Rachel Louise Moran is Associate Professor of History at the University of North Texas. This interview is based on her new book, Blue: A History of Postpartum Depression in America (University of Chicago Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
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Ban phones in classrooms
After twenty-five years in the college history classroom, it is hard to argue with Jonathan Haidt’s recent piece at The Atlantic. A taste: Think about how hard it is for you to stay on task and sustain a train of […]
What Beto did
In case you missed it, yesterday Texas gubernatorial candidate (and U.S. Senate candidate and presidential candidate and former Congressman) Beto O’Rourke disrupted Texas governor Greg Abbott’s press conference on the school shooting in Ulvade: Watch: In addition to Abbott, Lieutenant […]
The Author’s Corner with Dillon Carroll
Dillon Carroll is an Instructor at Butte Community College. This interview is based on his new book, Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers (LSU Press, 2021). JF: What led you to write Invisible Wounds? DC: I’ve always been attracted […]
The spiritual freedom and bravery of Simone Biles
America is running a nice piece on Simone Biles by Zac Davis. A taste: Even if we aren’t carrying around the pressure of performing as one of the greatest athletes of all time, we are all susceptible to the undercurrents […]