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  • SOURCE: Nursing Clio
    3/15/2023

    "If they were White and Insured, Would they have Died?"

    by Udodiri R. Okwandu

    Texas's new maternal mortality report shows that historical patterns of medical racism are continuing, and the state plans to do little but blame Black women for the inadequate care they receive. 

  • SOURCE: NextCity
    3/10/2023

    Houston's Highway History Teaches Planners What Not to Do

    by Kyle Shelton

    Transportation planners have begun to collect the opinions of community residents affected by proposed highway projects, but they have yet to begin to meaningfully incorporate those concerns into planning. Doing so could prevent repeating the blighting effects of urban transporation projects.

  • SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
    3/12/2023

    Oscar Documentary Winner "Navalny" Part of Long Protest Tradition

    by Lynne Hartnett

    Without traditional or legal support for dissent and free speech, Russian activists have long turned to martydom as the way to dramatize injustice and criticize power. The recent Best Documentary winner is part of this tradition. 

  • SOURCE: Slate
    3/14/2023

    Texas's Abortion Ban Can Never be Made Humane

    by Mary Ziegler

    When abortion access depends on establishing that a pregnant woman deserves an exception to a ban, the law will inevitably prevent doctors from serving patients with problem pregnancies. 

  • SOURCE: South Florida Sun-Sentinel
    3/9/2023

    Florida Higher Ed Bills Don't Fight Indoctrination, they Limit Freedom

    by Jessica L. Adler

    Florida legislation would write into law extensive power for politicians to control the content of education. The law also takes out important parts of existing law, making it easier for partisan politicians to turn public universities to their own ends. 

  • SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
    3/15/2023

    Welcome Corps is the Newest Idea for Welcoming Refugees, but it Has a Long History

    by Emily Frazier and Laura E. Alexander

    The proposal for a new refugee resettlement agency extends the mission of many religious settlement and humanitarian groups that have operated in the United States for more than 150 years. This has the potential and the peril of bringing resettlement more in line with the characteristics of local communities. 

  • SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
    3/10/2023

    Rearranging Deck Chairs at AHA?

    by Jacob Bruggeman

    "If professional history is history, it isn’t due to academic politics — it’s because of the sharp contraction and possible collapse of the job market." What are the profession's ostensible leaders going to do about it? 

  • SOURCE: Project Syndicate
    3/13/2023

    The Anti-Populist Dilemma

    by Jan-Werner Müller

    From Turkey to Hungary to Israel, forming a lasting coalition of parties against a right-wing authoritarian populist has proven easier said than done. 

  • SOURCE: Jewish Currents
    3/14/2023

    The History and Politics of the Right to Grieve

    by Erik Baker

    Grief isn't a personal psychological and emotional process; we experience it through the demands a capitalist economy makes on our time, energy and attention. It's time to make bereavement a matter of right, instead of a favor doled out at the whim of your boss. 

  • SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
    3/7/2023

    Fox's Handling of the "Big Lie" was Cowardly, but Not Unusual

    by Kathryn J. McGarr

    News organizations' standards of objectivity have long allowed public figures and politicians to proclaim lies without pushback, leaving the public to be arbiters of truth and falsity.