One more time— with the right date. March 30, 2026!

Liberation Day: 2/20/2026

Avel Gordly, one of Oregon’s most influential civil rights champions and a politician who was often referred to as the “conscience of the state Senate” for her strong moral compass, died at home on Monday. She was 79. buff.ly/YpFCNTQ via @opb.org

It was fantastic to join Chris on the Emerging Civil War Podcast to discuss my research into Civil War memory and the Republican Party, especially my recent book "The Republican House Divided." You can listen wherever you get your podcasts. Full details here: emergingcivilwar.com/2026/02/10/e... 🎧🗃️

Fellowship Opportunity! Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition, Yale University - 2026-2027 Gilder Lehrman Center Fellowships networks.h-net.org/jobs/69786/g...

GM: Charisma check. Mamdani: [rolls natural 20] GM: that’s a d6 how did you Mamdani: [direct to camera] Did you know you can check out board games at your local public library? 😊

The Wright Museums Instagram page is HILARIOUS. Think The Office but it's the staff at a Museum for Black History. Better believe this is on my list of places to visit. Gentle Spades "I'm a veteran"

*stares in Welsh*

@wyden.senate.gov's record of warning that there is deep and constitutionally-serious dirt being done by the intelligence agencies in secret is unblemished. The vaguer he is, the filthier the dirt is. This is the vaguest I've ever seen him

As someone not patient enough to wait for something like this, I can attest that all these books were great and $18 is an amazing deal.

With so much going on, everybody please just take a moment and remember to impeach Emil Bove.

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Matthew Delmont has once again knocked it out of the park. The story of Dwight “Skip” Johnson is heartbreaking, but I was truly impressed with the story of Coretta Scott King--as important to the Vietnam War protests as her husband was to civil rights. 🗃️ www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/736800...

I wrote this yesterday about the hero city of Minneapolis www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKOW...

I am doing an AMA about the education culture wars with @askhistorians.bsky.social today. So, if you have questions about the historical origins of the political turmoil in our schools and on our campuses, you can, ya know, ask me anything. www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

@kenwhite.bsky.social Sorry to bug you. But I was reading this and wondered if there would be a chance of success to sue Grok/twitter/et al for libel for making and publishing the nudes. I get damages would be an issue, but otherwise? bsky.app/profile/wire...

Do you want AI assistant to... I want AI assistant to stop putting pop ups on the part of the document I'm trying to work on, to uninstall itself from all my programs and then AI itself into the fucking sea!

I am pleased to learn that my forthcoming book is now listed on bookshop dot org, and there’s a nice little discount! Nice if you want to avoid the evil empire (the website not Man United) bookshop.org/p/books/whit...

BREAKING: This dog is named Susan From Accounting

REQUEST: If you have or have seen the subpoenas or know of any other information about this investigation, please reach out. If you are in DOJ, ASAO, White House, Minn Gov or AG’s Office, or Minneapolis mayor’s office or legal dep’t, and have any relevant info, I am on Signal at crg.32

It would be terrific if some of you could make it!

I am pleased to be doing an AMA on r/AskHistorians @askhistorians.bsky.social today, you can ask me anything (within reason!) about my new book "Jim Crow in the Asylum: Psychiatry and Civil Rights in the American South" )published by @uncpress.bsky.social) here: www.reddit.com/r/AskHistori...

Check out my conversation with public historian @johngmarks.com about the challenges surrounding the commemoration of ‘America 250.’ 🗃️ kevinmlevin.substack.com/p/commemorat...

It would take a two-word amendment to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to subject ICE agents and other federal law enforcement officers to the same liability for constitutional violations that local and state officers currently face. If Congress actually cared about what it's seeing, it could pass that overnight.

@maxinefororegon.bsky.social Sign on to this!! You just had 2 constituents shot by ICE in SE!

@maxinefororegon.bsky.social As your constituent I hope you've signed on to this.

a Kavanaugh Stop

Did y'all know that Nashville had TWO German-language newspapers there for a while? Though relatively short-lived, I've found them to be pretty important when it comes to Tennessee's Black history.

The Epstein file is the only thing Trump has ever taken his name off of

Only took two days for this post to age like milk. 🫠 "The very lawmakers now urging ODOT to seek emergency funding were happy to support referring stable transportation funding to the ballot, putting road maintenance on ice for years." - Rep. @travisnelson.bsky.social #orleg #orpol

this is not behavior becoming of a FIFA Peace Prize recipient.

If you need some last-minute gifts, books are the very best thing you can buy. Support your local indie bookstore, and give your friends and family a gift that will keep them warm and entertained during the holidays!

How does anyone get attacked by a shark, can't they hear the music

1/ A few thoughts about @williambaude.bsky.social’s comment in yesterday’s NYT chat that, “It’s amazing how many of our problems today could be solved by a Congress that was willing and able to legislate in response to national problems.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/o...

SKULL OF THOMAS AQUINAS: TAKE A LEFT NOW PRIEST: No, the GPS says we have to keep going— SKULL: I KNOW A SHORTCUT PRIEST: Do you remember the last ti— SKULL: FOR THOSE WITH FAITH, NO EVIDENCE IS NECESSARY; FOR THOSE WITHOUT IT, NO EVIDENCE WILL SUFFICE

Striking a boat full of unarmed civilians is murder. The first strike was murder. The followup strike was also murder. We're not at war. It's not a "war crime". Everyone involved, including the POTUS, SecDef, the Admiral who relayed it and the person who pressed the button needs to be on trial.

Pretty sure I owned this blouse and tie as a teenager in 1983.

I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”

Join me on November 21st for a Revolutionary Watch Party at the Alexandria Historical Society for the series finale of Ken Burns' American Revolution documentary. I'll be on hand to answer your revolutionary questions. It's a free event. Book your seat today! sites.google.com/view/alexand...

Let me tell you about the other Epstein files the Trump administration is STILL HIDING — records that aren’t affected by the bill Congress passed today.

The latest episode of my podcast Collateral Damage is up today. When we started this project a few years ago, we had no idea how timely this episode would be. It's about Veronica and Charity Bowers, a mother and daughter killed in 2001 when the CIA and Peruvian Air Force shot down their plane.

On this day 55 years ago, blubber went boom at the Oregon Coast. That's when officials made the legendary decision to blow up a dead whale. Here's a look back at the explosive piece of Oregon lore with a 2020 story by OPB's Tiffany Camhi written ahead of the whale of a tale's 50th anniversary.

My thanks to the New Atlantis, letting me do this series on "How the System Works," and for removing the paywall today. It's maddening how little attention our society--and our political leaders, who take cues from us--pay to the systems that have made things better for so many billions.

African American veterans and their families and communities were essential to sustaining Black Civil War memory over the late 19th century and twentieth century. I discuss my own ancestor and others in Unforgettable Sacrifice. I proudly remembered them yesterday.

Today is the 250th anniversary of the signing of Dunmore’s Proclamation. Some of my amazing colleagues at CW have told a powerful story set in that historical moment. I highly recommend it. youtu.be/l5OYpv1HSOk?...

Happy #pubday to "Nuremberg's Citizen Prosecutor: Benjamin Ferencz and the Birth of International Justice" by Gregory S. Gordon! The remarkable life of one of the twentieth century’s great warriors for justice. www.upress.virginia.edu/title/10088/

Oh, changing the time by one hour for Daylight Savings is messing with your sleep schedule? "Why is it dark at 5 p.m.," you ask? Frilled sharks live in such deep water that they never see the sun at all! You didn't think about THAT, did you? No, you only ever think about yourself.