In December 2019, historian Tim Snyder got so sick he almost died. Snyder says his hospital experience taught him about the powerful relationship between health and liberty in the United States.
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Timothy Snyder, professor of history at Yale. Author of several books, including “ Our Malady” and “ The Road to Unfreedom.” ( @TimothyDSnyder)
From The Reading List
Excerpt from “Our Malady” by Timothy Snyder
New York Review of Books: “ What Ails America” — “I was in Germany when I got sick. Late at night in Munich on December 3, 2019, I was admitted to a hospital with abdominal pain and then released the next morning.”
Washington Post: “ What Americans should learn from Belarus” — “Those Americans who believe that the Democrats are their best hope for thwarting the rise of authoritarianism must confront a basic question: Given that President Trump intends to spoil the elections if he can’t win them, how do citizens ensure that November’s victors take office?”
Chronicle of Higher Education: “ The Bleak Prophecy of Timothy Snyder” — “In a brisk, mist-filled October night, a middle-aged couple were begging to be let into an event just up the street from Columbia University, at the International House.”
Foreign Policy: “ America’s Social Contract Is Still Built on Racial Hostility” — “The killing of George Floyd presents Americans with an image that has become almost banal by its repeated rendering: yet another victim of a system of criminal justice tasked with protecting white Americans from their black fellow citizens.”
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