This is the 178th post in my series that explores the most-used words in the top stories shared among Environmental Historians and Environmental Humanities scholars on Twitter each week. 

Here are the top articles among environmental historians and humanities scholars this past week (July 20, 2020 – July 26, 2020):

https://twitter.com/WGinPolitics/status/1284427609904951296

Monday: “We tracked 25,688 abusive tweets sent to women MPs – half were directed at Diane Abbott” by Azmina Dhrodia, New Statesman 

Tuesday: “Trump’s Occupation of American Cities Has Begun” by Michelle Goldberg, The New York Times

Wednesday: “Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history.” by Darryl Fears and
Steven Mufson, The Washington Post

Thursday: “Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history.” by Darryl Fears and
Steven Mufson, The Washington Post

Friday: “Identity, Community, and Environmental History” by Blair Stein with Tina Adcock, Network in Canadian History and Environment (NiCHE)

Saturday: “CDC: One-third of COVID-19 patients who aren’t hospitalized have long-term illness” by Erika Edwards, NBC News

Sunday: “Liberal, progressive — and racist? The Sierra Club faces its white-supremacist history.” by Darryl Fears and
Steven Mufson, The Washington Post

Top Words

1. abuse

2. said

3. environmental

4. people

5. women

6. groups

7. online

8. white

9. history

10. also

12. MPs

Published by Jessica M. DeWitt

Dr. Jessica M. DeWitt is an environmental historian of Canada and the United States. She is passionate about the use of digital technologies to bridge the gap between the public and researchers. In addition to her community and professional work, she offers various editing and social media consultancy services.

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