With news that NPS is implementing an EO by deleting info about slavery and climate change, I thought I'd share this article, where Greg Downs & I describe our experience w/NPS's commitment to good history. This is precisely what the admin is trying to destroy. www.historians.org/perspectives...

Sixteen years ago today, #SCOTUS handed down its infamous Citizens United ruling that ignited a rush of money into American politics. This decision has since dangerously expanded the already outsized political power of the wealthiest donors in our elections. www.brennancenter.org/our-work/res...

Happy (Failed?) Coup Day for all those who celebrate

Folks if you want to take a break from the end of semester and holiday preparations, come join me for this free virtual program at 7 pm EST part of The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History's online programs via zoom. gilderlehrman.secure.nonprofitsoapbox.com/dec250-rise-...

All travelers from ESTA countries (yes the ones on visa waiver programs) will have to disclose 5 years of social media + huge amounts of personal data to enter the US now. All US academic associations should now meet outside the US if we want to meet our international colleagues.

i think to understand the meaning of the birthright citizenship clause to the framers of the 14th amendment, you have to understand significance of dred scott to the civil war republican party. dred scott wasn't just a bad ruling, it was understood as a rejection of the declaration itself.

This is nuts. Think that is the appropriate legal term for this 'Exclusive Citizenship Act' bill. Includes a generic clause that 'An individual may not be a citizen or national of the United States while simultaneously possessing any foreign citizenship.' (Sec 4(b)) What does that even mean?

While I wrestle my current project under control, here’s the last one, it’s open access (that means free): chicago1919.domains.uflib.ufl.edu/fightforrigh...

As we all wait for Callais to come down, our piece showing that Shelby County increased the racial turnout gap in most of the covered parts of the country has cleared the replication check and is incoming at JOP. Gutting the VRA was bad, actually.

Vindicated in an awful way www.nytimes.com/2019/11/29/o...

Must-read Column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California. www.latimes.com/california/s...

~10% of Maine’s population relies on SNAP benefits, including over 50,000 children.

Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days. They have worked 12 days in 3 months. Epstein Shutdown.

The Kavanaugh Stop is now happening.

Moises Caceido

ICE is a paramilitary organization. It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

There are 69,484 Black immigrants in the Chicago metro area originally from a country in Africa, making up 5.2% of the city’s population, according to an American Community Survey analysis of the 2023 Census.

Fyi chatbot, when people today are calling for a Saturday Night Massacre, it has nothing to do to do with actual killing.

***Attention IEHS members*** In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029. Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at [email protected]. Self-nominations are welcome. Deadline: 10/17/25

***2025-2026 Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) Immigration History Manuscript Workshop*** Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply. Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...

In case anyone was wondering, there are active TB cases in Maine.

Brilliant

“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.” - Fred Hampton

The border is invading America. It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life. My latest in @nytimes.com - please read & share. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...

A CDC Highway to Hell Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson. by Maureen Dowd

Essential reading this morning.

We are proud to officially launch The Green Book Project Website today! Explore the rich history of Black travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map: greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky

***Immigration History and the Present (New Blog Series)*** Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present. Interested? Email [email protected]

Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️ Includes: Mahmoud Khalil Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude AAUP Trial on ideological deportation

Feels like a good time to re-up this.

ICE agents in Maine arrest local pastor who supported immigrant community ICE spokesperson "didn’t mention whether Michel Tshimankinda had applied for asylum and he wasn’t able to provide further information Tuesday on whether that would have mattered to ICE" www.pressherald.com?p=7484843&uu...

'US President Donald Trump issued an expansive executive order (EO) yesterday that would centralize power...If implemented, political appointees — not career civil servants, including scientists — would have control over grants, from their initial solicitation to their final review.'

Manisha Sinha, author of The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 open.substack.com/pub/julianze... @profmsinha.bsky.social joined The Long View to discuss her important book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920.

Great thread

And get you very own Brownshirt!!!

I know I’m late to the game (par for the course, I know), but I just finished Everett’s James. If you’ve put it off like I have, do yourself a favor and read it now.

DHS is so incompetent, it issues conflicting statements about e-verify. e-verify is DHS’s system. Is it reliable or is it not?

@historians.org, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @modernlanguage.bsky.social celebrate Judge McMahon’s decision for @authorsguild.bsky.social, putting a stay on the cancellations of awarded NEH grants. We remain steadfast in our efforts to stop the unlawful dismantling of the NEH. 🗃️

There’s apparently a site to help support specific @npr.org and @pbs.org stations in areas more likely to be affected by the cuts. H/T @erinbartram.bsky.social adoptastation.org?fbclid=IwQ0x...

There's a discount code for pre-orders! If you've always wanted to read about sixteenth- and seventeenth-century smuggling, piracy, and human trafficking in the Caribbean AND you love a good deal, use: PENN-CSCHMITT30 for 30% off. 🗃️ www.pennpress.org/978151282814...

I cannot conjure the words to express how much joy I get out of this photo of Cole Palmer. And the alt text is perfect.

I May bleed blue, but my heart goes out to all the Liverpool fans this morning. Tragic loss of a real class act. #ynwa