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“…brief appropriate remarks.” Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, 162 years ago today, is still relevant
My latest in the Bulwark www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-... Bulwark
My latest in the Bulwark www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-... Bulwark
‘The Great Task Remaining Before Us’: Lincoln’s Vision at Gettysburg
On the anniversary of his address, a reminder that democracy requires dedication.
www.thebulwark.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
“…brief appropriate remarks.” Lincoln’s Gettysburg address, 162 years ago today, is still relevant
My latest in the Bulwark www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-... Bulwark
My latest in the Bulwark www.thebulwark.com/p/the-great-... Bulwark
"There's so much good out there if we look for it."
The pastor says if the government shutdown continues, he plans to keep handing out gift cards on what he calls 'SNAP Sunday' to make sure Hoosiers are fed.
Retired pastor starts 'SNAP Sunday' to help Indianapolis neighbors who rely on benefits
The pastor says if the government shutdown continues, he plans to keep handing out gift cards on what he calls, 'SNAP Sunday' to make sure Hoosiers stay fed.
www.wthr.com
November 2, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"There's so much good out there if we look for it."
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Our essay: Hunger is not an emergency: substack.com/profile/5411...
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Our essay: Hunger is not an emergency: substack.com/profile/5411...
"Three policy areas offer immediate, bipartisan opportunities for impact:
1. Ending subminimum wage under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
2. Modernizing ABLE accounts,
3. Raising the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"
1. Ending subminimum wage under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
2. Modernizing ABLE accounts,
3. Raising the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"
Unlocking Economic Security for American Women by Advancing Disability Employment Policy - Engage
Rylin Rodgers is the Disability of Policy Director at Microsoft.
www.engagewomen.org
October 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
"Three policy areas offer immediate, bipartisan opportunities for impact:
1. Ending subminimum wage under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
2. Modernizing ABLE accounts,
3. Raising the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"
1. Ending subminimum wage under Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act
2. Modernizing ABLE accounts,
3. Raising the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI)"
A giant.
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
n.pr
October 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
A giant.
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Our essay on redefining words of government: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
October 4, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Our essay on redefining words of government: substack.com/@johnfdicker...
The American Dream sounds sweeping but it is accomplished through the small acts of its good, attentive citizens ... and training our attention toward generous acts and toward seeing those for whom the American Dream is so distant that even small acts of generosity are out of reach.
Our essay tonight on stumbling on the American Dream: substack.com/profile/5411...
September 25, 2025 at 12:41 AM
The American Dream sounds sweeping but it is accomplished through the small acts of its good, attentive citizens ... and training our attention toward generous acts and toward seeing those for whom the American Dream is so distant that even small acts of generosity are out of reach.
"Let’s just stand here, silently. Isn’t it nice here? So quiet. Just stand here and savor the freedom."
It’s not a chilling effect. It would only be chilling if you had something horrid to say, and you don’t, do you? Certainly nothing critical of the regime, and absolutely no paraphrasing, not of anyone, not at this time!
A Beautiful Day for Saying Nothing
That chill in the air isn’t Jimmy Kimmel’s show being suspended. It’s just autumn!
www.theatlantic.com
September 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"Let’s just stand here, silently. Isn’t it nice here? So quiet. Just stand here and savor the freedom."
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Our essay on Ben Franklin's final words at the Constitutional Convention and what they tell us about public debate: substack.com/profile/5411...
September 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our essay on Ben Franklin's final words at the Constitutional Convention and what they tell us about public debate: substack.com/profile/5411...
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Powerful essay by @philipkennicott.bsky.social on the "five-alarm" possibility that this iconic photo, a historic driver of moral outrage against slavery, could be censored by the Trump administration. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4nDMgcA
Column | Erasing this indelible image of slavery is a terrifying idea
The Trump administration’s reported effort to censor one of the iconic images of American history is a five-alarm fire.
wapo.st
September 17, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Powerful essay by @philipkennicott.bsky.social on the "five-alarm" possibility that this iconic photo, a historic driver of moral outrage against slavery, could be censored by the Trump administration. Gift link 🎁 wapo.st/4nDMgcA
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Don’t wish murder on anyone because then you wish it on everyone. Don’t minimize a murder cuz you didn’t like the murder victim It’s not funny. It’s not edgy. It’s not justice. It’s murder. Each murder is the death of us all in very real ways. I know, I’ve died far too much for one life.
September 11, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Don’t wish murder on anyone because then you wish it on everyone. Don’t minimize a murder cuz you didn’t like the murder victim It’s not funny. It’s not edgy. It’s not justice. It’s murder. Each murder is the death of us all in very real ways. I know, I’ve died far too much for one life.
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strength to Love
1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strength to Love
1963.
September 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
"Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strength to Love
1963.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Strength to Love
1963.
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Political violence is meant to scare and silence -- it is absolutely never acceptable. We don't have to agree with someone to affirm they have a right to speak their mind without fearing for their life or safety.
September 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Political violence is meant to scare and silence -- it is absolutely never acceptable. We don't have to agree with someone to affirm they have a right to speak their mind without fearing for their life or safety.
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RIP Irish poet Seamus Heaney, died this day 2013.
"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."
"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."
August 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
RIP Irish poet Seamus Heaney, died this day 2013.
"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."
"History says, don't hope
On this side of the grave.
But then, once in a lifetime
The longed-for tidal wave
Of justice can rise up,
And hope and history rhyme."
"The children pay the price for the national failure to address this reality."
Our essay on the Annunciation Catholic School shooting: substack.com/profile/5411...
John Dickerson (@johnfdickerson)
Our essay on the Annunciation Catholic School shooting:
substack.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
"The children pay the price for the national failure to address this reality."
What Trump’s criticism of the Smithsonian African American museum misses - The Washington Post
Opinion | What the Smithsonian taught me about Trumpism
Trying to sanitize the American story is the antithesis of what makes the country exceptional.
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August 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
What Trump’s criticism of the Smithsonian African American museum misses - The Washington Post
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Have you ever wanted to walk through a historic city filled with armed soldiers who look bored? Are you fascinated with how the Reichstag fire allowed the Nazi Party to consolidate control in Germany? Do you like seeing guns, guns, guns?!?
Vacation in DC!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Vacation in DC!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Trump ushers in new DC tourist event: 'A Live Re-creation of Authoritarianism!' | Opinion
The current worst job in America is 'Washington, DC, tourism official,' thanks to President Trump calling the city 'a nightmare of murder and crime.'
www.usatoday.com
August 12, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Have you ever wanted to walk through a historic city filled with armed soldiers who look bored? Are you fascinated with how the Reichstag fire allowed the Nazi Party to consolidate control in Germany? Do you like seeing guns, guns, guns?!?
Vacation in DC!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
Vacation in DC!
www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...
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People are not criminals or dangerous, by virtue of their unhoused status. People are struggling to afford rent and food in an expensive city. We should not have homelessness in our nation’s capital. But the path to ending homelessness is housing, not displacement.
August 10, 2025 at 6:39 PM
People are not criminals or dangerous, by virtue of their unhoused status. People are struggling to afford rent and food in an expensive city. We should not have homelessness in our nation’s capital. But the path to ending homelessness is housing, not displacement.
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“Trump’s team has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with...triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present."--David Blight newrepublic.com/article/1983...
What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?
We must mobilize now to defend our profession, not only with research and teaching but in the realm of politics and public persuasion.
newrepublic.com
August 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
“Trump’s team has declared war on free minds and free education in order to erase more than a half-century of scholarship and replace it with...triumphal narratives rooted in a brand of pickled patriotism designed to force the past to serve the present."--David Blight newrepublic.com/article/1983...
"From viewers like us, thank you."
August 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
"From viewers like us, thank you."
Well done.
August 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Well done.
Shameful.
Smithsonian's American History museum does a White House "content review" then rewrites history, removing Trump's impeachments. A spokesperson says "it became clear that the ‘Limits of Presidential Power’ section ... needed to be addressed" wapo.st/3HhfyxU @janaykingsberry.bsky.social
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
wapo.st
August 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Shameful.
"The only antidote to a politics of fear is a politics of courage.'
Steve Inskeep speaks with former US Secretary for Transportation Pete Buttigieg about distrust in government and the status of the Democratic party.
Pete Buttigieg warns Democrats can't go back to status quo after President Trump
Steve Inskeep speaks with former US Secretary for Transportation Pete Buttigieg about distrust in government and the status of the Democratic party.
n.pr
July 28, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"The only antidote to a politics of fear is a politics of courage.'
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When the Supreme Court decided the president was not above the law. substack.com/profile/5411...
July 25, 2025 at 12:19 AM
When the Supreme Court decided the president was not above the law. substack.com/profile/5411...
Shameful. Good for her.
Amy Sherald says the Smithsonian suggested removing a painting of a transgender woman as the Statue of Liberty from her upcoming show at the National Portrait Gallery “to avoid provoking President Trump.” Sherald: “I cannot in good conscience comply with a culture of censorship”
Amy Sherald Cancels Her Smithsonian Show, Citing Censorship
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Shameful. Good for her.