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| | By Made by History / Produced by Olivia B. Waxman | On Thursday night, the eyes of sports fans will be on the Orange Bowl. The college football playoff semifinal game will pit two storied programs, Notre Dame and Penn State, against one another in a bowl that itself has a long history. Made by History explores the contest from two different angles. | First, Hunter Hampton looks at the benefits of Notre Dame's football success for American Catholics, and how this cultural impact has inspired other religious universities — BYU, Liberty, and Baylor — to invest in football. Notre Dame has blazed a path, demonstrating that powerhouse football programs can help religious groups gain mainstream acceptance, strengthen faith communities, and evangelize to non-believers. | In another piece, Kate Aguilar zeroes in on a different aspect of this year's game: that pits two Black coaches against one another, which guarantees that regardless of who wins, a Black head coach will lead his team into the national championship game for the first time. The setting for this historic matchup is fitting, Aguilar argues, because the Orange Bowl — and its former eponymous stadium — has a mixed legacy when it comes to racial inclusion, one that exemplifies both the progress college football has made and the ways in which the sport still lags. | |
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| | | |  | The History That Exposes the Flaw in Trump's Tariff Logic | Tariff fights can backfire, because the government can't easily shape the preferences of American consumers. |
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|  | History's Lesson for Making Retirement More Meaningful | Retirement was a hard-won right for Americans, but we've stopped thinking about it together as a public good. |
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|  | History Cautions Against Pardons for Jan. 6 Rioters | After initially prosecuting those who tried to overthrow an election, Presidents Grant and Hayes backed down—with catastrophic results. |
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|  | The Blueprint for Winning the Race for Critical Minerals | The U.S. faced a similar predicament in the 1950s, and undertook an initiative that solved the problem. |
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| | This week in 1953: Queen Elizabeth II, Woman of the Year for '52 |  | The Jan. 5, 1953, cover of TIME |
| Boris Chaliapin |
| "What, then, was Elizabeth's significance? It was no more—and no less—than the significance of a fresh young blossom on roots that had weathered many a season of wintry doubt. The British, as weary and discouraged as the rest of the world in 1952, saw in their new young Queen a reminder of a great past when they had carved out empires under Elizabeth I and Victoria, and dared to hope that she might be an omen of a great future. Her dramatic flight from a vacation in Kenya at George VI's death to take her place at the head of the royal family beside the Queen Mother and revered Queen Mary gave the British spirit a lift even in the midst of their bereavement." |
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| | This week in 1978: Clint Eastwood (right) and Burt Reynolds |  | The Jan. 9, 1978, cover of TIME |
| Neil Leifer |
| "When they talk about the people who go to their movies, the effect is almost choral. 'There's a tremendous audience out there of people who have been given up on,' says Reynolds. 'They are truly middle-of-the-road people. They aren't left or right. They're just watching. They are the people who pray, who worship Elvis Presley. They happen to be people I grew up with, and I like them.' Says Eastwood: 'I like to play the line and not wander too far to either side. If a guy has just come out of a bad day in the mines and wants to see a good shoot-'em-up, that's great.'" |
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| This week in 1995: Newt Gingrich |  | The Jan. 9, 1995, cover of TIME |
| Harry Benson |
| "During the past three weeks, Gingrich granted extraordinary access to a TIME correspondent and photographer, who followed him into private meetings where he formulated strategy for his first months in office… Gingrich is well aware that if Republicans fail, voters will send them packing as brusquely as they did the Democrats. In his first public speech to his members, Gingrich cautioned that the electorate has twice since World War II granted Republicans control of the House only to take it away again in the next election. But in private moments, Gingrich allows himself a fabulously optimistic daydream. 'I think we'll have a good run,' he said contentedly last month. 'My guess is it will last 30 or 40 years.'" |
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