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America was born in protest. What’s changed 250 years later? Protest has defined the story of the United States since its founding in 1776. Is this moment any different?

There’s not just 1 clause in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights set up as an intentional way to ensure protest would continue to be a force of change. There are 2. #America250

extremely true

we wrote a whole book about it!

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New Book: A Black Queer History of the United States In this week’s Unpack This For Me episode, the authors of the upcoming book A Black Queer History of the United States join me to unpack their landmark book tracing the lives of LGBTQ+ Black…

Working on a history that begins in the colonial US has a lot of big questions. As @crileysnorton.bsky.social and Darius Bost discovered, there are even more questions when you go searching for Black queer and trans lives in the archives. #BlackHIstoryMonth

Did you catch these nods to Puerto Rican culture and history during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? 👀🇵🇷

Vox’s deputy editor and Benito aficionado Izzie Ramirez breaks down some of the most important moments. You can read the full analysis: www.vox.com/culture/4784...

The books that helped us with the January blues Cold days call for good reads. From self-care and mental health to 90s nostalgia and sharp fiction, these Black-authored books are perfect for January.

Ebony Magazine, we appreciate you showing @blaqueword.bsky.social’s FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE some love in this roundup! 🙏🏽🫶🏽

Bad Bunny's historical advisor is an assistant professor at UW-Madison.

Hell of a flex for your tenure file.

A conversation with author W. Ralph Eubanks about his latest, 'When It's Darkness on the Delta' Delve into the rich and layered stories of the Mississippi Delta, exploring its ties to Blues music, Civil Rights struggles and ongoing societal challenges.

Mixing history, journalism, photography, and memoir, @wralpheubanks.bsky.social’s WHEN IT’S DARKNESS ON THE DELTA challenges our understanding of the Mississippi Delta, a place that has become, in the minds of many, a pilgrimage site for Blues fans.

Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026 So, here are the top 94 feminist books we’re looking forward to in 2026—written by women, feminists, LGBTQ writers, writers of color, and more.

Queer millennial physicist Karmela Padavic-Callaghan uses quantum physics to illuminate their life of migration, gender expectations, healing, and more in ENTANGLED STATES. On @msmagazine.com’s list and coming soon this May!

Nora Neus on her new book—and the novel experience of publishing during Trump 2.0 - C-VILLE Weekly Five years after the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, former Charlottesville reporter and University of Virginia alum Nora Neus has released 24 Hours at the Capitol: An Oral History of…

“I think it is important that the #January6 story doesn’t become hidden and downplayed over time ... We’ve already moved on, and I think it’s important that we don’t move on.”—Nora Neus

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation - Paul Peart-Smith Brings this Vital Text to the Comics Page – Broken Frontier BF's Andy Oliver reviews 'Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz's Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation'.

Review! Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: A Graphic Interpretation – Paul Peart-Smith @paulpeartsmith.bsky.social Brings this Vital Text to the Comics Page. @beaconpress.bsky.social www.brokenfrontier.com/roxanne-dunb...

Embodied After more than a decade living in the U.S. without permanent legal status, Alix Dick calculated the cost of her survival: $1.9 million. That figure includes everything from wage theft and…

Do you know how expensive it is to be undocumented in the US? After living more than a decade in the US, Alix Dick calculated that it’s cost her close to $2 million to survive. #ImmigrantStories @anterobot.bsky.social @embodiedwunc.bsky.social

It’s COVER REVEAL Friday for @drstaceypatton.bsky.social!

STRUNG UP examines how the lynching of Black children became not an aberration, but a normalized feature of US racial violence.

Coming soon this October.

Cover design: Faceout Studio, Addie Lutzo

Texas Tech Gives Into Political Pressure to Cancel a Talk Political pressure forces Texas Tech to cancel lecture by late-term abortion doctor to be given to medical students

@penamerica.bsky.social sees the censoring of information available to students–especially medical students–as part of a dangerous nationwide trend that undermines the traditional excellence of US higher education. So do we! @doctorshelleysella.bsky.social

No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene by Adele Bertei Musician Bertei (Universal Mother) recounts in this exhilarating memoir her role in the rise of “no-wave” music, a countercultur...

If you want to get a good look at what NYC’s no-wave scene was like, Adele Bertei’s NO NEW YORK “brings the era’s music scene to life with colorful details.” Her memoir drops next month! @publisherswkly.bsky.social

What was once a community space, libraries have become a battleground over censorship, with librarians on the frontlines. Watch @independentlens.bsky.social
@thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social on the PBS YouTube Channel and PBS app starting February 9. pbs.org/independentlens

Steven Underwood on his Book "Forever for the Culture" - WUWW 1.27.26 Steven Underwood is the author of "Forever for the Culture: Notes from the New Digital Black Arts Renaissance". He joined Solomon Jones to discuss more about the book and where people can find it. S

The critical role that art plays in movements is often overlooked. Art is front and center in Black movements, and as @blaqueword.bsky.social tells us, that includes digital art and content creation. #BlackHistoryMonth100

The original ‘wine moms’ are in Ohio. They’re mobilizing to support Haitians in Springfield. Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.

Katie Paris founded Red, Wine & Blue to harness suburban women's political power — now more than 600,000 members are deploying it to oppose ICE in their communities.

@wralpheubanks.bsky.social’s WHEN IT’S DARKNESS ON THE DELTA is #2 in top Mississippi Reads this week! We LOVE to see it! 😍 buff.ly/KT8K8Gr

Iowa universities reviewing low-enrollment majors, could close or merge programs The University of Iowa is reviewing undergraduate majors with low enrollment – like African American studies and gender, women's, and sexuality studies – after the Board of Regents last year mandated ...

Iowa closing the African American studies major during Black history month is diabolical.

This article is from 4 days ago, but it is now official. The minor will continue.

Book review: 'Voices from the Kitchen' reveals restaurants' necessary link to immigration Four stars and three weeks.

Chef Marc Meyer’s VOICES FROM THE KITCHEN may not be a traditional food book or a recipe book. But it gives you food for thought to think about all the immigrant workers who make our dining experiences possible.

I've reread this like 3 times. Freed herself from slavery by running away, *went back a week later bc the slaver was talking shit, set his house on fire, and then escaped again is absolutely incredible queen shit

Gloria J. Browne-Marshall - 500 Years of America’s History of Rioting and Protesting and Why It’s Important - Cover To Cover Gloria J. Browne-Marshall is a professor of constitutional law at John Jay College (CUNY), an award-winning writer, a playwright, and a legal commentator. She has litigated cases for the NAACP Legal…

As soon as we benefit from something that happened because of protest, we that forget protest gave it to us in the first place and move on. For the 250th anniversary of our nation, let’s not forget. #America250

Thanks for the shout-out to @blaqueword.bsky.social’s FOREVER FOR THE CULTURE! 🙏🏽

Sarah Moslener: How Purity Culture and Christian Nationalism Shaped American Culture Podcast Episode · He’s Not Wrong · 12/07/2025 · 1h 20m

Purity culture has become a political force and a bastion of (Christian) national identity. What does it mean for our democracy today? @hesnotwrong.bsky.social

A black and white photograph from the battlefield showing Oliver Law on the left flanked by two other solders next to military weaponry. He is wearing a beret and appears to either be inspecting the weapon, smiling at the camera, or both.

This is Oliver Law, a Black American **antifascist** serving in the Abraham Lincoln Brigade during the Spanish Civil War. He was "..the first military commander in US history to lead a unit of troops that was not segregated along racial lines.”

#BHM #BlackHistoryMonth

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The Rise and Fall of the Internet As a Politicized Space for Black Art I was six years old when I logged on for the first time. It was 2001, fresh after the Twin Towers fell on 9/11. There were plenty of pop-ups comparing President George W. Bush’s IQ with just about …

As @blaqueword.bsky.social sees it, the new Black digital arts movement is an extension of the Harlem Renaissance. The concepts haven’t changed, just the names, like Viner, TikToker, and YouTuber. #BlackHistoryMonth100

If you missed Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES as part of the @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night, you can watch the video here (starting 5 mins. in): bit.ly/3LSuh51
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"After Dobbs": A conversation with authors David Cohen and Carole Joffe Podcast Episode · Outlawed · 01/14/2026 · 34m

“Social movements create social movements. From the beginning, the abortion rights movement and the anti’s have been this dialogue—‘dialogue’ is a nice way of putting it—in this fight with each other.” — @carolejoffe.bsky.social