The Roundup Top Ten for August 26, 2022
White Christian Nationalism is Out in the Open Nowby Annika Brockschmidt and Thomas LecaqueThe boundaries of acceptable discussions of the relationship of religion and civil authority and citizenship have shifted on the right as political candidates now treat the label "Christian nationalist" with defiance instead of denial, and deploy a mythical version of the past to justify their views. |
How "Sales Comps" Built Racism Into the Housing Marketby Elizabeth Korver-GlennThe recent ordeal of a Johns Hopkins historian whose house was appraised for more money when he removed pictures of himself and his Black family points to a key finding: the use of sales comparisons to appraise homes enshrines racism in the market. |
The Virginia History that Conservatives are Suppressingby Kevin M. LevinConservatives appointed by Glenn Youngkin to the state Board of Education are ignoring the important history of the Readjusters—a biracial party that governed in the tumultuous era between the end of Reconstruction and the consolidation of Jim Crow. Students need to know about them. |
How a Deadly Explosion Catalyzed Civil Rights Activism Among Black WWII Soldiersby Matthew DelmontSegregated Navy men had been assigned dangerous duty loading munitions onto ships without adequate training or appropriate limits on the pace of their work. The inevitable disastrous explosion at Port Chicago created a surge of racial justice and labor activism in the military. |
Safe Haven "Baby Boxes" are a Medieval Horrorby Maria Laurino"As generations of twentieth-century Italian mothers and their children can attest, giving a woman no choice but to anonymously surrender her baby is a route to ruined lives." |
Acceptance of Natural Hairstyles a Continuing Front in Civil Rights Struggleby Jasmine Nichole CobbRecently signed legislation in Massachusetts prohibits workplaces and schools from banning many hairstyles associated with African Americans, showing that racism can work through sartorial standards to make opportunity and acceptance contingent on conformity to white norms. |
The Dems' IRA Message Would Be More Effective If It Weren't Afraid of Touting Taxesby Molly MichelmoreThe last four decades of tax-cutting have crippled democracy. Democrats need to learn lessons from a time when paying taxes was popular and patriotic. |
History is Always About Politicsby Joan W. ScottThe tradition of the discipline has cast politics as an object of study, but deliberately ignored the way that writing history is tangled up with who wields power and how. |
Ailing Empires: The Rhetoric of Decline in Britain and the USby Jed EstyIf the US is following behind Great Britain in experiencing the strains of a collapsing empire, can Americans, their leaders, and their thinkers learn any lessons from the comparison and make a post-imperial society that is more humane and less nasty? |
When We All Boycotted a Lousy Beerby Erik LoomisLatino organizations and the AFL-CIO urged boycotts of Coors beer for its owners politics and the company's antilabor crusade. The company's national sales didn't take a serious hit until student, environmental, and gay activists helped form a broader coalition. |