Jason L. Newton
@jason-l-newton.bsky.social
Assistant teaching prof, PhD, #history of #capitalism / #envhist
@CLTHistoryDept #laborhistory #historyofcapitalism #firstgenphd. Views my own. pages.charlotte.edu/jasonlnewton/. @aaup.bsky.social member.
@CLTHistoryDept #laborhistory #historyofcapitalism #firstgenphd. Views my own. pages.charlotte.edu/jasonlnewton/. @aaup.bsky.social member.
The people of Charlotte, for the most part, do not want border patrol here
November 15, 2025 at 3:51 PM
The people of Charlotte, for the most part, do not want border patrol here
We saw big victories for public transportation this election cycle in NYC and my home city of Charlotte. Keep in mind that investment in public transit is progressive, helping poorer people more (even if it’s funded by a flat tax like in Charlotte)
November 5, 2025 at 12:54 PM
We saw big victories for public transportation this election cycle in NYC and my home city of Charlotte. Keep in mind that investment in public transit is progressive, helping poorer people more (even if it’s funded by a flat tax like in Charlotte)
Build build build doesn’t work. Charlotte lacks affordable housing even though we built more units than expected. YIMBYism = plausible in theory, wrong empirically issuu.com/docs/f945e82...
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Build build build doesn’t work. Charlotte lacks affordable housing even though we built more units than expected. YIMBYism = plausible in theory, wrong empirically issuu.com/docs/f945e82...
Let’s be real. There is no reason to have a clean desk cuz everything you do it on the computer anyways. If you have room to type you are fine.
October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Let’s be real. There is no reason to have a clean desk cuz everything you do it on the computer anyways. If you have room to type you are fine.
Ah yes! Abundance! Smh… social housing now!
October 13, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Ah yes! Abundance! Smh… social housing now!
Ain’t no one in the #Adirondacks ever heard of a switchback. Too much land use, too much trail erosion. You want to go up, you go straight up; point A -> point B.
October 10, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Ain’t no one in the #Adirondacks ever heard of a switchback. Too much land use, too much trail erosion. You want to go up, you go straight up; point A -> point B.
A friend found my book in the wild and sent me this picture. First time I have seen it in a store and it was in a Barnes and Nobel I guess!
October 6, 2025 at 3:14 AM
A friend found my book in the wild and sent me this picture. First time I have seen it in a store and it was in a Barnes and Nobel I guess!
Doing some work on the conservation movement and found this interesting quote from Teddy R.'s 8th annual address to congress...
September 28, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Doing some work on the conservation movement and found this interesting quote from Teddy R.'s 8th annual address to congress...
Featuring stuff like this.
September 27, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Featuring stuff like this.
I wrote about this concept called “race management” from 1900-1920 where employers created taxonomies dictating which races were best at different work. Turns out the practice is alive and well today. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/643-...
September 25, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I wrote about this concept called “race management” from 1900-1920 where employers created taxonomies dictating which races were best at different work. Turns out the practice is alive and well today. 99percentinvisible.org/episode/643-...
Another image from my ongoing series “HistOMelon.” Today, the Haymarket affair (1886).
September 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Another image from my ongoing series “HistOMelon.” Today, the Haymarket affair (1886).
Looks like me and my pre-schooler are gonna be vibe coding and comparing models pretty soon!
August 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Looks like me and my pre-schooler are gonna be vibe coding and comparing models pretty soon!
My attempt at growing a giant sequoia has come to close.
August 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
My attempt at growing a giant sequoia has come to close.
Ready for the new Foundations of American democracy class!
August 17, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Ready for the new Foundations of American democracy class!
Loving this book! Adds detail and nuance to the scholarship on neo-liberalism.
August 8, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Loving this book! Adds detail and nuance to the scholarship on neo-liberalism.
Just got a copy of the July 1950 edition of _Fortune_ where the term "Treaty of Detroit" was first introduced. What a beautiful cover image!
August 5, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Just got a copy of the July 1950 edition of _Fortune_ where the term "Treaty of Detroit" was first introduced. What a beautiful cover image!
Recently took a hike in Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge. These beautiful, rare forests (only about 2 mil acres left) challenge what forestry management means. It’s “old growth” that cannot exist without human intervention. So much inspiration for my new project.
August 5, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Recently took a hike in Carolina Sandhills National Wildlife Refuge. These beautiful, rare forests (only about 2 mil acres left) challenge what forestry management means. It’s “old growth” that cannot exist without human intervention. So much inspiration for my new project.
There is nothing new under the sun. 1925.
July 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
There is nothing new under the sun. 1925.
Another image from my ongoing series “HistOMelon.” Today, the French Revolution!
July 31, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Another image from my ongoing series “HistOMelon.” Today, the French Revolution!
If you have kids with a passion for history, get them started on this 4 hour Cocomelon WWII docudrama. It’s really great! (Warning: some ai was used in the creation of this post)
July 23, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you have kids with a passion for history, get them started on this 4 hour Cocomelon WWII docudrama. It’s really great! (Warning: some ai was used in the creation of this post)
This is the quote of the interview for me and it has always been my critique of the #Abundance Agenda.
July 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
This is the quote of the interview for me and it has always been my critique of the #Abundance Agenda.
Doing some research on the history of the term industrial democracy, ect. Seems like their was nothing like the 20s! Thoughts?
July 22, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Doing some research on the history of the term industrial democracy, ect. Seems like their was nothing like the 20s! Thoughts?
Figured I would try my hand at this video making thing. The subject should not be surprising.
July 21, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Figured I would try my hand at this video making thing. The subject should not be surprising.