I guess Douthat will bring to 60 Minutes the same daring interview choices he brought to the NYT
Stephen WestSpending your time talking to someone who wants to relitigate slavery is definitely a choice you can make
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Stephen West
Historian of Civil War & Reconstruction. Bicyclist, baker, 3d favorite human of Banjo the dog. Views=mine, repost ≠endorsement
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We must all speak up. Let your congressional representatives know that they need to defend the Smithsonian. Share stories about what you (and/or your students) have learned from the Smithsonian on every platform you have available. Learn more: www.zinnedproject.org/news/speak-u...
Speak Up for the Smithsonian Exhibits and ProgramsOn July 4, 2026, the White House Domestic Policy Council issued a report attacking the Smithsonian National Museum of American History (NMAH).www.zinnedproject.org
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In today's Muster, David Ballantyne and Charles Lane recalculate the Colfax Massacre's death toll www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/07/how-...
How Many Died in the Colfax Massacre? - The Journal of the Civil War EraOn April 13, 1873 approximately 140 heavily armed white men, led by ex-Confederate officers, attacked a roughly equal number of Black men occupying the courthouse in Colfax, seat of Grant Parish, Loui...www.journalofthecivilwarera.org
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"Is a nation stupid enough to elect Donald Trump twice worth saving? Maybe the American people deserve to get what they voted for, good and hard. At those times, I think about Frederick Douglass." prospect.org/2026/07/28/a...
Frederick Douglass: Indefatigable American - The American ProspectIf Frederick Douglass, a former slave who saw the dream of emancipation drown in Jim Crow, didn’t give up on this country, then we have no excuse.prospect.org⟳ Репост от Stephen West
In 1991, construction of a new 34-story office in Lower Manhattan unearthed the remains of roughly 15,000 Africans 20 feet below ground. Many were enslaved to build the city. NPS calls it “the oldest & largest known excavated burial site in N. America for both free & enslaved Africans.” 🧵 More: ⬇️
The New York of the Past Is Still Visible Today. You Just Have to Look. (Gift Article)Traces of New York’s layered histories can be found scattered throughout its contemporary urban landscape.www.nytimes.com
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I mean we are seeing a moron who did no prep and no thinking and Leroy-Jenkinsed his way into disaster.
Phillips OBrienPeople need to step back and understand what they are seeing. After a few months of war, the USA is running out of munitions and options fighting a country with no air force, no navy and a damaged infrastructure. US decline is real and self-inflicted.
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around 350,000 Haitians will officially lose their Temporary Protected Status today, as part of the Trump admin's ethnic cleansing operations this is v clearly illegal and immoral I wrote about the Supreme Court decision that's allowing it to happen anyway ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mulli...
The Republican Justices Are Pretending They’ve Never Heard Donald Trump SpeakNo comment about “shithole countries” is too racist for this Supreme Court to decide that it might be legally significant.ballsandstrikes.orgCatherine RampellTPS for Haitians officially expires tomorrow. ICE is planning big operations, with Springfield, Ohio among the targets www.cbsnews.com/news/ice-hai...