Reposted by Herstory TeachHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 18/02/2026February 17, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comFebruary 17, 2026Trump’s White House website welcomes visitors with a pop-up that reads: “WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN AGE!” But on this heavy news day a year into Trump’s second term, it is increasingly clear that as his re... 34921306
Reposted by Herstory TeachNancy Flanagan 🎼 @nancyflanagan.bsky.social · 08/10/2025Proposal from House Repubs would push for deeper K-12 cuts, notably a $4.7 billion reduction in Title I funding. This funding stream has enjoyed bipartisan support for decades, currently sends roughly $18 billion to schools in disadvantaged communities all over the US. www.npr.org/2025/09/26/n...npr.orgWhat schools stand to lose in the battle over the next federal education budgetEducation researchers warn budget proposals from the White House and House Republicans would impose steep cuts on some of the nation's most vulnerable students and disadvantaged school communities. 011
Reposted by Herstory TeachJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Actual question: It has been only 72 hours since the disastrous puppeteer/puppet show in Anchorage. Has there yet been a background story on how, and by whom, this emergency intervention of *eight* big-time world leaders was pulled together, over a weekend? 1755292928
Reposted by Herstory TeachWill Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 19/08/2025US media is in the fetal position, living in a delirious haze, desperately trying to pretend everything is normal and this is all boring everyday politics, even as federal troops flood into DC and the entire western world mounts emergency missions to slow Trump down 292280530
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 16/08/2025James Baldwin didn’t believe in reform; he believed in revolution. “Anything less than a total social reckoning—a complete psychological makeover of white America—was worthless,” Louis Menand writes.newyorker.comThe Lives and Loves of James BaldwinAn older generation dismissed him as passé; a newer one has recast him as a secular saint. But Baldwin’s true message remains more unsettling than either camp recognizes. 411535285
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 15/08/2025“Small children from poor or middle-class families who watch ‘Sesame Street’ do better on cognitive tests and in first grade than children who do not watch it,” Renata Adler wrote, in 1972.newyorker.comThe Invention of “Sesame Street”Renata Adler’s 1972 review of the program that revolutionized children’s television. 270123533104
Reposted by Herstory TeachLuca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 24/07/2025And don't forget to sign them up for the Imagination Library, which is Dolly Parton's free book delivery service. They send 1 book per month until the child turns 5. 😊 277202293487
Reposted by Herstory TeachGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 18/07/2025This is just magnificent. Absolutely perfect. @thedailyshow.com 472179496024
Reposted by Herstory TeachThe 14th Amendment Center @the14thcenter.bsky.social · 25/06/2025The Ku Klux Klan Acts (passed in 1870 & 1871 to protect 14th amend rights) were particularly focused on masked gunmen who violated the civil rights of Black people. We should remember this history when masked law enforcement ofcrs are deployed in our communities. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily... 276100984090
Reposted by Herstory TeachHank Green @hankgreen.bsky.social · 07/04/2025A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die. Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero. 10706253612919
Reposted by Herstory TeachAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/03/2025I think some in the Senate have convinced themselves that the backlash to folding will be limited to “the left” and therefore ignorable. Those people are deeply and profoundly misreading the moment and the stakes. Virtually every swing district House Dem walked the plank to vote NO for a reason. 491413099524233
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025So the WHO is conducting an Ebola vaccination trial in Uganda… DEI flags a picture of a plane called “Enola Gay” …. This has conspiracy written all over it www.who.int/news/item/03...who.intGroundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in UgandaIn a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at a... 021
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025A guy wants to fix his rockets with our government’s money? 000
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 07/03/2025So the WHO is conducting an Ebola vaccination trial in Uganda… DEI flags a picture of a plane called “Enola Gay” …. This has conspiracy written all over it www.who.int/news/item/03...who.intGroundbreaking Ebola vaccination trial launches today in UgandaIn a global first, Uganda’s Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first ever vaccine trial for Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at a... 021
Reposted by Herstory TeachJudd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 01/03/2025This is not an effort to roll back "DEI" It's an effort to roll back civil rights "Agencies across the federal government are dismantling offices that enforce civil rights and antidiscrimination laws...weakening the government’s ability to deliver on legal obligations to protect workers’ rights"washingtonpost.comTrump officials start dismantling civil rights offices, as part of DOGE’s secret planLegal experts said that unwinding a civil rights-era bulwark designed to safeguard employees’ rights removes a crucial check on institutional power. 6931731085
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025They are going to fill Gitmo with federal workers 031
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025They are going to fill Gitmo with federal workers 031
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The quotes speak for themselves...why does no one seems to be speaking????themselves.as 030
Reposted by Herstory TeachMeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 21/02/2025Canadians are now referring to the United States as the 11th province 1999499626240
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It's not DEI...it's racism and misogyny. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...theatlantic.comA Friday Night Massacre at the PentagonTrump’s purge started with his firing of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the top Navy officer, and the vice chief of the Air Force. 010
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Definitely gonna be a white guy with absolutely no merit. It's not DEI...it's racism and misogyny. Can we just call a nazi a nazi 020
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025You still made him a king, his wrath will destroy us all. 000
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 22/02/2025It's not DEI...it's racism and misogyny. Can we just call a nazi a nazi 060
Reposted by Herstory TeachSherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 21/02/2025More of this. Do not give in. 994828840
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I cannot believe how much better billionaire drugs are 010
Reposted by Herstory TeachAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 20/02/2025listen to this. Elon can barely form a sentence right now. 2747146773641
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025If anyone is wondering what a k-hole looks like... 0163
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025If anyone is wondering what a k-hole looks like... 0163
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Dream team www.nytimes.com/2024/10/17/b...nytimes.comColin Kaepernick Is Learning How to Be a C.E.O.Business memoirs are at hand as he navigates a new role as the founder of a startup to “democratize storytelling.” Meanwhile he has co-written “We Are Free, You & Me,” an illustrated book for kids. 010
Reposted by Herstory TeachSusan Stryker @susanstryker.bsky.social · 21/02/2025I joined more than 350 LGBTQIA+ historians in signing this letter protesting the government attempt to erase trans people from history by censoring the Stonewall National Monument website. Erasing a word does not erase our existence--now or in the past. docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comLetter on Modifications to the National Stonewall Monument Web PagesLetter on the National Park Service Modifications to the Stonewall National Monument Web Pages Signatures closed at 5 P.M. EST on February 19, 2025. If you are a journalist writing about this issue o... 115057
Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025Never thought I'd wish we never discovered a polio vaccine 030
Reposted by Herstory Teach Herstory Teach @zwarden.bsky.social · 21/02/2025We don't need to take them seriously but they are seriously going to kill us 041
