Christopher Jones
@ccjones.bsky.social
Historian of religion, race, + society.
Author, Connections: Early American Methodism in the Revolutionary Atlantic World (forthcoming, Cornell UP).
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Co-editor, Missionary Interests (Cornell UP, 2024).
Author, Connections: Early American Methodism in the Revolutionary Atlantic World (forthcoming, Cornell UP).
Editor, Journal of Mormon History.
Co-editor, Missionary Interests (Cornell UP, 2024).
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Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
For-Profit School Opening in For-Profit ICE Family Prison - The American Prospect
Stride, Inc., is hiring multiple teachers to run a new school at the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley. But the establishment of a school is really an effort to sanitize the extended det...
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February 5, 2026 at 12:03 AM
Gramsci once observed "the old is dying and the new struggles to be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear," and I'm not sure there would be any better encapsulation of our society's comorbidities than this headline.
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The idea that the Court should operate entirely in secret is a modern phenomenon. The idea that the Court should be separated from the public is a modern phenomenon. Earlier generations did not accept a powerful, isolated & secretive Court and we shouldn't either 1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The idea that the Court should operate entirely in secret is a modern phenomenon. The idea that the Court should be separated from the public is a modern phenomenon. Earlier generations did not accept a powerful, isolated & secretive Court and we shouldn't either 1/6
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
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Ayeeeeee! Happy Black History Month!
Want to start #BlackHistoryMonth off on a good note? Come listen to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social + @profblmkelley.bsky.social talk about researching their own family histories.
February 2, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Ayeeeeee! Happy Black History Month!
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🚨New Episode Alert🚨
Kicking off Black History Month with Prof. Sara Gallagher (@sgallagher12.bsky.social) of Durham College and her book "Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture" (@oupress.bsky.social 2025).
writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/083-sara-g...
Kicking off Black History Month with Prof. Sara Gallagher (@sgallagher12.bsky.social) of Durham College and her book "Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture" (@oupress.bsky.social 2025).
writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/083-sara-g...
083 - Sara Gallagher - Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture | Writing Westward Podcast
A conversation with literary scholar Sara Gallagher about their book
Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture
(University of Oklahoma Press, 2025)
Sara Gallagher is Professor of Libe...
writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com
February 2, 2026 at 4:53 PM
🚨New Episode Alert🚨
Kicking off Black History Month with Prof. Sara Gallagher (@sgallagher12.bsky.social) of Durham College and her book "Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture" (@oupress.bsky.social 2025).
writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/083-sara-g...
Kicking off Black History Month with Prof. Sara Gallagher (@sgallagher12.bsky.social) of Durham College and her book "Black Wests: Reshaping Race and Place in Popular Culture" (@oupress.bsky.social 2025).
writingwestwardpodcast.podbean.com/e/083-sara-g...
Want to start #BlackHistoryMonth off on a good note? Come listen to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social + @profblmkelley.bsky.social talk about researching their own family histories.
February 2, 2026 at 3:04 PM
Want to start #BlackHistoryMonth off on a good note? Come listen to @kcarterjackson.bsky.social + @profblmkelley.bsky.social talk about researching their own family histories.
This x1000.
I have a standing offer to students to come visit with me to learn how to read a history book.
To my delight, 3 have already come in this semester to meet. All 3 reported success reading through the next assigned book.
I have a standing offer to students to come visit with me to learn how to read a history book.
To my delight, 3 have already come in this semester to meet. All 3 reported success reading through the next assigned book.
My hot take about the “students cannot read whole novels / watch whole films / etc.” is that they can learn to do it. None of us are born with attention spans suited for long media. It is a learned skill and can be developed with practice.
January 31, 2026 at 6:58 PM
This x1000.
I have a standing offer to students to come visit with me to learn how to read a history book.
To my delight, 3 have already come in this semester to meet. All 3 reported success reading through the next assigned book.
I have a standing offer to students to come visit with me to learn how to read a history book.
To my delight, 3 have already come in this semester to meet. All 3 reported success reading through the next assigned book.
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Family history work depends on the material lives of records: how they were created, used, marked, preserved, or repaired.
Come hang with me and @ccjones.bsky.social and Amy Harris and chat about archives, archival practice, and genealogy!!
juvenileinstructor.org/call-for-par...
Come hang with me and @ccjones.bsky.social and Amy Harris and chat about archives, archival practice, and genealogy!!
juvenileinstructor.org/call-for-par...
» Call for Participants–CHL Book History Workshop
A Mormon history blog
juvenileinstructor.org
January 29, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Family history work depends on the material lives of records: how they were created, used, marked, preserved, or repaired.
Come hang with me and @ccjones.bsky.social and Amy Harris and chat about archives, archival practice, and genealogy!!
juvenileinstructor.org/call-for-par...
Come hang with me and @ccjones.bsky.social and Amy Harris and chat about archives, archival practice, and genealogy!!
juvenileinstructor.org/call-for-par...
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If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]
January 28, 2026 at 10:11 PM
If you have not yet read @adamserwer.bsky.social on Minnesotans' heroics, you are going to feel way better when you do. He went there. He talked to the people doing the work. Then he thought about it and produced something rare. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0... [gift link]
I know the world is going to hell, but Trinity Rodman is a sincere bright spot in my day to day life. Not just the on pitch performance, but the joy she plays (and celebrates) with. #USWNT
January 28, 2026 at 4:43 AM
I know the world is going to hell, but Trinity Rodman is a sincere bright spot in my day to day life. Not just the on pitch performance, but the joy she plays (and celebrates) with. #USWNT
Did the Utah legislature just do something … good?
This is a new feeling.
This is a new feeling.
UPDATE: I interviewed the House Majority Leader on the bid for U.S. Magnesium. He says they want the water for the Great Salt Lake. As for where they'll get the $30 million? He plans to dip into rainy day funds to spare the rest of the state budget: www.fox13now.com/news/great-s... #utpol #Utah
Utah buys US Magnesium plant, plans to give more water to Great Salt Lake
The state of Utah has won a bid for U.S. Magnesium's bankruptcy assets with plans to conduct environmental remediation and give the water to the Great Salt Lake.
www.fox13now.com
January 27, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Did the Utah legislature just do something … good?
This is a new feeling.
This is a new feeling.
Proud dad moment, receiving this message from my 14yo.
January 25, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Proud dad moment, receiving this message from my 14yo.
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There we go:
“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear… That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.”
Gift link:
“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear… That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.”
Gift link:
Opinion | State Terror Has Arrived
www.nytimes.com
January 25, 2026 at 1:20 AM
There we go:
“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear… That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.”
Gift link:
“It should no longer be possible to say that the Trump administration seeks merely to govern this nation. It seeks to reduce us all to a state of constant fear… That is our new national reality. State terror has arrived.”
Gift link:
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I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
I wish Democrats would start just speaking the truth:
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
“ICE is killing American citizens in public for exercising their freedom of speech because Donald Trump wants to be a king.
This isn’t about immigration—Trump wants to make it illegal to oppose him, and to stay in power until he dies.”
Germany is wonderful, and I may just not come home. #heidelberg
January 24, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Germany is wonderful, and I may just not come home. #heidelberg
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Reunion: a Podcast About Family Histories is a creation of my BYU History faculty colleagues @ccjones.bsky.social & @jstuart.bsky.social. Talk about hitting the ground running! The 1st 2 episodes have featured @kawulf.bsky.social & @agordonreed.bsky.social! WOW!
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January 21, 2026 at 4:43 PM
Reunion: a Podcast About Family Histories is a creation of my BYU History faculty colleagues @ccjones.bsky.social & @jstuart.bsky.social. Talk about hitting the ground running! The 1st 2 episodes have featured @kawulf.bsky.social & @agordonreed.bsky.social! WOW!
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Re: Sean McDermott getting fired, I ask once again: why are all these GMs keeping their jobs when they bear more responsibility for team failure?
January 19, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Re: Sean McDermott getting fired, I ask once again: why are all these GMs keeping their jobs when they bear more responsibility for team failure?
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From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
The Last Steep Ascent
New obstacles should not be deplored but welcomed because their presence proves we are closer to the ultimate decision.
www.thenation.com
January 19, 2026 at 1:14 PM
From 1961 to 1966, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an annual essay for us on the state of civil rights and race relations in America. In this piece from 1966, he wrote about economic justice as the next struggle for the civil rights movement. www.thenation.com/article/acti...
Episode 2 of Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories, is out now! We were delighted and honored to welcome @agordonreed.bsky.social to discuss her groundbreaking research on the Hemings family + more!
@jstuart.bsky.social
@jstuart.bsky.social
January 19, 2026 at 1:01 PM
Episode 2 of Reunion: A Podcast about Family Histories, is out now! We were delighted and honored to welcome @agordonreed.bsky.social to discuss her groundbreaking research on the Hemings family + more!
@jstuart.bsky.social
@jstuart.bsky.social
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“Standing with librarians means standing with the idea that democracy requires access to information. It means rejecting the notion that fear should dictate education. It means trusting young people enough to let them read, question, and think for themselves.”
The Things I Read as a Child: The Librarians and Book Censorship in America
I grew up in a house where reading was monitored. There were quiet limits. There were suggestions. There were books that never appeared in…
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January 19, 2026 at 3:09 AM
“Standing with librarians means standing with the idea that democracy requires access to information. It means rejecting the notion that fear should dictate education. It means trusting young people enough to let them read, question, and think for themselves.”
This should anger you. It should infuriate you. It should motivate you to do something.
Hmong man detained by ICE today in St. Paul, Minnesota.
(Photo via Reuters)
(Photo via Reuters)
January 19, 2026 at 4:18 AM
This should anger you. It should infuriate you. It should motivate you to do something.
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With 10 days to go until the US release of THE CROWN’S SILENCE on 1/27, I’m giving away TWO signed pre-release copies!!
🚨To enter: share this post b/n now & noon (ET) tomorrow 1/18. I’ll randomly choose 2 winners (US-based). The book is also available for pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
🚨To enter: share this post b/n now & noon (ET) tomorrow 1/18. I’ll randomly choose 2 winners (US-based). The book is also available for pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
January 17, 2026 at 5:13 PM
With 10 days to go until the US release of THE CROWN’S SILENCE on 1/27, I’m giving away TWO signed pre-release copies!!
🚨To enter: share this post b/n now & noon (ET) tomorrow 1/18. I’ll randomly choose 2 winners (US-based). The book is also available for pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
🚨To enter: share this post b/n now & noon (ET) tomorrow 1/18. I’ll randomly choose 2 winners (US-based). The book is also available for pre-order now! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
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In the NFL, every close play gets carefully reviewed with instant replay, except for a playoff-altering overtime change of possession.
January 18, 2026 at 2:14 AM
In the NFL, every close play gets carefully reviewed with instant replay, except for a playoff-altering overtime change of possession.
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in playoff overtime, multiple refs should have to turn their keys to throw a flag, like with the nukes
January 18, 2026 at 1:15 AM
in playoff overtime, multiple refs should have to turn their keys to throw a flag, like with the nukes
After my 13yo’s basketball game today, I told him the refs were the worst I’ve ever seen.
And then I watched the Bills game and stand corrected.
And then I watched the Bills game and stand corrected.
January 18, 2026 at 1:18 AM
After my 13yo’s basketball game today, I told him the refs were the worst I’ve ever seen.
And then I watched the Bills game and stand corrected.
And then I watched the Bills game and stand corrected.
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One book I always recommend, but doubly recommend now, is Daniel Immerwahr's "How to Hide an Empire." www.amazon.com/How-Hide-Emp...
January 16, 2026 at 3:17 PM
One book I always recommend, but doubly recommend now, is Daniel Immerwahr's "How to Hide an Empire." www.amazon.com/How-Hide-Emp...