The Underground Archivist: 50 Years of Saving New York History - www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Px...

It turns out the “culture war” was the point all along, just like Black people said it was.

I do not think he should be mayor, but this is so much healthier of an approach to take toward a democratic election than anything we are hearing from Andrew Cuomo. Cuomo is going to leave NYC the moment he loses. Sliwa seems to truly want to stay in this great city.

Important conversation with @ebyard.bsky.social who clearly and concisely explains what you've been feeling in your gut all along.

Red flag = consumer boycotts work, DEI is popular, and if you turn on your community partners shoppers will vote with their feet.

If you see any business owners belittling SNAP recipients for accepting government money to get through tough times, maybe look them up on @propublica.org's PPP Loan Tracker to see if they got any of the $793B in bailout money (96% of which was forgiven) projects.propublica.org/coronavirus/...

This is from Autocracy, Inc, about how modern autocratic propaganda works. I consider this every time I decide what to share and how to frame it.

On this week’s TLP episode, @imarajones.bsky.social talks with @ebyard.bsky.social about how anti-trans attacks in schools fit the right-wing authoritarian project, & with @neapresident.bsky.social on how communities and educators are responding. https://open.spotify.com/show/3bKZAZDRPlB8ZRyUSpJ6t8

here’s some resources in Ohio 👇🏽 www.dispatch.com/story/news/l...

ok he deserves the win

The new state superintendent in Oklahoma is already working to “calm the waters” after Ryan Walters left the state’s public schools in chaos. I am told that many in Oklahoma are celebrating that he left. www.foxnews.com/media/were-t...

Just leaving this here if you don't mind www.masshist.org/database/1668

Things to consider: Document the violence & violations--on camera, w/photos, saving images--any way you can. Speaking as a historian- it will matter Point out violations--w/images & text--even if you think it won't matter. It will. It needs to be called out & exposed You are a witness. Expose it.

Angela is saying here in 1970 what Ta-Nehisi was trying to say to E. Klein last week and what Baldwin was saying in 1962. At some point people are going to have to listen. youtu.be/26CVcA2678k

EVERYONE STOP EVERYTHING Mychal the Librarian is hosting the Reading Rainbow revival!!! reactormag.com/reading-rain...

Justice Kavanaugh: “If the person is a U. S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States, that individual will be free to go after the brief encounter.”

Every accusation is a confession.

Speaking of voices under attack…can we be just as loud about Black journalists and comedians who are silenced, even by our so-called liberal outlets. • Joy Reid • Don Lemon • Melissa Harris-Perry • Tiffany Cross • Jemele Hill • Marc Lamont Hill • Karen Attiah • Amber Ruffin

Have a teenager in your life? In many places, you can pre-register a 16 or 17 year olds to vote when they turn 18. This is true in Florida. Check the rules with your local board of elections. More Labor Day homework: pre-register your teens to vote. 🗳️ registertovoteflorida.gov/home #registertovote

Love everything about this scavenger hunt except the below detail ….. (yes, I am a curmudgeon of an historian) #ZcavengerHunt

Angela Davis laid this all out in 2015 in Freedom is a Constant Struggle. Now is a good time to read it if you have not yet.

Dozens of protests planned for Labor Day [for all of the people constantly asking where protests are. I assume they will all be joining] - maydaystrong.org

Justice Jackson is basically reporting live from inside a garbage fire www.ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/nih-c...

This is not “a distraction.” This is what they want to do. It is why they are there.

WV has lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, and higher rates of death by drug overdose than DC.

since Trump is instructing federal law enforcement to besiege D.C. bc of purported crime reasons, let's review this piece I wrote in June about how he keeps trying to legally justify his fascist bullshit by pointing to nonexistent 'emergencies' ballsandstrikes.org/law-politics...

Someone forgot to take down this webpage: www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/v...

This bodega owner pays for good report cards! #blacksky #AMomentofJoy Academic Division!

We’re expanding 7-day library service! 📚 Last year, we fought hard to restore the mayor’s cuts to 7-day service. This year, 11 new branches will have Sunday service thanks to the $2M we proposed and secured.   See you on Sundays! 🎥 @nycspeakeradams.bsky.social @cmcarlinarivera.bsky.social

Here's Philly rap legend Freeway canvassing with LeVar Burton singing the Reading Rainbow theme. You can see how much it touched Burton. National media loves to hate Philly because of the Eagles fans from the Northeast, but fuck all that noise Philly is the best.

"This backlash is coordinated, ideological, and well-funded, including by U.S.-based organizations and Russian actors. And instead of resisting it, Washington is now helping lead it." foreignpolicy.com/2025/07/24/u...

I actually found this resource put out by the Democrats useful: democrats.org/trump-tax/ - I like the state by state breakdown. Emailing this to my *non-political* family and friends.

If you want to support public radio stations in danger of closing following Congress’ vote to end funding, check out this website: https://loom.ly/TVaWxxc

ADOPT A STATION! Particularly in rural America. So many to choose from, including KILI--Lakota owned and operated, station on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota: adoptastation.org. h/t to Alex Curley, who created this and posted on his LinkedIn

Someone asked me why I have an unending font of vitriol for the NYT. I think it's because of how much I looked up to that paper and the people who worked there. Because of what it represented to nerds like me that got into reporting because of the Times. Now they're soft. It just sucks is all.

Trump and Elon made massive cuts to all US weather tracking and warning systems in the spring of 2025.

Trump's argument for the elimination of the estate tax is that the heirs of the super rich will no longer have to go beg a predatory Jewish banker for a bridge loan to overcome cash flow problems associated with the $15 million dollar estate they're about to get.

Shameful. Propaganda email I received from the Social Security Administration last night. Your tax dollars at work. Waste, fraud and abuse.

The Senators that voted 'yes' on this disastrous bill represent more than 30 million FEWER Americans than the Senators that voted 'no.'

Thank you @prisonculture.bsky.social for organizing New Yorkers to fight for our libraries! A huge victory in the new budget, and the fight continues. Learn more at NYCPLAN.org #NYCPLAN #FReadomFighters www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

We should all be disgusted by the flood of anti-Muslim remarks spewed in the aftermath of Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the NYC mayoral primary — some blatant, others latent. Shame on the members of Congress who have engaged in such bigotry and anyone who doesn’t challenge it.

Viktor Orban banned pride events in Hungary, the people took it as a challenge and just had the largest pride march in their country's history.

Protect the senate parliamentarian at all costs ….

NYC's population in 1860 was 47.2% foreign-born. www.census.gov/library/work...

Brad Lander is a wonderful public servant.

Zohran winning tonight is the opening salvo on a corrupt gerantocratic democratic establishment. Primary all of the old establishment and let the next generation take over. This is how we take on the oligarchs controlling the Democratic party.

The most disturbing part of this is that only when he criticized Jewish people was the student disciplined. He could freely call for the death & disappearance of Black people via rescinding the Civil War amendments & apparently that’s just good scholarship. Gift link 🎁

As Yancey County prepares to exit its regional public library system because of LGBTQ+ content, the Library Branch Manager provided the statement below. Worth a read. Carolina Public Press has the latest on one last attempt to stop the exit: carolinapublicpress.org/71307/last-d... #ncpol