John Bloom

Olympian Eileen Gu responds to JD Vance’s comments suggesting she should represent U.S. Gu was born in San Francisco but has represented China internationally since 2019.

JD Vance wants to end birthright citizenship, but if you’re born in the US and winning Olympic medals, you should represent the United States.

www.nytimes.com/athletic/705...

Today, Ross Douthat compared the coming AI revolution to European presence in the Americas. About this, Douthat writes, “the Age of Discovery changed the world completely without changing the fundamentals of human existence.” You really have to be blind to a lot of human history to say this.

New Books Network just dropped @amyefarrell.bsky.social’s interview about her new history of Girl Scouts, _Intrepid Girls _! newbooksnetwork.com/intrepid-girls

The Girl Scouts. Amy Farrell’s recent history is fascinating.

A celebration of the South's rich — and messy — heritage, delivered on a plate In a new cookbook, culinary historian Michael W. Twitty pays homage to the rich tapestry of cultures that have shaped Southern cuisine — and keeps a gimlet eye on the region's complicated history.

www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth
On NPR!!! please share!

During a powerful opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest host Diego Luna highlighted the essential contributions of immigrants to the U.S.

“There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”

I am so very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book on the history of the Girl Scouts, forthcoming in October.

I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.

I bet it’ll look great when it’s done!

Are you doing this yourself?!!!

“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥

Justice Robert A. Jackson, from his dissent in Korematsu v. United States (1944), reprinted in Eric Foner, _Voices of Freedom _, volume 2, 5E.

Unfortunately, I can believe it has to be said, and I appreciate that you said it!

Racial discrimination against People of Color is certainly divisive. Jackie Robinson, who served in a segregated military and who faced court martial for protesting against racial injustice, had a lot to say about this.

“Many celebrities of the time, including Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, were targeted by the FBI for their outspoken Marxist views. The government wanted to force them out of public life and erase their influence.”

60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.

Post-Selma op-eds:

Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites"

Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!"

Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters

Jeffries: "God still on the throne"

www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...

It was a fantastic museum. So sad to see it closed.

You’re from the Bronx! You know what to do!!!

Exactly

It’s an amazing quote. It’s on a slide that I use in my U.S. History survey, and we discussed it thoroughly in my sports history class last semester (where I used a great textbook called A People’s History of Sports in the United States).

I can really relate to that goat. #wicked

But first, click on the icon!

I hit “follow all.” Not sure who most are, but maybe I’ll learn something!

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People who hate Jews but rail against antisemitism are fucking dangerous.

The Imperial Gridiron - University of Nebraska Press <em>The Imperial Gridiron</em> examines the competing versions of manhood at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School between 1879 and 1918.

My book, The Imperial Gridiron, has been out for about a year now.

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...