I get we are in an uncertain period in which leftists and liberals of various stripes are enamored with the idea that we must experiment with embracing aspects of Trumpism to be competitive electorally, but surely "your healthcare costs will double" isn't at the top of the list of issues to co-opt.

Captive Cosmopolitans: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery by @maryhicks.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/captive-cosm... Absolutely fascinating (and upsetting) - an award winning book

I'm really honored to have Captive Cosmopolitans join the long line of fantastic books which have won the Warren Dean Memorial prize. Thanks so much to the committee members, who have authored many books that I've been inspired by, for this recognition:

Yoy can call the Cook County State's Attorney and ask that all charges against the Broadview protesters be dropped: (312) 603-1880 (if there's a better number, lmk!)

👀 🚨 Trump’s big brutal bill will “kill more than 51,000 Americans annually.” @ddayen.bsky.social prospect.org/politics/202...

63% of American adults had unfavorable views of Martin Luther King Jr in August 1966, per Gallup surveys 46% of Mississippi GOP voters said interracial marriage should be illegal in a 2011 PPP poll to push w/e is popular instead of trying to popularize justice is to admit you lack moral leadership

Please join us tomorrow for a conversation on my book, Captive Cosmopolitans, with James Sweet! All the info needed to register for the Zoom link can be found here:

This is the first news article I've seen to suggest that the last decade of campus panic — the activities of Heterodox Academy in this particular case — might have something to do with Trump's attack on universities. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/05/a...

Sudan fails in attempt to make UAE accountable for acts of genocide

A visual analysis shows the U.S. likely bombed a migrant detention center in Yemen on April 28. At least three U.S.-made GBU-39 bombs at the site of the attack, which killed 68 African migrants, according to the Houthis, a militant group that controls northern Yemen.

I think we should raise the salience of this.

Excellent article: "This idea, that capitalism, slavery, and colonialism are the forces that have shaped our contemporary world, is central to the exhibit... this was the exact sort of story that Trump... would like to excise from museums, classrooms, and every other realm of American life."

I reported on economics full-time in 2020. It taught me there are no incentives to have a baby in the US. Women in the US have to pay for pre-natal, medical and child care, earn less, do most of the parenting and chores, get promoted less, and are now at 27% higher risk of maternal mortality.

I’ve been incredibly lucky to have had some amazing conversations about my book, Captive Cosmopolitans, in the last few weeks. This one with my friend John Drabinski on inspiration, Caribbean theory and Black Atlantic worlds is one of my very favorites: open.spotify.com/episode/1iUP...

The National Park Service quietly edited its website about the Underground Railroad to remove key references and quotes from Harriet Tubman and soften its language about slavery

Thanks to Kelly Pollack at the Unsung History podcast for allowing to me share a bit about my new book, Captive Cosmopolitans. This was a great discussion! www.unsunghistorypodcast.com/EnslavedMari...

moral panics re "woke," "political correctness," etc were designed to make: 1. counter-cultural commitments to relational egalitarianism & mutual consideration seem like stodgy, censorious conformism; 2. degenerate commitments to bigotry & complacency seem like high-minded tolerance & defiance

W.E.B. Du Bois on the white takeover of southern public schools after Reconstruction. Not a coincidence that the chapter, "Back Towards Slavery," follows his analysis of the eventual dedegration of the public school system. Attacks on education are vital to (re)instituting authoritarian rule.

This shameful DOGE takeover and wholesale assault on civil servants is sowing chaos and restricting Americans from accessing historical records—records which belong to the American people—and from learning about the past. 🗃️

BREAKING: House Republicans have released their budget resolution. They are aiming to cut Medicaid by at least $880 billion, and cut SNAP by at least 20%.

Was recently interviewed by the great Gerald Horne about my new book Captive Cosmopolitans for Freedom Now. Check it out in their archives (it can be found in the Jan 25th show) www.kpfk.org/archives/

Calling the history police on Kendrick’s halftime show.

Every day all month long, I’ll be posting not just pictures but links to my favorite books on Black history, along with Blue Sky links if possible. Today is Day 6 with Judith Carney’s BLACK RICE www.amazon.com/dp/067400834...

RIP freedom of the press www.kqed.org/news/1202597...

Every day all month I’ll be posting not just pictures but links to my favorite books on Black history, along with Blue Sky links if possible. Today is Day 4 with @parisnoire.bsky.social amzn.to/3CspYZs

Team: I'm happy to say that the Omohundro Institute's Digital Humanities Projects Coffeehouse returns on February 18, 2025 at Noon ET with Dr. Jane Landers of Vanderbilt University, Director of the Slave Societies Digital Archive. Join us! oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...

The vision of the US economy effectively being put into action is essentially what southern manufacturers wanted in the 1930s. Regional/racialized wage structures, protectionism to preserve waning competitive advantage, and regulatory capture by business. www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

"DEI" might be their stated justification, but yesterday's purge of Education Department employees makes clear that their real goal is much bigger--like dismantling the government, privatizing services, and eliminating regulations, all to funnel more money/power to big corporations and billionaires.

Every day all month I’ll be posting not just pictures but links to my favorite books on Black history, along with Blue Sky links if possible. Today is Day 2 with @kcarterjackson.bsky.social. This is an amazon link but you should be able to find it locally. amzn.to/4gjAVu8

Telling how Trump’s purging of the so-called “deep state” includes a laser-like focus on attacking segments of the federal bureaucracy which broadly protect workers, consumers and minorities. Perhaps, if I may be so bold, it’s all part of a coherent ideological project?

Appreciate you @herberthistory.bsky.social very much looking forward to the rest of your list!

“Virtue signaling” remains one of the most pernicious concepts to gain popular purchase. The whole premise of the concept leans on the idea no one actually cares about anyone aside from themselves.

#AHA25 resolution against scholasticide in Gaza passes 428 to 88!!

This week, join @maryhicks.bsky.social and me as we talk about the Napoleonic Wars, and the roles of free and enslaved Africans in the South Atlantic. MASTER AND COMMANDER drops NOW on Historians At The Movies Podcast podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...

This panel looks so good. After having a great experience teaching River of Dark Dreams last quarter I’ve been waiting for some kind of retrospective to Johnson’s unique approach to writing the history of slavery:

Perhaps the president with the best musical taste?

I’m not remotely unbiased but this show is so, so good—incredible to see a big museum show with this kind of conceptual coherence through hundreds of pieces from across a century and much of the world

ICYMI: @literaryhub.bsky.social 10 New Books Out Today [from Tues. of this week]—CAPTIVE COSMOPOLITANS: Black Mariners and the World of South Atlantic Slavery by @maryhicks.bsky.social (Omohundro Institute / University of North Carolina Press)

Excellent @jamellebouie.net piece. I would normally pick out a sentence or two, but every paragraph is essential. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...

🔔new this week 🔔 Mary Hicks new book, CAPTIVE COSMOPOLITANS, reveals a new history of South Atlantic slavery centered on subaltern commercial and cultural exchange. Learn more about the book on the blog 👇 uncpressblog.com/2024/12/17/n...

The Rise and Rapid Fall of the First US Department of Education The department, established in 1867, faced opposition from Southern congressmen, who associated it with education for the formerly enslaved. 🗃️ www.history.com/news/departm...

Look what just showed up in my mailbox @maryhicks.bsky.social I can’t wait to dig in! 🥳

Two beautiful & vital books on Haiti by Sara E. Johnson and Marlene Daut are co-winners of the 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize! macmillan.yale.edu/glc/stories/...

Today is the official pub date for The Women of Rendezvous! It still feels surreal to hold it in my hands. It would not have happened without the amazing friends who got me over the finishing line nor the fab crew @uncpress.bsky.social @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @dgershenowitz.bsky.social 1/5

The December issue of 'Slavery & Abolition' is out now, which includes a Roundtable on 'Slavery, Capitalism and the Industrial Revolution' by Maxine Berg and Pat Hudson: www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsla20/c...

My article in the Journal of Irish and Scottish Studies! Many thanks to Désha Osborne, Eloise Grey, and Matthew Lee for making this possible! jiss.aberdeenunipress.org/article/id/3...