Amy J. Rutenberg
@amyjay401.bsky.social
Historian of War, Gender, and the Modern U.S. Author of Rough Draft: Cold War Military Manpower Policy and the Origins of Vietnam-Era Draft Resistance. Working on a book on the effects of peace activism on the US military. Former high school teacher.
Currently listening to the child of German Jewish refugees talk about his parents’ experiences in the 1930s.There are many ways to parallel the past and present, but here’s mine. 1/
January 25, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Currently listening to the child of German Jewish refugees talk about his parents’ experiences in the 1930s.There are many ways to parallel the past and present, but here’s mine. 1/
Ames, Iowa. And anyone else who wants to share in their communities.
January 24, 2026 at 10:37 PM
Ames, Iowa. And anyone else who wants to share in their communities.
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If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
January 24, 2026 at 8:29 PM
If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.
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Trump's ICE detention system is making people untraceable.
Detention documentation specialists at AFSC spent the past 6 months tracking.
A pattern emerged.
People do not simply get lost in Trump's immigration system.
The system itself is designed to lose them.
Detention documentation specialists at AFSC spent the past 6 months tracking.
A pattern emerged.
People do not simply get lost in Trump's immigration system.
The system itself is designed to lose them.
How ICE’s detention system makes people untraceable
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January 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Trump's ICE detention system is making people untraceable.
Detention documentation specialists at AFSC spent the past 6 months tracking.
A pattern emerged.
People do not simply get lost in Trump's immigration system.
The system itself is designed to lose them.
Detention documentation specialists at AFSC spent the past 6 months tracking.
A pattern emerged.
People do not simply get lost in Trump's immigration system.
The system itself is designed to lose them.
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I’m thinking today of Laura Briggs’s incredible book Taking Children, which I had the great honor of reviewing for @bostonreview.bsky.social back in 2020. www.bostonreview.net/articles/pau...
January 22, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Heard this on @npr.org this afternoon, and all I could think about were the networks of people who made the Montgomery bus boycott work in 1955. They were also targeted by law enforcement & on the side of right, even as they were tarred as lawbreakers. 🗃️ www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
In Minnesota, there is an extensive network of community members who are volunteering en masse to help one another. NPR's Jasmine Garsd tells the story of one family who needed to run one errand…and h...
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January 21, 2026 at 11:16 PM
Heard this on @npr.org this afternoon, and all I could think about were the networks of people who made the Montgomery bus boycott work in 1955. They were also targeted by law enforcement & on the side of right, even as they were tarred as lawbreakers. 🗃️ www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
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Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
January 18, 2026 at 2:18 PM
Back in 2016, Nursing Clio put together a series called Protest: Past & Present. It was one of the most powerful series we've ever done, showing the power of protest (for good and bad). I'm going to post the essays below 🧵
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🗃️ Psst, friends at #AHA26 #MLA26 and beyond, please share word of the @susih.bsky.social Community Scholars Program, which unlocks library resources for 3 years (onsite + remote) for #contingent faculty & historians at work beyond the traditional academy, due 2/1 s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
CFP: USIH-IU Community Scholars Program | Society for US Intellectual History
In partnership with the Institute for American Thought at Indiana University, the Society for U.S. Intellectual History is pleased to announce the continuation of a new opportunity to support continge...
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January 11, 2026 at 4:56 PM
🗃️ Psst, friends at #AHA26 #MLA26 and beyond, please share word of the @susih.bsky.social Community Scholars Program, which unlocks library resources for 3 years (onsite + remote) for #contingent faculty & historians at work beyond the traditional academy, due 2/1 s-usih.org/2025/12/cfp-...
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I curate the history series at public media's trade journal Current. We're looking for pieces on the history of NPR, PBS and its affiliates, with some space to imagine public media's future. We accept academic articles repurposed for wide readership. Plus, we pay. Please circulate!
Rewind: The Roots of Public Media
This series features scholars of media history looking back at both familiar and lesser-known chapters in public broadcasting’s evolution. “Rewind” is presented in partnership with the Radio Preservat...
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January 11, 2026 at 9:53 PM
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🧵 A friend was at Roosevelt HS in MPS when it was raided today. My friend is now dealing with the effects of the tear gas that was deployed on school grounds AT DISMISSAL TIME. Bovino popped out of a car for photos while children sheltered in place. 1/ www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
Live updates: Noem says ICE agent justified in killing woman
Renee Good, 37, was identified as the woman shot and killed Wednesday morning by an ICE agent in south Minneapolis. ICE said Good was shot while trying to run over agents with her car. Mayor Jacob Fre...
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January 8, 2026 at 1:37 AM
🧵 A friend was at Roosevelt HS in MPS when it was raided today. My friend is now dealing with the effects of the tear gas that was deployed on school grounds AT DISMISSAL TIME. Bovino popped out of a car for photos while children sheltered in place. 1/ www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
For everyone writing and re-writing syllabi this week, media literacy has to be part of what we do. Students aren’t learning this stuff anywhere else. 🗃️
THREAD: Viral misinformation on US capture of Nicolas Maduro - 4 January
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
This video, shared by Alex Jones and others, falsely claims to show millions of Venezuelans in Caracas celebrating Maduro's capture.
In fact, it shows anti-Maduro protests in July 2024 over a highly disputed election.
January 5, 2026 at 3:58 AM
For everyone writing and re-writing syllabi this week, media literacy has to be part of what we do. Students aren’t learning this stuff anywhere else. 🗃️
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For those trying to make sense of the underlying ideas & motivations at work here, in the history of US foreign relations ideology, unilateralism + interventionism have been core components of isolationism along with Monroe Doctrine justification to use force + assert influence in the hemisphere.🗃️
January 3, 2026 at 6:47 PM
For those trying to make sense of the underlying ideas & motivations at work here, in the history of US foreign relations ideology, unilateralism + interventionism have been core components of isolationism along with Monroe Doctrine justification to use force + assert influence in the hemisphere.🗃️
I’m glad to see the GI Rights hotline and Quaker House getting some news coverage. Folks doing this work are so important, and the fact that these services have hung on since the Vietnam War is pretty amazing. 🗃️ #milhist www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
U.S. military members fear personal legal blowback tied to boat strikes
Staff officers and at least one drone pilot have sought advice from outside groups over legal concerns about their own involvement — or potential involvement — in the strikes against suspected drug bo...
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December 14, 2025 at 5:02 AM
I’m glad to see the GI Rights hotline and Quaker House getting some news coverage. Folks doing this work are so important, and the fact that these services have hung on since the Vietnam War is pretty amazing. 🗃️ #milhist www.npr.org/2025/12/12/n...
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Historians - What are your top assigned reading recommendations for a grad level 20th century US History seminar? 🗃️
December 11, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Historians - What are your top assigned reading recommendations for a grad level 20th century US History seminar? 🗃️
Hi Historians. We’re splitting our US history, 1945-present course in half. I have to write the proposal for the new 1975-present course. What scholarship do you recommend for me to read to better get a grip on the just emerging historiography? #AcademicSky 🗃️
December 11, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Hi Historians. We’re splitting our US history, 1945-present course in half. I have to write the proposal for the new 1975-present course. What scholarship do you recommend for me to read to better get a grip on the just emerging historiography? #AcademicSky 🗃️
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Today is the 70th anniversary of Rosa Parks' arrest. Six myths: 1) She wasn't old or tired. 42 years old that day, she had a "life history of being rebellious" & had spent two decades helping to turn the Montgomery NAACP into a more activist branch alongside ED Nixon and Johnnie Carr.
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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I learned a ton from @hollyguise.bsky.social ‘s excellent Alaska Native Resilience. Highly recommend. 🗃️
Quyaana @amyjay401.bsky.social for the thoughtful review!🗃️
“Rather, it is the importance of her argument that brings us to the work’s third lesson for educators – Native peoples have never been passive victims of American colonization.”
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“Rather, it is the importance of her argument that brings us to the work’s third lesson for educators – Native peoples have never been passive victims of American colonization.”
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View of Review - Holly Miowak Guise. Alaska Native Resilience- Voices from World War II.
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November 21, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I learned a ton from @hollyguise.bsky.social ‘s excellent Alaska Native Resilience. Highly recommend. 🗃️
Since the issues are back in the news again, it seems a good time to reiterate that service people have both rights and responsibilities. Refusing to carry out illegal and especially unconstitutional orders is both. www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
November 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Since the issues are back in the news again, it seems a good time to reiterate that service people have both rights and responsibilities. Refusing to carry out illegal and especially unconstitutional orders is both. www.npr.org/2025/11/20/n...
Something calming, because we all need it. Aurora borealis in Iowa.
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Something calming, because we all need it. Aurora borealis in Iowa.
And the firehouse of news that will be forgotten tomorrow continues.
A Department of Homeland Secirity document “also says individuals cannot decline to be photographed, and that photos are stored for 15 years, even if there is no match.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
A Department of Homeland Secirity document “also says individuals cannot decline to be photographed, and that photos are stored for 15 years, even if there is no match.”
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Immigration agents have new technology to identify and track people
The Department of Homeland Security is adopting powerful new tools to monitor noncitizens. Privacy advocates are worried they erode privacy rights for immigrants and Americans alike.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:43 PM
And the firehouse of news that will be forgotten tomorrow continues.
A Department of Homeland Secirity document “also says individuals cannot decline to be photographed, and that photos are stored for 15 years, even if there is no match.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
A Department of Homeland Secirity document “also says individuals cannot decline to be photographed, and that photos are stored for 15 years, even if there is no match.”
www.npr.org/2025/11/08/n...
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If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
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Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
Mapping deportations invites you to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. For more than two centuries, U.S. immigration enforcement…
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November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Mapping Deportations – U.S. Immigration Control since 1790
Mapping deportations invites you to see the history of U.S. immigration enforcement not as a series of disconnected events, but as a pattern. For more than two centuries, U.S. immigration enforcement…
mappingdeportations.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
If you haven't seen this incredible historical data project yet, make it a priority! Mapping Deportations: Unmasking the History of Racism in U.S. Immigration Enforcement.
mappingdeportations.com
mappingdeportations.com
Or if you’d rather be of the twenty-first century, here’s the Insta link. Either way, historians at Iowa State have fun! www.instagram.com/reel/DQrx518...
November 6, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Or if you’d rather be of the twenty-first century, here’s the Insta link. Either way, historians at Iowa State have fun! www.instagram.com/reel/DQrx518...
The Department of History at Iowa State has a lot of amazing educators - and whatever else, we know how to have fun www.facebook.com/share/v/14PE...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:41 AM
The Department of History at Iowa State has a lot of amazing educators - and whatever else, we know how to have fun www.facebook.com/share/v/14PE...