2020 Election

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• SOURCE: Washington Monthly
  10/20/2020
  

  How Jimmy Carter Kept Me Sane

  by Jonathan Alter

  "I wrote my Carter biography during the toxic Trump years. The Georgian’s kindness and honesty are an inspiration for me and should be for America, too."

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  10/22/2020
  

  Will Muting Trump and Biden Save the Presidential Debates?

  by Tizoc Chavez

  Americans deserve better from the Presidential debates; if the Commission on Presidential Debates can't find a way to elevate substance over style, it should step aside for another organization to meet this civic function. 

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• SOURCE: PBS
  10/20/2020
  

  Frontline: Whose Vote Counts?

  Jelani Cobb investigates the Wisconsin primary election as a lens onto the ongoing struggle to protect voting rights. 

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• SOURCE: Democracy Now!
  10/20/2020
  

  “A Fire That Has Spread Across the Country”: Jelani Cobb on Voter Suppression in the 2020 Election

  A new Frontline documentary on Wisconsin's 2020 primary election illuminates the nature of current attacks on voting rights and showcases the national nature of the ongoing battle to secure the ballot. 

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• SOURCE: Merrittocracy with Keri Leigh Merritt
  10/19/2020
  

  Dr. Carol Anderson: The 2020 Election and Beyond (video)

  Historian Carol Anderson joins Merrittocracy host Keri Leigh Merritt to discus Trump, racism, and the state of democracy leading up to the 2020 election.

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• SOURCE: Labor and Employment Law Daily
  10/13/2020
  

  Labor Pulse: Is This Election Labor's Last Chance?

  by Jim Castagnera

  The election presents organized labor with a choice between a death sentence and a reprieve that will prove temporary unless unions can put their needs at the center of a Biden presidency's priorities. 

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• 10/25/2020
  

  Joe Biden Is Setting A Record That No One Has Noticed

  by David O. Stewart

  Joe Biden has been on the national ticket as a candidate three times, a distinction shared by both great and mediocre figures in American history. If he's victorious, he'd become one of only 6 people to win three times. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/21/2020
  

  Shouting Matches, Partisan Rallies, Guns at Polling Places: Tensions High at Early-Voting Sites

  Partisan supporters, most often those favoring Donald Trump, have engaged in noisy demonstrations near early voting sites. Local election officials must determine if these actions are technically in violation of laws shielding polling places from electioneering activity, and whether the goal is to intimidate potential voters.

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• SOURCE: WBUR
  10/16/2020
  

  A Look At The Long History Of Latino Republicans

  Historian Geraldo Cadava discusses why many Latinos have voted for Republicans and why many will again. 

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• SOURCE: WFSB TV
  10/17/2020
  

  Face the State: Professor Leah Wright RigeurDiscusses Voter Suppression (Video)

  Leah Wright Rigeur, Harry Truman Associate Professor of American History at Brandeis University discusses the state of voting rights in Connecticut and nationally. 

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• SOURCE: The New Republic
  10/20/2020
  

  "The Atlantic" and the Limits of Reasonableness

  A new collection of writing from the venerable magazine highlights the struggles of rational argument and civil discourse in the age of Donald Trump. 

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• SOURCE: New York Review of Books
  10/20/2020
  

  Republicans: The New Confederacy

  by David W. Blight

  "There is no Republican majority in America, except on election days. It all depends on who votes and who is allowed to vote."

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• SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
  10/14/2020
  

  What's At Stake for Higher Ed in the Election?

  Nathan D.B. Connolly and Harvey Kaye are among scholars asked to explain the stakes of the election for higher education. 

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• SOURCE: Wisconsin Public Radio
  10/17/2020
  

  Where Are We On The Roller Coaster Of History?

  Historian Jeremi Suri suggests that the Trump administration has roused social movements that can revive American democracy. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  10/15/2020
  

  Trump, Biden and Masculinity in the Age of Coronavirus

  Trump and Biden both seek to embody a masculine ideal on the campaign trail, but the differences in each candidate's vision of what manliness is show that the idea is changing. 

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• SOURCE: New York Daily News
  10/15/2020
  

  Why America Must Not Reelect this Demagogue: That’s What Trump is, and it Matters

  by Eli Merritt

  Trump is a demagogue –– and therefore a poison to democracy. Joe Biden is not. Voters must understand that clearly. The health, and possibly survival, of our democracy depends upon it.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/17/2020
  

  Joe Biden's Non-Radical 1960s

  As a young adult in troubled times, Joe Biden steered a moderate course toward public life. For supporters and critics alike, it seems Joe has always been Joe. 

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• 10/18/2020
  

  Does the "Divided Loyalty" Question Still Dog Catholic Politicians?

  by D.G. Hart

  Joe Biden will likely do what JFK and Al Smith did, namely, fit his faith into the norms of American politics.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  10/16/2020
  

  A Campaign of Voter Subtraction: Trump’s Republican Party Must Subtract Votes in Order to Survive

  by Ibram X. Kendi

  The greatest myth of the 2016 election is that the polls got the election wrong. What if the polls did not get it wrong? What if the Republican game of voter subtraction got it right?

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  10/16/2020
  

  American Exceptionalism Gives Voters a False Sense of Security about the Election

  by Melissa J. Gismondi and Shira Lurie

  American democracy won’t endure just because it always has. In this moment, American exceptionalism could prove fatal.