Just watching this again today, for no particular reason.

(Looks at today’s lecture notes on 1920s): Immigration restriction, attack on labor power, backlash to reproductive rights, big business consolidation, rampant consumerism, rise of white nationalist groups and fundamentalist religion… “how thick should I lay this on for them?”

Check out this important podcast series on the history of sanctuary and its deep roots in the entire nation, especially in the Midwest. Congrats Sergio González Lloyd D. Barba on your incredible work and for bringing rich insight into a vital piece of Midwest history.

In this post-election reflection, Dr. William Horne asks: if America’s greatness is its love of freedom, who held the firehoses in Birmingham? Who wielded clubs on Edmund Pettus Bridge? clioandthecontemporary.com/?p=5945&previe…

NEW: 10 takeaways from the 2024 election in Wisconsin. - Wisconsin *nearly* defies the red wave - SW WI zooms right - Tammy Baldwin survives - WOW shift slows - Senate Dems shine, mixed results in the Assembly + more! Let’s recombobulate: therecombobulationarea.news/p/10-takeaways…

I wrote a short piece for Contingent Magazine about my hometown in rural WI. It was a labor of love to share such a unique place to grow up and what that says about rural places across the Midwest. Thank you @Marc_A_Reyes84 for your editorial eye. contingentmagazine.org/2024/11/10/pil…

It's Membership (Meme) Monday! Please consider joining the Midwest History Association and staying in the loop with all things Midwest through the MHA newsletter. nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/society/midwes…

Discussing Rauchway, “Why the New Matters” in class. Student A: “I can hit control F and find the Bonus Army that way” Me: “or here’s the index in the back of the book” Student B: “That’s the old school way your generation did it” AM I OLD NOW????

This Jeopardy clue aged like milk.

We’re quickly approaching the CFP deadline for next years MHA conference in Iowa. Get your proposals in now and be part of another incredible conference with an amazing group of scholars. Deadline: December 2

Join us for our next Midwestern History Association book talk with Stephanie Ternullo! I'm hosting a discussion of her new book, "How the Heartland Went Red," Midwestern politics and history, and the 2024 election. 📅 December 4, 11am CT (12pm ET) 📝 bit.ly/mha-ternullo (free, pre-reg required!)

New episode of Heartland History Podcast is available now. A great conversation from last spring’s MHA conference on the future of Midwestern history led by Alex Chambers with Andrew Klumpp, @Em_AguilarPhD, @CamdenBurd, Kristy Nabhan-Warren, and Cory Haala: midwesternhistory.com/podcast

It's Membership (Meme) Monday! Please consider joining the Midwest History Association and staying in the loop with all things Midwest through the MHA newsletter. nebraskapressjournals.unl.edu/society/midwes…

Barack Obama's end-of-presidency legacy essay ran in The Economist; Biden chose The American Prospect. prospect.org/economy/2024-1…

Amidst the recent wave of labor organizing, graduate students are leading the fight to better colleges and universities. In this piece, Omari Averette-Phillips offers helpful guidance for graduate students looking to organize on their campus clioandthecontemporary.com/2024/12/27/lab…

The next chair of the Democratic National Committee will likely come from the Upper Midwest. Cory Haala explores the tradition of progressive, populist politics from Democrats in the Midwest in order to better understand the region. clioandthecontemporary.com/2025/01/31/ken…

This is such a good conversation about rural America and federal policy, framed around a really cool interpretation, the conservation-industrial complex. @CamdenBurd and Josh Nygren really nailed it. Worth a listen, and then another.

Sanctuary cities are not new. Since the 1980s, communities have challenged deportations by crafting sanctuary city policies time.com/7264323/sanctu…

Call for Papers: Special Issue, "Public History in the Latinx Midwest" in the "The Public Historian." The deadline for submission of proposals is May 31, 2025. Selected authors will be notified by July 15, 2025. Articles will be due by January 15, 2026. See attachment for details