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I am worried as well, but visitors to Manzanar and other NPS sites with difficult history are likely self-selected. The important thing for people to do is flood these QR codes with positive feedback when they see them. www.sfgate.com/california-p...

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"Bluesky is dead." Meanwhile, on Bluesky...

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#HighSchoolActivism in Silveer Spring, MD (where I live) www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/h...

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The disparity btwn what’s actually happening in Los Angeles and the way it’s being mischaracterized is one of the biggest stress tests of modern media in recent memory. Botted socials, AI, old clips, declining literacy—it’s like seeing a broken emergency response system hit by a storm.

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I recently joined the show Disrupted on Connecticut Public Radio (WNPR) to talk about my forthcoming book High School Students Unite! (@uncpress.bsky.social) and the history of high school student activism in the United States Listen to the full segment here: www.ctpublic.org/show/disrupt...

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Hundreds of NYC students walk out of class for ‘anti-Trump, nonpartisan’ protest www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...

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In Nov. 1968 and Feb. 1969, students John Hay High School in #Cleveland, OH, organized two walkouts to protest a new discipline policy and made other demands. The controversy went on for 5 months. You can learn more about historic student uprisings in my forthcoming book uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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I wish journalists would stop framing political news as wins or losses for politicians or political parties. It’s an abrogation of our mission. Why do we keep doing this? Is the spending bill a win or loss for the American people? Who does it help? Who does it hurt? Is it sound policy? Fiscally?

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These investigations occurred in cities, suburbs, and small towns such as #Albuquerque #PaloAlto, #NewYork, and Aberdeen, South Dakota. Some parents wrote letters directly to Director J. Edgar Hoover

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Why did the #FBI spy on high school students in the '60s and '70s? One reason: parents, school officials, and even classmates helped them do it. My new book uncovers the story. Pre-order now with 30% off: 01UNCP30 @uncpress.bsky.social #skystorians uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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There is a reason why people are cheering the burning of Nottoway Plantation, but it didn't have to be this way. open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...

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Job Listing: I'm seeking a Research Associate to join the Public History Lab at the Munk School, University of Toronto. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

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Have you ever heard of the 1968 #Cincinnati High School Sit-ins? I discuss it and more I my forthcoming book, High School Students Unite! Available for pre-order #history #education #skystorians @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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it has taken me a minute to finish, but if you’re a 19th century american history/legal theory nerd you will love this book yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

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In August 1969, students from thirty-one high schools across the Bay Area attended a 3-day meeting in San Francisco called the Bay Area High School Liberation Conference. You can learn more about it in my book available for preorder: #highschoolactivism uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Every author takes inspiration from somewhere. These books shaped how I wrote my forthcoming book, High School Students Unite!. It can be pre-ordered with a 30 percent discount at uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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I use to write about this a few years ago. And because of Tiktok, these online influencers' reach have expanded.

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New book from @dukepress.bsky.social: Squatter Life: Persistence at the Urban Margins of Buenos Aires by Javier Auyero and Sofía Servián www.dukeupress.edu/squatter-life

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The Vietnam War ended 50 years ago. In High School Students Unite!, I show how teens mobilized against it, so powerfully that adult organizers called them the "backbone and organizer" of the antiwar movement. #VietnamWar #Activism Available for preorder: uncpress.org/book/9781469...

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Want to know why the FBI spied on teenagers in the 1960s and 1970s? Or how did teenagers form their own social movement? My book, High School Students Unite!,  is now available for pre-order @uncpress.bsky.social LINK: uncpress.org/book/9781469... 🎉  Use code 01SOCIAL30 at checkout to save 30%!

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Gatineau, Quebec, from the Library and Archives Canada.

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This professor studies dictatorships. He helped convince Harvard to stand up to Trump

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Thirty-eight of 43 experts cut last month from the boards that review the science and research that happens in laboratories at the National Institutes of Health are female, Black or Hispanic, according to an analysis by the chairs of a dozen of the boards.

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I haven't had a chance to read any of it, but this looks like a wonderful resource for teachers and anyone else interested in the history and memory of the American Revolution. 🗃️ apps.bostonglobe.com/opinion/idea...

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This is an article I wrote for @time.com magazine, Made by History #HighSchoolActivism time.com/7266632/hist...

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I was interviewed and cited in this piece. Why Is Dining Alone So Difficult? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/25/d...

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Read my latest piece for @time.com's Made by History on how the ongoing campaign to rewrite the history of Watergate is growing and now has a foothold within the National Archives. time.com/7265175/the-...

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Students at military bases around world resist Trump’s DEI crackdown #HighSchoolActivism

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Estimated number of people who could die within a year without American foreign aid for: H.I.V. prevention and treatment: 1,650,000 Vaccines: 500,000 Food aid: 550,000 Malaria prevention: 290,000 Tuberculosis prevention: 310,000

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THE BREACH: Iran-Contra and the Assault on American Democracy by Alan McPherson reviewed in @bloomberglp.bsky.social www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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The cover of my forthcoming book by @uncpress.bsky.social. I'm glad this story (and the character-driven stories in the book) on 1960s and 1970s high school student activism will get out to the wider world.

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I don't know why anyone would not want to vaccinate their children.

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Congratulations to Edda Fields-Black on winning this year's Gilder-Lehrman Prize for her fantastic book, Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War. 🗃️ www.einnews.com/pr_news/7910...

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Most recent episode of Heartland History is out. I enjoyed my conversation with @joshuanygren.bsky.social about the history of the conservation-industrial complex. @midwesternhistory.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

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I made this video for my former employer on the history of the Black church in Cleveland, Ohio. www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQAl...

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