Venezuela Broke My Heart I saw "democratic socialism" descend into tyranny; it made me question my own beliefs I write on Venezuela, especially for anyone who denies the reality that the "Bolivarian revolution" led to hunger, exodus and murder. Read↓ crashoutmedia.com/p/venezuela-br…

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The UC Davis history department published this memorial on the life of Dr. Clarence Walker, my Ph.D. advisor and friend. My friend profloumoore and twitterless Greg Smithers and Sally McKee also contributed. history.ucdavis.edu/clarence-walker

You're staring at the draft syllabus for the fall. If only there was an article you could assign that puts the American Revolution, the Haitian Revolution, and the Spanish American Wars for Independence in a single frame. Bonus points for guns. May I suggest? 👇👇👇

I'm thrilled that my book on música del coronavirus (co-written with JA Strub) is finally out! Link below to get 25% off! And playlists for every chapter are at malditocoronavirus.com

The Plunder of Black America has a cover! Why has the Black-white racial wealth gap been so wide for so long? This book is a 400-year history of racial economic inequality told through family lives yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030025… #racialwealthgap #PlunderofBlackAmerica #twitterstorians

"Cynicism is not a neutral position—and although it asks almost nothing of us, it is highly infectious and destructive... Hopefulness isn't a neutral position either. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism." -- Nick Cave (/v kottke.org)

For The New York Review of Books, I wrote about the The American Folk Art Museum's Francesc Tosquelles show: nybooks.com/online/2024/08…

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In my latest over at The New Republic, I critique the recent Second Amendment decision that transformed machine guns into constitutionally protected arms. Beyond its other flaws, the decision illustrates a dispiriting trend of courts essentially pretending Rahimi doesn’t exist.

Check out this little comedian. 🥸 Not long ago I fielded a question about how to interpret a newborn’s smiles and laughter - noting that (at three days old) these behaviors were probably more reflexive than intentional. In doing so, I also made a promise: that meaningful

Te gustan los perros caliente 🌭? Venga aqui. No gatos Ruff ruff 🐶 meow 😻 #presidentialdebate

One week from tomorrow, at the Chicago Humanities festival: "The Forces Shaping Immigration," with Adam Goodman, Ivón Padilla-Rodríguez, and Barbara Sostaita! chicagohumanities.org/events/attend/…

This is a truly wonderful opportunity for PhD students working on Indigenous and colonial topics in the Spanish Borderlands of North America. Please share! Western History Association WHA Grad Caucus Conference on Latin American History (CLAH) Native American and Indigenous Studies Association

New: Action on Armed Violence (AOAV)'s Voice Notes From Palestine In 2023, I taught a group of students in Gaza living with disabilities how to tell their stories on social media. A year on, their University lies in ruins, they are all refugees and one of them is dead. This is their story.

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