BIG STORY: ICE arrested, shackled and separated Israel and Max Makoka as they were about to board their school bus in Diamondhead, Miss. While one brother endured confinement and pressure to self-deport in a Louisiana prison, the other was sent to a youth home in Texas. Now, they tell their story.

I’m stoked to be live on Reddit @askhistorians.bsky.social today talking about my book, Opium Slavery, and answering questions about the history of drugs. Join us and ask me anything! 🗃️ www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Today is the official release date for my new book about free people of color in the Civil War era. My first book events are coming up next month in the Boston area. I’ll be at the Cambridge Public Library on 5/13 and the Museum of African American History on 5/14. Both events start at 6 pm.

Little sneak preview of @uncpress.bsky.social's gorgeous new seasonal catalog...isn't she lovely? 😍📚✍️

Triangle friends: come out tomorrow (April 21) to celebrate the publication of Bill Link's excellent new book on Jesse Helms at Flyleaf books. John Drescher and I will be on a panel with Link discussing the book and Helms' legacy. Should be fun. Will be even more fun if you're there. #ncpol

Did you know that the inventor of the birth control pill was Catholic? I didn't until I read @samirakmehta.bsky.social's fascinating new book GOD BLESS THE PILL, out this month. Check out this excerpt in @literaryhub.bsky.social ⤵️ lithub.com/god-bless-th...

Hey Philly Folks! I will be talking about my new book Canal Dreamers at the Library Company on April 15 at 5 PM (night before the OAH). It's an in person event. Register here: support.librarycompany.org/event/canal-... 🗃️ #skystorians #history @uncpress.bsky.social @mcneilcenter.bsky.social @oah.org

Heading to Philly tonight for OAH 🙌 UNC Press and non-UNCP authors, scholars, friends, and soon-to-be friends: hope to see you there! I’ll be at the @uncpress.bsky.social booth (#411) all day tomorrow. Stop by, & join us for a drink at 4:30pm on Thurs to celebrate our new trade history imprint.

Disney is building an absolutely bonkers master planned development in my neck of the woods. New renderings imagines what I think 19th century poppy addicts saw when they looked into an impressionistic painting. www.storylivingbydisney.com/asteria/

Happy birthday to my book!!!!!

Just confirming that Made by History will now be back up and running in the next few weeks with a new home and new partners at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Exciting! So, if you have pitches, now's the time to start sending them to [email protected] 🗃️ #MadebyHistory #HistoryMatters

I’m delighted to have my new book featured on The Way of Improvement Leads Home! @uncpress.bsky.social @emaisner.bsky.social @catehodorowicz.bsky.social thewayofimprovement.blog/2026/04/06/t... on

a great time to get @uncpress.bsky.social's *Mississippi Law* for yourself or your library. In it I show how the history of policing under Jim Crow segregation is an American History uncpress.org/978146968948...

If you are working on a book manuscript in international history during any part or the long 20th century, consider the Interconnections book series🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social - we're here for you! @juliairwin.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter...

Pre-Order "A Glorious Fate" Today + Information about the Book Tour #CivilWarMemory #BookSky cc: @uncpress.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

"It's not efficient. It's slow and painstaking. But I don't believe in efficiency as an ultimate good, especially in writing" DING DING DING 🔔

We need scholars to help make sense of the madness of our current moment now more than ever… Looking forward to this incredibly timely history, coming this fall ⚖️

Publisher’s Weekly did an interview with me about God Bless the Pill! @uncpress.bsky.social @hkyria.bsky.social @catehodorowicz.bsky.social www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

So honored that my book, White Power: Policing American Slavery, will be the first in the new W. Hodding Carter III trade imprint from @uncpress.bsky.social. For those attending #OAH2026, please join us for a celebration of the new imprint! Pre-order the book here! tinyurl.com/mwcc4977

"[Weicksel] examin[es] garments and textiles alongside the war’s documentary record, taking seriously everything from their production to their preservation." Material culture & Civil War folks, A NATION UNRAVELED is definitely for you! 🧵🪡👕 @uncpress.bsky.social

In awe of the fortitude and bravery of @drkyliesmith.bsky.social. Her book JIM CROW IN THE ASYLUM is essential to understanding the history of racism and mental health care in the American south. This is the real free speech crisis on US college campuses ⤵️ www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/u...

*taps internet microphone* After months of work, a project i've been coordinating for @literaryhub.bsky.social in conjunction with @maris.bsky.social is now live ... We've commissioned 13 reviews of books by LGBTQ folks not covered by the NYTBR under Pamela Paul ... lithub.com/what-was-los...

There is a special place in hell for the United States.

« The historians’ brief — authored by Professor Martha S. Jones and Professor Kate Masur — centers on the pre–Civil War advocacy of free Black Americans for a broad and inclusive principle of birthright citizenship. » www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

A gorgeous cover for Richard Schweid’s new book that explores the q: should we farm a creature that has consciousness? LIFE ON THE OCTOPUS FARM coming Aug. 2026, galleys for media available now (email in bio) 🐙 @uncpress.bsky.social

BREAKING: Columbia President Claire Shipman says DHS agents entered a residential buliding this morning and detained a student. "Our understanding at this time is that the federal agents made misrepresentations to gain entry to the building to search for a 'missing person.'"

Last week, my mother took me and my kids to see the school where, 60 years ago, she was among the first wave of Black students to integrate a previously all-White school. We wanted to remind my kids that Black history is not just famous people in textbooks, it is often the people right next to you.

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Seth Trimble 💪💪💪 #GDTBATH

Long before high school students were walking out against ICE, they were protesting the Vietnam War. Latest Have You Heard stars @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social, author of the fantastic book High School Students Unite!, on the power of teen activism past & present soundcloud.com/haveyouheard...

📣 We’re hiring! Cornell University Press is seeking a Director of Editorial, Design, and Production. A key role at the heart of scholarly publishing. 🔗 Details + application: cornell.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/CornellCaree...

Did you hear? @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social's HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS UNITE! is a finalist for the @latimes.com Book Prize in History 👏 www.latimes.com/events/festi...

Stephen was a remarkable scholar and person, and I was honored to work with him on his latest book. We were delighted to have him stop by the press offices in November to celebrate its release. Sending my deepest condolences to his friends, family, and scholarly community at this difficult time.

@publisherswkly.bsky.social on @drshabazz.bsky.social’s PRINCE’S MINNEAPOLIS (@uncpress.bsky.social) as a book that celebrates Black history: “Shabazz analyzes Prince’s life, career, and discography, showing how it was intrinsically shaped by Minneapolis, and shaped Minneapolis in turn.”

This is just awful

Had a great conversation about #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) with the guys at Crawlspace Podcast. We covered a lot of foreign policy ground - even beyond the book. Here's the YouTube link to watch. Podcast link in comments below. youtu.be/YPS1LA48R7E?...

Land is not scenery. Language is not metaphor. History is not neutral. And women are not on the periphery. This conversation with @jreedmo.bsky.social wrestles with what Cherokee land and language reveal about power, memory, and who gets to define meaning in America.

There are so many great publishers in Minneapolis—one thing the rest of us can do is support their books. Here are a few recent novels from Coffee House, Graywolf, and Milkweed sure to give the goons from ICE a stroke: www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is backing a proposed fan boycott of World Cup matches in the United States because of the conduct of President Trump and his administration at home and abroad. n.pr/4t3yQtH

Are you a creative and intellectually curious editor ready to grow lists in environmental history, history of medicine, urban history, and labor history? We’re hiring an Acquisitions Editor to help shape our history lists 🙌 Interested? You can learn more here👇 
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Alex Pretti, who is identified as the man fatally shot by a U.S. Border Patrol officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, was an intensive care nurse dedicated to treating veterans. Read more about him here: https://wapo.st/3M62eyV

"They say they're coming to save us from some evil? They're talking about our neighbors who take care of us ... Alex was murdered while he was helping. Mr Rogers said look for the helpers, & right now the helpers have a target on our forehead ... Mr Rogers would be here right now too, so I'm here."

That hand on this child's backpack is so unspeakably evil..

@johngmarks.com is the perfect person to talk about this issue. He is the Vice President of Research and Engagement at the American Association for State and Local History and the author of a forthcoming book about how Americans have remembered and forgotten George Washington and slavery. Join us.

The clergy just keep coming to this anti-ICE protest. Genuinely unclear where they all will go — it’s packed outside on the sidewalk already.

What does US intervention in Venezuela mean for Latin America and how did we get here? Authors unpack the history, policy, and implications in this must-watch discussion. Watch it here👇 youtu.be/VGlfGplYdm4

Respect to this lady, my God

We've published deeply on Cuba, Venezuela, and US policy toward Latin America, and as these issues return to the headlines, history matters more than ever. Authors: if you’ve written on this topic, drop your book title + link below and let's build a thread that helps make sense of this moment.

"This book is as inviting, unassuming and unconventional in form as it is illuminating." Alice Gerrard's CUSTOM MADE WOMAN listed as a best music book of 2025 from @rollingstone.com 🙌 www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...