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Dr. Jason Herbert is a historian, public scholar, and outdoorsman from Kentucky. Here, Herbert explores Kentucky and Tennessee's Land Between the Lakes, a vast recreation area preserving centuries of natural and cultural history. #WeAreAmerica250 @herberthistory.bsky.social.com

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield served as the 31st United States Ambassador to the United Nations, the 18th Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, and State Department Director General. #WeAreAmerica250

Sara Wiles is a Florida native and activist who helps people better understand political issues shaping their lives and communities. Wiles tells how Henry Flagler defied his critics to build the "impossible" Overseas Railroad to Key West. #WeAreAmerica250 Full image credits on Substack and YouTube.

Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist, journalism professor, and author of “The Daughters of Erietown” and Substack newsletter, “Hopefully Yours.” Schultz profiles Joseph Pulitzer, the immigrant publisher who shaped the modern American newspaper. #WeAreAmerica250

United States Representative Vicente Gonzalez of Texas is an attorney who has served in public office since 2017. Here, Gonzalez details the life of Dr. Héctor Garcia, who advocated for the rights of Hispanic veterans. #WeAreAmerica250

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Marlene Sallo is the Executive Director of @ndrnadvocates.bsky.social and former appointee of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights under the Obama administration. Sallo explains how activists pushed for the ADA, which bars discrimination against people living with disabilities. #WeAreAmerica250

Jessica Knurick is a science communicator and nutrition scientist, specializing in chronic disease prevention. Here, Knurick details the inspiring life of Betty Carnes, an Arizona ornithologist who fought for smoking bans in public places after losing her friend to lung cancer. #WeAreAmerica250

David Lang is a Pulitzer Prize-winning composer, a Professor at the Yale School of Music, and a co-founder of Bang on a Can. Lang profiles composer Charles Ives, whose radical fusion of European classical and American folk created a fearless template for American music. #WeAreAmerica250

@lizadonnelly.bsky.social is a writer, award-winning New Yorker cartoonist, and director of the 2025 documentary, "Women Laughing." Donnelly profiles cartoonist Barbara Shermund, whose irreverent New Yorker drawings captured the spirit of first-wave feminism of the 1920s and '30s. #WeAreAmerica250

Reverend Liz Walker is an award-winning broadcast journalist, humanitarian, and ordained minister. Walker credits her experience in the second wave of desegregation at Little Rock Central High School to her trailblazing efforts for intercultural dialogue and social justice. #WeAreAmerica250

Rabbi Robert Haas is the 14th spiritual leader of Congregation Mickve Israel in Savannah, Georgia. Here, he tells the story of the Jewish refugees who arrived in 1733 and founded Mickve Israel—the oldest Jewish congregation in the American South. #WeAreAmerica250

Joyce White Vance is a legal analyst, Professor of Law, NYT bestselling author, and former federal prosecutor who served as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama. Vance explores the legacy of Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court Justice. #WeAreAmerica250

Vermont Representative Becca Balint is a former teacher, state legislator, and the daughter of a working-class mother and immigrant father. Here, Balint talks about the Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont militia known for its heroics during the Revolutionary War. #WeAreAmerica250

@warren.senate.gov is a prominent and influential progressive Senator from Massachusetts. Here, Warren recounts Shays' Rebellion, the farmers' uprising that exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and spurred the drafting of the Constitution. #WeAreAmerica250

@captmarkkelly.bsky.social has served his country as a U.S. Navy combat pilot, a NASA astronaut, and now as a U.S. Senator for Arizona. Kelly reflects on the improbable quest to send American astronauts to the moon. #WeAreAmerica250

Allison Gill hosts and executive produces GLAAD-nominated and Webby-award-winning podcasts and is the founder of the MSW Media podcast network. Gill recounts the Palmer Raids of 1919–1920, when thousands of Americans were arrested without warrants during the first Red Scare. #WeAreAmerica250

Former Montana Governor and Attorney General Steve Bullock led the states’ efforts challenging the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. FEC decision. He remains a prominent figure in the national conversation surrounding money in politics. #WeAreAmerica250

Kevin M. Levin is an award-winning historian and the author of four books on the history of the Civil War era. Levin tells the story of the 54th Massachusetts and its young colonel, whose 1863 assault on Battery Wagner moved the nation closer to emancipation and equal rights. #WeAreAmerica250

Ned Lamont is an American policy innovator, entrepreneur, and the 89th Governor of Connecticut. Governor Lamont profiles Roger Sherman, the Connecticut founder who signed all three of America's founding documents and whose Connecticut Compromise shaped the Congress we know today. #WeAreAmerica250