Mask Mandates 
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SOURCE: Made By History at the Washington Post
2/10/2022
Seat Belt Law History Shows Public Protections Don't Have to be Partisan
by Erica Westly
Seat belt laws originated in the conservative state of Tennessee, but spread with remarkable success to other states. Can this guide public policy around today's controversies like mask and vaccine mandates?
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SOURCE: Chronicle of Higher Education
10/18/2021
My University's Policies Undermined the Lessons I Was Trained to Teach, so I Quit
by Cornelia Lambert
"I could use our own university system as a case study in how political power often wins out over scientific knowledge. This would be a powerful lesson, one students would be unlikely to forget. But did I want to be part of that?"
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SOURCE: The Bulwark
9/9/2021
The Conspiracy Theorists Are Coming for Your Schools
by Thomas Lecaque
"Over the past year, as the conspiracy theorists have come together under one big apocalyptic tent we have seen organized campaigns of harassment, threats of violence, attempts to harm members of school administrations, and physical altercations at school board meetings when masks are mandated."
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