Cory Haala
@coryhaala.bsky.social
Views mine, not my employer's (obviously). Historian of liberalism, populism, the Democratic Party, and the Midwest: http://coryhaala.org
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When Democrats Won the Heartland
www.press.uillinois.edu
And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
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What happens when socialists run a major U.S. city? Good things for working people, says @ericblanc.bsky.social. Basic services like municipal water, sewage, parks, public education, safe workplaces, and union power--addressed the "affordability" crisis of the early 20th century. Lessons for NYC
If you want to do mass socialist politics, not just talk about it, good to learn from the biggest and most powerful socialist organization ever seen in America: the "sewer socialists" of Wisconsin
www.laborpolitics.com/p/sewer-soci...
www.laborpolitics.com/p/sewer-soci...
Socialists in City Hall? A New Look at Sewer Socialism in Wisconsin
It’s been done before—we can do it again in New York and beyond
www.laborpolitics.com
November 26, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What happens when socialists run a major U.S. city? Good things for working people, says @ericblanc.bsky.social. Basic services like municipal water, sewage, parks, public education, safe workplaces, and union power--addressed the "affordability" crisis of the early 20th century. Lessons for NYC
Reached a verdict: happy I did it.
Hope you are, too: When Democrats Won the Heartland, available for pre-order. Lots of economic populism, Democrats winning R+[lots] states, and how grassroots activists kept the flame alive.
Link, if you'd like: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Hope you are, too: When Democrats Won the Heartland, available for pre-order. Lots of economic populism, Democrats winning R+[lots] states, and how grassroots activists kept the flame alive.
Link, if you'd like: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
November 25, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Reached a verdict: happy I did it.
Hope you are, too: When Democrats Won the Heartland, available for pre-order. Lots of economic populism, Democrats winning R+[lots] states, and how grassroots activists kept the flame alive.
Link, if you'd like: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Hope you are, too: When Democrats Won the Heartland, available for pre-order. Lots of economic populism, Democrats winning R+[lots] states, and how grassroots activists kept the flame alive.
Link, if you'd like: press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
My daughter's daycare is LUCKY. Wonder if they're ordering Lou's or Giordano's.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My daughter's daycare is LUCKY. Wonder if they're ordering Lou's or Giordano's.
Was a good morning to roll into Point.
a man in a white shirt and tie is talking to another man in a black jacket .
ALT: a man in a white shirt and tie is talking to another man in a black jacket .
media.tenor.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Was a good morning to roll into Point.
Can't forget the Mass I went to in Grand Forks on Assumption in 2017. Homily started by defining ex cathedra infallibility, then 15 mins on how Francis was not to be taken as infalliable on climate change and immigration.
I have no problem thinking conservative Catholics can square this circle.
I have no problem thinking conservative Catholics can square this circle.
lolol these fucks. you're catholic! the pope is infallible! you don't like that, go be an evangelical, which is what you really want to be.
Trump’s border czar rebukes US bishops over immigration stance
Tom Homan, a self-described 'lifelong Catholic', has launched a sharp attack on the US Conference of Catholic Bishops after they issued a collective statement raising concerns over the Trump administr...
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November 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Can't forget the Mass I went to in Grand Forks on Assumption in 2017. Homily started by defining ex cathedra infallibility, then 15 mins on how Francis was not to be taken as infalliable on climate change and immigration.
I have no problem thinking conservative Catholics can square this circle.
I have no problem thinking conservative Catholics can square this circle.
...so yeah, I'd say recruitment to our Museum Studies minor at UWSP is going pretty well.
November 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
...so yeah, I'd say recruitment to our Museum Studies minor at UWSP is going pretty well.
also just generally begging "midwestern studies" to include one image that includes, y'know, a city instead of another barn
It's funny, because I THOUGHT there was a group called the Midwestern History Association that's been around for a decade doing exactly this. So I'm really curious as to why a recent winner of the organization's lifetime achievement award is pulling this.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 AM
also just generally begging "midwestern studies" to include one image that includes, y'know, a city instead of another barn
It's funny, because I THOUGHT there was a group called the Midwestern History Association that's been around for a decade doing exactly this. So I'm really curious as to why a recent winner of the organization's lifetime achievement award is pulling this.
November 11, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It's funny, because I THOUGHT there was a group called the Midwestern History Association that's been around for a decade doing exactly this. So I'm really curious as to why a recent winner of the organization's lifetime achievement award is pulling this.
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He’s a West Ham fan, so he’s not smart about everything, but he knows Midwestern history. Give him a preorder!
And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland
www.press.uillinois.edu
November 10, 2025 at 8:05 PM
He’s a West Ham fan, so he’s not smart about everything, but he knows Midwestern history. Give him a preorder!
And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland
www.press.uillinois.edu
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 PM
And just like that, it's real.
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992, from @illinoispress.bsky.social. Due out 4/14/26.
Thanks to everyone who tolerated this dream and made it happen. Pre-order if you'd like: www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p0...
Iconic, and yet "the Mike Kafka game" for me will always been when I was an HS senior in Minnesota, sure I wanted to go to Northwestern, and then Kafka did this to the Gophers in the funniest-ever montage of a tall, bald giraffe just ambling all over an inept Minnesota defense.
November 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Iconic, and yet "the Mike Kafka game" for me will always been when I was an HS senior in Minnesota, sure I wanted to go to Northwestern, and then Kafka did this to the Gophers in the funniest-ever montage of a tall, bald giraffe just ambling all over an inept Minnesota defense.
Reposted by Cory Haala
Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
2026 Conference — Midwestern History Association
www.midwesternhistory.com
October 31, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Reminder: CfP active for next year's Midwestern History Conference hosted by Miami University of Ohio from April 30-May 1. Deadline for submissions is December 8. This thread contains more information that may help those who are thinking of but have not yet submitted a proposal. 1/x
Index your own book, they said. You'll learn SO MUCH about your argument, they said. It'll save you so much money, they said.
I mean, were they right? Sure.
Was it worth it? [/looks at 3:02am email to press, bags under my eyes]
JURY STILL VERY MUCH OUT
I mean, were they right? Sure.
Was it worth it? [/looks at 3:02am email to press, bags under my eyes]
JURY STILL VERY MUCH OUT
November 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Index your own book, they said. You'll learn SO MUCH about your argument, they said. It'll save you so much money, they said.
I mean, were they right? Sure.
Was it worth it? [/looks at 3:02am email to press, bags under my eyes]
JURY STILL VERY MUCH OUT
I mean, were they right? Sure.
Was it worth it? [/looks at 3:02am email to press, bags under my eyes]
JURY STILL VERY MUCH OUT
Proud that I've had dozens of students submit projects that have been published by @livingnewdeal.bsky.social. It's such a great teaching tool and community resource.
Do I! I bust this out on every family road trip, for enrichment: livingnewdeal.org/map/
The New Deal Map
livingnewdeal.org
November 8, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Proud that I've had dozens of students submit projects that have been published by @livingnewdeal.bsky.social. It's such a great teaching tool and community resource.
let me tell you about my summer 2025 and #newdealminneapolis, because i got some random ass local bridges for you
November 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
let me tell you about my summer 2025 and #newdealminneapolis, because i got some random ass local bridges for you
To be clear, the last time it was possible for me to do this was 1991.
I wonder what it's like to watch your favorite team in a World Series.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
November 2, 2025 at 4:38 AM
To be clear, the last time it was possible for me to do this was 1991.
I wonder what it's like to watch your favorite team in a World Series.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
November 2, 2025 at 4:14 AM
I wonder what it's like to watch your favorite team in a World Series.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
Or a Super Bowl.
Or the NBA Finals.
Or the NHL Finals.
Got cover art today. Still working some stuff out, but starting to feel uncomfortably real.
"When Democrats Won the Heartland: Progressive Populism in the Age of Reagan, 1978-1992," official publication date with @illinoispress.bsky.social: May 12, 2026.
Sorry to be that self-promoting guy, but it's...y'know...right in the title.
Sorry to be that self-promoting guy, but it's...y'know...right in the title.
October 28, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Got cover art today. Still working some stuff out, but starting to feel uncomfortably real.
23 years ago today.
It remains true: We all do better when we all do better.
It remains true: We all do better when we all do better.
October 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
23 years ago today.
It remains true: We all do better when we all do better.
It remains true: We all do better when we all do better.
Went an hour out of the way to a Driftless Area farm, saw the sign out front, learned from an 80s organizer that North American Farm Alliance (all over my book) was organized in THAT farmhouse, plus stories about tractorcades and farm policy...
...I'm damn lucky to have my job.
...I'm damn lucky to have my job.
October 23, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Went an hour out of the way to a Driftless Area farm, saw the sign out front, learned from an 80s organizer that North American Farm Alliance (all over my book) was organized in THAT farmhouse, plus stories about tractorcades and farm policy...
...I'm damn lucky to have my job.
...I'm damn lucky to have my job.
Great historical advocacy, educating folks on the roots of the 1980s Farm Crisis, from @fleecechase1.bsky.social!
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...
Financial stress for today’s farmers may be connected to 1980s Farm Crisis – BG Independent News
bgindependentmedia.org
October 6, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Great historical advocacy, educating folks on the roots of the 1980s Farm Crisis, from @fleecechase1.bsky.social!
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...
It's a "home day" for the girls and Dad, so we've gone for a walk (to see a train with CPR livery), grabbed some nature stuff, and played with the talking globe...
...can you guess what country we're learning about? 😂
...can you guess what country we're learning about? 😂
September 29, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It's a "home day" for the girls and Dad, so we've gone for a walk (to see a train with CPR livery), grabbed some nature stuff, and played with the talking globe...
...can you guess what country we're learning about? 😂
...can you guess what country we're learning about? 😂
Fun example from @timmiller.bsky.social's interview (or at least the @ezraklein.bsky.social clip)! Let's see.
1984 presidential:
* South Dakota: R+27
* North Dakota: R+31
1986 Senate races, ft. incumbent Republicans:
* SD: Daschle, D+3
* ND: Conrad, DNPL+1
Wonder what those two guys ran on!
1984 presidential:
* South Dakota: R+27
* North Dakota: R+31
1986 Senate races, ft. incumbent Republicans:
* SD: Daschle, D+3
* ND: Conrad, DNPL+1
Wonder what those two guys ran on!
September 27, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Fun example from @timmiller.bsky.social's interview (or at least the @ezraklein.bsky.social clip)! Let's see.
1984 presidential:
* South Dakota: R+27
* North Dakota: R+31
1986 Senate races, ft. incumbent Republicans:
* SD: Daschle, D+3
* ND: Conrad, DNPL+1
Wonder what those two guys ran on!
1984 presidential:
* South Dakota: R+27
* North Dakota: R+31
1986 Senate races, ft. incumbent Republicans:
* SD: Daschle, D+3
* ND: Conrad, DNPL+1
Wonder what those two guys ran on!
Come get your boys, @sykescharlie.bsky.social. Or educate em. Or something.
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Come get your boys, @sykescharlie.bsky.social. Or educate em. Or something.