Lauren K. Michalak

I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”

It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”

“In America, the law is king.”
-Thomas Paine

It’s Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers First published on October 9, 2009, this classic by Colin Nissan is our most-read article of all time. We’re celebrating the 16th anniversary of th...

LET THE GOURDS HEAL YOUR PAIN.

An old-school teach-in in the nation’s backyard. Come join us!!

Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice

Blackmun Sabbath

In the lead-up to the American Revolution, throughout the colonies, people understood that the punishments Britain waged against Boston were against ALL of them.

Chicago is all of us.

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National Guard soldiers called into service for President Trump's law enforcement surge in D.C. have been assigned to spread mulch at federal monuments.

Normally the Park Service does that, but the administration laid off the workers.

www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

American Studies course on superheroes as American mythology. I reference this course often when talking to students about the joy of doing electives outside your major.

We have entered the "caning of Charles Sumner" stage of historical parallels.

I've spent much of my career studying the legal institution known as "the posse comitatus" as well as "The Posse Comitatus Act." Here's a quick thread. Cites at the end.

Posse comitatus is Latin for "power of the county," or temporarily deputized people obligated to assist law enforcers.

The plane being a White Elephant gift is the funniest turn this saga could have taken

In Econ 201 we learned there was no such thing as a free lunch…

I wish every day didn't remind me of some book I read in grad school.

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

As we all think about how we’ll respond to this—in op-eds, advocacy, statements—please remember there’s some really good research about how we can communicate to most effectively build support for thoughtful, inclusive history. Some links ⬇️

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