Schoeppner
@schoeppner.bsky.social
Avant-garde curmudgeon. Historian of race and migration in 19thC US.
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Must-read Column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
Commentary: From the ballot box to the streets, Latinos are blowing the whistle on Trump's reign
Election Night was a humiliating rebuke of Trumpism. And the tip of the Democratic spear? Latinos.
www.latimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Must-read Column by @gustavoarellano.bsky.social
After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
After backing Republicans in record numbers last year, Latino voters swung decisively left in recent elections, fueling Democratic victories in New Jersey, Virginia and California.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
~10% of Maine’s population relies on SNAP benefits, including over 50,000 children.
October 31, 2025 at 4:19 PM
~10% of Maine’s population relies on SNAP benefits, including over 50,000 children.
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Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
October 17, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Mike Johnson has now had the House adjourned for 74 out of the last 86 days.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
They have worked 12 days in 3 months.
Epstein Shutdown.
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The Kavanaugh Stop is now happening.
October 17, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The Kavanaugh Stop is now happening.
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I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
October 4, 2025 at 8:49 PM
I visited the apartment building ICE raided on Tuesday today. Story to come, but you can walk right in. Half of the apartments have no doors on them. Children's stuff abandoned in some flats. *Citizen* residents told me they were arrested and held for hours in zipties. This is America
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ICE is a paramilitary organization.
It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.
It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.
October 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ICE is a paramilitary organization.
It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.
It is NOT an immigration customs and enforcement agency.
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Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
October 4, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.
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"Leo [Leonardo Garcias Venegas, a 26-year-old natural-born American citizen] is trying to sue on behalf of people who are experiencing exactly what Justice Brett Kavanaugh recently claimed people don’t experience."
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Brett Kavanaugh’s Racial Profiling Opinion Is Looking Sillier By the Day
Kavanaugh said that immigration agents “promptly” release people after determining that they are legal U.S. residents. They don’t.
ballsandstrikes.org
October 3, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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There are 69,484 Black immigrants in the Chicago metro area originally from a country in Africa, making up 5.2% of the city’s population, according to an American Community Survey analysis of the 2023 Census.
Chicago’s Black Immigrants Face New Wave of ICE Arrests and Uncertainty
Nearly 70,000 immigrants from African countries live in the city, making up 5.2% of the population according to 2023 U.S. Census data.
capitalbnews.org
September 22, 2025 at 10:15 AM
There are 69,484 Black immigrants in the Chicago metro area originally from a country in Africa, making up 5.2% of the city’s population, according to an American Community Survey analysis of the 2023 Census.
Fyi chatbot, when people today are calling for a Saturday Night Massacre, it has nothing to do to do with actual killing.
September 21, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Fyi chatbot, when people today are calling for a Saturday Night Massacre, it has nothing to do to do with actual killing.
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***Attention IEHS members***
In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.
Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at asig@uic.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.
Deadline: 10/17/25
In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.
Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at asig@uic.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.
Deadline: 10/17/25
September 15, 2025 at 10:03 PM
***Attention IEHS members***
In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.
Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at asig@uic.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.
Deadline: 10/17/25
In the fall of 2025, the IEHS will choose three new Executive Board members, whose terms will run from 2026 to 2029.
Please email your suggestions for nominees to Adam Goodman at asig@uic.edu. Self-nominations are welcome.
Deadline: 10/17/25
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***2025-2026 Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) Immigration History Manuscript Workshop***
Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.
Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...
Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.
Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...
Immigration History Manuscript Workshop
IHRC seeks authors finishing a US immigration history book (colonial era–present) for feedback from experts at the Organization of American Historians conference.
cla.umn.edu
September 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
***2025-2026 Immigration History Research Center ( @ihrc-umn.bsky.social ) Immigration History Manuscript Workshop***
Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.
Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...
Authors writing their first book-length publication addressing any aspect of US immigration history are welcome to apply.
Details: cla.umn.edu/ihrc/researc...
In case anyone was wondering, there are active TB cases in Maine.
September 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In case anyone was wondering, there are active TB cases in Maine.
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“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”
- Fred Hampton
- Fred Hampton
August 31, 2025 at 1:12 AM
“Nothing is more important than stopping fascism, because fascism will stop us all.”
- Fred Hampton
- Fred Hampton
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The border is invading America. It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life. My latest in @nytimes.com - please read & share. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The border is invading America. It has become unmoored from geography, dragging its violence and impunity into the heart of American life. My latest in @nytimes.com - please read & share. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/29/o...
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A CDC Highway to Hell
Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson.
by Maureen Dowd
Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson.
by Maureen Dowd
August 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
A CDC Highway to Hell
Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson.
by Maureen Dowd
Team Trump is more Dred Scott than Bon Scott, and now RFK Jr. says you can't have a Covid vaccine if you're young (and I don't mean Angus). Congressional Republicans could stop this, but they're thunderstruck. Safe to say Mike Johnson is no Brian Johnson.
by Maureen Dowd
Essential reading this morning.
Opinion | The Border Is Invading America
www.nytimes.com
August 29, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Essential reading this morning.
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We are proud to officially launch The Green Book Project Website today! Explore the rich history of Black
travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
August 25, 2025 at 5:19 PM
We are proud to officially launch The Green Book Project Website today! Explore the rich history of Black
travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
travel and business during the Jim Crow era and add your own Green Book story to our interactive map:
greenbookproject.org.ohio-state.edu
#GreenBookProject #CommunityMap #EconSky
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***Immigration History and the Present (New Blog Series)***
Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present.
Interested? Email notfromhere@iehs.org
Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present.
Interested? Email notfromhere@iehs.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:56 PM
***Immigration History and the Present (New Blog Series)***
Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present.
Interested? Email notfromhere@iehs.org
Our blog, Not From Here, invites contributions that explore the intersections of immigration history and the present.
Interested? Email notfromhere@iehs.org
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Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️
Includes:
Mahmoud Khalil
Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision
Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude
AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
Includes:
Mahmoud Khalil
Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision
Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude
AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
@juliarosekraut.bsky.social and @tylermcbrien.com explain the history and evolution of ideological exclusion and deportation as a tool of political repression in the United States. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Trump Admin’s Embrace of Ideological Exclusion and Deportation
The targets, rhetoric, and legal justifications of ideological exclusion and deportation may change over time, but the motivation—suppressing dissent—remains the same.
www.lawfaremedia.org
August 24, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Colleagues, if you're teaching & want to address the Trump admin's use of ideological exclusion/deportation, check out this article. 🗃️⬇️
Includes:
Mahmoud Khalil
Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision
Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude
AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
Includes:
Mahmoud Khalil
Legislative History of Foreign Policy Provision
Social Media Vetting to ideologically exclude
AAUP Trial on ideological deportation
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Feels like a good time to re-up this.
August 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Feels like a good time to re-up this.