NEW: The Mississippi Department of Public Safety says the 1960s Klan materials that staff found in a closet were likely part of a decades-old investigation. A suitcase contained Klan regalia, pamphlets and notebooks—including notebooks listing the names of many of its members.

*gulp*

I read literally just saying in my literature class today how the effects of slavery are still very much with us. Anyone who says it doesn't matter is a liar.

Another day, another violation of academic freedom in Texas. This time a university is firing a philosophy professor owing to complaints about an off-campus talk he gave on the Israeli-Palestine conflict...

"Step into the world of Southern Iran, in the port city of Bandar Bushehr. Listen to the memories and stories of Afro-Iranian women." www.collectiveforblackiranians.org/films/black-...

115 years ago, the fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory took the lives of 146 workers, most of whom were young immigrant women.   Today, we honor their memories and continue the fight to protect the rights and safety of every worker across New York.

44 years ago today March 25, 1982 – CBS Evening News runs 3 minute story on the greenhouse effect. Can’t say we weren’t warned… 1/2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=45rJ...

There was never a mask. I don't understand people pretending that a single lie was told about what these racists wanted to do.

Okay, between Hov yesterday and this today--what is going on here? Is this a predator apology tour?

Israel using white phosphorus to scorch earth in south Lebanon, researcher says

Introducing the 2026 #WomensPrize for Non-Fiction shortlist – six exceptional books, each a testament to how vital women’s writing is to our understanding of the world, and our imagining of tomorrow. Discover the shortlist here: youtu.be/v0O74n1r780 #WomensPrizeforNonFiction

Republicans are openly talking about and legislating to BRING BACK SLAVERY and white folks are having all white discussions about why that’s funny or will it “play well in Peoria/ not on the network” But whole universities don’t have history to silence Black people

"Unsere* Antwort: Die Community-Stiftung Wir gründen eine unabhängige, gemeinnützige Stiftung bürgerlichen Rechts, die rassismusbetroffene Communities langfristig stärkt – finanziell, strukturell und verlässlich." *Saraya Gomis, Zerrin Güneş, Isidora Randjelović, Nadiye Ünsal & Koray Yılmaz-Günay

Eine #CommunityStiftung wird von tollen Menschen gegründet! 🧵 "Rassistische Gewalt nimmt zu, Hetze wird lauter – gleichzeitig werden Fördermittel für Antirassismusarbeit drastisch gekürzt. Dadurch droht uns etwas Fundamentales zu zerbrechen: das Vertrauen in Gerechtigkeit und Solidarität."

Democrat Emily Gregory won the special election to represent a Florida state House district that includes President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, according to AP projections, an upset that signals Democratic momentum ahead of the 2026 midterms.

Make Germany Great Again, mit Ramschware und Rheinmetall

This would make a fantastic title for a book

Destroyed, just like everything Trump touches -- The VOA -- after 80 years of broadcasting high quality media globally is now in shambles. Solid explainer from @lizdye.bsky.social in @atrupar.com's PN: open.substack.com/pub/aaronrup...

Sharing from Alice Wong's IG account. Alice's Celebration of Life will be on March 25, 2026.

Alice Wong’s Celebration of Life, March 25 from 11am-1pm PT. Links and info:

If you are working on a book manuscript in international history during any part or the long 20th century, consider the Interconnections book series🗃️ @uncpress.bsky.social - we're here for you! @juliairwin.bsky.social @renatakeller.bsky.social @drjsarkar.bsky.social uncpress.org/series/inter...

Why would I do that? 🤣🤣🤣🤣

They are calling millennials up like we don’t remember what happened to the first batch of us that went to Afghanistan and Iraq in are teens and twenties.

A joyful sapphic love story in Regency England may be the most historically accurate thing Bridgerton has ever done. Don't believe me? Look up Anne Lister, the Ladies of Llangollen, and Anne Damer for precedents for Francesca and Michaela's love story. open.substack.com/pub/vulgarhi...

I thought WW3 would be multiple countries fighting each other, not one maniacal country randomly attacking - the earth while it’s genocidal mini-me engages its own blood bath.

I think Delta may have just become the most popular airline on the planet… www.huffpost.com/entry/delta-...

"AI cannot coexist with education--it can only degrade it" YES OMG YES

ALSO worth reading about Dr. Alan Hart, who pioneered the use of X rays in detecting TB. He was also the first trans man in the US to get a gender affirming hysterectomy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_L....

MISSISSIPPI LAW is on the syllabus y‘all uncpress.org/978146968948...

Ogles was born in 1971. That means that he could have joined the military after 9/11 if he thought it was a holy war and a crusade. He didn't.

That closeted kid from the 90s is still inside me somewhere, and I’m gonna take care of him and listen to him.

#OtD 24 Mar 1987 250 members of ACT UP demonstrated in Wall Street. They demanded greater access to treatments and national action to fight AIDS. 17 were arrested stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9675...

I hope they get extra biscuits.

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.

It took so much stupid to get here

Fascinating new study about men’s friendships. There’s a lot of evidence here that the “male loneliness crisis” is actually a white, wealthy man problem. Other men are building friendships with similar depth to women’s friendships.

I guess with race science discourse still percolating, I should re-up my starter pack for people who work on the topic

See recent images from celebrations of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the month of Ramadan, in countries around the world:

R.E.M.'s 'Out of Time' hit #1 on the UK Albums Chart 35 years ago on March 23, 1991 album.ink/REMOutofTime

Job! 1-semester visiting teaching position in East Asian/Korean history at USC Dornsife #skyacademics usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...

Of course the US had a heavy role in these atrocities. www.theguardian.com/news/2020/se...

Today is the 50 year anniversary of the onset of the 1976-1983 military dictatorship in Argentina. elpais.com/argentina/20...

Whenever I hear about the leaky pipeline, I recall an interview I saw when I was an undergrad with a woman in STEM who said "I'm all for getting more women into the pipeline but people don't realize that the pipeline is full of acid." NIH and other grant terminations exacerbate this situation.

"The unidentified air traffic controller was in charge of both air and ground traffic. While that's not necessarily out of the ordinary — especially late night — it should be. It meant he was in charge of telling planes in the air, on the ground, and vehicles on the ground where they needed to go."

justice alito talmbout it "seriously undermines" voter confidence when a "big stash" of mail ballots arrives and changes the "apparent outcome" sir do you mean when all the votes are counted? bc it sounds like you're just describing when all the votes are counted

the republican justices are as pickled in MAGA slop as any pardoned jan 6er

It took 70,000 Marines five weeks to conquer Iwo Jima. 7,000 were killed and another 20,000 were wounded.

“ICE won’t be that much different than TSA”

Trump’s announcement that he’s postponing strikes on Iranian energy sites is just him buying time until the marines get there. But it’s also prime stock market manipulation. Via the Kobeissi Letter, Trump’s announcement S&P 500 +$2T in minutes. Iran denial, market reversal −$1T.