For those interested in agriculture, farm labor, civil rights, the border, etc. I had the pleasure of interviewing Harrington for my research earlier this spring. Fascinating guy who’s done so much good for countless people. 🗃️

The world needs a little more of this one these days. Iykyk. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

The 1892 Geary Act did far more than extend the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act indefinitely. It added a new & especially authoritarian detail: all Chinese Americans would have to carry at all times a “resident permit” or risk immediate deportation if they were stopped by authorities for any reason. 🗃️+

A little Saturday afternoon music while book manuscript edits continue. #nowspinning #vinylcommunity

🚨BREAKING: Cleta Mitchell thinks President Donald Trump may declare a national emergency to allow him to take control of national elections. Her comments will add to growing concern that Trump is plotting a way to use his power over the military and federal law enforcement to rig next year’s vote.

Listening to some records as I get some work done on Labor Day, and here’s a perfect example of a recent album that somehow sounds way better on vinyl. #VinylCommunity #NowSpinning #Metallica

If you enjoy… Weekends Safe working conditions Retirement benefits Paid vacations Breaks at work Sick leave Paid holidays … then you’re part of the labor movement. Happy Labor Day.

Was reminded this morning Bluesky that needs more dog pics. Here’s our one year-old Dolly doing what she does best: playing and having a great time. #dogsofbluesky

“The border…is invading America…it is a stalking power, a mobile regime of racial control that snakes through the Americas, leaving bruises, breaking bones, ending lives.” 🗃️ The Border Is Invading America www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

Excellent piece by @dcsackman.bsky.social on the continued racialization of farm labor under the Trump administration.

Great message to all history teachers as we start another year. Oddly, the terrible mess that our country is in has given me a renewed sense of focus and purpose inside of the classroom in particular. Couldn’t agree more that we do is as important as ever in 2025. 🗃️

Almost forgot how brilliant this album is. #vinylcommunity #nowspinning

Excellent thread on U of Chicago and the history of US higher education.

In Middleton, NY. This guy probably saved his neighbors from Trump's masked thugs. This is how you firmly assert your rights and stand up for our communities.

The Flooding Will Come “No Matter What” The complex, contradictory and heartbreaking process of American climate migration is underway. (Published April 2024)

An album a day until I get through Ozzy’s whole catalog. 🤘 #nowspinning #vinylcommunity

Message Hidden Backward In Black Sabbath Album Wishes Everyone A Good Time Listening To Rock And Roll

#nowspinning arguably two of the greatest solo records in the history of rock ‘n roll/heavy metal, in honor of a fallen legend. #vinylcommunity

Here’s a fascinating story that I didn’t know about the end of the Bracero Program: 🗃️ #skystorians www.npr.org/sections/the...

Reports that a Canadian citizen who has resided in the US since age 10 was abducted at a green card interview. Her husband is begging ICE to let him fly her back to Canada and they refuse to release her.

In Trump’s America, Who Gets to Call Themselves American? www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/o... 🗃️

Jack Rakove on Constitutional failure. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/06/27/i...

Awful.

The first issue of The Journal of Texas History is now published, courtesy of the Alliance for Texas History. Free and open access! Huge milestone for the organization and for Texas history in general. Check it out! 🗃️ #skystorians mavmatrix.uta.edu/journaltexas...

Remember when the United States used to have a Congress? That sure was fun. #Iran #IranWar

The man who just gleefully detonated 30,000-pound bunker-busting bombs across multiple sites in Iran—who as recently as 48 hours ago lied and said he would spend the next two weeks in diplomatic negotiations with Iran—now says it’s time for peace So how do you think that will go

*taps the sign* PREVENTATIVE WAR AS A DOCTRINE DOES NOT LEAD TO MILITARY OR NATIONAL STRATEGIC SUCCESS

Another completely avoidable war in the Middle East. Thousands of innocent people are going to die. And for what? #Iran

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Picking radishes is no easy task. Efrén spends 8-10 hrs/day on his knees, picking and sorting the radishes into small bunches to fill dozens of crates a day in CA's Ventura County. He's proud to have worked in America's fields for 49 years. #WeFeedYou

This does not look good…

“It’s Newman’s own invented landscape—somewhere between Tirana and Tuscaloosa—where irony and sincerity coexist uncomfortably.” A new piece from Bleart Thaçi

This is absolutely amazing.

Trump supporters attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 and Trump didn't call in the National Guard.

On May 2, the Executive Board of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society issued a statement condemning the U.S. federal government’s current assault on immigrants, refugees, asylum seekers, international students, and international scholars. iehs.org/iehs-stateme...

Immensely proud to be a board member of this important new organization in Texas history. 🗃️ www.texasobserver.org/new-mccarthy...

The enemy of my enemy is still my enemy but I still like seeing them fight

Crucial win in the battle for academic freedom!!!💥💥💥I must say, I didn't expect this! I'm hugely relieved at this positive development on TX SB 37 that allows us to continue teaching about the history of race, gender, inequality, ethnicity...in other words, history. #AFT #unions #skystorians

This sounds fun!

reputable medical journals keep saying that RFK and his pro-disease friends are full of shit and so naturally they must be shunned www.politico.com/news/2025/05...

In May 1967, Texas Rangers under the command of A.Y. Allee attacked civil and labor rights activist Francisco "Pancho" Medrano in Edinburg, Texas. Medrano was a well respected and well liked labor and civil rights leader in Texas. /1

“You don’t need personal space, human!” #dogsofbluesky

Excellent thread on the Starr County Strike and the history of Texas Ranger violence against Mexicans and Mexican Americans. Important to add that this was barely over fifty years ago. 🗃️

Historian here. One other thing that I found absolutely crazy about Pinker’s piece is his claim that some unnamed Harvard historian’s argument that Africans were involved in the transatlantic slave trade is somehow cutting edge or challenging. 🗃️ #skystorians

House GOP rams through their tax scam slashing Medicare & food aid to fund billionaire handouts. Trump targets Harvard in his latest autocratic attack. Fallout from his disastrous South Africa stunt. Watch the MeidasTouch Podcast at 8p ET/5p PT!

"You read books, eh?" A 1949 red scare Herblock cartoon about pressures on teachers that hits hard once again.

This is fascinating:

"No Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State" - U.S. constitution abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...

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