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Cory Haala

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Views mine, not my employer's (obviously). Historian of liberalism, populism, the Democratic Party, and the Midwest: http://coryhaala.org

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · May 29

"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.

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 2d

Looking forward to seeing you far surpassing anything I cobble together. Keep up the great work, Chase -- inspiring to see the next generation of MHA scholars doing stuff like this.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 2d

Great historical advocacy, educating folks on the roots of the 1980s Farm Crisis, from @fleecechase1.bsky.social!
bgindependentmedia.org/financial-st...

Financial stress for today’s farmers may be connected to 1980s Farm Crisis – BG Independent News

bgindependentmedia.org

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 9d

We call that...uh...future-proofing your resume? Or something? 😅 Good luck!

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 9d

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? 😂

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 9d

Oh I would love to be a fly on the wall in this class. Hope it goes well!

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 12d

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!

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 12d

Come get your boys, @sykescharlie.bsky.social. Or educate em. Or something.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 12d

Playing the hits down in Mankato.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 23d

From St Mary's (Sleepy Eye) cookbook: "Best Ever Meat Loaf" of Helen Zollner, who at Easter Mass '92 called my Grandma's broach "interesting," sparking a 21-yr standoff only thawed by a curt nod during the Sign of Peace at Christmas '13.

I pray this meatloaf continues our families' healing process.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 25d

Tell you what, it's not the worst way I've ever spent a Saturday night in September.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · 25d

Oh we are so BACK ✊

FARMS 🤝 LABOR

Now join us for all these great @farmaid.org events, beginning Tuesday at 4pm, Best Buy Theater: "Lessons in Mobilizing: From the Farmer Labor Movement to the Tractorcades to Today"
www.farmaid.org/festival/far...

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Will Jones @willpjones.bsky.social · 25d

Farm Aid and the UMN Departments of History, American Studies & Anthropology Present

Collective Power in the Countryside: A Conversation With Sarah Smarsh & Sarah Vogel, Moderated by Sonja Trom Eayrs

Thu, Sep 18, 5:00pm
Best Buy Theater, Northrup, UMN
@sarahsmarsh.bsky.social @umn-amst.bsky.social

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 9

Drove thru a major enough Wisconsin metro this AM. The Top 40 radio station's live, local news segment consisted of BLS reports about 800k fewer jobs and explicitly blaming tariffs/AI, news of the French PM dismissal, and asking listeners to call if they'd lost a job to AI.

Then "Pink Pony Club".

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thinking in particular about the heroic work of Andrew Klumpp (and before him Marv Bergman) and the Annals of Iowa, now getting gutted from the State Historical Society of Iowa for no goddamn good reason (a donor's feefees got hurt).

A tragedy for history of Iowa and the Midwest writ large.

Ben Williamson @benpatrickwill.bsky.social · Sep 6

Editors are trying their best to maintain the scholarly infrastructures of knowledge exchange. It's not easy or feasible for most to set up open access elsewhere. Our journals, whatever their myriad faults, have helped sustain fields over years and decades.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 7

And I know you know, MrRural. More for the crowd, sorry :)

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 6

Was talking about this with someone yesterday: similar vibes to 1978, when Northern Lights (indie film on the NPL) came out. Then activists in Iowa were screening it in Adair County in '82-83 and fighting for populist policies.

Curious if this could have similar legs. (Looks like a great doc, too.)

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 5

Check out this and all the great
@farmaid.org 40 programming and pre-festival events: www.farmaid.org/festival/far...

Farm Aid 40 Events – Farm Aid

www.farmaid.org

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 5

Feels wild to say: I'll be talking ag politics, activism, and history at @farmaid.org 40!

Please join this FREE event Tuesday, Sept 16, at 4pm in the Best Buy Theater at the U. of Minnesota: "Lessons in Mobilizing: From the Farmer Labor Movement to the Tractorcades to Today!"

(🔗 in replies)

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Sep 3

Survived Day 1 of a new year. Rewarded myself with some writing time in the Northwoods. Year 3 at Point.

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Aug 27

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Aug 26

Time to fire up the ol' Mark Dayton Rx Express! Toot toot!

Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Aug 15

In fall 2020 I flew to Texas twice a week to teach.
In spring 2021 I flew to Connecticut weekly to teach.
I 2021-22 I flew weekly to Houston to teach and only used public transit there.

But finally, living a boring suburban life in summer 2025, I've been caught by the 'vid.

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Midwestern History Association @midwesternhistory.bsky.social · Aug 12

🚨CFP🚨 The Midwestern History Association invites proposals for the 12th Midwestern History Conference, Thursday, April 30–Friday, May 1, 2026, hosted by Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, in conjunction with its annual Altman Symposium in the humanities. Submission Deadline: Monday, December 8, 2025.

2026 Conference — Midwestern History Association

www.midwesternhistory.com

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Aug 12

First one I watched (because I was looking for a good Chief line) featured ALL THREE KIDS failing to correctly identify that International Falls was the really cold Minnesota city. All three guessed Sault Ste. Marie.

IDIOTS.

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Cory Haala @coryhaala.bsky.social · Aug 12

AND BACK!