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Just in time for spooky season, my latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social is a reminder that a witch is not just a costume but a powerful political statement. Check it out 🗃️
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Common Threads: When Women BeWITCHed Wall Street | The Saturday Evening Post
Feminists have used the figure of a witch to protest the patriarchy, beauty pageants, the president, and even public transportation costs.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Just in time for spooky season, my latest #CommonThreads column for the @satevepost.bsky.social is a reminder that a witch is not just a costume but a powerful political statement. Check it out 🗃️
www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2025/10/comm...
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Sign up now to find out how the lives of two women bring together slavery, witchcraft - and poverty. Oct 28, 7-8:30pm ET online. www.eventbrite.com/e/1636832232...
The Slews and Hoars of Beverly: From Witchcraft to Slavery
Historians Jeanne Pickering and Kystina Yeager on the lives of two women of Beverly, linking slavery, poverty and witchcraft.
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October 21, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Sign up now to find out how the lives of two women bring together slavery, witchcraft - and poverty. Oct 28, 7-8:30pm ET online. www.eventbrite.com/e/1636832232...
"Stellar!" "Wow" "I learned so much!" - that's what people said after Lori Rogers-Stokes' presentation on Monday on Indigenous-English Congregationalism. If you missed it, fear not - here it is! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT89...
Gathered Together: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in New England
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October 9, 2025 at 9:52 PM
"Stellar!" "Wow" "I learned so much!" - that's what people said after Lori Rogers-Stokes' presentation on Monday on Indigenous-English Congregationalism. If you missed it, fear not - here it is! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dT89...
Often people think of early New England where white, Black and Indigenous people lived separately. In fact, they gathered for the vital aspect of life: their faith. Lori Rogers-Stokes on Indigenous-English Congregationalism. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/gathered-t...
Gathered Together: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in New England
We think of New England's people as divided - but what if they came together? Author Lori Rogers-Stokes tells this moving story
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October 5, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Often people think of early New England where white, Black and Indigenous people lived separately. In fact, they gathered for the vital aspect of life: their faith. Lori Rogers-Stokes on Indigenous-English Congregationalism. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/gathered-t...
Challenge your ideas about early New England and sign up now for author Lori Rogers-Stokes on Monday, October 6, 7-8:30pm ET. She'll explore the way that Indigenous people practiced the Puritan faith, shaped it in fundamental ways and offered a path not taken. www.eventbrite.com/e/1466392402...
Gathered Together: Indigenous-English Congregationalism in New England
We think of New England's people as divided - but what if they came together? Author Lori Rogers-Stokes tells this moving story
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October 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Challenge your ideas about early New England and sign up now for author Lori Rogers-Stokes on Monday, October 6, 7-8:30pm ET. She'll explore the way that Indigenous people practiced the Puritan faith, shaped it in fundamental ways and offered a path not taken. www.eventbrite.com/e/1466392402...
What does it take to stand up for what's right? In 1692, it meant risking your life (and a little less now... although you never know...) Watch Emerson Baker on the people who said no to New England's witch trials. www.google.com/search?clien...
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September 23, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What does it take to stand up for what's right? In 1692, it meant risking your life (and a little less now... although you never know...) Watch Emerson Baker on the people who said no to New England's witch trials. www.google.com/search?clien...
This has nothing to do with the 17th century but it's so great I have to repost - a note of happiness in a rather dark and dismal world! bsky.app/profile/auth...
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Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"
This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵
#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental
Description: "11 and 8-year-old prodigy sisters played Vivaldi Winter with me"
This is serious musical talent 🎻🎻🎹🎶🎵
#VivaldiWinter #Song #music #Piano #Violin #Instruments #Instrumental
September 2, 2025 at 3:34 PM
This has nothing to do with the 17th century but it's so great I have to repost - a note of happiness in a rather dark and dismal world! bsky.app/profile/auth...
Join the incomparable Tad Baker and Stop Witch Hunts next Monday, Sept 8, as we look at the 'othering' that enabled people to be accused - and executed - in New England witchcraft. Come with your questions, comments and observations to learn about past and present. www.eventbrite.com/e/1492284887...
The Other: Understanding Witch Hunts, Part I
Renowned historian Emerson Baker and podcasters Sarah Jack and Josh Hutchinson explore Salem and more in this freewheeling conversation.
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September 2, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Join the incomparable Tad Baker and Stop Witch Hunts next Monday, Sept 8, as we look at the 'othering' that enabled people to be accused - and executed - in New England witchcraft. Come with your questions, comments and observations to learn about past and present. www.eventbrite.com/e/1492284887...
And here's the image we love...They're clearly having fun.
June 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
And here's the image we love...They're clearly having fun.
What really happened at Salem in 1692? Join our virtual book club in reading Emerson Baker's acclaimed A Storm of Witchcraft, July 23, 7-8:30pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/1428532201...
BOOK CLUB! Immerse yourself in Emerson Baker's A Storm of Witchcraft
Of the many books about the Salem trials, which matter? Join our book club to discuss a book essential to understanding 1692.
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June 24, 2025 at 11:16 AM
What really happened at Salem in 1692? Join our virtual book club in reading Emerson Baker's acclaimed A Storm of Witchcraft, July 23, 7-8:30pm ET. www.eventbrite.com/e/1428532201...
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Historic Bostons has a wonderful YouTube back catalog of presentations. I’d bet that this and the others in this series will be uploaded as well.
October 18, 2023 at 6:47 PM
Historic Bostons has a wonderful YouTube back catalog of presentations. I’d bet that this and the others in this series will be uploaded as well.
In England, it meant the world turned upside down. In New England, it meant a colonial founding, war and Indigenous land appropriation, a bill of rights, and slavery. What does the 17th century meant to you? Take our June short essay challenge and be a winner! historicbostons.org
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June 3, 2025 at 10:11 AM
In England, it meant the world turned upside down. In New England, it meant a colonial founding, war and Indigenous land appropriation, a bill of rights, and slavery. What does the 17th century meant to you? Take our June short essay challenge and be a winner! historicbostons.org
Did you miss award-winning historian Frank Bremer's five-star presentation last night? Fear not, you can watch it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdl...
A Tradition of Resistance: The Puritan Prequel to the American Revolution
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May 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Did you miss award-winning historian Frank Bremer's five-star presentation last night? Fear not, you can watch it now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOdl...
Five new proposed pieces of legislation for Indigenous rights need a helping hand! If you're in Massachusetts, contact your legislators and tell them to support these five bills now. actionnetwork.org/letters/2023...
2023-2024 Cosponsor Drive for Mass Indigenous Legislative Agenda
The 2023-2024 Indigenous Legislative Agenda includes 5 priorities: Remove Racist Mascots, Honor Indigenous People's Day, Celebrate and Teach Native American Cultures & History, Protect Native American...
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May 19, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Five new proposed pieces of legislation for Indigenous rights need a helping hand! If you're in Massachusetts, contact your legislators and tell them to support these five bills now. actionnetwork.org/letters/2023...
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ONLINE LIVESTREAM!!! We don't need to curse the Edinburghers!
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #Reformazing #GiffordLectures
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #Reformazing #GiffordLectures
May 9, 2025 at 12:16 PM
ONLINE LIVESTREAM!!! We don't need to curse the Edinburghers!
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #Reformazing #GiffordLectures
#EarlyModern #SkyStorians #MovingHistory #Reformazing #GiffordLectures
Stop press! There's only a month to submit designs for a new Massachusetts flag and seal - designs that don't suggest the domination of Indigenous people. Send your written ideas and designs by June 18 to the Mass. advisory group: maexecutiveofficeofeconomicdevelopment.formstack.com/forms/massac...
Submission Form: Massachusetts Seal, Flag, and Motto Advisory Commission - Formstack
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May 12, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Stop press! There's only a month to submit designs for a new Massachusetts flag and seal - designs that don't suggest the domination of Indigenous people. Send your written ideas and designs by June 18 to the Mass. advisory group: maexecutiveofficeofeconomicdevelopment.formstack.com/forms/massac...
Tonight, 7 May, 6-7pm ET, online, Atlantic Black Box hosts an essential talk on one of the most atrocious parts of our history: Native scalps for bounty. here:https://atlanticblackbox.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/atlanticblackbox/eventRegistration.jsp?event=83&mc_cid=173ffcf40a&mc_eid=ecfeed649c
May 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Tonight, 7 May, 6-7pm ET, online, Atlantic Black Box hosts an essential talk on one of the most atrocious parts of our history: Native scalps for bounty. here:https://atlanticblackbox.app.neoncrm.com/np/clients/atlanticblackbox/eventRegistration.jsp?event=83&mc_cid=173ffcf40a&mc_eid=ecfeed649c
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BREAKING: Federal judge finds, in multistate lawsuit, that Trump's EO targeting three entities — Institute of Musuem and Library Services, Minority Business Development Agency, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service — likely violates the APA, Take Care Clause, and separation of powers.
![Accordingly, because IMLS, MBDA, and FMCS have not provided a rational connection between the sweeping actions they have taken and the vague, conclusory justifications they have provided, the Court finds that the States have established a strong likelihood of success on their arbitrary and capricious claims. Ohio, 603 U.S. at 292. Further, the Court finds that the States have illustrated a strong likelihood of success on their claims that IMLS, MBDA, and FMCS acted arbitrarily and
capriciously in failing to consider reliance interests. Regents, 591 U.S. at 30; see also Smiley v. Citibank (S. Dakota), N.A., 517 U.S. 735, 742 (1996) (citations omitted)
("Sudden and unexplained change, . . . or change that does not take account of
legitimate reliance... may be 'arbitrary, capricious lor] an abuse of discretion."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreihkpfok6u653kimyiamlvbwc3wtmlevk46vbse7lkotcrap22huru@jpeg)
May 6, 2025 at 5:57 PM
BREAKING: Federal judge finds, in multistate lawsuit, that Trump's EO targeting three entities — Institute of Musuem and Library Services, Minority Business Development Agency, and Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service — likely violates the APA, Take Care Clause, and separation of powers.
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Today, a federal judge halted President Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services–the agency which provides federal funding to museums across the country. This is the second lawsuit brought to protect IMLS and judges in both cases have halted the administration.
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May 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Today, a federal judge halted President Trump's attempt to eliminate the Institute of Museum and Library Services–the agency which provides federal funding to museums across the country. This is the second lawsuit brought to protect IMLS and judges in both cases have halted the administration.
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Chris Gerrard of @arcdurham.bsky.social and I will be speaking on "Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York Maine’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region" on May 30 at 6pm, at the York Land Trust yorklandtrust.org/event/landsc...
Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region – York Land Trust
This talk discusses the history of the former Scots Prisoners that settled York's Scotland District, and particularly current efforts by a team of international
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May 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Chris Gerrard of @arcdurham.bsky.social and I will be speaking on "Landscapes of Indenture: the Scots of York Maine’s Scotland District and the Piscataqua Region" on May 30 at 6pm, at the York Land Trust yorklandtrust.org/event/landsc...
What might be the untold histories of your town? A famous abolitionist? Limit-defying political action? Long-forgotten stories of African-American townsfolk? In Wakefield local historians uncovered all this and more. Sign up for their new walking tour, Sat May 31!
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Wakefield Black History Walking Tour
Join us on a journey through Wakefield's Black history on this walking tour!
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May 7, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What might be the untold histories of your town? A famous abolitionist? Limit-defying political action? Long-forgotten stories of African-American townsfolk? In Wakefield local historians uncovered all this and more. Sign up for their new walking tour, Sat May 31!
www.eventbrite.com/e/wakefield-...
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Oh those troublesome Puritans! Who knew that revolutionary rumblings long predated 1776? Tomorrow, April 29, 7-8:30pm ET, Adrian Weimer reveals the Puritans who refused to pay tax without representation and jailed a royal governor. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/1265615402...
The Revolution before the Revolution: Boston, 1689
Popular uprisings, no tax without representation, a royal governor imprisoned - long before 1776, Massachusetts resisted royal rule.
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April 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Oh those troublesome Puritans! Who knew that revolutionary rumblings long predated 1776? Tomorrow, April 29, 7-8:30pm ET, Adrian Weimer reveals the Puritans who refused to pay tax without representation and jailed a royal governor. Sign up now! www.eventbrite.com/e/1265615402...
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The Museum of African American History in Boston is losing federal funding. You can help. (Or find something local). I know we can't save everything that gets defunded. This is the one I've supported today.
April 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The Museum of African American History in Boston is losing federal funding. You can help. (Or find something local). I know we can't save everything that gets defunded. This is the one I've supported today.
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"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.”
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
A museum dedicated to the African-American history of Boston has had its federal grant cut, putting future programs in jeopardy.
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April 14, 2025 at 9:43 PM
"Yesterday, we received notice from the federal government that our grant had been terminated and part of the reasoning was that we no longer align with the White House policies.”
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
African-American history museum in Boston worried about future as its federal grant is cut
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The Journal of the Early Republic has launched a new feature to track changes in federal interpretations of American history. Anyone who notices a change to a website, museum, physical site, etc., in response to the Trump administration's mandates can share how U.S. history is being reinterpreted.
Tracking the Changes to American History
The JER/Pano launches the Early Republic Tracker to keep a record of changes in how history is represented online and in national parks, museums, and other historical sites.
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April 17, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Journal of the Early Republic has launched a new feature to track changes in federal interpretations of American history. Anyone who notices a change to a website, museum, physical site, etc., in response to the Trump administration's mandates can share how U.S. history is being reinterpreted.