Welcome to Sunday. The list of our top five articles is below.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. John Lewis, known as the "conscience of the Congress" died. His death closely followed that of another Civil Rights leader, Rev. Cordy Tindell “C.T.” Vivian. Lawrence Burnley of the University of Dayton offers an appreciation of both men's contributions to the nation.
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Policemen in Seattle, Washington, wearing masks made by the Red Cross, during the influenza pandemic, December 1918.
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J. Alexander Navarro, University of Michigan
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar?
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Delegates from 34 Native tribes at the Creek Council House in Indian Territory, now called Oklahoma, 1880.
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Dwanna L. McKay, Colorado College
The Supreme Court's July 9 ruling that half of Oklahoma belongs to the Muscogee Nation confirms what Indigenous people already knew: North America is 'Indian Country.'
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Tom Zoellner, Chapman University
A scholar of slavery in the British Empire describes the first boycott against sugar made with slave labor in the West Indies.
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Justin Silverman, Pennsylvania State University; Alex Washburne, Montana State University
The percentage of people who die from a coronavirus infection is an important number for public health experts to know. Recent estimates now put it at 0.65%, far lower than initially thought.
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Ronald D. Fricker, Jr., Virginia Tech
The COVID-19 death toll in the US is now over 130,000. What do 130,000 fatalities look like? A biostatistician provides some perspective.
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