Angeles. She sent officers to respond to another's call for aid on August 11, 1965, warning them not to escalate any situation. Today she still asks “why didn’t they listen to me?” |
The Undemocratic History of School ‘Pandemic Pods’by Mark BoonshoftThe Coronavirus pandemic threatens to entrench the undemocratic practice of exclusive education for children of the rich. |
The Violence at the Root of the Silent Majorityby Brian TochtermanAs a vigilante film, “Joe” inaugurated a genre that exploded onto screens in the 1970s. |
The Last Days of the Tech Emperors?by Margaret O'MaraThe mood of Congressional questioning of tech executives recalled the traffic safety debates of the mid-1960s that helped catalyze significantly more regulation for the auto industry. |