The Roundup Top Ten for June 3, 2022
The Back Channel Between Pius XII and Hitlerby David I. KertzerThe Vatican has only just now released documents about secret and sensitive negotiations between the Nazi leader and the Holy See, in which the Vatican agreed to temper criticisms of Nazism's pagan elements in exchange for ceasing investigation of sex crimes by priests. |
Doug Mastriano and the White Christian Nationalist Cult of the AR-15by Thomas LecaqueThe Pennsylvania Republican nominee for governor has connections to a church that merges radical Christian nationalism with the trappings of the militia movement and a fetishism of assault rifles. |
The Dunce Partyby Rachel BryanTennessee's "Divisive Concepts" bill would make it virtually impossible to teach the history and culture of the state and the wider South. |
Rescuing Shirley Chisholm's Life from Symbolismby Anastasia CurwoodWriting a biography of the Congresswoman and presidential candidate required working through the distinction between Shirley Chisholm the symbol and the much more complex reality of Shirley Chisholm the woman, to see how big trends in Black history unfolded at a human scale. |
Another Tragic Eruption of "Great Replacement" Violenceby Glenn C. Altschuler and Stuart M. Blumin"While the specific targets and methods of spreading this theory may be new, White native-born Americans worrying about being replaced is not. And history demonstrates that the theory has been repeatedly used to legitimize discrimination and deadly violence." |
Do Gay Men Need a Specific Monkeypox Warning?by Jim DownsThe history of the HIV epidemic shows that the desire to avoid stigmatizing gay men should not override the imperative of identifying and advising populations about behavioral risk for contagious disease. |
Pro-Life and Pro-Gun?by Daniel K. WilliamsGun rights aren't intrinsic to evangelical Christian theology. But they are intrinsic to the individualism through which most white Evangelicals see the world and frame their political identity. |
The Monument Controversy We Aren't Discussingby Cynthia C. PrescottOutside of the former Confederacy, efforts to replace "Pioneer Mother" statues with depictions of Native American women have sparked a backlash including outright theft. |
In one Family's Photo Album: A Wedding, An Anniversary, and a Lynching in Texasby Jeffrey J. LittlejohnThe author set out to identify the victim of a lynching pictured in a family photoalbum. This project – pointing out the normalcy and pervasiveness of violence as a tool of white supremacy – could be illegal for a K-12 teacher in Texas today. |
HBO's "We Own This City" and Baltimore's Long History of Police Brutalityby Mary RizzoA Baltimore historian notes that the Black community's efforts to fight police brutality are much older than the War on Drugs. |