John Bloom
@jdbloom.bsky.social
History prof; sports historian; cat lover; white nationalist autocratic oligarchs not welcome here.
New Books Network just dropped @amyefarrell.bsky.social’s interview about her new history of Girl Scouts, _Intrepid Girls _! newbooksnetwork.com/intrepid-girls
December 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New Books Network just dropped @amyefarrell.bsky.social’s interview about her new history of Girl Scouts, _Intrepid Girls _! newbooksnetwork.com/intrepid-girls
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During a powerful opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest host Diego Luna highlighted the essential contributions of immigrants to the U.S.
“There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”
“There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”
June 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
During a powerful opening monologue on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, guest host Diego Luna highlighted the essential contributions of immigrants to the U.S.
“There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”
“There are a lot of lies flying around about immigrants, but I'm sure you have more than one story that can attest to the contrary. Talk about it.”
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I am so very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book on the history of the Girl Scouts, forthcoming in October.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
May 7, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I am so very pleased to share the cover of my forthcoming book on the history of the Girl Scouts, forthcoming in October.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
I think UNC Press did such a beautiful job with the cover. Those are actually my badges from when I was a girl. Even the stitching is my own.
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“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 AM
“BRING HIM HOME” 🔥
Justice Robert A. Jackson, from his dissent in Korematsu v. United States (1944), reprinted in Eric Foner, _Voices of Freedom _, volume 2, 5E.
April 2, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Justice Robert A. Jackson, from his dissent in Korematsu v. United States (1944), reprinted in Eric Foner, _Voices of Freedom _, volume 2, 5E.
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“Many celebrities of the time, including Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, were targeted by the FBI for their outspoken Marxist views. The government wanted to force them out of public life and erase their influence.”
DEI is under attack. But make no mistake, this isn’t the first time the government attacked equity. It wasn’t that long ago that the Black Red scare had white America shaking in its boots.
Hunting Down Diversity Is Nothing New In This Country ➡️ pushblack.news/99dc8f
Hunting Down Diversity Is Nothing New In This Country ➡️ pushblack.news/99dc8f
Hunting Down Diversity Is Nothing New In This Country
The story of Atlanta’s Angelo Herndon best describes the Black and Red scare. Herndon was a Black labor organizer arres...
pushblack.news
March 14, 2025 at 11:10 AM
“Many celebrities of the time, including Lorraine Hansberry, Langston Hughes, and Paul Robeson, were targeted by the FBI for their outspoken Marxist views. The government wanted to force them out of public life and erase their influence.”
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Post-Selma op-eds:
Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites"
Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!"
Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters
Jeffries: "God still on the throne"
www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...
Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites"
Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!"
Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters
Jeffries: "God still on the throne"
www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...
60 years after Bloody Sunday in Alabama, elusive racial progress in Selma
Events in Selma, Ala. six decades ago helped win support for the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Today local activists say they're still fighting stubborn segregation, poverty and gun violence.
www.npr.org
March 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Post-Selma op-eds:
Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites"
Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!"
Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters
Jeffries: "God still on the throne"
www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...
Carville: "Bonehead bridge stunt alienates working class whites"
Durbin: "Protesters lack decorum!"
Fetterman: Why I'm co-sponsoring Josh Hawley's 'Free the Bridges' act, allowing motorists to run over protesters
Jeffries: "God still on the throne"
www.npr.org/2025/03/09/n...
November 18, 2024 at 1:05 AM
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{New blogpost} Q&A on The Medieval Persian Gulf @brianjulrich.bsky.social 25% off with "ARC23" now until the end of the year. medievalsky www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2023/12...
December 14, 2023 at 3:57 PM
{New blogpost} Q&A on The Medieval Persian Gulf @brianjulrich.bsky.social 25% off with "ARC23" now until the end of the year. medievalsky www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2023/12...
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People who hate Jews but rail against antisemitism are fucking dangerous.
December 10, 2023 at 2:26 AM
People who hate Jews but rail against antisemitism are fucking dangerous.