Matt English
@maenglishiv.bsky.social
Historian, Educator, Veteran, and Ally
Republicans cry about DEI hires and Affirmative Action admissions while also fighting to maintain legacy admissions and the spoils system, which have historically and currently served to disadvantage low socioeconomic classes, racial minorities, women, and other minority groups.
Trump’s new EO will further cripple legal efforts to combat racism and sexism. “A bedrock principle of the United States is that all citizens are treated equally under the law,” Trump wrote. “This principle guarantees equality of opportunity, not equal outcomes.”
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Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose. A
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April 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Republicans cry about DEI hires and Affirmative Action admissions while also fighting to maintain legacy admissions and the spoils system, which have historically and currently served to disadvantage low socioeconomic classes, racial minorities, women, and other minority groups.
The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1526, which would effectively limit the federal courts' ability to exercise judicial review, their power to check the other two branches of government.
Please email your senators and ask them to help defeat this bill.
democracy.io
Please email your senators and ask them to help defeat this bill.
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democracy.io
April 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The U.S. House of Representatives passed HR 1526, which would effectively limit the federal courts' ability to exercise judicial review, their power to check the other two branches of government.
Please email your senators and ask them to help defeat this bill.
democracy.io
Please email your senators and ask them to help defeat this bill.
democracy.io
DOGE is looking to make cuts from the NEH, likely eliminating professional learning opportunities aimed at creating meaningful learning experiences in classrooms nationwide. Please use the link and help save the NEH!
#EduSky #EconSky #booksky
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#EduSky #EconSky #booksky
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April 2, 2025 at 2:00 PM
DOGE is looking to make cuts from the NEH, likely eliminating professional learning opportunities aimed at creating meaningful learning experiences in classrooms nationwide. Please use the link and help save the NEH!
#EduSky #EconSky #booksky
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#EduSky #EconSky #booksky
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The work of public historians and the broaders Smithsonian Institute often stands as the only exposure to history that many Americans receive after leaving classrooms. To sensationalize and attempt to propoganize these facilities is a clear threat to the true retelling of our shared history.
The AHA has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent EO, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This order “egregiously misrepresents the work of the Smithsonian Institution” and “completely misconstrues the nature of historical work.” 🗃️
Historians Defend the Smithsonian - AHA
The American Historical Association has released a statement in support of the Smithsonian Institution, the target of the recent executive order, “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” This...
www.historians.org
March 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The work of public historians and the broaders Smithsonian Institute often stands as the only exposure to history that many Americans receive after leaving classrooms. To sensationalize and attempt to propoganize these facilities is a clear threat to the true retelling of our shared history.
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The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️
American Historical Association Condemns Indiscriminate Cuts to the Federal Government
The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including hist...
www.historians.org
March 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The AHA has released a statement condemning "the dismantling of federal departments and agencies through the indiscriminate termination of federal employees and elimination of programs, including historical offices.” 🗃️
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March 12, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Diverging from my usual books, "Men Who Hate Women" is extremely interesting. Laura Bates guides readers through her deep digital and sometimes personal dive into misogynist and often racist groups, which are frequently dismissed by broader society as weird but nonthreatening. #booksky
March 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Diverging from my usual books, "Men Who Hate Women" is extremely interesting. Laura Bates guides readers through her deep digital and sometimes personal dive into misogynist and often racist groups, which are frequently dismissed by broader society as weird but nonthreatening. #booksky
Though flawed, as every human is, the founders still offer valuable lessons for those who study their lives and works.
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March 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Though flawed, as every human is, the founders still offer valuable lessons for those who study their lives and works.
theconversation.com/george-washi...
theconversation.com/george-washi...
I am excited to announce that I was selected to attend Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History's teacher symposium at Gettysburg College. Where I will study Native American history with world-renowned scholars and be able to attend related book talks, networking sessions, and more!
February 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I am excited to announce that I was selected to attend Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History's teacher symposium at Gettysburg College. Where I will study Native American history with world-renowned scholars and be able to attend related book talks, networking sessions, and more!
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Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
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February 21, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Dozens more pregnant and postpartum women have died in Texas hospitals since the state banned abortion, ProPublica’s analysis shows.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
As the maternal mortality rate dropped nationally, it rose in Texas by 33%.
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A former teacher inspired this post: share a portion of your library that would upset MAGA.
February 19, 2025 at 1:22 PM
A former teacher inspired this post: share a portion of your library that would upset MAGA.
Reducing federal funding for scientific research comes at the detriment of the people of the United States and the global community. The private investment in research comes with a litany of potential biases, as private research begins with the end in mind.
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theconversation.com
February 17, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reducing federal funding for scientific research comes at the detriment of the people of the United States and the global community. The private investment in research comes with a litany of potential biases, as private research begins with the end in mind.
theconversation.com/cutting-fund...
theconversation.com/cutting-fund...
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Project 2025 seeks to dismantle the separation of church and state, portrays the Bible as the foundation of our law and calls for "a biblically based, social science–reinforced definition of marriage and family." This is in motion now. Please urge your reps to fight this order signed two days ago.
Establishment of The White House Faith Office
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to assist faith-based entities,
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February 9, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Project 2025 seeks to dismantle the separation of church and state, portrays the Bible as the foundation of our law and calls for "a biblically based, social science–reinforced definition of marriage and family." This is in motion now. Please urge your reps to fight this order signed two days ago.
Checks and balances are essential to the perpetuity of American democracy. No matter the executive, excessive power is a threat.
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February 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Checks and balances are essential to the perpetuity of American democracy. No matter the executive, excessive power is a threat.
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
February 14, 2025 at 4:25 AM
One of our supporters shared this with us—people are getting creative tonight!
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Trump's efforts to roll back diversity policies echo past retreats from equality. Scholars look at the history of how the attack on #DEI mirrors post-Reconstruction rollbacks of Black rights. https://buff.ly/3X2NQcX
By Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith @upenn.edu #BlackSky 🗃️
By Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith @upenn.edu #BlackSky 🗃️
60 years of progress in expanding rights is being rolled back by Trump − a pattern that’s all too familiar in US history
Donald Trump’s measures ending government diversity efforts are part of a much broader effort to reverse civil rights gains for all Americans. It’s not the first time such a backlash has happened.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trump's efforts to roll back diversity policies echo past retreats from equality. Scholars look at the history of how the attack on #DEI mirrors post-Reconstruction rollbacks of Black rights. https://buff.ly/3X2NQcX
By Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith @upenn.edu #BlackSky 🗃️
By Philip Klinkner, Hamilton College and Rogers M. Smith @upenn.edu #BlackSky 🗃️
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright is a timely examination of the rise to power of the interwar fascists of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Her examination was inspired by Trump's first presidency but reads a prophecy for his second.
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February 13, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine Albright is a timely examination of the rise to power of the interwar fascists of the 1920s, 30s, and 40s. Her examination was inspired by Trump's first presidency but reads a prophecy for his second.
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As an educator, my students and I spend over a month talking about the unjust nature of Jim Crow and segregation. Our country's apparent regression is devastating.
Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow? theconversation.com/activists-ar...
Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow? theconversation.com/activists-ar...
theconversation.com
February 13, 2025 at 4:26 PM
As an educator, my students and I spend over a month talking about the unjust nature of Jim Crow and segregation. Our country's apparent regression is devastating.
Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow? theconversation.com/activists-ar...
Activists are warning of a return to the Jim Crow era in America. But who or what was Jim Crow? theconversation.com/activists-ar...
The man's actions speak louder than any "Roman" salute.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Elon Musk keeps boosting white nationalists on X
One user Musk amplified frequently attacks Black people and has said he is "impressed" by the Holocaust.
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February 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The man's actions speak louder than any "Roman" salute.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The problem is you assume they want to "engage and have reals discussions on real issues." They don't. When confronted with facts, data, science, actual laws, and the like, they resort to spewing lies, disinformation and hate.
February 10, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I’ll say it again. What makes this platform different is that it’s moderated. And, The Terms of Service are enforced. Bluesky is not like Twitter
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
The world needs a platform where people who disagree can have a real discussion.
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'No Thanks', White South Africans Turn Down Trump's Immigration Offer: By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Catherine SchenckJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to rehouse white South Africans as...
'No Thanks', White South Africans Turn Down Trump's Immigration Offer
By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Catherine SchenckJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to rehouse white South Africans as...
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February 9, 2025 at 2:09 PM
'No Thanks', White South Africans Turn Down Trump's Immigration Offer: By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Catherine SchenckJOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's offer to rehouse white South Africans as...
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Jesse Hagopian on the "New McCarthyism": As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth
Jesse Hagopian on the “New McCarthyism”: As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth
As Black History Month begins, longtime educator Jesse Hagopian joins us for Part Two of an interview about the Trump administration and right-wing attacks on education, and his new book, Teach Truth:...
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February 7, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Jesse Hagopian on the "New McCarthyism": As More Educators Self-Censor, Others Vow to Teach the Truth