Thomas Tweed

Texas cities have some of the highest preterm birth rates in the US, highlighting maternal health crisis nationwide Rates of preterm births, maternal deaths and other adverse birth outcomes are abysmal across the US, but there are clear strategies that could help the nation reverse course.

Texas cities have some of the highest preterm birth rates in the US, highlighting maternal health crisis nationwide

Historical reminder, a good news-bad news thing: the 1979 near disaster at TMI briefly united politically & spiritually divided locals in their shared worry about the health effects for pregnant women & children
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Project HOME is one of the city’s largest nonprofit housing agencies, serving 15,000 people a year.

Donna Bullock, the group’s head, said that recent cutbacks have been “terrifying.”

How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind (The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

OPINION: The usual Thanksgiving depiction overlooks Indigenous rituals that give thanks, including harvest festivals.
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Thanksgiving : derrière l’histoire populaire des pèlerins et des « Indiens », de nombreux oubliés… Thanksgiving est la tradition qui rassemble le plus d’États-Uniens. Mais l’image classique des pèlerins occulte des pans importants de l’histoire du pays.

Grateful to see the French translation of my piece on Thanksgiving.

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Surprised but grateful for the warm response to this short piece on Thanksgiving.

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YouTube video by Trinity Long Room Hub Arts and Humanities Ireland and the American Revolution Keynote Address | Prof Eliga Gould

Highlighting these one last time:
A keynote from Prof. Eliga Gould, 'Lord Carlisle’s Union: Making Peace in America, Ireland, and Britain, 1778-1783’.

Brings up an interesting counterfactual: What if America had gone the way of Ireland and remained within empire?

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Penn Press releases three-volume book project on Philadelphia history The three volumes — titled “The Greater Philadelphia Region,” “Greater Philadelphia and the Nation,” and “Greater Philadelphia and the World" — cover subjects from the American Revolution and…

So awesome to see coverage of GREATER PHILADELPHIA from The Daily Pennsylvanian! Read their article to learn more about the origins of the project, what kinds of information you'll find in the book, and how you can join us on campus on Dec. 4th for the book launch!

Sacred Economies – Penn Press How Uganda’s vibrant religious infrastructure supports local and interfaith community care efforts For millions living on the African continent, the experi...

Another forthcoming book on my reading list:
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Surprised but grateful for the warm response to this short piece on Thanksgiving.

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One True Church In the summer of 1872, a white doctor and a formerly enslaved African American farmer walked through a field near Newton Grove, North Carolina, and mapped ou...

Another forthcoming book I can’t wait to read:

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Mαwte: Bound Together | Colby College Museum of Art Initiated by guest curator and Penobscot basketmaker Sarah Sockbeson, this exhibition of contemporary Wabanaki art centers Indigenized methodologies and artistic expression.

Great Indigenous art exhibit opening today in Waterville, Maine!

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More Than a City On a Hill - Christianity Today Religion in the Lands that Became America moves readers away from religious exceptionalism.

Thanks so much to Philip Jenkins for the review in @christianitytoday.com

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How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind (The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

religionnews.com/2025/11/17/h...

How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind (The Conversation) — In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

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How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

Here is my piece on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and narrow conceptions of national belonging.
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Church members flee as federal agents arrive at east Charlotte place of worship Nick Sullivan 42 mins ago Congregants of an east Charlotte church scattered into the woods Saturday when masked federal agents arrived and detained one of their members, according to witnesses.

CHARLOTTE

“Agents parked just outside a closed gate leading to the church parking lot & ran into the yard…

The agents asked no questions and showed no identification before taking one man away, whose wife and child were inside at the time…”

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Also in here: DHS responded to the faith-led protest yesterday, calling participants “violent rioters” and “imbecilic morons” who need to “get a job.”

Asked about the statement, one UMC pastor who participated in the protest told me: "This is our job." religionnews.com/2025/11/15/a...

How the Plymouth Pilgrims took over Thanksgiving – and who history left behind In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country’s story.

Here is my piece on Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims, and narrow conceptions of national belonging.
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Doomscrolling in the 1850s The Atlantic was born in an era of information overload.

“Amid an overload of information of uncertain value, The Atlantic’s founders wanted to create something that was solid and enduring," Jake Lundberg writes. He looks back to the magazine's founding, 168 years ago, in Time-Travel Thursdays:

U.S. Bishops Issue a “Special Message” on Immigration from Plenary Assembly in Baltimore url:https://www.usccb.org/news/2025/us-bishops-issue-special-message-immigration-plenary-assembly-baltimore

Yes. There’s a lot to say about the series on Garfield. Other historians can jump in to add what they noticed. I was surprised it overlooked his background as an ordained minister in the Disciples of Christ.

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So grateful to the museum staff and all those who attended in person and on line. Thanks!
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Tonight, Indigenous Studies scholars @tomtweed.bsky.social and John Low will be at the museum to discuss Tweed's new book, RELIGION IN THE LANDS THAT BECAME AMERICA! Beat the cold and warm up inside while learning more about indigenous history! www.eventbrite.com/e/american-p...

YouTube video by American Writers Museum John Low at the AWM!

So excited to be talking with my friend John Low about my new book on Monday at the American Writers Museum in Chicago!

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YouTube video by American Writers Museum John Low at the AWM!

So excited to be talking with my friend John Low about my new book on Monday at the American Writers Museum in Chicago!

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Air Pollution From Industrial Facilities Is Far Worse Than Estimated The Trump administration has put a stop to EPA rules that would have required more than 130 industrial facilities to install air monitors to measure pollution. Millions of people living near these pla...

Our analysis of EPA air monitoring data shows that companies have far underestimated the pollution caused by their facilities.

At a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, monitors found benzene levels 37 times higher than estimated emissions.

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Wakara’s America: The Life and Legacy of a Native Founder of the American West by Max Perry Mueller In this gripping history, classicist Mueller (Race and the Making of the Mormon People) uncovers the life and complicated legacy...

Starred Review of Wakara’s America from @publisherswkly.bsky.social. www.publishersweekly.com/9781541602595