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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A 2023 study from the QHR Journal found that individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities face heightened risks of homelessness. Dr. Jonathan Sherin, former director of LACDMH, discusses how mental health and disability policies are failing those who need the services the most #ucla

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

This special episode features a recording of the event “The Future of History: Have We Reached the End of History Again?” in conjunction with the UCLA LCHP at the Wende Museum. Does the rise of illiberal authoritarianism marks a new end of history? @wendemuseum.bsky.social #ucla #history #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

On this day in history in 1973, the Supreme Court decided Roe v. Wade. The landmark decision protected abortion rights nationwide for nearly 50 years before being overturned in 2022, continuing debates over bodily autonomy, healthcare, and constitutional rights in the United States today.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

In honor of Pride Month, this revisited episode features Rose Campbell welcoming historian Neil J. Young to discuss the history of conservative and libertarian gay figures in United States history and their influence on the modern Republican Party #ucla #history #pridemonth #pridemonth2026 #policy

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

On this day in history in 1873, suffragist Susan B. Anthony was fined for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election. Anthony argued that the Constitution already gave women the right to vote and used her trial to draw national attention to the women’s suffrage movement.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Rose Campbell speaks with legal scholar Kim Lane Scheppele about how leaders such as Viktor Orbán, Vladimir Putin, and Donald Trump have used legal and constitutional mechanisms to consolidate power #trump #ucla #hungary #history #policy #politics #election @kimlanelaw.bsky.social

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

On this day in history in 1949, George Orwell published Nineteen Eighty-Four. The novel introduced ideas like “Big Brother,” mass surveillance, and “thoughtcrime” — concepts that continue to shape conversations about privacy, technology, AI, censorship, and political power today.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

In celebration of Pride Month, this revisited episode looks at the landmark Supreme Court decision in 2020 that protects LGBTQ+ individuals from workplace discrimination on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity Link to episode: tinyurl.com/ye9emtzu #ucla #lgbtq #pridemonth

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

David Myers welcomes historian Ellen DuBois to discuss her recently published book about the life, legacy, and contradictions of Elizabeth Cady Stanton #ucla #history #policy #feminism #elizabethcadystanton #suffrage #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

On this day in history in 1963, leaders from across the continent founded the Organization of African Unity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The organization aimed to strengthen cooperation among newly independent African nations during a period of decolonization and political change.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

News coverage of the outbreak of hantavirus on the MV Hondius cruise ship has sparked anxiety about how to contain the illness. In this revisited episode, Dr. Linda Rosenstock uses COVID-19 to show how we should act in health crises both in the past, present, and future. #ucla #hantavirus #covid

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

On this day in history in 1896, the Supreme Court decided Plessy v. Ferguson, upholding racial segregation under the doctrine of “separate but equal.” The ruling legalized segregation in the United States for decades before eventually being overturned by Brown v. Board of Education in 1954.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

On this day in history in 330 CE, Constantinople was formally dedicated as the new capital of the Roman Empire by Emperor Constantine I. The city would remain a major political, cultural, and economic center for more than a thousand years. #UCLA #LCHP #OnThisDay #Constantinople #RomanEmpire

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

In recognition of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) History Month, this revisited episode with Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris and Hao Ding situates contemporary urban planning debates within the longer history of Asian cultural influence in Los Angeles #ucla #losangeles #history #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

This special episode features political scientist Luwei Ying and legal scholar Hiroshi Motomura exploring the complex role of borders in shaping politics, conflict, and belonging #ucla #history #immigration #policy #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

On this day in history in 1994, South Africa held its first fully democratic elections, officially ending apartheid and bringing Nelson Mandela to power. For the first time, millions of Black South Africans were allowed to vote after decades of racial segregation.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

On this day in history in 1914, striking coal miners and their families were attacked by the Colorado National Guard at a labor camp near Ludlow. The miners had been striking against powerful coal companies over low wages, unsafe conditions, and lack of union recognition.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

David Myers speaks with UCLA political scientist Luwei Ying about her research linking historical border instability to the contemporary rise of populist politics, drawing on her work as a LCHP grantee and the report she co-authored with David Carter and Sadaf Vafa #ucla #history #politics #policy

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

On this day in history in 1970, an oxygen tank exploded aboard Apollo 13, NASA’s third mission intended to land humans on the Moon, turning it into a life-threatening rescue operation.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

Amidst the growing turmoil of the U.S. war with Iran, this revisited episode of the History-Politics Podcast looks back at the history of women’s rights in Iran with historian Kelly J. Shannon #ucla #history #politics #iran #womensrights #womeniniran #luskincenterforhistoryandpolicy #policy

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

On this day in history in 1994, the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda began, leading to the deaths of an estimated 800,000 people in just 100 days. Rooted in ethnic tensions between Hutu and Tutsi communities, the violence was triggered by the assassination of Rwanda’s president.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Host Rose Campbell speaks with UCLA social welfare scholar Dr. Tatiana Londoño about the psychological and social toll of immigration enforcement on Latine/x immigrant communities in the United States #ucla #history #ICE #immigration #latinxhistory #immigrationenforcement #latinx #policy #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

On this day in history in 1976, Palestinians organized mass protests against land confiscation by the Israeli government — an event now commemorated annually as Land Day.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

Host David Myers talks with Dalia Dassa Kaye about why U.S.–Iran hostility endures. She argues while Iranian post-1979 anti-American ideology is central to the conflict, U.S. narratives casting Iran as a permanent rogue state have foreclosed opportunities to test alternative approaches. #iran #ucla

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

On this day in history in 1933, the German Reichstag passed the Enabling Act, granting Adolf Hitler dictatorial powers and dismantling democracy in Germany. The decision marked a turning point that enabled the rise of Nazi rule and its devastating global consequences.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Rose Campbell talks with Stephen Aron and Joe Horse Capture of the Autry Museum about museums’ colonialist collecting of Native remains and objects, and how new NAGPRA rules are shifting authority to tribes, pushing museums toward shared stewardship and Native-led interpretation #autrymuseum #ucla

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

On this day in history in 1968, U.S. soldiers killed hundreds of unarmed civilians in the Vietnamese village of My Lai during the Vietnam War.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

In honor of Women’s History Month this episode revisits a panel on the impact of Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization. Kevin Terraciano, Cary Franklin, Alexandra Minna Stern, and Elizabeth O'Brien discuss how legal doctrines have restricted reproductive freedom #politics #womenshistorymonth

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

On this day in history in 1966, the Supreme Court heard arguments in Miranda v. Arizona, where Ernesto Miranda argued his confession was obtained without being informed of his constitutional rights.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

David Myers speaks with legal scholar Joseph Fishkin about federal pressures on universities & the future of higher education. Fishkin argues law and politics are inseparable and warns that new tactics test whether courts can meaningfully constrain political power #ucla #politics #history #policy

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

On this day in history in 1969, researchers laid the groundwork for APARNET — the federally funded network that became the modern internet. First implemented right here at UCLA, ARPANET began as a public research project backed by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In honor of Black History Month, this revisited episode features Koritha Mitchell's exploration of “homemade citizenship” and how Black women, from Frances Harper to Michelle Obama, redefined success, dignity and belonging despite systemic racism and sexism #ucla #history #policy #blackhistorymonth

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

On this day in history in 1954, the first mass inoculations of the polio vaccine were administered to children in Pittsburgh, marking a major turning point in public health history.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Scholars Kim Lane Scheppele, Ariela Gross, and Nomi Stolzenberg examine the Trump administration’s escalating campaign against universities; framing fiscal pressure and anti-DEI measures as conservative tools to challenge to the modern university. #ucla #usc #princeton #politics #history #policy

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

On this day in history, Presidents’ Day is observed in the United States to honor those who have held the nation’s highest office.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

With attention on the Super Bowl and Black History Month, this episode features Dr. Ben Carrington examining the Black athlete as a “racial project," tracing how Black athletes have been commodified, controlled, and celebrated. #ucla #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #football #athletes #superbowl

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

On this day in history in 1995, Amazon was founded as an online bookstore. Over the next three decades, it would become one of the most powerful corporations in the world, transforming how people shop and how goods move across the globe.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

Host David Myers speaks with Dalia Dassa Kaye, expert on geopolitics and Middle East policy, about U.S.–Iran relations as America’s longest hostility. Dr. Kaye argues that entrenched U.S. policy narratives, not Iran alone, have narrowed options and sustained escalation. #history #ucla #policy #iran

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

On this day in history in 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican-American War. Fueled by Manifest Destiny and U.S. efforts to expand westward after annexing Texas, the war culminated in the forced transfer of nearly half of Mexico’s territory.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

In light of the recent celebration of MLK Day and Dr. King's legacy, this revisited episode features host David Myers and Robin Kelley discussing the enduring impact of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. amidst growing U.S. fascism and white nationalism. #ucla #mlk #mlkday #blackhistory #policy #politics

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

On this day in history in 1950, India formally adopted its current constitution, becoming a republic. The document established democratic governance, fundamental rights, and secularism, making it one of the most influential constitutional frameworks in the post-colonial world.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

David Myers interviews Jim Newton on his recent book about musician Jerry Garcia & the Grateful Dead, the iconic American band, emphasizing the Dead’s unique alchemy and Deadhead culture that endured long after the band expanded beyond its intimate origins #gratefuldead #jerrygarcia #ucla #deadhead

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Get excited for new podcast episodes coming soon under our new podcast title “The History-Politics Podcast: Putting the Past to Work.” We are so excited, and we hope you are too! 🎧🎙️ #UCLA #LCHP #history #policy #podcast

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

On this day in history, we observe Martin Luther King Jr. Day. First recognized as a federal holiday in 1986, it honors the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and reminds us that history is not just something we remember, but something we must continuously act on.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

We are thrilled to announce that we are relaunching our podcast under a new name! Check us out! #UCLA #LCHP #podcast #relaunch

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

On this day in history in 1804, Haiti formally declared independence from France after a successful slave revolt, becoming the first nation founded by formerly enslaved people.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Welcome to 2026! 🌟 We are so excited for the year ahead, and we hope you are too. Check out our new podcast name, and stay tuned for more episodes coming soon! #UCLA #LCHP #NewYear

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

On this day in history in 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced his intention to appoint the first woman to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

On this day in history in 1882, the very first electric Christmas lights were used to illuminate a Christmas tree.

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Luskin Center for History and Policy @historypolicy.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

SNAP cuts, Project 2025, and pro-birthrate policies ignore the reality that women already shoulder the majority of essential care labor. In this then & now episode, Eileen Boris and Katherine Marino trace the history of the “woman worker.” #ucla #feminism #womenshistory #policy #SNAP #SNAPbenefits

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