“They’ll agree to let racial gerrymandering stand when it suits GOP interests and benefits white lawmakers, but strike down any map in which legislatures try to ensure fair representation for minority groups.”

Obviously he won’t, and congress will do nothing because they abdicated their war powers 25 years ago. www.cnn.com/2026/04/25/p...

Emails released on Monday by California’s attorney general show Amazon allegedly colluding with other companies to raise the prices of pet treats, khaki pants, eyedrops and other products sold online

Lock of Abraham Lincoln’s hair from collections of the National Civil War Museum 🗃️

This Thursday, April 9--Confederate surrender day--I'll be speaking about Opium Slavery at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture in Richmond. We'll also be live on Youtube/Facebook! A good chance to reflect on the troubled afterlife of the war for survivors 🗃️ secure.virginiahistory.org/3934/4950

What does the Fourteenth Amendment actually say about birthright citizenship? AHA member Kate Masur breaks down its historical foundations as the Supreme Court takes up the issue. 🗃️ #history #humanities #SCOTUS

We finally have SCWH swag people!!! 🗃️

I’m so thrilled to learn that my book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, is the honorable mention for the W.E.B. Du Bois-John Hope Franklin Award from @oah.org! Thank you award committee and to everyone who helped bring the book to life www.oah.org/2026/03/26/o...

Wacky request, but here goes. I once saw photos of GIANT potatoes during the US Civil War that sutlers sold to soldiers. I can't find said pics anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find images of those giant potatoes? Not a joke. 🗃️

Okta fast pass is neither fast nor functional 🫠

Had the Defense Department’s harm-reduction plan not been axed by the Trump administration, the policies almost certainly would’ve reduced the number of noncombatants harmed over the past year, current and former officials tell ProPublica.

Congratulations to Richard Carwardine, this year’s Lincoln Prize laureate! www.gilderlehrman.org/about/press-...

The 1982 version of the Vietnam Rag changes the punch line to "1-2-3 what are we fighting for? Don't ask me, I don't give a damn, next stop is Iran." A gut putch in '82, still a gut punch in 2026. music.apple.com/us/album/i-f...

RIP Country Joe, what an absolute anti war legend. A real inspiration. youtu.be/eRl6-bHlz-4

What about all of us, who paid 90% of the tariff costs? Where’s our refund?

If only Congress was a coequal branch of government that hadn’t totally abdicated its war powers repeatedly for decades. The only “check and balance” against illegal wars of imperialism is American protesters.

Speechless and disgusted by the government‘s latest immoral and stupid war

Donald Trump is repeating George W. Bush’s catastrophic mistakes.

The Virginia Military Institute and the Lost Cause: A Conversation With @jonathansjones.bsky.social. 🗃️ #CivilWarMemory open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

Since the start of Trump’s second term, the number of children in ICE detention has increased sixfold. In their letters, kids held at the Dilley center told us about missing their friends, being unable to go to school and feeling trapped.

A lot happening with VMI again. For those interested to learn more about the Lost Cause at VMI, when I taught there, my cadets and I made a digital history project documenting this history in unflinching detail 🗃️ locatinglegacies.org/s/VMI/page/h...

Grateful for this positive review of Opium Slavery in Emerging Civil War. First book review in the books! emergingcivilwar.com/2026/02/03/b...

What can you do with a history degree?

1. It was not an accident. 2. It was not a staffer. 3. While the president may have dementia his racism is not due to dementia. 4. He isn’t sorry. He means every racist thought he shares. 5. His base agrees with him. 6. He will do it again. 7. No one in power will hold him accountable.

Of course it's racist, the whole thing is racist

Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.

Washington DC’s Metro is honoring Rosa Park’s today by reserving seats in her memory. Parks didn’t refuse to relinquish her seat out of exhaustion—she was a fierce advocate for justice who organized with her community to engage in civil disobedience. Her deliberate act was courageous and meaningful.

ICE agents can stop anyone they suspect of being undocumented. Now, many Minnesotans are weighing their rights and their pride against their own safety. “I have a passport, but it’s paper, not a shield.”

When I teach Vietnam, I explain that opposition to the war really grew in fits and starts. Some big rallies and visible protests, but also a steady stream of celebrities and ordinary folks breaking with their priors and taking a new stand. This last month, this last week, feels like a real shift.

I am so here for this 🗃️ youtu.be/v8bmN0PADa8

PSA: The Marshall Foundation in Lexington, VA is hiring. You would not believe what they have in their archives. networks.h-net.org/jobs/69739/g...

We're so proud that two of our authors are finalists for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize 👏 🎉 OPIUM SLAVERY by @jonathansjones.bsky.social CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY by Anne E. Marshall www.gilderlehrman.org/book-prizes/...

Amidst all the tragic news a bright spot: @gliamericanhistory.bsky.social has named the finalists for the Lincoln Prize and among them are some fabulous historians including @jgiesber.bsky.social @amarshall.bsky.social Doug Egerton and @jonathansjones.bsky.social -- a Binghamton U. PhD. Congrats!

I am so humbled and thrilled to say that my first book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, is a finalist for the Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize! 🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social www.gilderlehrman.org/book-prizes/...

shot in the dark here: c. 2020-21 there was an episode of @nprfreshair.bsky.social featuring one of the principals of the War on Terror talking about how the CIA's torture program didn't generate any actionable intel... can anyone PLEASE locate this ep? Desperatly seeking episode so I can assign 🗃️

The actions last night by the Trump administration are deeply repugnant and flatly illegal. The notion that Maduro represented a threat to the U.S. is absurd. First strikes are unacceptable. Dems need to respond or we’ll get embroiled in another Iraq.

When defenders of Stonewall Jackson HS claim they are standing up for history, we should take them at their word. They are standing up for the history of the Confederacy and "Massive Resistance" against civil rights. That is the history this school name represents. 🗃️ www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

#Histmed folks, I'm cooking up a review essay and I'm trying to guage the influence of eradicationism on a medical essay published in the mid-20th century US. Any recommendations on historiography about the mid-20th century belief in the possibility of eradicating disease? 🗃️

Timely piece today at #AHAPerspectives from Gregory A. Daddis, who looks to the Eisenhower administration for precedents for today's rhetoric around the military and rules of engagement. 🗃️

In #AHAPerspectives, read a Long Overdue tribute to C. L. R. James, journalist and historian, who died in 1989. 🗃️

Bull Run monument to federal dead at First Manassas, dedicated June 1865. Probably the most stark and haunting Civil War memorial I’ve seen. Definitely not a mail order soldier statue. 🗃️

It was a real treat to talk about my new book— Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis—with Miranda Melcher at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Thanks for having me on the show! 🗃️https://newbooksnetwork.com/opium-slavery

Author's Corner with Jonathan S. Jones, *Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America's First Opioid Crisis*: thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/10/t... @JMU @UNC_Press

so true 🗃️

Stoked that my new book, Opium Slavery: Civil War Veterans and America’s First Opioid Crisis, got a shout out in @cwmonitor.bsky.social Best Civil War Books of 2025 list! Thanks yall! www.civilwarmonitor.com/article/the-...

Former advisee and Binghamton PhD @jonathansjones.bsky.social publishes his amazing book OPIUM SLAVERY on the opioid crisis after the Civil War. A must read for all students of US history.

"What if it was the [border patrol] officers’ house that was on fire? Would they still arrest me or would they let me do my job?" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Pleased to share this *Opium Slavery* Author’s Corner on The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Thanks @johnfea1.bsky.social for featuring the book! 🗃️ thewayofimprovement.blog/2025/11/10/t...

Today at 5! Glades is located near the book exhibit hall. See y’all there! 🗃️