The Roundup Top Ten for August 7, 2020

America's Coronavirus Endurance Test

by Howard Markel

To 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 Won

by Samuel Moyn

Never 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 Crisis

by Anna K. Danziger Halperin

Today’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 Mitchell

The 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. Janney

The South’s mythology glamorized a noble defeat. Trump backers may do the same.

History, Civil Rights and the Original Cancel Culture

by Keri Leigh Merritt and Chris Richardson

Confederate 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 Her

by Morgan Jerkins

Regina 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?”