Margaret McMullan
@margaretmcmullan.bsky.social
Award-winning author, teacher, writer, editor.
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Teaching the Holocaust Just Got Harder in Mississippi
A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?
www.thebulwark.com
I wrote about a new state law that forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. Think about that. How are educators supposed to teach history? www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-t...
December 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats and sycophants happy to egg him on. And so we enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. “ Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
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Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
The president is feeling cornered and lashing out. It will get ugly—and dangerous.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
“We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats and sycophants happy to egg him on. And so we enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. “ Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic.
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Thanksgiving is upon us. Time to cook, eat, be together, and praise. I wrote this piece for @thebulwark.com a while ago, but we could all use a reminder to be kind, put down our phones, and listen.
"We must be kind. We need to put down our phones and listen. We must carry and keep the fire for us and especially for our young ones. We could all use more hope." @margaretmcmullan.bsky.social from the archives: www.thebulwark.com/p/this-thank...
This Thanksgiving, Listen
We could all use more hope.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Thanksgiving is upon us. Time to cook, eat, be together, and praise. I wrote this piece for @thebulwark.com a while ago, but we could all use a reminder to be kind, put down our phones, and listen.
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Federal workers: The government shutdown may have ended, but we know that many of you are still dealing with its lasting repercussions.
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November 15, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Federal workers: The government shutdown may have ended, but we know that many of you are still dealing with its lasting repercussions.
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The clever team at @literaryhub, rounded up some great No Kings, anti-Fascist reading today, including my article in @damemagazine
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Lit Hub Daily: November 3, 2025
Jennifer Acker talks to Teju Cole about genre-bending and how artists bear witness to tragedy: “I really believe in the novel as an innovative form. Yet I didn’t want novelty for its own sake.” | L…
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November 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
The clever team at @literaryhub, rounded up some great No Kings, anti-Fascist reading today, including my article in @damemagazine
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There will be a day when he’s no longer in office. There will be a day when he’s gone. -- I wrote about all this and more for @damemagazine www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/30/c...
Can Italy’s History Offer Lessons for Surviving Our Current Moment? - Dame Magazine
Before visiting the school in Amandola, a small town in Italy, my husband Pat and I meet English teacher Daniela for coffee on Piazza Risorgimento. We’re there to talk to Daniela’s 12- and 13-year-old...
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November 2, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There will be a day when he’s no longer in office. There will be a day when he’s gone. -- I wrote about all this and more for @damemagazine www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/30/c...
At the 42nd Annual meeting of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group (SERGG) in Asheville, NC, Patrick O’Connor screened his documentary The Zebra and the Bear. P. J. Brooks from NIH spoke about the future of genetic testing. Powerful evening. I'm not used to seeing scientists get so emotional.
July 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
At the 42nd Annual meeting of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group (SERGG) in Asheville, NC, Patrick O’Connor screened his documentary The Zebra and the Bear. P. J. Brooks from NIH spoke about the future of genetic testing. Powerful evening. I'm not used to seeing scientists get so emotional.
This MS/DanishTrumper forgot to file his immigration form in 2015, when President Obama was still in office. A removal order issued during Trump’s first term led to his current detention. But he blames Biden—and still supports Trump. msindy.org/p/detained-u...
Detained under Trump’s immigration policies, Danish immigrant blames Biden—and still supports Trump
It was President Donald Trump’s hardline immigration enforcement policies that put Danish national Kasper Eriksen in detention. But from behind bars in Louisiana, the MAGA-supporting Eriksen lays blam...
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June 30, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This MS/DanishTrumper forgot to file his immigration form in 2015, when President Obama was still in office. A removal order issued during Trump’s first term led to his current detention. But he blames Biden—and still supports Trump. msindy.org/p/detained-u...
'What if a student asks why?' Holocaust lessons may be banned under state's law
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'What if a student asks why?' Holocaust lessons may be banned under state's law
Author and educator Margaret McMullan sounded the alarm in The Bulwark about a new Republican-written law in Mississippi that intends to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, which is wri...
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June 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
'What if a student asks why?' Holocaust lessons may be banned under state's law
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“Author and educator Margaret McMullan sounded the alarm in The Bulwark about a new Republican-written law in Mississippi that intends to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion programs…effectively make teaching about the Holocaust impossible.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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June 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
“Author and educator Margaret McMullan sounded the alarm in The Bulwark about a new Republican-written law in Mississippi that intends to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion programs…effectively make teaching about the Holocaust impossible.” www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
It seems to me long past time to question the 79-year-old president’s mental health. — @hcrichardson.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It seems to me long past time to question the 79-year-old president’s mental health. — @hcrichardson.bsky.social
Many thanks to the @msindy.bsky.social for reprinting this article from @thebulwark.com : Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi msindy.org/p/teaching-t...
Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi
A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?
msindy.org
June 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Many thanks to the @msindy.bsky.social for reprinting this article from @thebulwark.com : Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi msindy.org/p/teaching-t...
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"I’m always a bit anxious when discussing the Holocaust in Southern classrooms because I never know if I’ll encounter antisemitism, hate, denial, or conspiracist nonsense...But another problem has since come up." @margaretmcmullan.bsky.social on a new Mississippi law:
Teaching the Holocaust Just Got Harder in Mississippi
A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?
www.thebulwark.com
June 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
"I’m always a bit anxious when discussing the Holocaust in Southern classrooms because I never know if I’ll encounter antisemitism, hate, denial, or conspiracist nonsense...But another problem has since come up." @margaretmcmullan.bsky.social on a new Mississippi law:
Reposted by Margaret McMullan
Important @thebulwark.com article by Margaret McMullan this morning about a new Mississippi law that can punish broadly defined infractions (e.g. education that raises "awareness" of "issues related to race") by stripping funding from whole school districts www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-t...
Teaching the Holocaust Just Got Harder in Mississippi
A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?
www.thebulwark.com
June 24, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Important @thebulwark.com article by Margaret McMullan this morning about a new Mississippi law that can punish broadly defined infractions (e.g. education that raises "awareness" of "issues related to race") by stripping funding from whole school districts www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-t...
I wrote about a new state law that forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. Think about that. How are educators supposed to teach history? www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-t...
Teaching the Holocaust Just Got Harder in Mississippi
A new state law forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. How are educators supposed to teach history?
www.thebulwark.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I wrote about a new state law that forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. Think about that. How are educators supposed to teach history? www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-t...
"From shoulder pads to swimsuit makeovers, from celebrity interviews to heartbreaking loss—Margaret McMullan’s essay is a funny deeply moving look at Glamour in the 1980s. A must-read on identity, ambition, and the stories we choose to tell." chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-gl...
I Was a Glamour Don’t by Margaret McMullan
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June 20, 2025 at 9:15 PM
"From shoulder pads to swimsuit makeovers, from celebrity interviews to heartbreaking loss—Margaret McMullan’s essay is a funny deeply moving look at Glamour in the 1980s. A must-read on identity, ambition, and the stories we choose to tell." chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-gl...
I was a Glamour “Don’t” way more often than I was a “Do.” A “Wrong” more than I was a “Right.” chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-gl...
I Was a Glamour Don’t by Margaret McMullan
Photo by Element5 Digital on Unsplash
chicagostorypress.com
June 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I was a Glamour “Don’t” way more often than I was a “Do.” A “Wrong” more than I was a “Right.” chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-gl...
June 17, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I interviewed a man with a gun at the No King's protest in Gulfport, MS. He also waved a Don't Tread On Me flag (cue irony). He would not tell me his name. After the shootings in Minnesota that very morning, tensions were high. Still, it was a joyful, nonviolent occasion. msindy.org/p/opinion-on...
Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement
Writer among millions of Americans who turn out for mass marches, many for the first time
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June 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I interviewed a man with a gun at the No King's protest in Gulfport, MS. He also waved a Don't Tread On Me flag (cue irony). He would not tell me his name. After the shootings in Minnesota that very morning, tensions were high. Still, it was a joyful, nonviolent occasion. msindy.org/p/opinion-on...
I wrote about the No Kings Protest yesterday in Gulfport, MS for @msindy.bsky.social Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement msindy.org/p/opinion-on...
Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement
Writer among millions of Americans who turn out for mass marches, many for the first time
msindy.org
June 15, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wrote about the No Kings Protest yesterday in Gulfport, MS for @msindy.bsky.social Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement msindy.org/p/opinion-on...
We are not alarmed enough and his base still adores him.
"Neither Los Angeles nor California is mentioned in the memorandum. Trump’s order is an open-ended authorization for the secretary of defense to mobilize as many troops as he wishes for as long as he wishes, and to deploy them anywhere he wishes.”
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It’s Always Darkest Before It Goes Pitch Black
We’re not alarmed enough by what Trump’s doing in Los Angeles.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We are not alarmed enough and his base still adores him.
He’s trying to establish a police state. And he stumbled. Here are the facts
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June 8, 2025
Flatbed train cars carrying thousands of tanks rolled into Washington, D.C., yesterday in preparation for the military parade planned for June 14.
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June 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
He’s trying to establish a police state. And he stumbled. Here are the facts
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No notes. The winner.
June 6, 2025 at 12:21 AM
No notes. The winner.
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Time to focus on Peter Thiel. He is the shadowy billionaire behind the curtain pulling the strings. His company Palantir is a huge threat to American freedoms. We need greater exposure to the philosophy and the people who surround Thiel and what they are trying to accomplish. #peterthiel #palantir
June 2, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Time to focus on Peter Thiel. He is the shadowy billionaire behind the curtain pulling the strings. His company Palantir is a huge threat to American freedoms. We need greater exposure to the philosophy and the people who surround Thiel and what they are trying to accomplish. #peterthiel #palantir
Trump and the G.O.P. have decided to think of batteries as a culture-war issue...They think they’re attacking hippie-dippy green energy...they’re really disarming America’s future drone force and ceding the key weapon of the modern battlefield to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...
Opinion | Trump’s Gilded Gut Instinct
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June 4, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Trump and the G.O.P. have decided to think of batteries as a culture-war issue...They think they’re attacking hippie-dippy green energy...they’re really disarming America’s future drone force and ceding the key weapon of the modern battlefield to China. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/o...