Mike Koncewicz
@mikekoncewicz.bsky.social
Political Historian of the 1960s and 1970s, Associate Director of NYU’s Institute for Public Knowledge (@ipk.bsky.social), Author of They Said No to Nixon and Tom Hayden Biography (forthcoming).
The crowd at last night's AOC, Bernie, and Zohran rally in Queens, New York.
After much consternation following the Kirk assassination, the Mamdani campaign is an ongoing reminder that most on the left are embracing pragmatic tactics.
After much consternation following the Kirk assassination, the Mamdani campaign is an ongoing reminder that most on the left are embracing pragmatic tactics.
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 AM
The crowd at last night's AOC, Bernie, and Zohran rally in Queens, New York.
After much consternation following the Kirk assassination, the Mamdani campaign is an ongoing reminder that most on the left are embracing pragmatic tactics.
After much consternation following the Kirk assassination, the Mamdani campaign is an ongoing reminder that most on the left are embracing pragmatic tactics.
How much lower will Cuomo sink between now and Election Day?
October 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
How much lower will Cuomo sink between now and Election Day?
More than 500 people in Ossining
October 18, 2025 at 6:55 PM
More than 500 people in Ossining
There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!
October 10, 2025 at 12:03 PM
There is now an official historical marker for the Port Huron Statement!
The State of Michigan will unveil a new historical marker for the Port Huron Statement at the site of the Port Huron Convention, Lakeport State Park, on October 9th (1 PM).
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
October 4, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The State of Michigan will unveil a new historical marker for the Port Huron Statement at the site of the Port Huron Convention, Lakeport State Park, on October 9th (1 PM).
Please spread the word!
Please spread the word!
From the 2013 shutdown… One of the reasons why I left NARA in 2013
October 1, 2025 at 1:01 PM
From the 2013 shutdown… One of the reasons why I left NARA in 2013
I can't compete with AI
September 21, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I can't compete with AI
Saw Rilo Kiley in Port Chester with a bunch of other elder millennials, and a small, but passionate crowd of zoomers.
September 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Saw Rilo Kiley in Port Chester with a bunch of other elder millennials, and a small, but passionate crowd of zoomers.
The next American Political History Conference will be in DC next June and will once again be open to historians from different arenas.
Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.
Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.
August 20, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The next American Political History Conference will be in DC next June and will once again be open to historians from different arenas.
Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.
Submission deadline is Dec. 31, 2025.
Did the current head of the National Archives Jim Byron and his former boss at the Richard Nixon Foundation Hugh Hewitt brief the President on the current state of the nation’s museums?
August 20, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Did the current head of the National Archives Jim Byron and his former boss at the Richard Nixon Foundation Hugh Hewitt brief the President on the current state of the nation’s museums?
I'm teaching my course on The American Presidency again this fall at NYU. It's cross-listed between History and the Wagner School of Public Policy.
August 1, 2025 at 2:18 PM
I'm teaching my course on The American Presidency again this fall at NYU. It's cross-listed between History and the Wagner School of Public Policy.
Our campus activist group used this image to advertise our weekly meeting back in 2005/2006. It was our most popular flyer and helped bring in several new people.
July 25, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Our campus activist group used this image to advertise our weekly meeting back in 2005/2006. It was our most popular flyer and helped bring in several new people.
I'm impressed that the White House got the Left's secret memos about its official position on South Park
July 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I'm impressed that the White House got the Left's secret memos about its official position on South Park
Gallup has Trump's approval rating at 37%, the lowest of his second term. They had him at 34 in January 2021, but other polls had him in the 36-42 range.
Based on recent history, it appears that consistently falling below 35 percent is the point of no return.
Based on recent history, it appears that consistently falling below 35 percent is the point of no return.
July 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Gallup has Trump's approval rating at 37%, the lowest of his second term. They had him at 34 in January 2021, but other polls had him in the 36-42 range.
Based on recent history, it appears that consistently falling below 35 percent is the point of no return.
Based on recent history, it appears that consistently falling below 35 percent is the point of no return.
The Democratic Trump
July 20, 2025 at 2:05 AM
The Democratic Trump
Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda in the summer of 1975, just a few months after the end of the Vietnam War.
July 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Tom Hayden and Jane Fonda in the summer of 1975, just a few months after the end of the Vietnam War.
One of the best moments in Susan Morrison's Lorne Michaels biography is when Henry Kissinger tried to get SNL tickets for his son. @alfranken.bsky.social picked up the phone when his secretary called and said that HK "could have had tickets if he hadn't bombed Cambodia."
July 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One of the best moments in Susan Morrison's Lorne Michaels biography is when Henry Kissinger tried to get SNL tickets for his son. @alfranken.bsky.social picked up the phone when his secretary called and said that HK "could have had tickets if he hadn't bombed Cambodia."
It’s hilarious that Calvin Coolidge was a Northampton guy.
July 2, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s hilarious that Calvin Coolidge was a Northampton guy.
From SNL’s first season.
COMING UP NEXT…
DID JANE FONDA MARRY MR. RIGHT OR MR. LEFT?
COMING UP NEXT…
DID JANE FONDA MARRY MR. RIGHT OR MR. LEFT?
July 1, 2025 at 1:22 AM
From SNL’s first season.
COMING UP NEXT…
DID JANE FONDA MARRY MR. RIGHT OR MR. LEFT?
COMING UP NEXT…
DID JANE FONDA MARRY MR. RIGHT OR MR. LEFT?
Well, this is a map that will complicate the whole "progressives can't reach the working class" narrative.
June 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Well, this is a map that will complicate the whole "progressives can't reach the working class" narrative.
The Trump Administration is continuing to cut NARA staff.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The Trump Administration is continuing to cut NARA staff.
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
www.govexec.com/workforce/20...
Today is the 57th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy. Tom Hayden was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Many were surprised to see him weeping while wearing a green cap he had picked up from Cuba the previous winter. Here's Hayden's account from his memoir.
June 6, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Today is the 57th anniversary of the death of Robert F. Kennedy. Tom Hayden was an honorary pallbearer at the funeral at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Many were surprised to see him weeping while wearing a green cap he had picked up from Cuba the previous winter. Here's Hayden's account from his memoir.
Tom Hayden announced his Senate campaign 50 years ago this week, challenging Jack Tunney. He lagged in the polls for most of the race but closed the gap in the final weeks, freaking out much of CA's Democratic establishment. In the end, he lost with 37 % of the vote, but...
June 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Tom Hayden announced his Senate campaign 50 years ago this week, challenging Jack Tunney. He lagged in the polls for most of the race but closed the gap in the final weeks, freaking out much of CA's Democratic establishment. In the end, he lost with 37 % of the vote, but...
It's June 2025, 14 months after students and faculty were arrested during a peaceful protest in front of the Stern School of Business, and this is what NYU looks like...
June 4, 2025 at 2:27 PM
It's June 2025, 14 months after students and faculty were arrested during a peaceful protest in front of the Stern School of Business, and this is what NYU looks like...