Hi This is My Program in the Capitol Region of New York If you have or know young people interested in history or museums please send them my way and stay tuned for their programs and exhibits We'll want curious audiences!

My new book, POLICE AGAINST THE MOVEMENT, comes out 10/7 and I'm going on a book tour in SF, LA, Baltimore, DC, NYC, and ATL! 10/07, SF: City Lights w/ Daphne Muse 10/09, LA: Skylight w/ Elizabeth Hinton 10/16, Baltimore: Red Emma's w/Judy Richardson 10/18, DC: Politics & Prose w/Judy Richardson

It was very telling that for three days, none of the major TV anchors would have me on air one-on-one to talk about my firing from the Washington Post over Charlie Kirk. The first offers were from Black media, independent media, Substackers, and podcasters.

It’s going to break your heart how many people you know, love, and respect will turn out to be cowards. Prepare yourself as best you can. You are not alone, but you are your own center. Be a strong center.

Over the past few months @wired.com, @teenvogue.com, @prismreports.org, @truthout.org, @inquest.bsky.social, @hammerandhope.bsky.social, @theguardian.com, @rollingstone.com and so many other outlets have kept me more than informed.

The @newrepublic.com actually does very useful and helpful REPORTING. How about @propublica.org? Excellent. The @51st.news is doing excellent actual reporting. So is @thetriibe.com in Chicago. There are so many other places to get actual useful news.

I will remind folks those images of Nazi book burnings aren't burning just any books. They're burning the library of Magnus Hirschfeld; a gay, Jewish doctor who created an institute dedicated to LGBTQ sex education and healthcare. And a man who pioneered gender affirming care surgeries.

Labor market bad. Housing market bad. AI bubble about to pop. Government running crypto scams. Social safety being gutted. Student loan defaults skyrocketing, Tourism dropping off a cliff. Federal military takeovers in cities. Government infrastructure gone. Gonna be a long dark couple of years.

Cultivating Community for Cultural Workers through Mutual Aid is tomorrow, September 5 at 3pm ET! You can still register at https://community.ncph.org/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1985254

Non-HP MG/YA series that are rich in magic & exploration & coming-of-age, & are actually really really good, to share with kids in your life: - Lioness Rampant, Pierce - Chrestomanci, Jones - Percy Jackson - A Wrinkle In Time!!!!! - URSULA LE GUIN’S EARTHSEA BOOKS - Akata Witch / Akata Warrior!!!!

“I had high hopes for the ICEBlock app, so it’s a shame that the developer is both overly confident and doesn’t know what he’s doing” - @micahflee.com The @iceblock.app has 1+ million users. They’re the people on Bluesky, joining @50501movement.bsky.social and attending @teslatakedown.com rallies.

The Tumblr I knew would have fully misunderstood Professor Grimes from Katabasis and the fancast would’ve been fantastic and full enough people until they’ve understood the source material

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Mark your Calendar for Marking the Legacy: The Headstone dedication for Stephen & Harriet Myers, abolitionists and activists focused on freedom whose tireless work we interpret at the UREC. On September 20th we will install their headstone at Albany Rural Cemetery. Join our efforts via QR Code

Dwayne McDuffie was an under appreciated treasure to little black boys and girls who loved to read comics and watch cartoons. He will be missed, but his creations will both persist and endure.

DC is having none of it

A kitchen table issue I care about is the Smithsonian not twisting the facts of history to the president’s will.

The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

Would love to see an article about museum workers trying to survive this current financial moment, that only interviews workers who live paycheck to paycheck. Do not interview a single ED or board member for that article. 

Hey @hyperallergic.com or @timesunion.com or @nysfocus.bsky.social any interest or plans to interview museum employees who are job insecure due to current federal administration cuts? Highly recommend not just interviewing ED at large art museums bc they are not the most job insecure at these cuts

NCPH’s Advocacy alert! ncph.org/wp-content/u...

Hey, if you are angry about any of the attacks on history, the humanities, art or museums, you can follow these instructions to support an educational program in the capital region of NY that teaches the nuances of history, art, and science with teens & I make funny faces when I notice the button

Imporant ICE tip.

IDK who needs to know this but... You can sing the Sesame Street song "Rubber Ducky" but change the first line to "Motherfucker, burn in hell" and it works PERFECTLY

The thing about PBS is that LeVar Burton was to me what MrBeast is to kids today.

Kaitlyn Greenidge on D.C., white reconstruction, and how you really can and should be able to believe multiple things are true at one time. kaitlyngreenidge.substack.com/p/chocolate-...

The parallels are stark: entire communities were forcibly removed from the West Coast in 1942 and today our immigrant brothers and sisters face the terror of ICE and CBP raids across the country. It was a miscarriage of justice then, and it is a miscarriage of justice now.

We are outraged and deeply distressed that armed federal agents came onto our campus—making arrests on the very ground where, in 1942, Japanese American families were forced to board buses bound for concentration camps. It was a deliberate act of provocation and intimidation.

The amount of articles I have read with anonymous museum employees and or volunteers who are scared of losing their jobs because of toxic workplaces pales in comparison to this one where the toxic workplace is the federal government

ICE in the Silver Spring area. :/

It feels more important than ever to bring together folks who are engaged in preserving, telling, sharing histories of marginalized groups in publicly accessible ways. Especially those not connected to institutions that are capitulating already but simply doing this work in our communities.

We're at the very beginning of organizing a grassroots public history convening here in NYC in 2026. It will be a way to bring together folks who are engaged in local public history in a grassroots way so we can connect, share ideas, network etc... Wondering if folks in other cities have done this?

If the Smithsonian is getting this, imagine what your local smaller orgs, who depend on federal and state grants, are dealing with www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-st...

Hey @ncph.bsky.social Nominating Committee is doing a takeover to encourage you to nominate yourself and your colleagues for our Upcoming Slate. I'll be posting some here, but definitely keep an eye on other #NCPH social media

The part no one will say is that he’s clearly targeting Black mayors. As his policies continue to fail, he’s leaning harder into what his base likes to see: terrorizing Black and Brown folks. It simply doesn’t matter how incompetent he as long as continues to do this. This what white folks want

Sanctioned white supremacist terror squads descending upon Black DC, then & now.

I claim MD a lot, but I was born in DC, and that goes back at least three generations on my mother's side. This is harmful, absurd, and not new at all.

from 1993. just your daily reminder that trump is playing d.c. out of an old, old playbook--people like tucker carlson literally cut their teeth on demanding federal oversight for d.c. we have been telling your this for 50 years.

It is great to have a representative who asks and listens to practitioners about how this particular era of history work is facing so many of us

Daveona, Gracie, Jelani & Raymond shared their research at the UREC pop up exhibit to a thoroughly engaged audience. Thank you again to M. E. Grenander Dept of Special Collections and Archives and Albany NAACP Thank you Assemblymember Gabriella A. Romero You all ROCK!!!!!!!😀

Purchase tickets online for a unique experience with history. Go alone or share it with a friend or colleague or peer or family member. A special tour with the co-founders of the Stephen & Harriet Myers Residence, an integral stop on the Underground Railroad "History has its eyes on you" Hamilton

If you would like to hear or see more of this their exhibit will be up this coming Saturday from 11-1pm at @ugrr-education-ctr.bsky.social

Our students in the Oral History Pilot Program braved the heat to conduct Oral Interviews of esteemed guests Lillian Dewitt-Tillman, Nell Stokes and Annette Ashe for their upcoming exhibit on Saturday July 26th We appreciate your time and it was an honor to be in your presence #albanyishistory