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Prisons are Still Making COVID-19 Era Mistakes
Nov 07 2024
Unless considerable prisons reforms are made now—like an aggressive 50% reduction in prison population—the next epidemic will provoke calamities similar to COVID-19.
Americans used to unite over tragic events − and now are divided by them
Jun 18 2024
Tragedy seldom unifies Americans today. Every year, horrific crises induce tremendous suffering. Most are privately tragic, affecting only those directly harmed and their immediate relations. A small number, though, become politically notorious and, therefore, publicly tragic.
Pandemic History Article Published in California History Wins WAWH Prize
May 07 2021
We're pleased to announce that Dr. Diane M.T. North's article, "California and the 1918–1920 Influenza Pandemic," published in California History (Vol. 97, No. 3, August [Fall] 2020), has won the Western Association of Women Historians' (WAWH) Judith Lee Ridge prize for the best history article publ
Autoethnography and COVID-19: A Journal of Autoethnography Forum
May 06 2021
Because COVID is ubiquitous, it is exhausting. However, we also knew we needed to do something. This forum is our compromise.
COVID-19 and the Long History of Indigenous Survivance in California
Apr 13 2021
Over the last year, we’ve seen how American Indian have continued a long tradition of survivance to cope with the devastating effects of the pandemic. In California, as well as the rest of the United States, the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the long-standing implications of settler colonialism.
Breaking the Cycle of Health Crises
Apr 12 2021
By Martin Halliwell, author of American Health Crisis: One Hundred Years of Panic, Planning, and PoliticsThis guest post is part of our #OAH2021 conference series. Visit our virtual exhibit to learn more and get 40% off the book.When I began working on my new book American Health Crisis, I w
World Health Day: One Year of COVID-19, What Have We Learned?
Apr 07 2021
This World Health Day, The World Health Organization is calling for action to eliminate health inequities, as part of a year-long global campaign to build a fairer, healthier world. COVID-19 has brought to the fore long-standing systemic health and social inequities and pushed many more people i
Asia in 2020: The Covid-19 Pandemic and the U.S.-China Trade War
Mar 23 2021
We've removed the paywall from Asian Survey's annual year-in-review issue which looks back at the biggest stories concerning Asia in 2020, a year during which the COVID-19 pandemic and a trade dispute between the United States and China dominated the headlines. As the world continues to grapple with
The Surprising Silver Lining of Dating in the Time of Covid-19
Feb 13 2021
By Ellen Lamont, author of The Mating Game: How Gender Still Shapes How We DateAs Covid-19 ripped through the United States in early 2020, governors across the country began issuing social distancing mandates and shuttering restaurants. While these guidelines were intended to keep people phy
From Constantinople to the COVID-Era: Why Rituals Matter
Dec 01 2020
By Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos, author of Constantinople: Ritual, Violence, and Memory in the Making of a Christian Imperial CapitalRitualized occasions—holy days and holidays, funerals and weddings, graduations and retirements, conferences, protests, and elections—are crucial for communities.