In a time of global crisis, the importance of historical context gets thrown into the limelight in renewed ways. The satirical online newspaper, The Onion, published an article titled “Historians Politely Remind Nation to Check What’s Happened in Past Before Making Any Big Decisions,” which, though it was published back in 2011, rings especially true now as policy-makers grapple with the current COVID-19 pandemic. Read The Onion article here.