Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social Reader, writer, teacher, gardener, seamstress, contrarian. Alice Griffin Professor Emerita of English, Former Director-Carter G. Woodson Institute, U of Virginia. Please, no DMs unless I know you. For professional matters, please contact me via UVA.
Carnegie Endowment @carnegieendowment.org The Global Think Tank.
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@siobhanphillips.bsky.social @siobhanphillips.bsky.social English professor, novelist. https://www.blpress.org/books/benefit/
Timothy J Lombardo @timothyjlombardo.bsky.social Historian. Professional and personal interests in cities, politics, labor, punk rock, beer, higher ed, and all things Philadelphia. Author, Blue-Collar Conservatism (https://tinyurl.com/4kspr3ds) Other projects in the works, probably
Josh Kluever @joshkluever.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ Marshall University | Studies Socialist State Legislators | Managing Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social | Social Media Director for @midwesternhistory.bsky.social | Host of @heartlandhistory.bsky.social | Solidarity Forever🌹
Lux Magazine @readlux.bsky.social A socialist magazine of politics and culture. We want it all 👁️
https://lux-magazine.com/
Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social Senior writer at Slate covering courts and the law. Co-host of the Amicus podcast. Dad.
National Bail Fund Network @bailfundnetwork.bsky.social We're a network of over 90 community bail/bond funds that free people from jail and immigration detention & fight to #EndMoneyBail and #EndDetention.
Art by Danbee Kim (danbeekim.com)
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Community Justice Exchange @commjusticeexch.bsky.social Organizing to end all forms of detention, criminalization, and surveillance. Host of @bailfundnetwork.bsky.social #FreeThemAll
Bruce Dorsey @profbrucedorsey.bsky.social Historian, writer. Professor of History, Swarthmore College. Most recent: MURDER IN A MILL TOWN (Oxford UP). Rep'd by Mullane Literary Associates.
alec karakatsanis @equalityalec.bsky.social founder, Civil Rights Corps
civil rights lawyer
author of usual cruelty (2019) and
copaganda (2025)
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Chuck Schumer @schumer.senate.gov Official Account of Senator Chuck Schumer, New York’s Senator and the Senate Democratic Leader.
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U.S. Senator John Fetterman @fetterman.senate.gov United States Senator fighting for the people of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
www.fetterman.senate.gov
Sarah King @sarahking.bsky.social Historian of 20th century US, the Vietnam War, popular culture, celebrity activism | Assoc. Prof. at USC Aiken | Editor @cliocontemporary.bsky.social | Oral History Director at https://vvohp.org | Canadian-American | #skystorians
Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social Editor and CEO, Zeteo
Author, ‘Win Every Argument’
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist. Author of SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.
Library of Congress @librarycongress.bsky.social Official account of the world’s largest library. Explore collections & plan a visit. All Library accounts: https://loc.gov/connect
Darius J Young @dariusjyoung.bsky.social Historian | Author | 🐍🐍🐍 | 🤙🏾❄️
@kgibranmuhammad.bsky.social @kgibranmuhammad.bsky.social 
Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Mayor of New York City
David Palumbo-Liu @palumboliu.bsky.social Professor at Stanford, activist, writer, podcaster (Speaking Out of Place). https://speakingoutofplace.com/ Board of Directors, Truthout. Words in Jacobin, The Nation, Al Jazeera, etc. Book from Haymarket. Views my own. Substack @davidpalumboliu
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/
Vera Institute of Justice @vera.org We’re fighting to secure equal justice for all, end mass incarceration, and strengthen families + communities
LAWCHA: Labor and Working-Class History Association @lawcha.bsky.social LAWCHA promotes public and scholarly awareness of labor and working-class history through research, writing, and organizing. Find us here: http://lawcha.org & http://lhrp.georgetown.edu
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National Bail Out @nationalbailout.bsky.social We’re reuniting families and resisting mass incarceration by fighting to end money bail and pretrial detention.
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Marcus Rediker @marcusrediker.bsky.social Historian (from below), award-winning author, filmmaker, playwright, Distinguished Professor, University of Pittsburgh
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Natanya Duncan, PhD @garveyitewmn.bsky.social Daughter, Sister, Aunt, Historian, Researcher/Writer, Author, Teacher, Child of the Black Diaspora
Kellie Carter Jackson @kcarterjackson.bsky.social Wife. Mom. Friend. Historian. Award Winning Author. Podcaster. Seeker of Joy.
Refusing Daily.
Stephen Caruso @stephenjcaruso.bsky.social Pennsylvania Capitol Reporter for Spotlight PA | Yankee Fan | Die Gedanken Sind Frei | scaruso[at]spotlightpa[dot]org
Clio and the Contemporary @cliocontemporary.bsky.social Connecting history to the present—articles, teaching materials, & advice for the contemporary historian | Accepting submissions | Eds @malszy.bsky.social & @sarahking.bsky.social | #bskystorians | clioandthecontemporary.com
Dr. Vaughn Joy @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social Associate Lecturer of world histories and cultures • PhD in American Studies • Creator of https://blackwhiteandread.com/ • Author of Selling Out Santa: Hollywood Christmas Films in the Age of McCarthy (2025) • Wife of My Favorite Person • she/her
maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social always: creator & curator blackfilmarchive.com
💌: maya@blackfilmarchive.com + soon: incoming president / owner of milestone films. film curator + writer + curious about the world. NYC!
Ursula @ladyofsardines.bsky.social I am a high school teacher. Earnest posting (at the moment it’s mostly grief-posting) until the end. Profile pic is my mom. (she/they)
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
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@catramck.bsky.social @catramck.bsky.social chaotic kind. cat wrangler & dirt nerd.
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
Ordinary Notes @hystericalblkns.bsky.social Christina Sharpe. Writer/Professor/CRC. Ordinary Notes (2023). In the Wake: On Blackness & Being (2016). Monstrous Intimacies (2010). What Could a Vessel Be? (2027). Black. Still. Life. (2028) Agent: Jackie Ko/Wylie
Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggish
Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).
Paisley Currah @paisleycurrah.com My specialty: government decisions on sex classification. Distinguished Professor, Brooklyn College, CUNY. Dad, dog companion, kayaker. Pieces in n+1, Boston Review, Nature, New Yorker, New York Review, Yale Review.
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Jessica Pishko @jesspish.bsky.social she/her
Book on sheriffs & democracy
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“Women aren’t typically this crazy about politics.”
Alex Bamji @alexbamji.bsky.social Leeds-based Venetianist. Works on religion, disease and death. Director of @lahri.bsky.social
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social Writer, reporter, and floofy dog owner. Previously at ARTnews, Business Insider, Quartz and other outlets. Based in Toronto.
Lester K Spence @lkspence.bsky.social Professor, Author, Son of Blood and Thunder, Father. Newsletter (https://lesters-newsletter-2ff539.beehiiv.com/subscribe), Knocking the Hustle ( http://bit.ly/1SzPlHi)). 
John Duda @johnduda.bsky.social Research and comms for a democratic economy, plus selling radical books @redemmas.org.
Nursing Clio @nursingclio.bsky.social A collaborative blog project that ties historical scholarship to present-day political, social, and cultural issues surrounding gender and medicine.
nursingclio.org
Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social freelance labor journalist & author. big on heavy metal, workers, tattoos, cold places, and Philly. do no harm, take no shit 🏴
my books/email: www.kim-kelly.com
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Simon Balto @simonbalto.bsky.social Professor, author.
Steady with your hope now. 
historianpub @historianpub.bsky.social Co-founder Nashville Conference on African American History & Culture, TSU Alumna. Pub. Admin, Editor, Author, Preservationist, Pub. Historian & former history & public administration prof at Fisk Univ. #DST #HBCUAdvocate
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Paul Renfro @renfro.bsky.social History prof at a public university in Florida. Wrote STRANGER DANGER and THE LIFE AND DEATH OF RYAN WHITE. Writing a book about the Atlanta child murders for Liveright/Norton. He/him. Views my own. 🏳️🌈
Pilsen Community Books @pilsencommbooks.bsky.social Established 2016, worker owned and operated since 2020. Always Carry A Book
The Organization of American Historians @oah.org Advocating for history. Advancing scholarship. Connecting the past to the present.
Megan Kate Nelson 📚 @mkn.bsky.social I am a Colorado-born and raised, Boston-based writer, historian, and Pulitzer Prize Finalist. I am the author of "The Westerners" (2026), “Saving Yellowstone” (2022) and “The Three-Cornered War” (2020). More details at https://megankatenelson.com
Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social Jacobin offers socialist perspectives on politics, economics, and culture. Support our work and subscribe to our print magazine!
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andy hines @andyhines.bsky.social political economy of higher ed | socialist and communist education | Black studies | author of OUTSIDE LITERARY STUDIES, editor of UNIVERSITY KEYWORDS
(he/him)
Craig Gilmore @craiggilmore.bsky.social abolitionist organizing // land & housing // books & music.
Hakeem Jeffries @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social Brooklyn Congressman. Democratic Leader.
Work hard. Stay focused. Deliver results #ForThePeople.
Clint Smith @clintsmithiii.bsky.social Author of How the Word Is Passed, Above Ground, and Counting Descent. Writer, The Atlantic.
Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
National Endowment for the Humanities @nehgov.bsky.social A federal agency, National Endowment for the Humanities supports research, preservation, public programs, and education in the humanities. Reposts ≠ endorsements.
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Kristopher Bryan Burrell @kbryanburrell.bsky.social 
Wesley Hogan @wesleyhogan.bsky.social Historian of freedom movements. Let's get free. snccdigital.org/ and
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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, Author of The Rebellious Life of Mrs. Rosa Parks and King of the North: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Life of Struggle Outside the South
Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social Award-winning investigative journalist covering health and power + RN. She/her. https://stahlidarity.com/
NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social "Downtown to the World," NYU Press amplifies NYU's leadership in global higher education and research through influential publications that embody the university's core mission and creative identity.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
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Modern American History @modamhist.bsky.social News and insights from the journal Modern American History, devoted to all aspects of American history since the 1890s.
Simon Hall @simonhallwriter.bsky.social Historian and writer. Author of Three Revolutions: Russia, China, Cuba and the Epic Journeys That Changed The World. Previous books include 1956: The World in Revolt and Ten Days in Harlem: Fidel Castro and the Making of the 1960s.
Legal History Blog @legalhistoryblog.bsky.social Scholarship, news and new ideas in legal history
LaShawn Harris @madameclair08.bsky.social Bronx Raised | Historian | Writer | Prof | Author of Author of Sex Workers, Psychics, & Numbers Runners (University of Illinois Press, 2016)
Hasan Kwame Jeffries @profjeffries.bsky.social Bklyn Morehouse Duke (not bball, PhD) Hist Prof at Ohio St. Author Bloody Lowndes & Understanding Teaching Civil Rights Mvt. Podcast: Teaching Hard History. Author Audible Series: Great Figures Civil Rights Mvt. Also, we who believe in freedom cannot rest!
Kate Dossett @katedossett.bsky.social Historian of theatre, culture, archives; Author of Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal; Collaborator on STAGING THE ARCHIVE: bringing to life plays by Black Theatre Makers working in early 20th Century Britain in the Lord Chamberlain’s Plays Collection.
Linda Brindeau @lindabrindeau.bsky.social PhD in Francophone Studies, UW-Madison. French Teacher at The Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY. Abolitionist. 
PennLive @pennlive.com A hub mixing what’s trending around the nation/world with Pennsylvania life and culture. Tips: newstips@pennlive.com. Read: www.pennlive.com
Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social Investigative reporter for PennLive in Harrisburg, Pa
“High-impact prison reporting of the journalist Joshua Vaughn” - Rolling Stone
Kate Carpenter @katecarp.bsky.social Historian/writer. Creator, @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcast. History of science PhD candidate at Princeton, based in KCMO. Working on a history of storm chasing.
https://draftingthepast.com/
http://kathrynbcarpenter.com/
Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social Associate Prof & Head of History @YSJ. Early Soviet history and Stalinism. The Red Army and the Great Terror (2015); The Soviet-Polish War and its Legacy (2023). Working on POWs and the Soviet Red Cross. Occasional drummer https://shorturl.at/LRaWz
Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social Scholar, author, policy advisor
Science, Technology, and Social Values Lab
https://www.ias.edu/stsv-lab
Books: The Future of Science is Civic, Auditing AI, The Social Life of DNA, Genetics & the Unsettled Past, Body & Soul, Technicolor
Mark Anthony Neal (@NewBlackMan on X) @markanthonyneal.bsky.social Aggregator of Black Culture. James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of African & African American Studies at Duke University. Host of the Webby-nominated Left of Black. Author of several books, including forthcoming SAVE A SEAT FOR ME (on Black Fatherhood).
lisa lowe @driftinghouse.bsky.social prof & author ~ the intimacies of four continents; immigrant acts: on asian american cultural politics; critical terrains: french & british orientalisms; coeditor, the politics of culture in the shadow of capital
Drafting the Past @draftingthepast.bsky.social History worth reading. Book reviews, publishing news, craft essays, podcast interviews, all about nonfiction books.
Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social Historian. Director of Academic Programmes, Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford. Political economy, capitalism, urban, and policy history.
History News Network @myhnn.bsky.social New perspectives on the many ways in which the past shapes the present. Subscribe to our newsletter for weekly deliveries of our original writing about history: http://hnn.us/newsletter
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society @iehs.bsky.social Founded in 1965, the IEHS promotes the study of immigration history through the Journal of American Ethnic History and professional/educational outreach.
https://iehs.org/
Andrea Burns (she/her) @andreaaburns.bsky.social Public historian at Appalachian State University
Larry Glickman @larryglickman.bsky.social Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present. 
Pekka Kolehmainen @pmkoleh.bsky.social Researching Antifeminism and the U.S. Reactionary Right. North American Studies and Cultural & Intellectual History. Likes oddities.
Beth Lew-Williams @bethlewwilliams.bsky.social Historian at Princeton University. Preoccupied with immigration, past and present.
Ariella Baker-Archer @ariarch.bsky.social Historian: Dotson’s White Slave Law. Camp Crystal Lake. #HATM callsign: Chainsaw. 🗃️ Gen-X 2L #LegallyGray Footnotes > Endnotes, Stambovsky v. Ackley fan
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Mary Dudziak @marydudziak.bsky.social Law, history, politics. Latest book: Making the Forever War: Marilyn Young on the Culture and Politics of American Militarism.
https://makingtheforeverwar.mystrikingly.com/ More books & essays: https://www.marydudziak.com/
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Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
Victoria W. Wolcott @vwidgeon.bsky.social Professor of History and Gender Institute Director at the University at Buffalo. Writes about race, gender, utopia, and urban life.