Karen L. Cox 📚🏳️🌈
@drkarenlcox.bsky.social
Award-winning historian. Professor Emerita. Author of four books. Another in the hopper. My share of op-eds in NYT, WaPo, CNN, Time, & Smithsonian Magazine.
Have I missed anything today? Another absurdity coming from the WH? Maybe there's some good news somewhere that I need to know about.
November 21, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Have I missed anything today? Another absurdity coming from the WH? Maybe there's some good news somewhere that I need to know about.
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oh no have women ruined all the workplaces
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 AM
oh no have women ruined all the workplaces
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Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
November 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Good example of how an acronym can dehumanize consequences and mask what’s going on. Syntactically, “Diversity slayer,” “equity slayer,” or “inclusion slayer” sounds weird. They aren’t “slaying” these things; they’re promoting and supporting their opposites: segregation, unfairness, and exclusion.
Heather Ann Thompson’s latest on the Bernie Goetz shootings of 1984 and the untold story of the Bronx boys he shot—like her Pulitzer Prize winning Blood in the Water, it reads like a novel, a page turner. It’s called Fear and Fury.
Ok BlueSky: what are your favorite history books in terms of sheer page-turning, narrative propulsion? Thinking along the line of Killers of the Flower Moon, etc. Nonfiction chronicles that read like novels or movies.
November 20, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Heather Ann Thompson’s latest on the Bernie Goetz shootings of 1984 and the untold story of the Bronx boys he shot—like her Pulitzer Prize winning Blood in the Water, it reads like a novel, a page turner. It’s called Fear and Fury.
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Quiet, Piggy.
Mike Johnson's final words during a press conference where he announces the Epstein coverup will not only continue but deepen: "They're trying to attack President Trump. That's it."
November 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Quiet, Piggy.
Here in Charlotte: Do yourself a favor and don’t read the comments on local news about ICE & border patrol. You’ll swiftly learn how xenophobic & racist your neighbors are.
November 18, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Here in Charlotte: Do yourself a favor and don’t read the comments on local news about ICE & border patrol. You’ll swiftly learn how xenophobic & racist your neighbors are.
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Raskin was one of the first Dems to endorse Mamdani.
The internet has the memory of a bag of hammers.
The internet has the memory of a bag of hammers.
Raskin: We are a big tent. We must be a huge, vast tent. I say this is a party that’s got room for Marjorie Taylor Greene if she wants to come over.
November 17, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Raskin was one of the first Dems to endorse Mamdani.
The internet has the memory of a bag of hammers.
The internet has the memory of a bag of hammers.
Re: Epstein files. Release them. Let everyone who was involved--politicians, academics, businessmen, etc.--get their just desserts. None of them should be protected for what they did.
November 17, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Re: Epstein files. Release them. Let everyone who was involved--politicians, academics, businessmen, etc.--get their just desserts. None of them should be protected for what they did.
I live here and can promise that this is totally unnecessary. I’m very concerned for the neighbors in my community who are going to get targeted for their skin color to meet racist quotas.
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
Mecklenburg sheriff says Border Patrol agents are heading to Charlotte
Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said Thursday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are expected in Charlotte for an immigration operation as soon as Saturday.
www.wfae.org
November 13, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I live here and can promise that this is totally unnecessary. I’m very concerned for the neighbors in my community who are going to get targeted for their skin color to meet racist quotas.
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
www.wfae.org/crime-justic...
Preorder the 2nd edition of my book No Common Ground using the code 01SOCIAL30 on uncpress.org to get 30% off. @uncpress.bsky.social #confederate #monuments
November 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Preorder the 2nd edition of my book No Common Ground using the code 01SOCIAL30 on uncpress.org to get 30% off. @uncpress.bsky.social #confederate #monuments
Pardons for only the WORST people.
President Donald Trump has pardoned his former personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, his former chief of staff Mark Meadows and others accused of backing the Republican’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, a Justice Department official says.
https://to.pbs.org/3JMklZu
https://to.pbs.org/3JMklZu
Trump pardons Rudy Giuliani and others who backed efforts to overturn 2020 election, official says
Government pardon attorney Ed Martin posted on social media a signed proclamation of the pardons.
www.pbs.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Pardons for only the WORST people.
The retirees have spoken.
The 8 Senate Democratic Caucus members who voted to end the shutdown
There are few obvious threads connecting the group who broke the partisan impasse.
www.politico.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:14 AM
The retirees have spoken.
If Dem senators cave to a promise of a vote on the ACA they are toast if they run for reelection. Hold the damn line.
November 9, 2025 at 10:35 PM
If Dem senators cave to a promise of a vote on the ACA they are toast if they run for reelection. Hold the damn line.
The Heritage Foundation’s racism knows no bounds.
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 3:26 PM
The Heritage Foundation’s racism knows no bounds.
This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 1:12 PM
This is a terrific piece of writing and insight about where we are with the Times, and where the Times is with us.
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No Common Ground, 2nd edition by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social
The go-to book on Confederate monuments, newly updated through the years since George Floyd. Removals, lawsuits, reckonings, and still, no common ground in sight. uncpress.org/978146969596...
The go-to book on Confederate monuments, newly updated through the years since George Floyd. Removals, lawsuits, reckonings, and still, no common ground in sight. uncpress.org/978146969596...
No Common Ground, Second Edition
When it comes to Confederate monuments, there is no common ground. Debates over their meaning have sparked legislative battles, courtroom fights, and public ...
uncpress.org
November 6, 2025 at 8:46 PM
No Common Ground, 2nd edition by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social
The go-to book on Confederate monuments, newly updated through the years since George Floyd. Removals, lawsuits, reckonings, and still, no common ground in sight. uncpress.org/978146969596...
The go-to book on Confederate monuments, newly updated through the years since George Floyd. Removals, lawsuits, reckonings, and still, no common ground in sight. uncpress.org/978146969596...
Exciting news. We’ve got a pub date for the 2nd edition of No Common Ground & it’s in paperback! It’ll be out Feb. 1, 2026 & there’s a 30% discount on preorders by using the code 01SOCIAL30. @uncpress.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Exciting news. We’ve got a pub date for the 2nd edition of No Common Ground & it’s in paperback! It’ll be out Feb. 1, 2026 & there’s a 30% discount on preorders by using the code 01SOCIAL30. @uncpress.bsky.social
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Headed to the Southern? @drkarenlcox.bsky.social sat down with me for a very real and very raw conversation about her life, the challenges that made her, and where we need to go as historians. This is about as unfiltered as it gets. Like and share if you dig it.
November 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Headed to the Southern? @drkarenlcox.bsky.social sat down with me for a very real and very raw conversation about her life, the challenges that made her, and where we need to go as historians. This is about as unfiltered as it gets. Like and share if you dig it.
Alright now! This is outstanding.
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats have broken the Republican Party’s supermajority in the Mississippi Senate.
Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Democrats flipped two GOP-held Senate seats and one House seat in the special elections.
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
www.mississippifreepress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Alright now! This is outstanding.
Mmmhmmm.
Trump’s Greatest Ally is The Democratic Party
The Democratic Party and its liberal allies refuse to call for mass mobilization and strikes — the only tools that can thwart Trump’s emergent authoritarianism — fearing they too will be swept aside.
chrishedges.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Mmmhmmm.
Shame on Condé Nast. I hope these staffers find a place for their talents--free from being silenced.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Shame on Condé Nast. I hope these staffers find a place for their talents--free from being silenced.
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blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/f... They are targeting children and religious holidays. They are staging ICE raids in cemeteries. There is nothing about this that has anything to do with law and order. This is lawlessness and desecration.
Feds Won't Pause Immigration Blitz During Halloween, Día De Los Muertos, Homeland Security Boss Says
During a news conference Thusday, Gov. JB Pritzker also slammed federal agents' targeting of people without criminal records and using tear gas on neighborhood streets.
blockclubchicago.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:35 PM
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/30/f... They are targeting children and religious holidays. They are staging ICE raids in cemeteries. There is nothing about this that has anything to do with law and order. This is lawlessness and desecration.
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A series on southern history from @uncpress.bsky.social, co-edited by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social. 🗃️
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Boundless South
Series Editors: Karen L. Cox, University of North Carolina, Charlotte & Françoise N. Hamlin, Brown University
The Boundless South series publishes books that are regional, readable, an...
uncpress.org
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
A series on southern history from @uncpress.bsky.social, co-edited by @drkarenlcox.bsky.social. 🗃️
uncpress.org/series/bound...
uncpress.org/series/bound...
A 21st century Lost Cause approach to history. Erase. Whitewash. Repeat.
The Justice Department locked two federal prosecutors out of their devices and placed them on leave after they wrote in a court filing that on Jan. 6, 2021, “thousands of people comprising a mob of rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol.”
https://bit.ly/3X6Q6iU
https://bit.ly/3X6Q6iU
DOJ Puts Prosecutors On Leave For Accurately Describing Jan. 6 Attack
Read more here.
bit.ly
October 30, 2025 at 2:39 PM
A 21st century Lost Cause approach to history. Erase. Whitewash. Repeat.