Take a moment to scroll through these shocking photos from Broadview, IL, of ICE retaliatory attacks against protesters and residents. Kudos to @chicagotribune.com for publishing this.

I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were

I’m sure they would if they could. Luckily, die Gedanken sind (noch) frei…

This is an absolutely extraordinary, revelatory quote. Why is the NBC affiliate in Portland the only place reporting it? www.kgw.com/article/news...

When I taught my Holocaust history course a few years ago at the University of Virginia, this document sparked one of our most interesting class discussions. It was a revelation (and puzzle) to many students, but that led to a deeper awareness of the underlying cynicism of both regimes.

Love this.

RIP Major General Joseph A. McNeil 🙏 theurbannews.com/lifestyles/2...

Another favorite song for this time of year! I used to have a Theodore Bikel recording of this and I think he sang it better than anyone else.

I can’t believe this is a thing, but in case you’ve ever wondered about escalators (I too have had unnerving experiences but no one was out to get me) this is an interesting and helpful explanation.

Have Trump's immigrant jails become "black sites"?

One of my favorite songs, and this is a great performance of it.

Gorgeous sunrise this morning.

i am seriously begging democrats to bring the same smoke to this story that they brought to jimmy kimmel being indefinitely suspended

#OTD in 2019. I spent that fall in Northern Minnesota.

Excited to share a new slate of events for There Is No Place for Us. I'll be in 12 states this fall, including the Texas Book Festival and the Morristown Festival of Books. Hope to see some of you there! Full schedule and details: www.briangoldstone.net/there-is-no-...

Sails flashing to the wind like weapons, sharks following the moans the fever and the dying; horror the corposant and compass rose. Robert Hayden, from “Middle Passage” #poetry #writer

Afternoon walk, Missouri Botanical Garden in St. Louis: trees, Chihuly globes and water lilies, late summer flowers. A beautiful place if you’re ever there.

NEW from @pewresearch.org: How religious is your state? This interactive feature will tell you where your state falls on four key measures of religiousness. It's based on the 2023-2024 Religious Landscape Study (n=36,908).

Morning walk, fall shadows.

Just received my copy of Beverly Mitchell’s new book from @fortresspress.bsky.social ! This is one of the thoughtful reflections on this topic I’ve ever read and it’s worth reading (& teaching).

Excellent reporting from Jack Jenkins on Charlie Kirk’s rise and TPUSA’s politically right, national-populist, Christian coalition. julieroys.com/charlie-kirk...

My path is a cross of burning trees, Lit by crows carrying fire in their beaks. I ask the guardians of these lands for permission to enter. I am a visitor to this history. ... What do I expect in this New England seaport town, near the birthplace of democracy, Where I am a ghost? Joy Harjo

Drawing of four wonderful things in life, by my oldest granddaughter.

“Autumn Moon” (Masayuki Miyata, 1977)

Muriel Rukeyser

RIP to a true and great hero www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/o...

#OTD one my favorite photos just popped up on my feed, from 2017. This is a ferry crossing Lake Erie as a storm rolled in.

Great poem to begin the week!

Washington DC residents protest against Trump's troop deployment to the city reut.rs/3JQPPO4

I love the colors, movement and balance in this picture! “Chrysanthemums and Running Water” (Ohara Koson, 1931)

Morning walk, early autumn color.

this quote posted outside my kid’s classroom at daycare goes way harder than it needs to

To be clear, the exhibit they're closing has been part of the museum since its foundation in 1993. I remember being struck by the photo that showed the rail lines to a munitions factory that the US bombed next to the rail lines to Auschwitz that they refused to.

Brilliant and spot-on, as always.

Hello, September! 👋 We have eight lovely books publishing this month, each perfect for an early fall read. 🌻 Visit our website to grab your copy! 📚 https://www.eerdmans.com/ #eerdmans #septemberbooks #fallbooks #newbooks #readmorebooks

This poem expresses so much of what I’m feeling these days. #poetry

Upcoming program on cross-cultural Christian nationalism, looking at Brazil and the US. Register for the live-stream at link below, or register to join us on IUI's campus. Thursday, September 18, from 3–4 p.m. ET raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/programs/rel... @csraac.bsky.social

I have been doing a massive lit search this week for a new writing project and am both elated (I managed to identify an anonymous archival doc through a footnote in a 1988 article) and depressed as hell, because so much of this stuff is very relevant for our current political situation.

My latest—amid all the bad news, highlighting the inspiring Indie bookstores fighting back against book bans, refusing to be cogs in the Trump regime’s anti-immigrant machine. With links to support them. If you've got an Indie bookstore story, share below! open.substack.com/pub/robertpj...

A poetic reminder to tell people how much they mean to us.

Check out these religion resources: Size of religious groups (interactive table) www.pewresearch.org/religion/fea... How the global religious landscape changed recently www.pewresearch.org/religion/202... The process of religious decline www.nature.com/articles/s41...

they were eight and ten. Eight and ten. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

This looks like a great book.

Pricy for the taxpayers (& outrageous to take them from their families and day jobs), but I guess it gives them something to do.

Visiting Research Scholar in African American Studies at Princeton whose work focuses on"race in the national or global contexts." "With the approval of the Office of the Dean of the Faculty, the VRS will teach one semester-long undergraduate elective course." Deadline 12/15/2025

“Coercing a university president to issue a scripted public apology isn’t enforcement—it’s extortion. It’s the same tactic organized crime always uses: Demand submission, humiliate and make an example of one victim to scare others. That has no place in a democracy, much less in higher education.”

"Phosphorescent Sea" (M. C. Escher, 1933)

Congratulations to Peter Sien and Marie Arana on the launch of @c-span.bsky.social's "America's Book Club" this fall, featuring luminaries including Stacey Schiff and Jose Andrés at venues like the Library of Congress and the National Archives: www.c-span.org/liveEvent/?a...