Bob Hutton

Advanced graduate students, the deadline for the Richards Center's Predoctoral Dissertation Fellowship in the history of the Civil War Era has been extended to March 15, 2026. If you are working on any subject that considers the Civil War broadly, please consider applying.

I know, "blew no matter who!"

In a perverse way she's right. Current Dems have no plans other than being not trump. Tenant doesn't pay rent, but he keeps paying the power bill.

The Unspendable Pension of Henrietta Emory Meads - The Journal of the Civil War Era Sometime in July 1867, Henrietta Emory wrote to a clerk in the Claim Division of the Maryland Freedmen’s Bureau describing the challenges she had faced in trying to get money due to her as a soldier’s...

In today's Muster, William Horne provides a close reading of a pension dispute within the Maryland Freedmen's Bureau records and highlights the ongoing struggle over gender, race, and rights in the postbellum South.
www.journalofthecivilwarera.org/2026/02/the-...

Honeydew is the obvious answer. It may not be the most interesting answer but that has a lot to do with why it's the obvious one.

Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)  | The Daily Yonder Jesse Jackson speaking at the Democratic primary campaign rally at Hazard, Kentucky, Memorial Gymnasium, March 1988. (Photos courtesy Mimi Pickering)

Remembering when Jesse Jackson came to Hazard, Kentucky:  dailyyonder.com/jesse-jackso...

I hope she scares maga as much as she scares the DNC.

After I said something was "suss" in 2022 I never heard it uttered ever again. I ruined it for everybody all by myself.

Federal judge accuses Trump administration of 'terror' against immigrants in scathing ruling A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

A federal judge has accused the Trump administration of terrorizing immigrants and recklessly violating the law in its efforts to deport millions of people living in the country illegally.

Jesse Jackson (1941-2026)  | The Daily Yonder Jesse Jackson speaking at the Democratic primary campaign rally at Hazard, Kentucky, Memorial Gymnasium, March 1988. (Photos courtesy Mimi Pickering)

Remembering when Jesse Jackson came to Hazard, Kentucky:  dailyyonder.com/jesse-jackso...

Jesse Jackson, RIP - Lawyers, Guns & Money Jesse Jackson has died. One of the most important civil rights leaders in the post-King era, Jackson was a complicated man with a complex legacy. He had quite an ability to both promote himself endles...

Here is my obituary of Jesse Jackson--a good but complicated man, no one is going to be comfortable with all parts of his life (especially his anti-abortion phase) but I wish he had president instead of, well, everyone else.

www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/02/jess...

This Day in Labor History: February 17, 2000. The AFL-CIO officially changed its stance on immigration. No longer would the labor movement in this nation officially oppose immigration. Instead, it moved to become one of the immigrant rights movement’s major allies in this nation!!!!

Fannie Lou Hamer’s Medal of Freedom Now Displayed at Mississippi Civil Rights Museum Fannie Lou Hamer’s posthumously-awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom is now on display at the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum.

Fannie Lou Hamer's nephew, Eddie Fair, credits his aunt with providing a foundation for Mississippi to have the most Black elected officials in the country.

“All that happened because of Fannie Lou Hamer getting out and taking a stand, getting people ready to vote,” he said.

Kentucky Historical Society | Adventure Through the Past The Kentucky Historical Society is here to bring Kentucky History to learners and adventurers of all ages. Come explore with us.

Kentucky schools: Free KHS field trips are coming in 2026 for America 250! Funded by the Elizabeth Lloyd “Libby” Jones Student Scholarship Fund, this program expands student access to Kentucky history. Teachers can learn more at history.ky.gov.

"Right now, Democratic congressional leaders clearly think that Trump is so vulnerable that..repetition of 2025... is likely in (2026). They talk.. boldly..while reveling in crypto..other streams of..money. But they...have a long history of underestimating Trump’s economics and its appeals..."

I don't remember that one. I DO remember THE GREAT SPACE RACE and wondering why they were all in a perpetual 3team competition for no apparent prize or goal.

You're ugly, you're disgusting, I'm gonna kill you, vote for my party.

liberals doing voter outreach on Bluesky

Roy Medvedev, Soviet Era Historian and Dissident, Is Dead at 100

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/w...

Pete Seeger interviewed in Nov 1967: "When questioned on today's music, acid rock, etc. Seeger commented, 'This is one of these things where you like some of it and don't like some of it, maybe because you don't understand it. This is what I feel here.'"

Billboard reading "IMMIGRANTS HAVE DONE MORE FOR THE CITY THAN BILLIONAIRE TAX DODGERS EVER WILL".

Billboard outside Old Trafford, the home of Man Utd whose tax dodging. non-dom, racist owner has been complaining about immigrants. Via @ApostateEnglishman on Mastodon

me reading tenure portfolios

Me hanging out with one of our upstart 33-year-old assistant professors

Lampkin became regional organizer for the NAACP in 1929, then national field secretary in 1937. In 1931, under her organization, the national conference was held in Pittsburgh. Here she is in front row in white with hat. W.E.B. DuBois sits to her direct left, Walter White six seats to her left.
#BHM

5. The real hack to getting into college is fully funding public schools, moving away from an emphasis on test scores, lower teacher-student ratios, trusting teachers more, more parental involvement, and less screen time in the classroom.

It's an old gray town

No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor

I don't know about these days, but back around 2018 an acrimonious farewell via social media was knlind of required. Before that, the much lengthier "quit lit."

Happy Carmen Miranda's birthday!

No Kings includes Draft Kings