A reminder that my book WINDS OF HOPE, STORMS OF DISCORD, THE UNITED STATES SINCE 1945 remains available from Cambridge University Press and all other fine book sellers. A true labor of love! cambridge.org/Yaqub #twitterstorians #AcademicChatter #writerslift #writerslife

Ohio!!! Thank you for supporting libraries 💪

It's journalism malpractice to write headlines like this⤵️ without noting the fact that Zuckerberg is mostly referring to COVID 19 content that spread lies and misinformation about a deadly virus that killed over 1-million Americans.

Need help finding a panel for #SHAFR2025? Visit the conference website and use our Panelists Seeking Panelists form to find like minds! cc: SHAFR Historians

28 Aug 1955: 14 year old African-American Emmett Till is abducted from his uncle's home in Money, #Mississippi by two white men after allegedly home whistling at a white woman. Three days later the #Chicago boy is found brutally murdered. #OTD #ad amzn.to/3PbAbgk

George Washington intentionally picked cabinet secretaries who brought different perspectives, backgrounds, and expertise, and encouraged them to speak their mind. The best presidents since (Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, FDR, Eisenhower) have done the same.

Come on mainstream media. You really can do better.

You know it is football season for sure when this is your view from a run a long distance from the shoe #OSU #GoBucks #TheOhioState

Really notable what the Russian army has been reduced to or been forced to choose as a strategy in deploying, increasingly, conscripts - worth watching closely as the Ukrainian offensive continues nytimes.com/2024/08/31/wor…

Perhaps no other president spoke so clearly and so often about character, about the connection between individual virtue and good government.

Had such a great conversation with Annette Newell on her Speaking Freely podcast on this summer's rollercoaster politics and their possible meaning, historical context(s), take a listen KXL News: post.futurimedia.com/kxl/playlist/l…

Important AAUP statement reaffirming academic freedom and free speech in polarizing times, in case you missed it. ⬇️⬇️

I'm really looking forward to my online conversation tomorrow (Wed, Sept 4) at 6 pm pdt with Christopher Nichols @CMcKNichols.bsky.social! People can register at this link: orhs.ejoinme.org/Yaqub

Over the next several weeks, the SHGAPE Blog will be publishing a timely forum from an upcoming issue of @JournalGAPE on the history & legacy of Anthony Comstock & the #ComstockLaws. Read the intro here & look for a new post next week: blog.shgape.org/anthony-comsto… #twitterstorians

Good news. “Scanning and lending,” when translated, means Internet Archive has been publishing its own unauthorized digital editions of books under rules it makes up for itself. It made tens of millions doing it. Authors got bupkis. Copyright covers all formats & editions.

Still time to register for Historians and the News tonight at 6pm with Salim Yaqub and Christopher Nichols @CMcKNichols.bsky.social - register to join the conversation live, or access the recording: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

I worked hard with colleagues to put together a special issue for @JournalGAPE on Anthony Comstock and his legacy. If you don't know much about him, well, you are in for a ride. Here's part 1: blog.shgape.org/anthony-comsto…

Crucial to consider first VP to become president, helping set THE precedents for future VPs + presidents Dr. Lindsay M. Chervinsky nytimes.com/2024/09/05/boo…

We know the school year only just started but we are excited to share the speaker lineup for #SHAFR2025 this June! Maggie Blackhawk Elisabeth Leake Melani McAlister AKA Childless Cat Lady

My first-day class didn’t name guns or mass shootings as a major part of the history of their lifetimes, they are just there