Nathaniel C. Green
@nathanielcgreen.bsky.social
History professor at Northern Virginia Community College. Author, THE MAN OF THE PEOPLE, by Kansas Press.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700629961/
Currently writing a book on the history of the three-fifths clause. Opinions solely my own.
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Not “Three-Fifths of a Person”: What the Three-Fifths Clause Meant at Ratification - Commonplace
Denials of Black humanity, free and enslaved, coexisted with explicit acknowledgment that enslaved Black people, though legally deemed “property,” were people.
commonplace.online
My piece is up on Commonplace!
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
If you are still teaching students that the 3/5 clause counted the enslaved as "three-fifths of a person," time to update those lecture notes!
commonplace.online/article/not-...
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No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
February 11, 2026 at 1:46 AM
No son, they are not "magically delicious." The workers made them delicious. This is a slogan meant to mystify the social conditions of labor
WTF is up with that "the one & only you" Botox commercial
February 11, 2026 at 1:48 AM
WTF is up with that "the one & only you" Botox commercial
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My article, "The Unitary Executive and Politics," is officially published in the Ohio Northern University Law Review. I thank the editors at ONU for their assistance and hard work!
Read it and cite it!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Read it and cite it!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
papers.ssrn.com
February 11, 2026 at 1:34 AM
My article, "The Unitary Executive and Politics," is officially published in the Ohio Northern University Law Review. I thank the editors at ONU for their assistance and hard work!
Read it and cite it!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Read it and cite it!
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
May the odds be ever in your favor
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
February 11, 2026 at 1:37 AM
May the odds be ever in your favor
Dear person who is thinking about e-mailing a colleague at 4:30 in the afternoon:
Don't.
Sincerely,
Nate
Don't.
Sincerely,
Nate
February 10, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Dear person who is thinking about e-mailing a colleague at 4:30 in the afternoon:
Don't.
Sincerely,
Nate
Don't.
Sincerely,
Nate
The part at the end is key: the distinction between the people of the U.S. who share the values he's speaking about, and the people who don't. Trump and the hateful people who support him are not America. People who respect the Constitution and embrace their neighbors are America.
US Olympic Curling Team member speaks out against ICE:
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."
February 10, 2026 at 9:15 PM
The part at the end is key: the distinction between the people of the U.S. who share the values he's speaking about, and the people who don't. Trump and the hateful people who support him are not America. People who respect the Constitution and embrace their neighbors are America.
An important point here is that we don't just want to be able to believe what we want, we all want society to validate our beliefs. Racists presume society validates their racism, and feel threatened when they have evidence to the contrary.
Both these options sound objectively amazing, why do racists keep assuming everyone's racist?
February 10, 2026 at 6:23 PM
An important point here is that we don't just want to be able to believe what we want, we all want society to validate our beliefs. Racists presume society validates their racism, and feel threatened when they have evidence to the contrary.
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
always so funny to me when people are like “how am I supposed to explain Gay to my kids?” my kid asks me way harder shit all the time. “why did they build the road this way? why are some people bad?” I don’t know. please ask me about Gay
February 10, 2026 at 3:23 PM
This post, and the replies beneath it, are great reminders that 1) explaining being gay is actually very easy when you're talking to someone who doesn't think loving someone of the same sex is gross or evil 2) kids have to be taught that, and it's easier just...not to, and 3) kids are deep thinkers
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
Ricketts: "No face masks -- we're seen a huge increase in attacks on our ICE agents. There's been 180 vehicle attacks. Overall attacks on DHS are up 8,000%. There's many so many doxxings of officers they've had to set up a tip line. This is very very serious."
February 10, 2026 at 2:42 PM
The same goons who say teachers should be secretly recorded while they teach people believe ICE agents should have total anonymity while terrorizing people.
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
February 10, 2026 at 2:11 PM
This dog is having more fun at the Olympics than any human
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
👀 “I don’t even know if they’re growing a spine, but they’re just realizing—this White House is a paper tiger. They’re just not as scary as they act.” - @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social re business entities like the NFL not being afraid of Trump as the MAGA coalition continues to bleed out.
Trump-MAGA rage at Bad Bunny is actually driven by anger at multiracial solidarity. On the pod, @adriancarrasquillo.bsky.social nails it on how this demented MAGA fury captures why Trump's gains with the nonwhite working class in 2024 have now completely collapsed:
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
newrepublic.com/article/2063...
February 10, 2026 at 1:59 PM
The people who have the power and privilege to be able to say "fuck you" to Trump are the ones caving to him, while people who are vulnerable to being brutalized and killed by this regime are actively resisting him.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
We are witnessing a lesson in how power actually works.
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I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
Finally, a Smooth-Brained Wuthering Heights
Emerald Fennell’s Emily Brontë adaptation is brave enough to just be about two messy bitches.
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February 10, 2026 at 1:11 PM
I used "smooth-brained" as a dig until a father of a boy with lissencephaly -- the medical term for the condition -- wrote me an incredibly patient note to explain what his son had to deal with.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
This phrase is a gratuitous insult to parents and children who are already suffering. Don't use it.
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Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
In the last month ICE has bought warehouses in:
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
- Hagerstown, MD: $102 million
- Surprise, AZ: $70 million
- Hamburg, PA: $87 million
- Tremont, PA: $120 million
- San Antonio, TX: $82 million
- El Paso, TX: $123 million
- Social Circle, GA: price unknown
This is unprecedented.
February 10, 2026 at 3:08 AM
Some of the specific details are new but I think there are precedents on a more fundamental level.
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Last week, the Secretary of Defense called the US a "Christian nation" & said a soldier "finds eternal life" by dying for country. But, sure, some people want to debate if #ChristianNationalism is even a thing.
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
publicwitness.wordandway.org/p/at-nationa...
At National Prayer Breakfast, Hegseth Says US Soldiers Gain Salvation by Dying for ‘Christian Nation’
While Trump's remarks dominate the headlines about the event, more concerning Christian Nationalist comments came a few minutes later.
publicwitness.wordandway.org
February 9, 2026 at 10:09 PM
"[T]he State...entrusts to the ages the names of those who died for its integrity or in obedience to its laws; it puts forward as an example and recommends to the generations that are to come the leaders who increased its territory and the men of genius who gave it glory." -Benito Mussolini
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
Amazon prime, but for human beings.
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
Cannot be said often enough that these people are absolute monsters
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
February 8, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Only white supremacists think that efforts to correct historic racial injustices is persecution of whites.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
Only misogynists believe that efforts to correct injustices against women is persecuting men.
Only bigots say stupid shit like this.
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I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
February 8, 2026 at 9:25 PM
I don't think the Olympics and the Superbowl should happen at the same time.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
What if a parent had a kid in each? You know they're going to the football game and not the cross country skiing. And that makes me sad for that skier I just made up.
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?
February 8, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Is the airport abbreviation FUK taken?
Book in the wild! Book in the wild!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
February 8, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Book in the wild! Book in the wild!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
@adamrothman.bsky.social's SLAVE COUNTRY at Arlington's Central Library!
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A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
February 8, 2026 at 5:06 AM
A desperate plea sent to me by a Minneapolis resident who's been on the front lines since the beginning of the ICE occupation:
This is paywalled, and I don't subscribe to the NYT, but FWIW:
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
Or do we? 🧐
“We don’t need to build a commemorative arch outside the home of each Ph.D”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
“We don’t need to build a commemorative arch outside the home of each Ph.D”
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/o...
Opinion | What if the Valedictorians in America’s Schools Were the Cool Kids?
www.nytimes.com
February 8, 2026 at 12:39 PM
This is paywalled, and I don't subscribe to the NYT, but FWIW:
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
One of the coolest kids in my HS had a 4.0 GPA and went to MIT to study engineering.
He was also a state champion boxer.
He was on the speech team with me.
And one of the kindest people I knew.
This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
They accuse anyone besides white christians of not being real Americans but it's the MAGA folks whose patriotism is conditional.
Wow. MAGA admits it is rooting AGAINST Team USA because athletes are using their first amendment rights!
February 8, 2026 at 3:00 AM
This is exactly why people who aren't MAGA assholes ought to wave American flags and re-claim patriotism from these traitors. Bigoted shitweasels aren't "real America," and we should stop letting them pretend like they are.
Trump is not a legitimate president, and therefore the agencies following his orders aren't legitimate, either.
February 8, 2026 at 1:39 AM
Trump is not a legitimate president, and therefore the agencies following his orders aren't legitimate, either.
Love to find genuine information about sexual health as a reply to a post about people throwing dildos at ICE agents
Most sex toys are sold as “novelties” because they are not made of body-safe materials and break down over time. Stick to 100% silicone, glass, steel, and othr nonporous materials. dangerouslilly.com/2013/09/melt...
Melted Sex Toys — Dangerous Lilly
The other day I picked up my experimental Jar of Manky Sex Toy Bits and was surprised to finally see a discernible pool of liquid in the jar. I had been watching it for...
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February 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
Love to find genuine information about sexual health as a reply to a post about people throwing dildos at ICE agents