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The Author’s Corner with Holly M. Karibo

Rachel Petroziello   |  December 30, 2024

Holly M. Karibo is Associate Professor of History and Director of Graduate Studies at Oklahoma State University. This interview is based on her new book, Rehab on the Range: A History of Addiction and Incarceration in the American West (University […]

The Author’s Corner with Kyle B. Carpenter

Rachel Petroziello   |  September 23, 2024

Kyle B. Carpenter is Associate Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs at the University of Arkansas Rich Mountain. This interview is based on his new book, Globalizing the Lower Rio Grande: European Entrepreneurs in the Borderlands, 1749-1881 (University of North Texas […]

Pope Francis on Texas immigration policy: “That is madness. Sheer madness”

John Fea   |  May 21, 2024

Over at Religion News Service, Claire GiangravĂ© reports on Nora O’Donnell’s 60 Minutes interview with Pope Francis. Here is a taste: Conservative opposition to this pontificate by bishops in the United States is “a suicidal attitude” that clings to the […]

The curse of Ted Cruz

John Fea   |  October 24, 2023

In case you missed it, last night the Texas Rangers won game seven of the American League Championship Series over the Houston Astros and are headed to the World Series against either the Philadelphia Phillies or the Arizona Diamondback (they […]

What is going on in the Texas State Historical Association?

John Fea   |  May 17, 2023

If you examine its website, the Texas State Historical Association (TSHA) looks like any other state historical society. It is led by historians with Ph.Ds from reputable institutions. President Nancy Baker Jones is an accomplished public historian with a Ph.D […]

Donald Trump and Robert Jeffress are back together again in Waco.

John Fea   |  March 25, 2023

Robert Jeffress, the Trump court evangelical who says he is not yet ready to endorse a candidate for president in 2024, sure looked like he was back in the tank for Trump today in Waco. I cannot seem to embed […]

Ted Cruz will run for Senate in 2024

John Fea   |  February 15, 2023

Or to put it differently: Ted Cruz will not run for President of the United States in 2024. Here is Caroline Linton at CBS News: Texas Sen. Ted Cruz told supporters on a call that he will be running for reelection in […]

The integrity of history education in colleges and universities is under threat

John Fea   |  January 25, 2023

Jim Grossman, the executive director of the American Historian Association, and Jeremy C. Young, the senior manager for free expression and education at PEN America, weigh-in on attempts by state legislatures to influence what happens in K-12 history classrooms. Here […]

There was apparently no room in Greg Abbott’s inn this Christmas eve.

John Fea   |  December 25, 2022

It’s Christmas. That means it’s time for evangelical politicians to use aslyum-seeking migrants for their political stunts. Here is CNN: Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas […]

“America’s only Christian conservative wireless provider”

John Fea   |  August 25, 2022

Over at NBC News, Mike Hixenbaugh introduces us to Patriot Mobile, a 7 Mountain Dominionist business that is trying to take over Texas school boards. I was happy to help him with the piece. A taste: DALLAS — A little […]

“Slavery” or “involuntary relocation?”

John Fea   |  July 1, 2022

Here is Brian Lopez at The Texas Tribune: A group of Texas educators have proposed to the Texas State Board of Education that slavery should be taught as “involuntary relocation” during second grade social studies instruction, but board members have […]

The GOP is in a dark place right now

John Fea   |  June 21, 2022

This letter was sent to Adam Kinzinger’s home. He is a veteran and a GOP member of the House January 6th Select Committee. The letter was addressed to his wife: This is not the first time Kinzinger has released a […]

Watch Ted Cruz spin

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

Watch: Cruz seems to be on the ropes here, but then the reporter mentions “American exceptionalism.” Ah! There it is! Cruz pounces. You can almost see the light bulb (or perhaps the trigger) go off in his head. He now […]

Why does an image of the lynching of a Black man in Texas appear in a family photo album with vacation and wedding photos?

John Fea   |  May 31, 2022

I will let historian Jeffrey Littlejohn explain. Here is a taste of his piece at The Conversation: As a historian and director of the Lynching in Texas project, which has documented more than 600 racial terror lynchings, I receive regular emails from journalists, scholars […]

What Beto did

John Fea   |  May 26, 2022

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 Thomas Alter

Rachel Petroziello   |  May 10, 2022

Thomas Alter is Assistant Professor of History at Texas State University. This interview is based on his new book, Toward a Cooperative Commonwealth: The Transplanted Roots of Farmer-Labor Radicalism in Texas (University of Illinois Press, 2022). JF: What led you […]

Is the Texas abortion law really stopping abortions?

John Fea   |  March 6, 2022

Here is Axios: The number of Texas residents who traveled out-of-state to access abortion care increased dramatically after the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. went into effect in the state in September. Driving the news: Newly released data shows that Planned Parenthood health centers […]

The Author’s Corner with Sean P. Cunningham

Rachel Petroziello   |  February 25, 2022

Sean P. Cunningham is Associate Professor of History at Texas Tech University. This interview is based on his new book, Bootstrap Liberalism: Texas Political Culture in the Age of FDR (University Press of Kansas, 2022). JF: What led you to […]

Abortions drop 60% in Texas under new law

John Fea   |  February 11, 2022

Here is Paul Weber of the Associated Press: Abortions in Texas fell by 60% in the first month under the most restrictive abortion law in the U.S. in decades, according to new figures that for the first time reveal a […]

The editors of The Christian Century ask: “Why do we need to teach history?”

John Fea   |  November 3, 2021

The Christian Century tackles a Texas bill that forbids the teaching of critical race theory and the 1619 Project. Here is a taste of its editorial: How should the story of our country be told? It says that schools should […]

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