Britt P. Tevis

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“Sanctioned Bigotry is not only the most comprehensive documentary history of antisemitism in the United States; it is an exemplary work of scholarship that brilliantly changes our understanding of this contested topic... a gift to any instructor, student, or curious reader.”—Riv-Ellen Prell, UMN

Elon Musk is now worth $845 billion.

Tesla reported paying ZERO federal income tax on $5.7 billion of U.S. income in 2025.

Meanwhile, nearly a quarter of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck and household debt has risen to a record high.

See the problem here?

If you took $1 billion and gave it to the endowment of a different small college each day, they could each provide a free college education to several hundred students per year in perpetuity. Instead we are using that money to bomb schools and kill students in Iran, for no clearly stated purpose.

“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out” We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...

Last year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office.

ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself.

(Published July 2025)

Read about the history of Christian nationalism in the US in my new book (out in May!): yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Oklahoma legislature advances bill that would remove tenure at OU, public universities The Oklahoma legislature advanced a bill Tuesday that would remove the possibility of tenure for OU faculty, limit contract agreements to five years and require each state institute for higher

Tenure protects faculty’s right to teach & students’ right to learn. It's integral to the pursuit of knowledge and research, and to free speech and expression. Scrapping tenure silences educators & stymies medical research. @AFT.org & @AAUP.org are fighting this www.oudaily.com/news/oklahom...

Front cover of book about antisemitism in USA

“...this book is a magnificent resource which equally illumines the history of America and the history of Jewish people.”—David Feldman, Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Good thing some US colleges are closing their Religious Studies departments—definitively not “useful” at all or an area of expertise that might be relevant for understanding our present…

Front cover of book about antisemitism in USA

“...this book is a magnificent resource which equally illumines the history of America and the history of Jewish people.”—David Feldman, Director, Birkbeck Institute for the Study of Antisemitism

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

Sanctioned Bigotry A first-ever documentary history of antisemitism in the United States, spanning five centuries In a 1790 letter to Rhode Island Jewish leader Moses Seixas, ...

“Sanctioned Bigotry is a stunning, original history of antisemitism in the United States. It is a superb collection of primary sources, with clear essays to provide context. This will be an essential and invaluable resource for all who study this vital topic.”—Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley Law Schl

Sanctioned Bigotry A first-ever documentary history of antisemitism in the United States, spanning five centuries In a 1790 letter to Rhode Island Jewish leader Moses Seixas, ...

“Sanctioned Bigotry is a stunning, original history of antisemitism in the United States. It is a superb collection of primary sources, with clear essays to provide context. This will be an essential and invaluable resource for all who study this vital topic.”—Erwin Chemerinsky, UC Berkeley Law Schl

“Sanctioned Bigotry is not only the most comprehensive documentary history of antisemitism in the United States; it is an exemplary work of scholarship that brilliantly changes our understanding of this contested topic... a gift to any instructor, student, or curious reader.”—Riv-Ellen Prell, UMN

HUD just proposed a rule to ban mixed-status families from federally subsidized housing. The target is ~24,000 undocumented residents. The collateral damage: up to 80,000 people evicted, including 37,000+ US citizen children. 🧵

Today in class I made a joke about the Works Progress Administration constructing more bridges than even Taylor Swift, and got crickets. Excuse me while I cry.

“No scholar of American antisemitism knows the source material better than Britt Tevis. This top-notch work of scholarship is an outstanding accomplishment and a foundational contribution to American history.”—Pamela Nadell, author of Antisemitism, An American Tradition

Thanks, Cam!

Sanctioned Bigotry A first-ever documentary history of antisemitism in the United States, spanning five centuries In a 1790 letter to Rhode Island Jewish leader Moses Seixas, ...

Proud to share that my new publication, SANCTIONED BIGOTRY, is available for preorder.

This 624-page volume of primary sources produced between 1654 and 2024 highlights anti-Jewish bigotry, discrimination, and violence in the US.

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.

Millions of Americans Don’t Have Documents Proving Their Citizenship Readily Available Requiring Americans to prove their citizenship to register to vote would exclude millions of citizens from the political process.

More than 21 millions Americans do not have documentation proving their citizenships, and would be disenfranchised by the SAVE Act the GOP just passed through the House. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/ana...

Disasters of Biblical Proportions How people have reimagined the story of the ten plagues of Egypt, from antiquity to our own era of relentless catastrophe

I've not been able to post here because I have been busy writing the book below, but now I have to find readers for it. It explores how people have reimagined the ten plagues, an ancient story that resonatesdeeply in our own age of never-ending disaster.
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell Meléndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album “DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS.”

Pretty sure one was consulted, definitely was for the album

news.wisc.edu/pop-star-bad...

I think it's best for everyone to understand that the unified class project of billionaires right now is to do to white collar workers what globalization and neoliberalism did to blue collar workers.

Epstein’s economic power among academics was made possible by a capitalist system that makes higher education dependent on the charity economy rather than a public good supported by taxing the rich

Tweet from Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun: "Ignorance like this cheapens the horror of the Holocaust. Anne Frank was in Amsterdam legally and abided by Dutch law. She was hauled off to a death camp because of her race and religion. Her story has nothing to do with the illegal immigration, fraud, and lawlessness plaguing Minnesota today. Our brave law enforcement should be commended, not tarred with this historically illiterate and antisemitic comparison."

"‘Reminds me of Anne Frank’: Jewish seniors are offering to hide their Haitian caregivers as Trump’s TPS end looms The end of Temporary Protected Status has Holocaust survivors offering to hide Haitian staffers, according to the CEO of a senior-living center in Florida."

Trump's antisemitism envoy: "It is utterly inappropriate to compare Anne Frank to children hiding from ICE. This demeans the experience of those who died in the Holocaust."

Actual Holocaust survivors in Florida: "This reminds us of Anne Frank."

Libby Garland's work is amazing and also Hannah Zaves-Greene's.

The U.S. has successfully convinced its people that “the humanities are frivolous and STEM is Important and Real” is basically a law of nature: this is absolute nonsense that we should stop putting up with.

Murals, statues sprinkled around SU represent remnants of rich art history Decades ago, SU had a flourishing art scene that has since changed. However, for some students and professors, the campus’ rich public art is a way to keep history alive.

Thoroughly enjoyed speaking with an SU student journalist about Ben Shahn's "The Passion of Sacco and Vanzetti" campus mural. dailyorange.com/2026/01/publ...