I'm starting to lose students from class because they're working extra hours because their military spouses aren't being paid.

Check out a convo about my new book, “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas.” These dangerous ideas are back. youtu.be/Qsv8rEIVmL8?...

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Happy publication day to @drmphillipsut.bsky.social and @betsyfriauf.bsky.social! I am proud of the extraordinary archival research that went into the new @oupress.bsky.social book "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas." Book preview here: substack.com/home/post/p-...

@betsyfriauf.bsky.social and I are proud to have contributed a chapter to this book which just won the Texas State Historical Association’s Gail and Chuck Swanlund Award for Best Texas History Anthology. www.tamupress.com/book/9781648...

One reason I am excited to be at the Alliance for Texas History conference is to offer a sneak preview of "The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas" by @drmphillipsut.bsky.social & @betsyfriauf.bsky.social The pub date is in June—get a preorder at 30% off! #ATxH2025

In June, we will publish “The Purifying Knife: The Troubling History of Eugenics in Texas” by @drmphillipsut.bsky.social and @betsyfriauf.bsky.social, a book that shines a powerful light on the state’s past as well as its future.

If you are in Oklahoma or know others that are with school age children, please pass this along to them. Defense of Democracy created opt-out forms for Ryan Walter’s forced bible instruction. Let’s keep getting in good trouble! #EduSky #Resist kfor.com/news/oklahom...

The investigative reporter @stevanzetti.bsky.social and I recorded a podcast episode on the history of the racist Great Replacement Theory and its bloody legacy: open.spotify.com/episode/0tbW...