In August 2014, Ferguson’s struggle for justice exposed deep-rooted systemic issues, including the built environment's role in segregation. Patty Heyda’s 'Radical Atlas of Ferguson, USA' maps these forces, revealing how design can perpetuate inequality. bit.ly/3WBEHZh

Applications are invited for a three-year Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Centre for History and Economics in Paris (CHEP), Sciences Po, starting on 1 September 2025, in connection with the research programme on economic & environmental history. histecon.fr/en/fellowships…

that academia was a meritocracy

Great to work with Urban Archive on this photo collection project! There’s still time to share your summer photos! Read on for how Melting Metropolis

So pleased to see this new fellowship at Edinburgh for Palestinian artists and practitioners. Please share widely among your networks!

The conflation of "authoritarianism" and "anti-Americanism" is pure uncut The Atlantic Thought

Hey #twitterstorians! If you're a current member of the AHA, could you sign this petition from Scholars for a New Deal for Higher Education asking the AHA to take concrete steps to support increased funding for higher ed that supports higher ed workers? docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

University of Florida’s then-president, Ben Sasse, spent over $1.3 million on private catering for lavish dinners, football tailgates, extravagant social functions including holiday party featuring $38,610 sushi bar Garrett Shanley Fresh Take Florida wuft.org/fresh-take-flo…

I've got a new piece out in Jacobin about Wisconsin socialists and their unprecedented success in the state legislature in the early 20th century.

That's why this Roosevelt Institute report by David Stein is so important, and perhaps marks the beginning of the end of this tiresome, illiberal obsession. rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/t…

For Columbia folks — on Sept 23, in just over a week, I’ll be giving a book talk for the University of South Carolina’s History Center! Really excited about this.

Always a good day when a friend’s book arrives! Camden Burd

The university as arms dealer

CAFO capitalism and the literal enshittification of the Midwest. wpr.org/news/wisconsin…

I feel like a broken record over here, but "Yes, I am lying but there is a greater symbolic truth about the nation in that lie" is pretty fascist

Academic friends! If you know any college students or groups who care about the Great Lakes, the environment, energy justice, & Indigenous rights, we're hosting a Line 5 webinar for them. Please share! Registration link on the event page. Oil & Water Don't Mix oilandwaterdontmix.org/line_5_101#rsvp

Reminder: Call for Papers is out for MHA 2025 in Iowa. We can’t wait to see old friends and new faces as we explore “New Directions in Midwest History”

Glad to be collaborating with Lloyd D. Barba along with Bradley Onishi to chart a different path forward for our country, one that doesn't reflexively portray newcomers to our communities as a threat. Check out the preview to our upcoming series on sanctuary, out soon!

Just sharing this statistic in honor of the jerk that just passed me on a residential street in a neighborhood full of kids and older people.

Big mail day.