The following post was taken from an interview with Hal Elliott Wert, author of George McGovern & the Democratic Insurgents: The Best Campaign and Political Posters of the Last Fifty Years (Nebraska 2015). You can read the full interview here. Since I was … Continue reading From the Desk of Hal Elliott Wert: Poster Talk
This year the National Park Service celebrates its 100th anniversary and as the National Park Foundation said, “the Centennial is more than a birthday. We want people everywhere to embrace the opportunities to explore, learn, be inspired or simply have fun in their 407 … Continue reading From the desk of Paul Johnsgard #FindYourPark
The following is a post from Bruce F. Pauley, professor emeritus of history at the University of Central Florida and author of Pioneering History on Two Continents: An Autobiography (Potomac Books, 2014). Why I Wrote Pioneering History on Two Continents When I began to … Continue reading From the Desk of Bruce F. Pauley: Why I Wrote Pioneering History on Two Continents
Sonya Huber is the author of five books, most recently The Evolution of Hillary Rodham Clinton from Squint Books. Her forthcoming project, Pain Women Takes Your Keys and Other Essays from a Nervous System, will be published by UNP in 2017. She … Continue reading From the Desk of Sonya Huber: Essaying Hillary
The following is a post from Brian Fogarty, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at Saint Catherine University and author of Fascism: Why Not Here? (Potomac Books, 2009). You can follow his blog Politics, Culture, and Everything at befogarty.wordpress.com. A Specter is Haunting Europe: Do we know fascism when we see it? Reflecting recently on the U.K.’s vote to leave the European Union, former Prime Minister Tony Blair lamented the breakdown of center-left/center-right governments throughout Europe. Extremists from both right and left have, he said, “demonized” centrists as “out-of-touch elites” while “making the word ‘expert’ virtually a term of abuse.” At the same time, immigrants have been portrayed … Continue reading From the Desk of Brian Fogarty: Do We Know Fascism When We See It?
In the following post, author Andrew M. Homan tells how his love of sports history led him to write Iron Mac: The Legend of Roughouse Cyclist Reggie McNamara (Nebraska, 2016). Not long after opening my first pack of baseball cards … Continue reading From the Desk of Andrew M. Homan
The following contribution is from Bailey Poland, author of Haters: Harassment, Abuse, and Violence Online (November 2016). After far too long, Twitter finally pulled the plug on Breitbart writer Milo Yiannopoulos’ Twitter account, where he went by @Nero. Amid the well-deserved schadenfreude over Yiannopoulos first losing his verified checkmark—and eventually his entire account—it’s worthwhile to step back and assess what really happened, and the cost required to get us here. Yiannopoulos made his mark on Twitter by aligning himself with the worst examples of online abuse. He went from referring to gamers as “pungent beta male bollock-scratchers” to being a champion … Continue reading From the Desk of Bailey Poland: Holding Twitter to a Higher Standard
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Helen Kim and Noah Leavitt As a wife-husband team, working on JewAsian together over the past six years, we have shared countless moments, from arranging interview trips around the country to deciding how to focus… Continue reading Our Books
The following is a post from Courtney Thomas, visiting assistant professor of political science at Virginia Tech, and author of In Food We Trust: The Politics of Purity in American Food Regulation (Nebraska, 2014). In the latter half of the 20th century the organic … Continue reading From the Desk of Courtney Thomas: “Natural” Food Labeling
The following contribution is from Doreen Pfost, author of This River Beneath the Sky: A Year on the Platte (Nebraska, 2016). What the Platte River Taught Me When I see Fourth of July fireworks, I think of the Platte River. I was … Continue reading From the desk of Doreen Pfost
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