Brent Staples
@bstaples.bsky.social
Delta husband. Fellow - the Society of American Historians. Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for writing on the legacies of slavery “with extraordinary moral clarity.”
Baltimore 4:32 PM
November 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Baltimore 4:32 PM
“Trans Forming Liberty”
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Trans Forming Liberty”
“The Boy With No Past”
November 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
“The Boy With No Past”
Detail from “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)”
November 9, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Detail from “Ecclesia (The Meeting of Inheritance and Horizons)”
“As Soft as She Is”
November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
“As Soft as She Is”
Baltimore Museum of Art - 1:10 PM
November 9, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Baltimore Museum of Art - 1:10 PM
A special good morning to Harley Earl
November 9, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A special good morning to Harley Earl
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“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:01 PM
“woke” is when you acknowledge that black people have contributed to the united states
Good morning, Charm City - good to see you
November 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Good morning, Charm City - good to see you
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i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
November 5, 2025 at 3:21 PM
i closed out my column this week with this preemptive jab at basically every commentator currently looking for ways to say that last night didn’t count
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The obsessive wokeness panic is about elite labor market competition and prestige. People use a lot of fancy words to obscure this, and offer some substantive criticisms as well, but that’s ultimately its driving force.
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
The obsessive wokeness panic is about elite labor market competition and prestige. People use a lot of fancy words to obscure this, and offer some substantive criticisms as well, but that’s ultimately its driving force.
During this campaign in New York: I received five home visits from campaign door knockers. All were bright, articulate young people touting Mamdani.
November 5, 2025 at 2:36 PM
During this campaign in New York: I received five home visits from campaign door knockers. All were bright, articulate young people touting Mamdani.
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I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
November 5, 2025 at 1:36 PM
I do think yesterday’s results reinforced the dynamic that while much of the American leadership class is chickenshit, most of the electorate is not
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
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ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
November 5, 2025 at 12:49 PM
ah, perhaps instead of pumping millions into endless factional infighting Dem donors could invest in making local Dem organizations genuine civic spaces that can reach people during and between elections
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might it be that cuomo & his bankrollers were inadvertently key catalysts in propelling mamdani’s primary win & ultimate victory? before cuomo entered the primary field in march, mamdani had yet to take off, but his rise began almost immediately & continued to build to primary night. pre-cuomo….
November 5, 2025 at 2:04 PM
might it be that cuomo & his bankrollers were inadvertently key catalysts in propelling mamdani’s primary win & ultimate victory? before cuomo entered the primary field in march, mamdani had yet to take off, but his rise began almost immediately & continued to build to primary night. pre-cuomo….
Note to young Muslim New Yorkers: Yes, you can.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Note to young Muslim New Yorkers: Yes, you can.
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“Hope is alive,” Zohran Mamdani tells supporters in his victory speech in Brooklyn. “Hope over tyranny.”
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 AM
“Hope is alive,” Zohran Mamdani tells supporters in his victory speech in Brooklyn. “Hope over tyranny.”
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Godzilla has appeared in 47 movies, yet his acting has never improved.
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Godzilla has appeared in 47 movies, yet his acting has never improved.
Is he flying to his new home in Florida - or hitching a U-Haul trailer to his muscle car?
November 5, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Is he flying to his new home in Florida - or hitching a U-Haul trailer to his muscle car?
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Breaking: Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s mayoral race, capping the Democratic socialist's meteoric rise to lead America's most populous city. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oUifWC
November 5, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Breaking: Zohran Mamdani wins NYC’s mayoral race, capping the Democratic socialist's meteoric rise to lead America's most populous city. 🔗 on.wsj.com/4oUifWC
In honor of my great-great grandmother Somerville Staples, who witnessed the rise and fall of Reconstruction while steering our family out of slavery.
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 AM
In honor of my great-great grandmother Somerville Staples, who witnessed the rise and fall of Reconstruction while steering our family out of slavery.