Erika Denise Edwards
@prof-edwards.bsky.social
Associate Prof utep history expert of racial identities, award winning author, Black Argentina AAUW NASEMfordfellow and Fulbrightprgrm
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Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
November 24, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Marjorie Taylor Greene's resigning in time to get a pension is a lesson to everyone.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Most Americans don't get *any* pension anymore, but Congress gave itself a pension after only five years of work.
Our "representatives" aren't working for us, they are [barely] working for themselves.
Who would have thought that my op-ed from 2022" Why doesn’t Argentina have more Black players in the World Cup?" in the WaPost would become the subject of analysis!
"La clasificación de la diversidad racial argentina se pone en cuestión."
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"La clasificación de la diversidad racial argentina se pone en cuestión."
repositorio.unicartagena.edu.co/entities/pub...
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November 16, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Who would have thought that my op-ed from 2022" Why doesn’t Argentina have more Black players in the World Cup?" in the WaPost would become the subject of analysis!
"La clasificación de la diversidad racial argentina se pone en cuestión."
repositorio.unicartagena.edu.co/entities/pub...
"La clasificación de la diversidad racial argentina se pone en cuestión."
repositorio.unicartagena.edu.co/entities/pub...
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Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
September 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Crockett: "I'm gonna honor someone who decided they were going to proclaim I was involved in the 'great white replacement'? Yeah, I'm not honoring that ... it's unfortunate more of my colleagues even on my side couldn't see the amount of harm this man was attempting to inflict upon our communities"
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📚💙 #booksky: 🔥 Just dropped on NetGalley: THE CROWN'S SILENCE. For the first time, the British monarchy's deep, centuries-long ties to the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery are exposed in forensic detail. Request now!
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The Crown's Silence
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September 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📚💙 #booksky: 🔥 Just dropped on NetGalley: THE CROWN'S SILENCE. For the first time, the British monarchy's deep, centuries-long ties to the transatlantic slave trade and colonial slavery are exposed in forensic detail. Request now!
#TheCrownsSilence #NetGalley
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#TheCrownsSilence #NetGalley
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More of this, please.
August 4, 2025 at 1:33 AM
More of this, please.
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“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
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Mellon Foundation
The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.
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August 1, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
www.mellon.org/voices/human...
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Today’s the day!
After a year-long journey, our bill (S.224) banning forced broker’s fees finally goes into effect today!
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After a year-long journey, our bill (S.224) banning forced broker’s fees finally goes into effect today!
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August 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Today’s the day!
After a year-long journey, our bill (S.224) banning forced broker’s fees finally goes into effect today!
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After a year-long journey, our bill (S.224) banning forced broker’s fees finally goes into effect today!
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BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
This is a major win for public health.
June 16, 2025 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: A federal judge reversed National Institutes of Health's terminations of hundreds of critical research grants that were canceled because of their alleged connection to disfavored topics, including diversity, equity, inclusion, and gender identity.
This is a major win for public health.
This is a major win for public health.
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The NEH has been a singular force for bringing people together. In this moment of hate, fear and isolation, the NEH helped us learn about our past and about each other.
Today we are losing almost all of the NEH public servants. We are all in their debt. A national shame. A profound cultural loss.
Today we are losing almost all of the NEH public servants. We are all in their debt. A national shame. A profound cultural loss.
June 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The NEH has been a singular force for bringing people together. In this moment of hate, fear and isolation, the NEH helped us learn about our past and about each other.
Today we are losing almost all of the NEH public servants. We are all in their debt. A national shame. A profound cultural loss.
Today we are losing almost all of the NEH public servants. We are all in their debt. A national shame. A profound cultural loss.
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I've never seen it so well put before.
May 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I've never seen it so well put before.
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When Barack Obama tells universities to use their endowments you *know* it’s possible.
April 7, 2025 at 1:08 PM
When Barack Obama tells universities to use their endowments you *know* it’s possible.
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And there it is. NEH Faculty Award canceled, along with $30,000 of my salary this year. Guess I'll have to ask for my teaching load back for the fall.
April 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
And there it is. NEH Faculty Award canceled, along with $30,000 of my salary this year. Guess I'll have to ask for my teaching load back for the fall.
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I can’t get over how grants that were 1) funded by Congress through the appropriation process, and 2) awarded through a rigorous and blind review system, can now be 3) rescinded by unelected and unqualified DOGE bros through a haphazard gutting likely dependent on word searches and GROK.
April 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I can’t get over how grants that were 1) funded by Congress through the appropriation process, and 2) awarded through a rigorous and blind review system, can now be 3) rescinded by unelected and unqualified DOGE bros through a haphazard gutting likely dependent on word searches and GROK.
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Hearing reports of NEH staff being put on administrative leave (not sure yet how many are impacted). Grantees—remember to use eGMS for all correspondence but that staff may have severe restrictions on access to email & work material. NEH staff—we appreciate you & we’re so sorry this is happening.
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 4, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Hearing reports of NEH staff being put on administrative leave (not sure yet how many are impacted). Grantees—remember to use eGMS for all correspondence but that staff may have severe restrictions on access to email & work material. NEH staff—we appreciate you & we’re so sorry this is happening.
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Keep in mind: the NEH’s budget is 0.01% of the entire federal budget. This is not about savings - it is about the destruction of the Humanities and the critical thinking abilities that they teach. 🗃️
DOGE has now turned its sights on a small agency that provides support for community programs in every state. The National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds museums, historic sites, libraries, educators and media outlets across the country, has been told to slash staff by 70-80 percent.🧵
April 4, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Keep in mind: the NEH’s budget is 0.01% of the entire federal budget. This is not about savings - it is about the destruction of the Humanities and the critical thinking abilities that they teach. 🗃️
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“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
April 4, 2025 at 10:37 AM
“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
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Here are some of the things that NEH support has enabled the AHA to do just in the last 5 years 🗃️:
April 4, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Here are some of the things that NEH support has enabled the AHA to do just in the last 5 years 🗃️:
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The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
April 4, 2025 at 6:28 PM
The entire permanent staff of the Division of Environmental Health Science and Practice was laid off. This division addresses issues such as asthma and air pollution, climate change and health, childhood lead poisoning, and cancer clusters.
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I hung up my DOGE termination letter near where I’m writing my book, as a reminder that the Humanities matters to a free and open society.
Far worse than the end of my NEH grant is the wholesale gutting of the NEH itself, an incalculable loss that we must fight to prevent.
Far worse than the end of my NEH grant is the wholesale gutting of the NEH itself, an incalculable loss that we must fight to prevent.
April 4, 2025 at 7:15 PM
I hung up my DOGE termination letter near where I’m writing my book, as a reminder that the Humanities matters to a free and open society.
Far worse than the end of my NEH grant is the wholesale gutting of the NEH itself, an incalculable loss that we must fight to prevent.
Far worse than the end of my NEH grant is the wholesale gutting of the NEH itself, an incalculable loss that we must fight to prevent.
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If you’ve ever sat on an NEH review panel (as many of us have), you know how difficult it is to win a grant. It’s an incredibly exacting process, with way too many excellent projects competing for funding. Awardees are scrutinized from every direction, with more rigor than DOGE can even imagine.
April 4, 2025 at 2:11 PM
If you’ve ever sat on an NEH review panel (as many of us have), you know how difficult it is to win a grant. It’s an incredibly exacting process, with way too many excellent projects competing for funding. Awardees are scrutinized from every direction, with more rigor than DOGE can even imagine.
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
NOTICE OF GRANT TERMINATION
I knew it was coming, which is why I never announced that I had won the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities for my next book project. But it still hurts!
NOTICE OF GRANT TERMINATION
I knew it was coming, which is why I never announced that I had won the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities for my next book project. But it still hurts!
April 4, 2025 at 8:39 PM
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
NOTICE OF GRANT TERMINATION
I knew it was coming, which is why I never announced that I had won the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities for my next book project. But it still hurts!
NOTICE OF GRANT TERMINATION
I knew it was coming, which is why I never announced that I had won the prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities for my next book project. But it still hurts!
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A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
April 2, 2025 at 10:09 PM
A few tips for NEH grantees:
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
1) if you've spent money on an awarded grant but have not yet drawn down the funds, make sure to submit the paperwork to drawn down funds ASAP.
2) the NYTimes article suggests that "DOGE" might cancel awards. If you receive an email from DOGE cancelling your NEH award,
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Please help us fight for the restoration of NEH funds, @repdangoldman.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
“The termination of your grant represents an urgent priority for this administration”
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
My NEH grant has been terminated
Incredible when the funding for your book about the educational culture wars is cut as a result of the educational culture wars
You can’t say history isn’t relevant
April 4, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Please help us fight for the restoration of NEH funds, @repdangoldman.bsky.social @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social
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An NEH public scholar award made it possible for me to finish this book.
Now available in paperback: THE SISTERHOOD: HOW A NETWORK OF BLACK WOMEN CHANGED AMERICAN CULTURE, by Courtney Thorsson! shorturl.at/CMWKP @courtneythorsson.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
An NEH public scholar award made it possible for me to finish this book.
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Please contact your member of congress to ask them to save the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT
URGENT: Save the NEH
I just took action to oppose the elimination of the National Endowment for the Humanities! Join me and take action here.
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April 2, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Please contact your member of congress to ask them to save the NEH. p2a.co/DdtlGIT