Wesley Hogan
@wesleyhogan.bsky.social
Historian of freedom movements. Let's get free. snccdigital.org/ and
sites.duke.edu/ncpostdobbs/
sites.duke.edu/ncpostdobbs/
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Reproductive rights groups have resumed helping Alabamians seeking out-of-state abortions after a ruling earlier this year from a federal judge.
via @alabamareflector.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...
via @alabamareflector.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...
Reproductive rights groups revive abortion aid in Alabama after court victory
Reproductive rights groups have resumed helping Alabamians seeking out-of-state abortions after a ruling earlier this year from a federal judge.
www.newsfromthestates.com
July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Reproductive rights groups have resumed helping Alabamians seeking out-of-state abortions after a ruling earlier this year from a federal judge.
via @alabamareflector.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...
via @alabamareflector.com
www.newsfromthestates.com/article/repr...
Some future thinking by an historian. In the Berlin neighborhood of Schöneberg, artists #RenataStih and #FriederSchnock erected an 80-sign memorial in 1993, to remind everyone who lives here how the Nazis, step by terrible step, took citizenship rights away from Jews between 1933-1943. (1/21)
July 21, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Some future thinking by an historian. In the Berlin neighborhood of Schöneberg, artists #RenataStih and #FriederSchnock erected an 80-sign memorial in 1993, to remind everyone who lives here how the Nazis, step by terrible step, took citizenship rights away from Jews between 1933-1943. (1/21)
Black History *is* freedom history. A lifetime of gratitude for the way @sncclegacy.bsky.social makes this visible on the daily www.aaihs.org/black-histor...
Black History Is Freedom History - AAIHS
This post is part of our online roundtable on Françoise N. Hamlin and Charles W. McKinney Jr.’s From Rights to Lives. Sonia Sanchez once wrote, “Where is your fire? Can’t you smell it coming out of ou...
www.aaihs.org
July 21, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Black History *is* freedom history. A lifetime of gratitude for the way @sncclegacy.bsky.social makes this visible on the daily www.aaihs.org/black-histor...
Guarantee every child in the nation a high quality education. Bob Moses' vision carrying us forward. Thank you #NowileRooks time.com/7302570/trum...
We Need a Constitutional Amendment to Protect U.S. Education
Bob Moses advocated for a constitutional amendment to protect education for all. Now is the time to heed his call.
time.com
July 21, 2025 at 4:51 AM
Guarantee every child in the nation a high quality education. Bob Moses' vision carrying us forward. Thank you #NowileRooks time.com/7302570/trum...
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The Supreme Court's bias toward corporate interests is persistent, pervasive, and exhaustively documented.
But it is still extraordinary to hear a sitting justice bluntly call it out and castigate her colleagues for consistently twisting the rules in favor of big business. slate.com/news-and-pol...
But it is still extraordinary to hear a sitting justice bluntly call it out and castigate her colleagues for consistently twisting the rules in favor of big business. slate.com/news-and-pol...
In a Stunning Critique, Ketanji Brown Jackson Nails One of This Court’s Worst Traits
The court is contorting the law to favor big business while locking out the most vulnerable, the newest justice wrote.
slate.com
June 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
The Supreme Court's bias toward corporate interests is persistent, pervasive, and exhaustively documented.
But it is still extraordinary to hear a sitting justice bluntly call it out and castigate her colleagues for consistently twisting the rules in favor of big business. slate.com/news-and-pol...
But it is still extraordinary to hear a sitting justice bluntly call it out and castigate her colleagues for consistently twisting the rules in favor of big business. slate.com/news-and-pol...
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"Many newspapers have given . . . impression that I have only two alternatives in this stand — either I go to jail or go to the Army. There is another alternative, & that alternative is justice." -- Muhammad Ali
Convicted #tdih 1967 for refusing draft.
Read ⬇️
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Convicted #tdih 1967 for refusing draft.
Read ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/-m...
June 20, 1967: Muhammad Ali Convicted for Refusing the Vietnam Draft
Muhammad Ali was convicted for refusing induction in the U.S. armed forces.
zinnedproject.org
June 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
"Many newspapers have given . . . impression that I have only two alternatives in this stand — either I go to jail or go to the Army. There is another alternative, & that alternative is justice." -- Muhammad Ali
Convicted #tdih 1967 for refusing draft.
Read ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/-m...
Convicted #tdih 1967 for refusing draft.
Read ⬇️
zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/-m...
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Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Today is the last day at the NEH for me and many of my amazingly dedicated colleagues. We did our best to represent & serve the American people. To champion humanities research, teaching, public engagement, cultural heritage, infrastructure, and innovation.
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#tdih 2018 "We unified behind our shared vision of saving the Ogallala Aquifer, the Niobrara, Ni Shude & all the Silent Ones. . . Mekasi Camp-Horinek brought the Ponca sacred corn to a ceremony 5 years ago. These ‘seeds of resistance’ were planted on the proposed route of KXL to create a barrier." ⬇️
June 10, 2018: Ancestral Land Returned to Ponca Tribe
Along the “Trail of Tears” in Neligh, Nebraska, a farmer signed a deed to return ancestral land to the Ponca Tribe.
www.zinnedproject.org
June 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
#tdih 2018 "We unified behind our shared vision of saving the Ogallala Aquifer, the Niobrara, Ni Shude & all the Silent Ones. . . Mekasi Camp-Horinek brought the Ponca sacred corn to a ceremony 5 years ago. These ‘seeds of resistance’ were planted on the proposed route of KXL to create a barrier." ⬇️
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For the #TeachTruth Day of Action, every Lush (bath soaps) store in U.S. installed a display about banned books, featuring "Fry Bread" & a link to learn more at ZEP.
If you see the display, snap & share a photo for us.
(They also created the display at SXSW: www.zinnedproject.org/news/zep-sxs...)
If you see the display, snap & share a photo for us.
(They also created the display at SXSW: www.zinnedproject.org/news/zep-sxs...)
Defend the Freedom to Learn and Challenge Book Bans
In 2025, not only are books being banned, but also the right to teach about racism and LGBTQ+ identity — essentially placing thousands more titles off limits. Official lists of banned books reveal onl...
www.zinnedproject.org
June 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
For the #TeachTruth Day of Action, every Lush (bath soaps) store in U.S. installed a display about banned books, featuring "Fry Bread" & a link to learn more at ZEP.
If you see the display, snap & share a photo for us.
(They also created the display at SXSW: www.zinnedproject.org/news/zep-sxs...)
If you see the display, snap & share a photo for us.
(They also created the display at SXSW: www.zinnedproject.org/news/zep-sxs...)
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💥 BREAKING: ICE tries to raid Home Depot located at 6400 Alondra Blvd. Paramount, CA
Protesters are able to successfully stop them.
6/7/2025 @12 pm
#ice #raids #losangeles
Protesters are able to successfully stop them.
6/7/2025 @12 pm
#ice #raids #losangeles
June 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
💥 BREAKING: ICE tries to raid Home Depot located at 6400 Alondra Blvd. Paramount, CA
Protesters are able to successfully stop them.
6/7/2025 @12 pm
#ice #raids #losangeles
Protesters are able to successfully stop them.
6/7/2025 @12 pm
#ice #raids #losangeles
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My big takeaway from the first season of “In the Dark” is that the job of sheriff being an elected position is a huge national problem few seem aware of. And here’s another reason that’s the case.
Sheriffs are hugely important to Trump’s mass deportation plan. They’ve lately been rushing to partner with ICE.
So we really should talk about ways in which Democrats are *not* fighting back against growing sheriff-ICE cooperation.
I have a story out today on this:
boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...
So we really should talk about ways in which Democrats are *not* fighting back against growing sheriff-ICE cooperation.
I have a story out today on this:
boltsmag.org/sheriff-elec...
“It Blows My Mind That There’s No Opposition”: When ICE Allies Run Unchallenged - Bolts
In a populous city in southeast Virginia, a Republican sheriff who calls himself “Detain ’Em Dave” faces a race to the right against a GOP challenger who wants more immigration enforcement. No Democra...
boltsmag.org
June 6, 2025 at 1:57 AM
My big takeaway from the first season of “In the Dark” is that the job of sheriff being an elected position is a huge national problem few seem aware of. And here’s another reason that’s the case.
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We know #EMTALA saves lives. Yet Trump administration is rescinding guidance on hospitals’ obligation to provide emergency abortion care, jeopardizing patient health with potentially dire consequences.
June 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
We know #EMTALA saves lives. Yet Trump administration is rescinding guidance on hospitals’ obligation to provide emergency abortion care, jeopardizing patient health with potentially dire consequences.
Pundits like DavidBrooks + ThomasFriedman argued 4 decades that freedom movements are disruptive, unnecessary, + dangerous. Brooks recanted April 17-- now they, + many others, realize we can't rely on courts or representatives alone. We need movements + organized every day people.
“Without broader mobilization, May's 96% will become a historical footnote about the month the judiciary tried—and failed—to hold the line.”
The 96% Rebellion: District Courts Mount Historic Resistance, But the Supreme Court Looms
GOP-appointed judges join an unprecedented judicial pushback against executive overreach. The data is stunning—but will it matter when cases reach higher courts?
open.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Pundits like DavidBrooks + ThomasFriedman argued 4 decades that freedom movements are disruptive, unnecessary, + dangerous. Brooks recanted April 17-- now they, + many others, realize we can't rely on courts or representatives alone. We need movements + organized every day people.
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In 2015, a Seattle police officer pepper-sprayed me.
I sued and used the settlement money to help build something better:
“The Black Education Matters Student Activist Award.”
$1,000 for students fighting racism.
Nominations are open
#BlackEducationMatters
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
I sued and used the settlement money to help build something better:
“The Black Education Matters Student Activist Award.”
$1,000 for students fighting racism.
Nominations are open
#BlackEducationMatters
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
Turning Pain Into Power: Nominations Now Open for the Black Education Matters Award
What began as an act of police violence became a commitment to youth justice. Nominate a student leader today.
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In 2015, a Seattle police officer pepper-sprayed me.
I sued and used the settlement money to help build something better:
“The Black Education Matters Student Activist Award.”
$1,000 for students fighting racism.
Nominations are open
#BlackEducationMatters
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
I sued and used the settlement money to help build something better:
“The Black Education Matters Student Activist Award.”
$1,000 for students fighting racism.
Nominations are open
#BlackEducationMatters
open.substack.com/pub/jessehag...
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In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
The White House just dropped an executive order significantly shaking up operations at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the government’s nuclear safety regulator widely regarded as the “gold standard” for global nuclear power safety operations.
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
I used to cover NRC closely. Here are some notes🧵
May 24, 2025 at 1:09 AM
In my worst nightmares the teenagers at DOGE take over the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and, yup, here we are.
All the moms, grandmas and teens who now can’t get cervical cancer screening, basic reproductive care, contraception or reproductive autonomy. If these cuts came w/a mandated same # of men forced to get vasectomies + refused access to prostate screenings, everyone would be equally impacted
The move affects four clinics in Minnesota including two in the Twin Cities: Alexandria, Bemidji, Richfield and Apple Valley. They will layoff 66 staff members, reassign 37 others and cut 35 more positions in other ways.
Planned Parenthood announces it will close 4 clinics in Minnesota
Planned Parenthood North Central States is closing eight of its 23 clinics due to budget problems including funding cuts. The four in Minnesota include Alexandria, Bemidji, Richfield and Apple Valley.
www.mprnews.org
May 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
All the moms, grandmas and teens who now can’t get cervical cancer screening, basic reproductive care, contraception or reproductive autonomy. If these cuts came w/a mandated same # of men forced to get vasectomies + refused access to prostate screenings, everyone would be equally impacted
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Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.
Harvard was able to file a 72 page complaint less than 24 hours after Trump attacked foreign students. Guess they were expecting it
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Read Harvard’s Lawsuit Against Trump
Harvard University sued the Trump administration after it moved to block international students from enrolling.
www.nytimes.com
May 24, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Harvard correctly understands that it’s in a fight for its life and there is no appeasement that will save it. I wish a lot more institutions understood this.
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“This thin-skinned tyrant is determined to strip the White House of actual reporters & threaten media companies if they dare to question him. It’s an appalling sign every reporter in the Oval Office didn’t speak up or get up and leave in support of NBC’s Alexander.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
How Much More Stupidity Will Americans Endure?
Reflecting on the escalating hostility to America values, principles and decency in a 24-hour period
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:16 PM
“This thin-skinned tyrant is determined to strip the White House of actual reporters & threaten media companies if they dare to question him. It’s an appalling sign every reporter in the Oval Office didn’t speak up or get up and leave in support of NBC’s Alexander.”
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
open.substack.com/pub/america/...
"she’s a symbol for female sovereignty" hyperallergic.com/1013292/dee-...
#bodyautonomy #reproductivecare #freedom
#bodyautonomy #reproductivecare #freedom
A Giant Vulva Is Walking the Streets of Europe
Dressed in flowing pink robes, artist and activist Dee Mulrooney — or “Growler” — is urging the British Museum to return a Síle na Giġ statue back to Ireland.
hyperallergic.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:03 PM
"she’s a symbol for female sovereignty" hyperallergic.com/1013292/dee-...
#bodyautonomy #reproductivecare #freedom
#bodyautonomy #reproductivecare #freedom
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It appears that John Roberts’ confidence that we had solved racism in the US and the Voting Rights Act was no longer needed was … premature.
And (obv) cynical and insincere. And appalling.
Shelby, I hope, will stick to him the way Dred Scott sticks to Taney.
And (obv) cynical and insincere. And appalling.
Shelby, I hope, will stick to him the way Dred Scott sticks to Taney.
May 15, 2025 at 11:13 PM
It appears that John Roberts’ confidence that we had solved racism in the US and the Voting Rights Act was no longer needed was … premature.
And (obv) cynical and insincere. And appalling.
Shelby, I hope, will stick to him the way Dred Scott sticks to Taney.
And (obv) cynical and insincere. And appalling.
Shelby, I hope, will stick to him the way Dred Scott sticks to Taney.
This is true. Also true: why are Republicans waging war on poor children? How can it be ok to let kids go hungry or remain sick, so a rich dude gets richer.
May 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
This is true. Also true: why are Republicans waging war on poor children? How can it be ok to let kids go hungry or remain sick, so a rich dude gets richer.