Southern Poverty Law Center indicted over alleged use of paid informants in extremist groups | CNN Politics The Southern Poverty Law Center was indicted Tuesday over a discontinued program that used paid confidential informants to penetrate white supremacist and other organizations, Acting Attorney General ...

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America Is Anxious About Its 250th Birthday. So Are Historians.

And of course I am the voice of doom in this NYT piece about academic historians and the 250th www.nytimes.com/2026/04/21/a...

The Sunday session “History Under Fire” organized by HARPP was a sobering series of reports from the field on the challenges we currently face. Grateful to the organizers for facilitating this important conversation.

#OAH2026

I found it very moving.

The History, Archives, and Records Preservation Project (HARPP) by OAH is engaged in crucial work to safeguard and preserve historical records in these perilous times. 🗃️

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Home Save Our Signs Let's Build the People's Archive of National Park Signs

Follow the important work of the archivists, librarians and historians building the People's Archive of National Park Signs at Save Our Signs. 🗃️

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Image of Jolly Ranger on black tree background. Text reads, “GUTTING America's Best Idea. The Trump admin is once again proposing massive budget cuts to the National Park Service for FY2027. We need your voice.”

Image of trees behind black background. Text reads, “This administration is spending ~$1 billion PER DAY on war. Meanwhile, all 433 national parks sites operate on just ~$9.5 million per day. 3-4 days of war spending equals 1 year of national parks. This isn't about affordability, it's about priorities.”

Image of trees behind black background. Text reads, “You -THE PUBLIC- value protecting public lands, wildlife, and cultural history. But the FY2027 proposal includes a $736 million cut (down 25%) to the National Park Service.”

Defunding America’s Best Idea.

The proposed FY2027 budget includes a ~25% cut to the National Park Service, along with major reductions to other public land agencies.

You addressed it like a pro!

Not at all. I started clapping to show support for what you said. Hope that wasn’t out of line. 😆

It was a great session and very much enjoyed the important discussion.

Cover for Forbidden Fruit: The Secret, Scandalous History of Contraception and Abortion by Jessica Cale. A woman peeks out at the reader, partially hidden by a collection of plants used for abortion and contraception throughout history

ATTENTION, EVERYBODY 📢

It's finally here! At long last, I can share the cover for my new book, FORBIDDEN FRUIT: THE SECRET, SCANDALOUS HISTORY OF CONTRACEPTION AND ABORTION, coming this January from @putnambooks @penguinrandomhouse

Image of missing panels removed at the order of the Trump administration at the President’s House, Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia.

They can remove the signs…

Thanks for the heads up.

Handmade sign posted at President’s House, Independence National Historic Park that says “Citizens resist admin attempts to suppress history. Join us! We put up, they take down, we put up again.”

Handmade sign posted at President’s House, Independence National Historic Park that says “Citizens resist admin attempts to suppress history by replacing removed panels…like this.”

Handmade sign posted at President’s House, Independence National Historic Park that says “Signs and videos removed by order of the Trump administration due to presence of facts about slavery.”

Tennessee drops ‘pride’ from June and renames its ‘Nuclear Family Month’ Tennessee Republicans tried — and failed — to pass a measure that would ban the use of Pride flags inside government buildings

Something tells me this parade won’t be nearly as fun.

YES!

Love it!

Image of front of house.

Image of house with blooming tree in foreground.

Let’s play “Guess the historic site.”

An image of the missing panel titled “A Dirty Business of Slavery” taped where the original panels were removed by the Trump administration at the President’s House at Independence National Historic Park.

Article from the Philadelphia Inquirer about the Trump administration‘s removal of panels at the president‘s house in Independence National Historic Park and note that says “We the people can handle the whole truth about our nations history and leaders.”

…but they can’t stop us from teaching the history.

Image of missing panels removed at the order of the Trump administration at the President’s House, Independence National Historic Park in Philadelphia.

They can remove the signs…

Great idea! I'd like a conference where we go for walks in the park and just chat. So maybe this can be the post-cooking session.

Pleased to login to BlueSky and see we are finally having this conversation.

How many profs at elite schools could teach FIVE classes per semester

All surveys (maybe 1 200 level class)

No TAs, ever

15-35+ students per class

Widest range of academic preparation imaginable

AND serve on committees

AND avise students

AND continue to research/publish w/ little $

Anyone who teaches more than a 2/2 and manages to publish a book (often with little or no research funding) should get alllllll the awards.

Tennessee Senate Passes Amended Trans Healthcare Tracking Bill As Tennessee State Senators came to the floor on Monday afternoon, about two dozen activists formed a wall in the hallway, singing to the lawmakers.

While everyone wants you debating if the economy's up, the Trump regime's soon to declare a ban on trans youth healthcare nationwide, Ohio is trying to outright ban us from public life, & Tennessee just passed a registry to publicly list every trans person in the state.
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