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In the 1940s, many children started dying as a result of faulty product design. Why didn’t it register as a bigger news story? www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Invisibility of Inflammability
In the 1940s, many children started dying as a result of faulty product design. Why didn’t it register as a bigger news story?
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the New York Times, and the birth of modern philanthropy. www.hnn.us/article/turn...
Turning Toward Charity at the Sight of Uncomfortable News
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, the New York Times, and the birth of modern philanthropy.
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On the antimasher crusade, a significant, if short-lived, challenge to white men’s dominance in public space. www.hnn.us/article/rage...
Rage Against the Masher
In the early 20th century, communities around the country attempted to do something about the harassment of women in public places — otherwise known as “mashing.”
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We Call It Discrimination. They Called It Fascism. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/we-c... In the mid-1930s, Harlem nurse Salaria Kea (like many African Americans at the time) saw the devaluation of African American lives around her as entwined with the emergent fascist threat in Europe.
We Called It Discrimination. They Called It Fascism.
In the mid-1930s, one Harlem nurse began to see the devaluation of African American lives around her as entwined with the emergent fascist threat in Europe.
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🗃️ I am posting this Jordan Sand article, though it was released August '26. Entitled, "AI is an Anti-Primary Source Machine," Sand demonstrates major "hallucinations" of Artificial Intelligence when it comes to primary sources. Excellent article. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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Though the International Criminal Court is relatively new (dating to 2002), the US’s tortured relationship to international courts is anything but—which means I get to keep recycling this piece from a couple of years ago. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/lett...
Letting the World Scream
The U.S., Nicaragua, and the International Court of Justice in the 1980s.
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From the archive: “If drugs can be used to humanely end life in other contexts, why is it so difficult in the death penalty context? The answer is one of the best-kept secrets of the killing state: lethal injection is not based on science.” www.hnn.us/article/leth...
Lethal Injection Is Not Based on Science
The history of the three-drug combo used in death-penalty executions.
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Want a fuller preview? Our friends at @myhnn.bsky.social posted an excerpt yesterday - the amazing, inspiring story of Salaria Kee. tinyurl.com/duttwh5k #HumanRights #ReadUP
We Called It Discrimination. They Called It Fascism.
In the mid-1930s, one Harlem nurse began to see the devaluation of African American lives around her as entwined with the emergent fascist threat in Europe.
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Stanford University Press@stanfordpress.bsky.social · 4w agoAmericans Without Borders by Julia Harte chronicles two centuries of Americans whose support for international causes at odds with U.S. geopolitical interests put them in their own government's crosshairs. https://ow.ly/J21Z50ZUKhL #ReadUP
Read an excerpt from @juliaharte.bsky.social’s “Americans Without Borders: The Radical Activists Who Fought for U.S. Ideals Abroad While Facing Political Persecution at Home.” www.hnn.us/article/we-c...
We Called It Discrimination. They Called It Fascism.
In the mid-1930s, one Harlem nurse began to see the devaluation of African American lives around her as entwined with the emergent fascist threat in Europe.
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As judges have increasingly turned to historical evidence, however, public debate has also come to treat originalism and the broader judicial use of historical context as though they were synonymous. They are not. www.hnn.us/article/how-...
How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
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Tom Hanks’ recent TV series slots into a long history of domesticating the horrors of the “Good War.” www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The World War II Stories We Tell Ourselves
Tom Hanks’ recent TV series slots into a long history of domesticating the horrors of the “Good War.”
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My take on Tom Hanks and the continuing domestication of WW2 has been published by the History News Network. Check it out! www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/the-...
The World War II Stories We Tell Ourselves
Tom Hanks’ recent TV series slots into a long history of domesticating the horrors of the “Good War.”
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“For all his celebration of ordinary people, Wood hardly ever let them speak in his books. Instead, he focused on elites: what they believed, how they argued, what frightened them, whom they befriended, how the outcome disappointed them.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
A Republic of the People, a Constitution of Air
Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts were in the face of pressures from below.
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Charting the evolution of the history podcast from 2004–2026. www.bunkhistory.org/resources/a-...
A Brief History of History Podcasting
Charting the evolution of the genre from 2004–2026.
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“Wood made the Constitution thin in its words and thinner still in its power. In doing so, he was tapping into a long intellectual tradition.” www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
A Republic of the People, a Constitution of Air
Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts were in the face of pressures from below.
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Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts were in the face of pressures from below. www.hnn.us/article/a-re...
A Republic of the People, a Constitution of Air
Famous for his books about the founders, Gordon S. Wood’s true legacy may have been about showing how futile their efforts were in the face of pressures from below.
hnn.us
"AI flattens the historical record by relying on the most popular sources, eliminating minority voices" www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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The contrast between a clear symbol of autocratic rule — the stern-faced Trump — and the message of personal freedom — “Liberty” — shows a disconnect between the ideals of the U.S. founders and the concerted effort of the current administration to redefine national values. www.hnn.us/article/regi...
Regime Change
A coin featuring the likeness of President Trump doesn’t have many precedents in American history. The ancient Roman opponents of Julius Caesar could explain why.
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How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court - Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/how-...
How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
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No matter how you refine your questions, the chatbot will generate responses reflecting what the greatest number of users are likely to want to hear, which tends to be close to what they think they already know." A great, painstaking piece. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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Sobering, insightful essay on how chatbots mangle historical primary sources. 🗃 www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
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On students, primary sources, and the evident interpretive dangers LLMs pose: www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
hnn.us
As judges have increasingly turned to historical evidence, public debate has also come to treat originalism and the broader judicial use of historical context as though they were synonymous. They are not. www.hnn.us/article/how-...
How “History” Became Central at the Supreme Court
Originalists and historians use the past to accomplish very different tasks.
hnn.us
An insightful essay by Jordan Sand on generative AI generating problems in teaching. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
hnn.us
Georgetown University professor Jordan Sand: "AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine. Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room." www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/ai-i...
Another "try before you buy" opportunity, with the publication online of this excerpt of my book on Hobsbawm and total history writing by @myhnn.bsky.social. www.hnn.us/article/the-...
The Art of Writing History
How Eric Hobsbawm brought revolution to a broad audience.
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Primary sources are the necessary building blocks of history — unless you ask a chatbot to write it. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
hnn.us
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room. www.hnn.us/article/ai-i...
AI Is an Anti-Primary Source Machine
Real voices from the past are threatened by chatbots designed to amplify — and ultimately become — the loudest voices in the room.
hnn.us
Explored what we can learn from the Revolutionary War dead for @myhnn.bsky.social
History News Network@myhnn.bsky.social · 3mo agoAs the U.S. celebrates its 250th birthday, historians and archaeologists are working to recover the names of those who fought for independence. www.historynewsnetwork.org/article/wher...
