Cory James Young

Any recommendations for good "welcome to a History PhD program!" essays for incoming students? I'm looking for something fortifying.

The Hellfire Preacher Who Promoted Inoculation - JSTOR Daily Three hundred years ago, Cotton Mather starred in a debate about treating smallpox that tore Boston apart.

When I say that antivax terrorism isn't new, I mean it. In 1721, Massachusetts preacher and civic leader Cotton Mather got a bomb thrown through his window for his support of smallpox inoculation.

Hal Wilkerson walked so Phil Dunphy could walk slower.

Certainly a better reason than Gladwyne, which was previously Lower Merion, and which means nothing in Welsh.

Petition to rename Bryn Mawr College "Humphrey's Academy."

TIL Bryn Mawr--Welsh for "big hill"--was called Humphreysville until after the Civil War when Welsh place names became popular in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Nearby Tredyffrin and Uwchlan date to the early 18th century, and Bryn Mawr was trying to associate itself with that history.

I was born in Rhoder Land and remain a proud Rhoder Lander.

Government style ad in watercolour. Image of a burglar stealing a painting from the wall of a home. Tagline: "It's not theft... if you say you're using it to train your AI algorithm". Body text: "Theft is now legal, so we can boost the economy by eliminating jobs. If that doesn't make any sense, ask a chatbot to explain it to you." HM government logo in the corner.

Did a new one

Video shows Department of Justice official urging Jan. 6 rioters to 'kill' cops The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

I misspelled my own last name on a high school test once so my 9th grade social studies teacher called me “Yount” for four years.

National Park Service will restore, reinstall toppled statue of Confederate General in DC - WTOP News The statue of Confederate General and Freemason Leader Albert Pike was brought down and burned in 2020 by demonstrators. Now, plans are in play for its reinstallation.

It's like they ask themselves "What would a cartoon villain do?"

This feels targeted; I used one for the first time last Thursday on an upgrade.

Plenty of fine reasons to get married. No one is arguing that.

A great reason is that your spouse can drive the rental car for no extra fee.

That's a relief!

...like I imagine ritual vomiting would be, am I right?

These are absolutely stunning. I hope to reach a place where I can do as much for my students as Shannon is doing…

Thrilled to announce that I’ve inked a two-book deal with @liveright.bsky.social, a division of @wwnorton.com. The first book, THOSE FEARFUL DAYS, is a work of historical true-crime focused on the 1979–81 Atlanta youth murders. The second, THE PASSION OF MATTHEW SHEPARD, situates Shepard’s life 1/ 🗃️

Good morning! I'm in Uganda to visit family and friends.

But depending on your perspective, don't worry or I'm sorry: I'll be back by the end of the month.

See you soon, NYC.

Congratulations to Adam McNeil on winning The SHEAR Dissertation Prize. #SHEAR2025

It’s not the most important part obviously, but sad that Colbert is ending as one of the last stages for bands to perform on television to a broad audience.

Do we have to RSVP? Because this looks dope.

History Shows Why Birthright Citizenship is so Important The 14th Amendment aimed to overturn restrictive state laws while making the Constitution more inclusive.

My dear colleague Anna Law, cutting through the nonsense on birthright citizenship and where it comes from:

time.com/7300066/why-...

An ungrateful, furry black cat with yellow eyes and a pink tongue and little white teeth screaming up at the camera while sat on a brown composite wood floor.

Apropos of everything, here’s my cat screaming at me about something.

An effective Democratic Party machine would be preparing to primary every single Democratic elected official that endorses Cuomo. Every single one.

Sigh. I guess he worked for it.

Historian says 1920s, hunch says 1910s.

This 2017 painting by Criselda Vasquez is evocative and belongs to an artistic tradition of appropriating Grant Wood’s 1930 portrait.

Gordon Park’s poignant 1942 photograph of Ella Watson, a domestic worker in DC, is another example, and one I share with my students in Iowa.

Framing jobs as “opportunities” perpetuates the idea that employers are doing employees a favor while masking the truth, which is that capital needs labor.

The Go-go’s release their debut LP “Beauty and the Beat” today in 1981 — to this day, the only #1 Billboard album by an all-female band who wrote their own material & played their own instruments.

“I remember saying, 'Wow, if we sell 150,000 copies,” said Belinda Carlisle, “that would be so cool.’”