Toni Blackwell Rhodes
@historynerdling.bsky.social
Writer of Picture Books and Middle Grade Historical Fiction and Nonfiction
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam? …
January 2, 2026
Just after midnight on January 1, in a private ceremony in the long-closed former City Hall subway station in Manhattan, New York Attorney General Letitia James swore Zohran Mamdani into office as may...
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January 3, 2026 at 11:19 AM
What does it mean when your doctors keep insisting you redo the cognitive exam? …
A brief history of immigration to the U.S. …
January 1, 2026
On January 1, 1892, seventeen-year-old Annie Moore walked down the gangway from the steamship Nevada with her two brothers Anthony, eleven, and Philip, nine, and into history as the first person proce...
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January 2, 2026 at 11:40 AM
A brief history of immigration to the U.S. …
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Public safety is at risk and science is being attacked …
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Public safety is at risk and science is being attacked …
Three U.S. soldiers tried to wrench a valuable Winchester away from a young Lakota man …
December 28, 2025
On the clear, cold morning of December 29, 1890, on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, three U.S.
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December 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Three U.S. soldiers tried to wrench a valuable Winchester away from a young Lakota man …
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S. Constitution in favor of Christian nationalist authoritarianism …
December 27, 2025
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S.
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December 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Over the Christmas holiday, the Trump administration threw its weight against the U.S. Constitution in favor of Christian nationalist authoritarianism …
Trump has been lying about his involvement with the convicted sex abuser Epstein …
December 26, 2025
On Tuesday, December 23, the U.S.
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December 27, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Trump has been lying about his involvement with the convicted sex abuser Epstein …
On December 24, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will celebrate seventy years of tracking Santa’s sleigh …
December 23, 2025
On December 24, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will celebrate seventy years of tracking Santa’s sleigh.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
On December 24, 2025, the North American Aerospace Defense Command, or NORAD, will celebrate seventy years of tracking Santa’s sleigh …
Trump seems to be focusing on creating a golden legacy for himself as the MAGA movement falters …
December 22, 2025
This afternoon, President Donald J.
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December 23, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Trump seems to be focusing on creating a golden legacy for himself as the MAGA movement falters …
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….
December 21, 2025
Speaking today at Turning Point USA’s annual “AmericaFest” conference, Vice President J.D.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof….
Redactions …
December 20, 2025
On November 19, 2025, Congress passed H.R.
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December 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Redactions …
Trump ’s panicked shouting at the American people …
December 19, 2025
This past week feels like the final, chaotic days of a political era.
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December 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Trump ’s panicked shouting at the American people …
These are the times that try men’s souls …
December 18, 2025
“These are the times that try men’s souls.
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December 19, 2025 at 11:21 AM
These are the times that try men’s souls …
Public safety is at risk and science is being attacked …
December 17, 2025
This morning, four vulnerable Republicans signed onto the discharge petition all House Democrats have signed to force Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) to bring a bill to extend the premium tax credits for ...
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December 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Public safety is at risk and science is being attacked …
This administration must come before Congress for public hearings and explain to the American people why they are risking pulling us into another forever war …
December 16, 2025
While President Donald J.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:55 AM
This administration must come before Congress for public hearings and explain to the American people why they are risking pulling us into another forever war …
America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship …
December 15, 2025
“For the last couple of months, Senator Rumson has suggested that being president of this country was to a certain extent about character.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship …
Trump is erasing the face of a federal government that served the American people, replacing it with his own …
December 14, 2025
Last Sunday, on December 7, Mydelle Wright, a well-regarded preservationist, filed a declaration before a court, saying that President Donald J.
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December 15, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Trump is erasing the face of a federal government that served the American people, replacing it with his own …
Alabama proved it could transcend partisan labels …
December 12, 2025
Today former Alabama senator Doug Jones launched his campaign to become the state’s next governor.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Alabama proved it could transcend partisan labels …
Americans are not impressed with Trump’s handling of the economy …
December 11, 2025
On Tuesday, President Donald J.
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December 12, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Americans are not impressed with Trump’s handling of the economy …
Part of the mission of the U.N. was “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person” …
December 10, 2025
Today is Human Rights Day, celebrated internationally in honor of the day seventy-seven years ago, December 10, 1948, when the United Nations General Assembly announced the Universal Declaration of Hu...
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December 11, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Part of the mission of the U.N. was “to reaffirm faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person” …
A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound …
December 8, 2025
Last Wednesday, December 3, a reporter asked President Donald J.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:37 AM
A bailout is like putting a Band-Aid on a bullet wound …
This isn’t a counter-terrorism campaign. It’s a shooting gallery with helpless targets …
December 7, 2025
“I think it’s really important that this video be made public,” Representative Jim Himes (D-CT) said today on Face the Nation. Himes was referring to a video of the September 2 U.S. military strike on...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This isn’t a counter-terrorism campaign. It’s a shooting gallery with helpless targets …
Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch? …
December 6, 2025
On the sunny Sunday morning of December 7, 1941, Messman Doris Miller had served breakfast aboard the USS West Virginia, stationed in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and was collecting laundry when the first of...
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December 7, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Will we permit the destruction of American democracy on our watch? …
The Trump administration is embracing the old idea of spheres of influence in which less powerful countries are controlled by great powers …
December 5, 2025
Late last night, the Trump administration released the 2025 National Security Strategy (NSS) of the United States of America.
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December 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
The Trump administration is embracing the old idea of spheres of influence in which less powerful countries are controlled by great powers …