HISTORICAL FACTS: Lynn novick | History Defined

America Abandoned Public Executions for a Good Reason

The Trump administration's plans to livestream the execution of Nidal Hasan ran afoul of a deep-rooted aversion to bloody displays of state power going back to the colonial era.

Reason · Oct 16

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick: How Closed Borders Helped Facilitate the Holocaust

A new PBS series underscores the long, deadly shadow cast by xenophobia, antisemitism, and restrictive immigration laws.

Reason · Sep 21, 2022

Ken Burns makes the Holocaust personal

Ken Burns, Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein show us how America's antisemitism delayed our entry into World War II

Salon · Sep 18, 2022