#American

Andrew Neil

afneil

As The Spectator approaches its world record 10,000th edition:1. It was founded in 1828 to promote the widening of the franchise (1832 Reform Act).2. It was the only major British

Coach Letterman

3YearLetterman

One American standing behind another. Very powerful. Credit to @pghguyinva for this one.

D.L. Mayfield

d_l_mayfield

Oh, you’re a White evangelical American who grew up in the 90s? Name every toy that Dr. Dobson said was evil. the ones that impacted ME the most were: barbies,

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

AMERICAN RULE is now out in the world, and I want to talk about why I wrote it.The myth of American Exceptionalism empowers fascism and white supremacy and represents an

Chris the Leftist | 🅰️🚖/🅱️LM

christhomasUW

(1/6) U.S Border Patrol was formed in 1924 after the U.S. Immigration Act of 1924 was passed. The Immigration Act was an effort to limit certain races and ethnicities from

The Terrible Almost🔰🏴 (he/him)

ExLegeLibertas

Now is a good time to remind my fellow Americans that the death of this one octogenarian, who was invested with lifetime power outside of any public or democratic process,

aaja

aaja

.@HelenZiaReal on the model minority myth at #AAJA20All of these ideas that one group is better support white supremacy by keeping us apart & creating those wedges. [The AAPI community]

Jorge J Rodríguez V

JJRodV

Hamilton is artistically incredible. It sucks you in. It's innovative. It builds on decades of hip-hop and throws it squarely in a place—the theater—where hip-hop has been ignored. That's why

Jay Rosen

jayrosen_nyu

Thread: "A Media Ecologist Explains the Many Crises in Journalism." Notes and slides from my lecture to the Media Ecology Association, June 18, 2020. https://www.media-ecology.org/convention Throwaway image: what my scribble

Kmele

kmele

"Our past is one of slavery, racism, and injustice. Our systems were built to oppress people of color."The history of humankind is a dense catalog of inhumanity, subjugation. The American

katemessner

KateMessner

There's been a push in certain circles for "patriotic curriculum" that discourages kids from looking at American history through a critical lens. Educators should be pushing back on that. Hard.

Mihee Kim-Kort 김미희

miheekimkort

An #EasterSunday thread: Easter, not only this year, but every year isn’t just about a victory won. It isn’t a good guys vs bad guys, winner take all, we’ve triumphed

Steve Schmidt

SteveSchmidtSES

.@TheRickWilson @reedgalen @stuartpstevens @ProjectLincoln We are confronting extremism this week. Below are a toxic mix of liars, hypocrites and Flim Flam artists. They pervert Christianity and decency. Pastor Paula works

Samantha Pritchard

thucydiplease

Police kill approximately 1,000 civilians a year and about ~35 of them are killed by suspects every year. That is to say, police are presently 28x more dangerous to the

Robert Thee Scallion

rooobbbyyyy

I’m so worried that the US will never pay Burger King the respect it deserves. All this talk of McD*nalds but no one talks about how BK literally has flame

Ben Railton

AmericanStudier

In light of @caleb_crain's excellent @NewYorker piece on the 1898 Wilmington coup & massacre, wanted to say a few things about that event & my favorite American novel (Charles Chesnutt's