William Foner

YouTube video by American Historical Association Teaching with Integrity: Confronting a Nation's Past

History teacher Katharina Matro on how growing up in Germany and learning about the country’s past “made me a more informed citizen, a more politically aware citizen, a more critical thinker.” #FreedomToLearn #HonestHistory

"WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 1, 2025) – The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) announced today that it will begin an orderly wind-down of its operations"

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#ScholarSunday Thread 231 Published on June 29, 2025

What can we do against such reckless hate? Enjoy & share widely the solidarity with all the amazing work in my 231st #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books from the last week. 🗃️

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Trump Justice Dept. Pressuring University of Virginia President to Resign The Justice Department has demanded that James E. Ryan step down to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school, three people familiar with the matter said.

The Justice Department has demanded that the president of the University of Virginia resign to help resolve a civil rights investigation into the school’s diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

In a writing slump, but still working on first piece for Substack!

fellow historians, any rec's on short and accessible reflections on the importance and practice of citation? For my methods class I would love some reading for a "why we cite" discussion beyond mechanics. 🗃️

Resources for Federal Historians - AHA The American Historical Association supports historians employed by the federal government. We appreciate the important work they do every day to preserve, chronicle, and interpret American history. T...

The AHA recognizes that our colleagues in the federal government are facing unprecedented workforce reductions & has compiled resources in support, & are offering one year of free membership in the AHA to former employees of the federal govt. who have been terminated or resigned since January 20. 🗃️

The cover page of Giovanni Battista Ramusio’s “I Navigationi et Viaggi,” volume 3, published in 1556.

Got to spend a couple hours this morning at the Newberry Library reading through sections of Vol. 3 of Ramusio’s “Navigationi et Viaggi” that were sources for Thevet’s “Singularitez” beyond Brazil. Good information for my translation project & several papers I’m working on. #earlymodern

Major decision out of the Northern District of California. AI training on copyrighted material is fair use under the copyright act. This will have major implications for the AI industry and artists having their work stolen by AI companies.

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Please take a moment & read this piece by @alistairkitchen.bsky.social describing his ideological exclusion/expulsion from the US for his expressions/views.⬇️

In "Threat of Dissent," I wrote about the long history of ideological exclusions/deportations in the US & about all the challenges to them. 🗃️

A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally.

An interesting article in the NY Times this weekend about AI and History writing. #Skystorians www.nytimes.com/2025/06/16/m...

Guide for Contending with Online Harassment - AHA Guidelines to AHA members and historians who fear that they may become or have become targets of online harassment.

The AHA has updated our Guide for Contending with Online Harassment, offering recs to support members who are targets of online harassment. "Historians have the right to expect that discussion of their historical work will be conducted in a civil manner, free from harassment and intimidation." 🗃️

i honestly think that a lot of "AI safety" worries are overblown but this is, uh, really bad www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/t...

Incredible turn out for #NoKingsDay. Thank you to everyone speaking up and taking action. Dissent is patriotic!

Incredibly disturbing and frightening what is taking place across the country.

Sen. Alex Padilla: "If this is how this DHS responds to a senator with a question, I can only imagine what they're doing to farmers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California and throughout the country. We will hold this administration accountable."

Today I added three footnotes to my book manuscript. I also fixed two typos.

Very productive day. No wonder that I am exhausted.

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...

Tribal colleges are important for reasons reported here: providing "higher education rooted in [Native] language, culture and community.”

And they provide opportunities for rural people, Native and non-Native alike, in nursing, early childhood development, counseling, trades, etc.

This is so embarrassing

This is so bad 🤦‍♂️

Hi Christopher! What is the reason for this staggering loss in state funding? CT state legislature and loss in federal funding?

The primary policy objective of the centrist political pundit is to keep making six to seven figures

I'm eager to hear more about the drama the UNC-CH BOT has caused if there are any more updates in the future! 👀

After Delay, Chapel Hill Board Votes to Award Tenure After faculty raised alarm over the board’s delay on the decisions, trustees finally debated and voted by email. A couple of them said they generally opposed tenure.

UNC's BOT has belatedly, and after public outcry, approved the pending tenure cases. While I am relieved for my colleagues who were held in limbo, our issues here are far from settled. @insidehighered.com obtained board member's emails - hoo boy, buckle up 1/ www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

This is great! Thank you!

Spread the love and acceptance #pridemonth

Yep, it is abundantly clear that Republicans are set on controlling civil society by reshaping higher education along ideological lines. It is fascism.

Concerning that this could be a constant issue if states pass more bills infringing shared governance in higher education mirroring Florida's system.