Elizabeth Warren: "I am a hard no on a supplemental. This is not a war the American people want us to engage in. This is not a war that makes us safer ... No. No more money. The only thing Congress has the power to do is to stop actions like this through the power of the purse."
Yep. Married women have always worked. Many had jobs outside the home, many more did piecemeal work at home to supplement the family income. There are dozens & dozens of books by historians about this. I know because one of my comps fields was History of the American Family & I had to read them all
As war rages in the Middle East, @keanuheydari.bsky.social refocuses our attention to Iran’s late 2025 protests. The protests, triggered by economic collapse, were met with mass killing and an internet blackout that made casualty verification a central political struggle. 🗃️
These are “low enrollment” majors but the classes are regularly at capacity. They changed the funding structure a few years ago here, switching the allocation from course enrollments to majors then blamed these departments for a structural, top-down change. This is entirely a political choice.
re: hockey, Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever to live, gave up three years in the prime of his life — years in which his fighting would have been at peak; actual money incalculable — rather than fight in an unjust war, so noping out on grandpa’s burger bash should be an easy choice
A shot of the crowd after Canada scores its first goal
Canadian joy 🇨🇦 Love to see it!
If anyone wants to join an excellent team of scholars trying to bring the latest in historical analysis, teaching insight, public history knowledge, film reviews, and much more, we’re expanding our team @cliocontemporary.bsky.social. Check out the posting below, or reach out to me with questions. 🗃️
Check it out!! #academicsky 🗃️
This series is going to be fantastic. Send us your pitches now! We welcome scholars with varying regional and thematic specialties. Feel free to reach out to me via DM if you have questions!
I love working on this team. Our editors are collaborative, the workload is manageable, and the engagement with authors on public-facing work is delightfully gratifying. Contact us and/or repost to help us get the word out to #academicsky. 🗃️
Come work with me! We have an awesome team and fantastic projects in the works!
Reverend Jesse Jackson's march for jobs -- around the White House. By photographer Thomas O'Halloran, 1975. Photograph shows Jesse Jackson surrounded by marchers carrying signs advocating support for the Hawkins-Humphrey Bill for full employment. Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003673988/
"You can’t plant a seed & pick the fruit the next morning."
So many lessons to learn from Rev. Jackson's (1941-2026) 💔words AND his years of on the ground organizing, in interracial coalitions, to challenge racism, sexism, anti-LGBTQ, poverty, unfair labor, militarism, mass incarceration, & more.
Rest in Peace - Jesse Jackson
Rich people think they live in a higher tier of society full of better and more brilliant people, but it’s actually just the same society except the people have more money to waste and lose. So much of what they do is just wealth-induced hallucination
This is one of my favorite @satevepost.bsky.social Considering History columns I’ve gotten to write & I’m gonna share the heck out of it! #LoSientoNoSiento 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/02/cons...
Great analysis by @jasonhiggins.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver. A must-read for those interested in the #VietnamWar, #filmhistory, and #veterans and their representation on film.
I really want SNL to cast Parker Posey to play Pam Bondi.
The Confederacy lasted as long as it did because it was willing to exercise the full might of the federal government over states’ rights for the specific purpose of protecting slavery. kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/for-the-co...
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
Whether you’re most excited for the Super Bowl, the Puppy Bowl, or the Superb Owl, tailgate with my 262nd #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, team! 🗃️
blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
Never mind jobs you had, tell me five classes you took at university.
1. 20th Century Russia
2. Canadian Politics
3. US Foreign Policy
4. American Film since 1970
5. Religion and Politics in Europe
We welcome pitches from #skystorians looking to mark historically significant anniversaries or to draw attention to forgotten events. The past is present.
clioandthecontemporary.com/call-for-con...
This month marks 55 years since the premiere of All in the Family. Historian @oscarwinberg.bsky.social, author of Archie Bunker for President: How One Television Show Remade American Politics (2025) explains the show's transformative impact on American television. 🗃️
When honoring Dr. King's legacy, we must discuss the significance of Coretta Scott King, Dr. Kris Burrell argues. When Coretta declared, “I was called, too,” she insisted we remember her not as a shadow of her husband, but as an equal. 🗃️
clioandthecontemporary.com/2026/01/19/i...
I am happy to pay federal taxes to provide
1. health care and food for those in need
2. education for all
3. access to national parks
4. funding for humanities and science research
5. cultural institutions that are open to all
6. early warning systems for natural disasters
What can we do against such reckless hate? Enjoy & share widely the solidarity with all the amazing work in my 231st #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the last week. 🗃️
americanstudier.substack.com/p/scholarsun...
Another point: Many know the Dred Scott decision but aren't as familiar with the aftermath and how states, courts, and politicians responded. 5 examples:
1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1
Most of the ideas mentioned in this article—higher minimum wage, free tuition at public colleges, higher taxes on the rich—are not only popular now but were realities in the past, including in NYC, during the booming postwar years, when America was “great.”/1
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/u...
The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences.
The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences.
The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.
LLM use in research and writing doesn't just mean students aren't doing the work, it means they literally abandon the very skills development and knowledge acquisition necessary for any intellectual job, let alone to know whether or when LLMs are giving them bullshit or useful info. 2/n
