Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
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Historian of twentieth-century America who lives in Chicago
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I haven't seen any discourse so far about the AHA conference and ICE activity. That being said, I'm tagging some people who I think are going to AHA... @benjaminhjohns1.bsky.social @micnick.bsky.social @drmendozan.bsky.social @cjdenial.bsky.social
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Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Sept 17 | Film Screening: “The Camden 28”
How far would you go to stop a war?
Join us to explore an iconic Vietnam War story of faith, resistance and betrayal. Featuring historian @micnick.bsky.social and filmmaker @truecrimesny.bsky.social!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/camden28
How far would you go to stop a war?
Join us to explore an iconic Vietnam War story of faith, resistance and betrayal. Featuring historian @micnick.bsky.social and filmmaker @truecrimesny.bsky.social!
🔗 Register: bit.ly/camden28
The Camden 28: A Story of War, Faith, Resistance and Betrayal
Join us on Wednesday, Sept. 17 at 5:00 p.m. in Villanova University’s John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts, Topper Theater, for a screening of “The Camden 28,” a documentary by Oscar-wi...
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Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· May 24
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· May 23
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· May 23
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· May 14
Let's talk about these two department store owners: brother and sister Louis Bamberger and Caroline Bamberger Fuld. From Newark, New Jersey.
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
They are random people, basically. But in the late 1920s, with fascism taking over Europe, they made a choice that profoundly changed the world: 🧵
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jamelle
@jamellebouie.net
· May 11
1/2 Just-dismissed Librarian of Congress, Dr. Carla Hayden, has a PhD from U Chicago, is in numerous scholarly societies, has wide acclaim. She is also first African-American to lead LoC.
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
The dismissal note did not say "Dear Dr. Hayden" or "Dear Madame Librarian" or even "Dear Carla."
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Deacon Drew
@deacondrew.bsky.social
· May 9
Since there's not much going on in the Catholic world, I thought it'd be a good time to make my debut as a contributor to Catholic Women Preach. Get ready with me for Good Shepherd Sunday! www.catholicwomenpreach.org/preaching/05...
Fourth Sunday of Easter: May 11, 2025
Mollie Wilson O’Reilly reflects on the readings for Fourth Sunday of Easter. Acts 13:14, 43-52 | Revelation 7:9, 14b-17 | John 10:27-30
www.catholicwomenpreach.org
Exclusive: US military to start kicking out transgender troops next month, memo says reut.rs/4m6AqaP
Exclusive: US military to start kicking out transgender troops next month, memo says
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6, according to a memo obtained by Reuters.
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Hector Diaz
@iamhectordiaz.com
· May 8
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Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· Apr 23
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· Apr 22
So here we have a guy whose main achievement is spreading lies on Russian state television trying to block life-saving American medical research and intimidate American scientists.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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Trump administration targets academic journals with attorney letter, proposed funding cuts
Budget plan would kill two CDC journals, while U.S. prosecutor accuses some nongovernmental publications of being “partisans”
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Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· Apr 18
Michelle Nickerson
@micnick.bsky.social
· Apr 18
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