Roundup Top Ten for March 6, 2020
The Problem with Women's History Month in 2020by Kimberly A. HamlinAs we honor the ongoing work of women to gain equal citizenship, it is time to integrate women’s stories more fully into our national narratives and civic memories. |
Democratic Socialism All Around: What Bernie Sanders’ New York Can Teach Us about America’s Futureby Joshua FreemanMid-20th-century New York had serious flaws. But it stands as an example of what can be done when the power of government is combined with a capacious vision of human rights, equality, and democracy. |
What Can the Black Death Tell us About The Global Economic Consequences of a Pandemicby Adrian R. Bell, Andrew Prescott, and Helen LaceyThere will be winners and losers economically as the current public health emergency plays out. |
What Shirley Chisholm Can Teach 2020 Candidates as They Exitby Anastasia CurwoodChisholm wanted to show the power of new voices in the Democratic Party: women, African Americans, the poor and youth, and to challenge the authority of conservative Southern white Democrats at the Democratic National Convention. |
Little Women: Greta Gerwig’s Love Letter to the 19th-Century Novelby Christine JacobsonIt’s thrilling to see the historic Roberts Brothers publishing house richly imagined in the film’s first scene and to watch Jo spar with her editor over the rights to her novel and its ending. |
Pennies and Nickels Add Up to Success: Black Banking Pioneer Maggie Lena Walkerby Crystal M. MotenMaggie Lena Walker was one of the most important Black businesswomen in the nation, and today too few people have heard of her. |
What the Plague Can Teach Us about the Coronavirusby Hannah MarcusThe distant past is not our best source of advice for pathogen containment. But it does offer clear lessons about human responses to outbreaks of infectious disease. |
Onward, Christian Soldiers: The Triumph of Christian Nationalismby David Austin WalshThe Christian Right wields wide-ranging political power in contemporary America. We live in the country that the movement has created. |
Can 50 Years of Minimizing Nuclear Proliferation Continue?by Ivo H. DaalderThe Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out of the nuclear club. But as U.S. alliances fray, its future success is not assured. |
On Behalf of All 'Future Historians,’ Leave Us Out of Your Brexit Rantsby Charlotte Lydia RileyThe people who invoke historians of the future are less keen on listening to actually existing historians today. |