I attended this event last night! It was well worth the quick turnaround trip from DC to Philadelphia!

SCOTUS ruled parents can remove their children from class when gay is mentioned. Yesterday, Andrew Sullivan wrote a historically inaccurate NYT OpEd about gay radicalism that justified his transphobia. Unsure if it’s worth responding, esp to Sullivan, who misrepresents the past.

Yay! Thank you New York Public Library. ♥️

From the port of Aden in the year 1150 to the streets of Phnom Penh in 2023--my take on the global history of capitalism is finally ready to go into print. This fall at a bookstore near you. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541160/c…

Thea was born on July 4. I think about her almost every day. I still deeply miss our friendship, her beautiful mind, and her uproarious laughter. theatlantic.com/education/arch…

Be sure and take advantage of this . . .🙄

#CDC reports the confirmed #measles count in the country so far this year has hit 1,288, the highest single year total since 1992 — and the highest since measles was declared eliminated in the US in 2000. statnews.com/2025/07/09/mea…

1/ A small drop⬇️ in vaccination rates—from 95% to 92.7%—might not seem significant, but for measles, it's critical. This decline increases the risk of the disease becoming endemic again in the US. on CBS News with errol barnett • cbs cbsnews.com/video/us-measl…

An absorbing article by Salamishah Tillet (she/her),which features you betta call me Dr. Dunbar brilliant work as a historical consultant who is also my colleague at HISTORY STUDIO.Erica has the inimitable talent to take a corpus of scholarship and translate it into legible storyline. nytimes.com/2025/07/09/art…

I haven't been here in MONTHS. I'm back to let folks know about this: Coming up next week! Sign-up info at the link. The great historian Frank Cogliano and I are co-teaching a three week course on Hamilton & Jefferson. You KNOW you want to be there. roundtable.org/live-courses/h…

I was shocked and saddened to learn earlier this week that GBH, a pioneering producer of public media in the U.S., has paused American Experience, the longest-running and most-watched historical documentary series on American television, and laid off its staff and leadership.

Big congratulations to Jim Downs on being named a 2025 Guggenheim Fellow! 🏅 His work on race, medicine, and the Civil War era continues to shape the field and inspire students. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/471XVg6

“every apparent step forward is matched by a quiet reversion—each gain followed by a new, more elusive form of loss. Redlining gives way to ‘predatory inclusion’….School desegregation in the cities sparks white flight”Idrees Kahloon on Plunder of Black Am newyorker.com/magazine/2025/…

🚨 It’s live! 🚨 The full #BeyondNeoliberalism media archive is now online—capturing one of the most ambitious and wide-ranging conversations about the future of our economy and politics in recent years. 📽️ A 15-minute video essay threading together the big themes: industrial