Tenure isn't "just" about academic freedom or free speech, it also about labor, and more - knowing the history helps understand the battles and challenges of the present🗃️ @TIME #madebyhistory time.com/7320703/acad...
The Real History of Tenure
If academics want to protect the idea of tenure, they need to understand how and why it became the norm.
time.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tenure isn't "just" about academic freedom or free speech, it also about labor, and more - knowing the history helps understand the battles and challenges of the present🗃️ @TIME #madebyhistory time.com/7320703/acad...
In case you missed it yesterday, Allie Roberts Lopez and I wrote a hopeful story of democracy in action for @madebyhistory. Read if it you need to hear a little good news. Protect the VRA.
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@splcenter.org @baylorhistory.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
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@splcenter.org @baylorhistory.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
The Voting Rights Act Is a Lesson in Overcoming Setbacks
While the Voting Rights Act was undoubtedly a singular achievement, it represented the culmination of a long struggle.
time.com
September 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In case you missed it yesterday, Allie Roberts Lopez and I wrote a hopeful story of democracy in action for @madebyhistory. Read if it you need to hear a little good news. Protect the VRA.
time.com/7314300/voti...
@splcenter.org @baylorhistory.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
time.com/7314300/voti...
@splcenter.org @baylorhistory.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social
Hunter M. Hampton writes about his new book, GRIDIRON GOSPEL: #Faith & #CollegeFootball in 20th Century America (go.illinois.edu/f25hampton), for @TIME #MadeByHistory
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time.com/7205461/notr...
September 3, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Hunter M. Hampton writes about his new book, GRIDIRON GOSPEL: #Faith & #CollegeFootball in 20th Century America (go.illinois.edu/f25hampton), for @TIME #MadeByHistory
time.com/7205461/notr...
time.com/7205461/notr...
Timely insights & continued relevance: progressivism, reform struggles, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, & political philosophy. On the Legacy of Fighting' Bob LaFollette's Progressive Vision by Nancy Unger #madebyhistory TIME Magazine @shgape.bsky.social 🗃️ time.com/7293419/robe...
The Legacy of Robert La Follette's Progressive Vision
Robert La Follette saw politics as a never-ending struggle for democracy and fairness and preached perseverance.
time.com
July 18, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Timely insights & continued relevance: progressivism, reform struggles, the Gilded Age & Progressive Era, & political philosophy. On the Legacy of Fighting' Bob LaFollette's Progressive Vision by Nancy Unger #madebyhistory TIME Magazine @shgape.bsky.social 🗃️ time.com/7293419/robe...
Seems like the right time to re-up this piece I wrote for #TIME #MadeByHistory, as it seems that Trump & his craven lackeys are preparing for a Munich 1938-style conference with Putin. I hope Zelensky gets an assist from our European allies to avoid the fate of Edvard Beneš. time.com/6836620/puti...
Appeasing Putin Won't Work
The parallels to 1938 are unavoidable.
time.com
February 13, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Seems like the right time to re-up this piece I wrote for #TIME #MadeByHistory, as it seems that Trump & his craven lackeys are preparing for a Munich 1938-style conference with Putin. I hope Zelensky gets an assist from our European allies to avoid the fate of Edvard Beneš. time.com/6836620/puti...
As we're entering another Gilded Age, it's a good reminder to look at the first one for models of resistance. Here is my piece for @time-magazine.bsky.social #MadeByHistory on how Mrs. Astor won the 1890 tariff wars. Check it out, and think who could be today's Mr. Astor?🗃️
time.com/7202002/fash...
time.com/7202002/fash...
The History That Exposes the Flaw in Trump's Tariff Logic
Tariff fights can backfire, because the government can't easily shape the preferences of American consumers.
time.com
January 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
As we're entering another Gilded Age, it's a good reminder to look at the first one for models of resistance. Here is my piece for @time-magazine.bsky.social #MadeByHistory on how Mrs. Astor won the 1890 tariff wars. Check it out, and think who could be today's Mr. Astor?🗃️
time.com/7202002/fash...
time.com/7202002/fash...
Email us at madebyhistory@time.com if you are interested, or email me directly at Carlygoodman @ gmail
December 1, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Email us at madebyhistory@time.com if you are interested, or email me directly at Carlygoodman @ gmail
Because of that work, I've often been asked to weigh in on the upcoming 250th. I'm worked with several partner orgs, helping them think about how to approach planning. I've also written about this for the @washingtonpost.com #MadeByHistory
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Perspective | The value of looking forward as we mark America’s next big birthday
Even as we mark seminal anniversaries of the American Revolution by looking back, we’ve also used the moment to dream about the future.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 12, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Because of that work, I've often been asked to weigh in on the upcoming 250th. I'm worked with several partner orgs, helping them think about how to approach planning. I've also written about this for the @washingtonpost.com #MadeByHistory
www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
A few years ago, I wrote a #madebyhistory essay for the @washingtonpost.com that sought to explain the seeming paradox of the Trumpist celebration of "law and order" alongside law breaking.
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www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
August 14, 2024 at 7:58 PM
A few years ago, I wrote a #madebyhistory essay for the @washingtonpost.com that sought to explain the seeming paradox of the Trumpist celebration of "law and order" alongside law breaking.
www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-hist...
1/ When you're 35 years into your research lane with French notarial documents, and suddenly you find yourself writing with Amanda Herbert about notarial records and
taylorswift13 for Time's @madebyhistory
time.com/6971832/the-...
taylorswift13 for Time's @madebyhistory
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‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Stirs Up the Document Market
Swifties are buying old French documents for mood-boards and more. But this trivializes the importance of the documents.
time.com
May 2, 2024 at 12:43 PM
1/ When you're 35 years into your research lane with French notarial documents, and suddenly you find yourself writing with Amanda Herbert about notarial records and
taylorswift13 for Time's @madebyhistory
time.com/6971832/the-...
taylorswift13 for Time's @madebyhistory
time.com/6971832/the-...
📣Hardeep Dhillon's (@uofpenn.bsky.social) important new research in the HJ ('Imperial Violence, Law, and Compensation in the Age of Empire, 1919–1922') has been featured in @TIME @madebyhistory.
📖Give the article a read here:
time.com/6968249/comp...
📖Give the article a read here:
time.com/6968249/comp...
The Value of a Colonial Subject's Life in British India
Although officials paid compensation after a 1919 massacre in Punjab, they paid far less to Indian families than Europeans.
time.com
April 24, 2024 at 9:18 AM
📣Hardeep Dhillon's (@uofpenn.bsky.social) important new research in the HJ ('Imperial Violence, Law, and Compensation in the Age of Empire, 1919–1922') has been featured in @TIME @madebyhistory.
📖Give the article a read here:
time.com/6968249/comp...
📖Give the article a read here:
time.com/6968249/comp...
My latest for MadeByHistory TIME connecting American Burial Ground to AI companions. Happy Valentine's Day! time.com/6694247/ai-c...
America’s Troubling Romance With ‘Dead Maidens’
Long before AI-generated sweethearts, dead maidens gave Americans someone to pine for—but their impact went beyond romance.
time.com
February 14, 2024 at 4:23 PM
My latest for MadeByHistory TIME connecting American Burial Ground to AI companions. Happy Valentine's Day! time.com/6694247/ai-c...
America’s War on Drugs Has Always Been Bipartisan—and Unwinnable Matt Lassiter in @madebyhistory @TIME 🗃️https://time.com/6340590/drug-war-politics-history/
America's War on Drugs Was Always Bipartisan—And Unwinnable
There was really only one big difference between liberal drug warriors and conservative ones.
time.com
December 9, 2023 at 6:17 PM
America’s War on Drugs Has Always Been Bipartisan—and Unwinnable Matt Lassiter in @madebyhistory @TIME 🗃️https://time.com/6340590/drug-war-politics-history/
On the anniversary of that day which will "live infamy," Dec. 7, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor, delighted to have this piece out with Cameron Givens on conspiracy, crisis, and response @madebyhistory @TIME
Pearl Harbor Reminds Us of the Danger of Conspiracy Theories
In the aftermath of national or international crisis, it can be all too easy to project blame onto entire identity groups.
time.com
December 7, 2023 at 2:15 PM
On the anniversary of that day which will "live infamy," Dec. 7, 1941, and the attack on Pearl Harbor, delighted to have this piece out with Cameron Givens on conspiracy, crisis, and response @madebyhistory @TIME
Historian Calvin Schermerhorn on how Reagan’s Policies Continue to Exacerbate the Racial Wealth Gap time.com/6334291/raci... #MadeByHistory @Time
History Explains the Racial Wealth Gap
Ronald Reagan's economic policies exacerbated the racial wealth gap— and they've guided all his successors.
time.com
December 5, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Historian Calvin Schermerhorn on how Reagan’s Policies Continue to Exacerbate the Racial Wealth Gap time.com/6334291/raci... #MadeByHistory @Time
The @spurs and star French rookie Victor #Wembanyama tipoff their regular season tonight.
But this isn’t the first time that 🇫🇷 has made history on #NBA hardcourts.
🆕Me for @MadeByHistory on how #BasketballEmpire themes will be on display #sportsdiplomacy
time.com/6327954/vict...
But this isn’t the first time that 🇫🇷 has made history on #NBA hardcourts.
🆕Me for @MadeByHistory on how #BasketballEmpire themes will be on display #sportsdiplomacy
time.com/6327954/vict...
How France Made NBA History—Before Victor Wembanyama
A storied French connection to U.S. basketball comes into view.
time.com
October 25, 2023 at 7:18 PM
The @spurs and star French rookie Victor #Wembanyama tipoff their regular season tonight.
But this isn’t the first time that 🇫🇷 has made history on #NBA hardcourts.
🆕Me for @MadeByHistory on how #BasketballEmpire themes will be on display #sportsdiplomacy
time.com/6327954/vict...
But this isn’t the first time that 🇫🇷 has made history on #NBA hardcourts.
🆕Me for @MadeByHistory on how #BasketballEmpire themes will be on display #sportsdiplomacy
time.com/6327954/vict...
Pertinent during descent into greater House GOP dysfunction. I wrote this for #madebyhistory when it was w/the Washington Post in January w/my great colleague (now Dr.) Maxine Wagenhoffer on history's lessons after four long days & 15 votes & what the House could draw from 1923’s speaker battle? 🗃️
Perspective | What lessons can the House draw from 1923’s speaker battle?
The House speaker fight was eerily reminiscent of 1923 — but the differences between the two will drive what comes next.
wapo.st
October 3, 2023 at 1:11 AM
Pertinent during descent into greater House GOP dysfunction. I wrote this for #madebyhistory when it was w/the Washington Post in January w/my great colleague (now Dr.) Maxine Wagenhoffer on history's lessons after four long days & 15 votes & what the House could draw from 1923’s speaker battle? 🗃️
National security secret cases can go & have gone badly awry -- via @madebyhistory @washingtonpost Iran-contra case shows risk of long delays in Trump’s trial are very real https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/07/05/oliver-north-iran-contra-trump/
www.washingtonpost.com
July 8, 2023 at 2:24 PM
National security secret cases can go & have gone badly awry -- via @madebyhistory @washingtonpost Iran-contra case shows risk of long delays in Trump’s trial are very real https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2023/07/05/oliver-north-iran-contra-trump/
Saying for @madebyhistory what a lot of archivists and other critical thinkers have been saying about how essential-- and how partial-- archival records are and have been.
Thanks as always to the expert @car1ygoodman! ...
Thanks as always to the expert @car1ygoodman! ...
November 18, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Saying for @madebyhistory what a lot of archivists and other critical thinkers have been saying about how essential-- and how partial-- archival records are and have been.
Thanks as always to the expert @car1ygoodman! ...
Thanks as always to the expert @car1ygoodman! ...
.@madebyhistory at the @washingtonpost has become an indispensable --& distinctive -- source for news w historical context often necessary for policy. Appreciated this wk among others Nathan Connolly on the long history of racism and infrastructure. ...
November 18, 2024 at 10:55 PM
.@madebyhistory at the @washingtonpost has become an indispensable --& distinctive -- source for news w historical context often necessary for policy. Appreciated this wk among others Nathan Connolly on the long history of racism and infrastructure. ...
Among concerns abt the health of democracy, access to #govdocs fr #VastEarlyAmerica to right now is crucial. Two years ago in the midst of #impeachment I wrote for @madebyhistory abt the singular importance & labor of archival retention. 1/...
November 19, 2024 at 1:38 AM
Among concerns abt the health of democracy, access to #govdocs fr #VastEarlyAmerica to right now is crucial. Two years ago in the midst of #impeachment I wrote for @madebyhistory abt the singular importance & labor of archival retention. 1/...
#Twitterstorians, did you write a #July4th op-ed or article? I hope we're all going to be digging in on this for the next years. @madebyhistory & others have been making more space for historians in media. I plan to keep showing up, making more spaces. Thread to be continued!
November 19, 2024 at 9:08 AM
#Twitterstorians, did you write a #July4th op-ed or article? I hope we're all going to be digging in on this for the next years. @madebyhistory & others have been making more space for historians in media. I plan to keep showing up, making more spaces. Thread to be continued!