Senator Doug Jones is a prominent attorney and public servant who became the first Democrat elected to the U.S. Senate from Alabama in 25 years. Jones narrates the history of the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing that took place in Birmingham, Alabama on September 15, 1963. #WeAreAmerica250

the fastest growing colony in North America was South Carolina, because of slavery...the wealthiest 2% owned two-thirds of the land in the 13 colonies...2 video clips from Ken Burns' American Revolution aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/eco...

"post-rapture-like"😍

Katie Phang and Joyce Vance discuss SCOTUS "throwing out the trash" of Pres. Loser's ridiculous appeal and E.Jean Carroll's triumph joycevance.substack.com/p/live-with-...

Was just reminded about Dennis Sampson's poetry and found this reading of his poem, "That Laugh" (given by poet Jennifer Horne) -- for anyone who has suddenly felt the presence of a parent in your speech, facial expressions, body movements, or your laugh. youtu.be/YZCiLYTtDzI?...

My column this week. Saturday will mark the nation’s 250th birthday. Thursday will be the 125th anniversary of a lynching in Elmore County, which led to an unprecedented attempt to prosecute the killers. If the bicentennial speaks to our ideals, the murder of Robin White shows our harsh reality.

I interviewed Daisy Rockwell last fall about the DHS/ICE recruitment ads featuring Norman Rockwell's paintings (without permission), and the disgust the family felt about this hijacking of his legacy. www.thebulwark.com/p/norman-roc...

June 22, 2026

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Facts matter. Trump is trying to restrict mail in voting by taking control of who is eligible. That’s up to the states, but Trump has decided the states can’t mail ballots to anyone who isn’t on his list. Read here to understand the EO & lawsuits challenging it: open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...

June 20, 2026

My latest novel is published in paperback on July 2nd. If you pre-order from Blackwell's they'll send it with FREE international delivery & that will help the book get into shops blackwells.co.uk/bookshop/pro... Charles was on the edge of his seat, open-mouthed, all the way through (see alt text).

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Spent most of today pulling together information about the enslaved people held by one of my ancestors in Russell County, Alabama. No will (postbellum), so it needs more research, but Wikitree is a great, free place to start your African American genealogy research. www.wikitree.com/wiki/Space:E...

Best daily synthesis of not just the news, but the 'feel' of the day: heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/june-18-2026 Happy Juneteenth Eve and Juneteenth! 💖

FLASH: Justice Dept refuses to make official court filing which would've confirmed they're halting the Trump $1.7 billion slush fund DOJ: "Such declarations are unnecessary and the compelled testimony of senior officials from the Executive Branch implicates serious separation of powers concerns"

The 1st Gen Z Rep from FL, Maxwell A. Frost (also organizing director of March for Our Lives!), talked about the history of Eatonville, FL, one of the first self-governing all-Black towns in the US in this installment of the 250 minute from @hcrichardson.bsky.social & team. youtu.be/89lRJ7WgjsM?...

If you’re enjoying the Trump Administration’s energetic efforts to bring back - measles - whooping cough - screwworm flesh-eating maggots - and to give whole Air Force units the flu... then you’ll be super excited to see what they now have in mind for HIV/AIDS: www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/h...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Stop the proposed scrap tire landfill near the Locust Fork. PLEASE Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/st...

June 16, 2026

I say this as a Bostonian who's been able to spend time in a number of the world's great cities: this kind of person and moment is why NYC is probably my favourite

Ken Paxton’s own party impeached him. His own staff reported him to the FBI. Now his own defense attorney is endorsing our campaign. Those closest to Ken Paxton know he's unfit for office.

Between 1997 and 2013, David Hockney embarked on one of the most celebrated periods of his career, returning to his native Yorkshire to paint the landscapes of the East Yorkshire Wolds. Leaving behind the sun-drenched swimming pools and urban scenes of Los Angeles, he turned

FWIW: I think the death penalty itself is a violation of the Eighth Amendment in terms of its violence and the often breathtaking incompetence with which it is carried out.

The free family history workspace, where I publish most of my original research these days in a global tree, just posted this message at the top of its pages: "Please be patient if you are experiencing problems. We are dealing with extraordinarily abusive AI scraping." www.wikitree.com #abusiveAI

Of the hundreds of deeply moving interviews on Fresh Air, this one with Tonya Mosley speaking with Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor the daughter of Richard Pryor, is one of the best. ESPECIALLY if you don't know who RP is, you need to listen: www.npr.org/transcripts/...

I just signed a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social petition: Petition to protect vital creeks from the Northern Beltline (in Jefferson County, Alabama). More information on how bad a choice Alabama is making with this at the link: actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

The people of Albania have been protesting the Trump family for 11 days straight because Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner want to build a $2 billion luxury resort on an environmentally sensitive coast site. Solidarity with the people of Albania standing up to billionaire greed. 🇦🇱 🎥 @olsimeraj on IG

Editor Brian Lyman writes that the U.S. Supreme Court had to ignore law, evidence and the U.S. Constitution to allow Alabama to use a map previously deemed discriminatory, and will bear the blame for the chaos to follow. https://ow.ly/6ajh50Z7m5q

Bad news for intellectual freedom in Alabama. It's not as if we weren't already on the slippery slope.

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Nearly two dozen Epstein accusers told Reuters that speaking out sparked threats and relentless harassment, in some cases after Justice Department files exposed their identities. Some now carry weapons and live in constant fear of physical assault from Trump supporters. reut.rs/3QaK4y7

The rich are getting richer, the middle class is shrinking, and workers are getting screwed. The system is rigged and it has to change, that’s why I’m in the fight.

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came faster than i expected

There is indeed something wrong, but it is not press reports of the attendance at his first inauguration.

Thank you, @kim.senate.gov, for staying on this issue.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcvJ... Fun interview. A little more personal @hcrichardson.bsky.social

Ossoff: "It makes a difference who represents us. When you sent me and Sen. Warnock to the Senate, we capped the cost of insulin at $35. And when Donald Trump and his allies took power again, they threw hundreds of thousands of Georgians off their health insurance. The contrast could not be clearer"

Pete Buttigieg is a former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a veteran, and the 19th U.S. Secretary of Transportation. Buttigieg tells us about the Erie Canal, the engineering marvel that opened up the interior of the United States. #WeAreAmerica250

Mamdani on Arch/Ballroom/Club Rose Garden: My message would be that this is not what government has to be. This is not the only vision for what it looks like to have politics in this country—that is so divorced from the needs and wants of everyday people.

On this fraught, frustrating, profoundly American holiday weekend, here’s my 277th #ScholarSunday thread of public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely please, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

A good copy editor is worth their weight in gold. Mine is the freaking best. I just wrote something that is incredibly well known in my field and got back: "Got a source for this?" I do... but boy is it superb to be held to account every single time. #copyeditorsareprobablygods #katyaespecially

May 24, 2026

If you're an artist following me, please make sure to block @curation-lab.bsky.social to protect your work. Don't let this AI bot critique your human-made art.

Lesson for today: Don’t say “nobody” when you mean “nobody I know” or “nobody I agree with.” Don’t say “never” when you mean “mostly not.” Don’t say “everyone” when you mean “the circle of my acquaintances.” You can to correct me if you see me do it (with a small carve out for comic hyperbole.)

Why didn’t I share Trump’s truth social post about an imminent Iran deal as though it were fact? Oh, I dunno. From the Chief National Security reporter at Reuters:

President Said a Thing Journalism. karlbode.com/ceo-said-a-t...