Roundup Top 10!

The Last Time Democracy Almost Died by Jill Lepore Learning from the upheaval of the nineteen-thirties.

 

Why Britain Brexited by Tom McTague For decades, the country has struggled with the challenge facing the modern nation-state: how to balance control and influence.

 

 

Seventy-Five Years After Auschwitz, Anti-Semitism Is on the Rise by Walter Reich You can manage a chronic disease, treat it, or prevent its complications—but you can rarely cure it.

 

 

The real danger of coronavirus by Jessica Hauger Chinese and Chinese American people have served as scapegoats for infectious disease outbreaks and sanitation failures in the United States and around the world to particularly alarming effect.

 

 

The Senate has a chance to take back power Congress gave up long ago by Susan Hennessey and Benjamin Wittes Calling witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial would revive the habit of investigating the executive branch.

 

 

1619 and All That by Alex Lichtenstein "What is odd about the letter is that it implies that the singular problem with the 1619 Project is that journalists are practicing history without a license."

 

 

Scandalize! Minimize! Repeat as Necessary by Nicole Hemmer Right-wing media have been laying the groundwork for Trump’s acquittal for half a century.

 

 

Missing Zinn by Cornel West an Mordecai Lyon On the tenth anniversary of radical historian Howard Zinn’s death, Cornel West opens up about their friendship and what Zinn would have made of the decade—including whether he would have voted for Bernie.

 

 

How the National Archives’ Notorious Alteration of a Women’s March Photo Is Part of a Long American Tradition by Jennifer Tucker & Peter Rutland Two professors explain how the image fits into the history of a country that has long sought to avoid discomfort.

 

 

 

Why I Fear a Moderate Democratic Nominee by Ibram X. Kendi Some Democrats are afraid of nominating a progressive, but a moderate may be more likely to ensure Trump’s reelection.