Kelly Guinan
@kellyguinan.bsky.social
Writer. Peace educator. Proud Grammy & Mom. I wander and wonder.
Teachers are the best of us. Mary McLeod Bethune was one of these leading beacons who educated, motivated, and created a better world. She wrote,"There can be no divided democracy, no class government, no half free country..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory
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Mary McLeod Bethune | Episode 7, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Teachers are the best of us. Mary McLeod Bethune was one of these leading beacons who educated, motivated, and created a better world. She wrote,"There can be no divided democracy, no class government, no half free country..." @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory
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We've had internment camps on American soil before - learn from @maddow.bsky.social and her new podcast "Burn Order." Free anywhere you get your podcasts. #JapaneseInternmentCamps #RiseUp #Resist
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
December 9, 2025 at 2:30 AM
We've had internment camps on American soil before - learn from @maddow.bsky.social and her new podcast "Burn Order." Free anywhere you get your podcasts. #JapaneseInternmentCamps #RiseUp #Resist
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
Don't let your neighbors down now. #OurTimeToStandUpForDemocracy
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Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
Barbara Gittings | Episode 10, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
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Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee | Episode 5, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
#NightInAmerica - driving across this country to learn during these times. Join them vicariously! #GalaxyCon #ComicCon #Comic-Con
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
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They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
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Day Five - Columbus, Ohio
Football as Religion, Racism as National Policy, and (in the audio) a Convention of Self-Described Nerds
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December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
#NightInAmerica - driving across this country to learn during these times. Join them vicariously! #GalaxyCon #ComicCon #Comic-Con
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
substack.com/@wanderingey...
They met Darius, "I just want to do something to help people..."
substack.com/@wanderingey...
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Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
What the Heck Just Happened?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
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Peace talks between the US and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region.
What the US wants from Ukraine: Leave Donbas, one way or another
Kyiv keeps insisting war should be frozen along current lines.
www.politico.eu
December 8, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Peace talks between the US and Ukraine have stumbled over one main issue: how to force Ukraine to give up what the Kremlin has failed to seize during the war — the entirety of the Donbas region.
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Frances Perkins | Episode 8, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
There would not be a social safety net in this country had Frances Perkins not dedicated her life to improving worker's rights. @hcrichardson.bsky.social points out how this #WomanInHistory directly affects our current lives.
youtu.be/s6x_7Kq0Psc?...
#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
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#ChildLabor #SocialSecurity
#SafeWorkSpaces
Who says history doesn't repeat itself? I so thought were beyond this...
NEW: We sent a letter demanding that ICE end immigration detention at Fort Bliss, the same facility used to intern people of Japanese descent during World War II.
People detained at this facility are denied adequate food, medical care, and are physically and sexually abused by the guards.
People detained at this facility are denied adequate food, medical care, and are physically and sexually abused by the guards.
December 8, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Who says history doesn't repeat itself? I so thought were beyond this...
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We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
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Ukrainian History Global Initiative
The Creative Humanities During a War of Destruction
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December 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
We are told that, under stress, the humanities must be sacrificed. But amidst a war of aggression scholars in Ukraine have undertaken one of the most ambitious knowledge projects of our time. It's a privilege to be involved with Ukrainian History Global Initiative
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
snyder.substack.com/p/ukrainian-...
Day four of Amanda and Roland Merullo's epic coast-to-coast road trip documenting this time in our lived history. #NightInAmerica
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Day Four - Erie, Pennsylvania
Job Loss and Hope
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December 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Day four of Amanda and Roland Merullo's epic coast-to-coast road trip documenting this time in our lived history. #NightInAmerica
substack.com/@wanderingey...
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Join Amanda and Roland Merullo as they use their skills in photography and writing as well as first-person spoken narration documenting this moment in history by driving across the country talking to every day Americans. substack.com/@wanderingey... #NightInAmerica #NoGivingUp #WhoDoWeWantToBe
Day Three - Verona/Oneida NY
Communal living
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December 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Join Amanda and Roland Merullo as they use their skills in photography and writing as well as first-person spoken narration documenting this moment in history by driving across the country talking to every day Americans. substack.com/@wanderingey... #NightInAmerica #NoGivingUp #WhoDoWeWantToBe
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
What the Heck Just Happened?
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
www.youtube.com
December 7, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Semester is over and they are "back from their runs" (not :)) Join @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @jbf1755.bsky.social to share in this friendly conversation about how current events and lived history fit into our cultural moment and into the whole of history. www.youtube.com/live/ApscIwD...
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee | Episode 5, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Mabel Ping-Hua Lee said, "Woman's Suffrage is the application of democracy to woman..." and this #WomenInHistory was a smart, educated, business woman who worked for women's rights and against the racism of the #ChineseExclusionAct learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/P59fuNfnOgQ?...
Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
Barbara Gittings | Episode 10, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Barbara Gittings changed medical diagnosis with her activism and advocacy. Learn about this fantastic #WomanInHistory from @hcrichardson.bsky.social Love, happiness, and being gay is normal -- a simple assertion which later changed laws as well. youtu.be/kMn-8Oz7Dpk?...
Mother Jones lost her entire family to yellow fever, then her business in the #GreatChicagoFire. Instead of succumbing to trauma, she led multiple movements of people proclaiming, "Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living" Learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/FT0kootLdfg?...
Mother Jones | Episode 4, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 6, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Mother Jones lost her entire family to yellow fever, then her business in the #GreatChicagoFire. Instead of succumbing to trauma, she led multiple movements of people proclaiming, "Pray for the dead, fight like hell for the living" Learn from @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/FT0kootLdfg?...
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IT’S WORKING: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force just issued a powerful, evidence-based roadmap to keep Michigan families safe. 🧵
Assault weapons ban recommended by Whitmer-appointed task force: 4 things to know
Some of the gun control recommendations are likely to face stiff resistance in the Republican-controlled state House.
www.mlive.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:04 PM
IT’S WORKING: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Gun Violence Prevention Task Force just issued a powerful, evidence-based roadmap to keep Michigan families safe. 🧵
Lucretia Coffin Mott knew that abolition of slavery and women's rights didn't need to be an either/or issue, so she led with an and/both approach. This @hcrichardson.bsky.social 's #WomenInHistory boycotted, wrote, organized and championed #Freedom & #Equality youtu.be/dLGOjspCW4E?...
Lucretia Coffin Mott | Episode 3, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 5, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Lucretia Coffin Mott knew that abolition of slavery and women's rights didn't need to be an either/or issue, so she led with an and/both approach. This @hcrichardson.bsky.social 's #WomenInHistory boycotted, wrote, organized and championed #Freedom & #Equality youtu.be/dLGOjspCW4E?...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Please follow this #ResistanceOfOrdinaryPeople
"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo's drive across America is just beginning.
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"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo's drive across America is just beginning.
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Day Two - Pittsfield, Massachusetts
A Corporate Legacy
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December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social Please follow this #ResistanceOfOrdinaryPeople
"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo's drive across America is just beginning.
substack.com/@wanderingey...
"The trip gives us hope; the headlines make us ashamed." #NightInAmerica Photographer Amanda Merullo and writer Roland Merullo's drive across America is just beginning.
substack.com/@wanderingey...
Mercy Otis Warren challenged tyranny and took revolutionary ideas to reality as a mom of action. Her writing liberated many and held the powerful men of the day accountable to action. Watch @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory and be #InspiredToAct youtu.be/SV5PfpMJvzQ?...
Mercy Otis Warren | Episode 1, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 5, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Mercy Otis Warren challenged tyranny and took revolutionary ideas to reality as a mom of action. Her writing liberated many and held the powerful men of the day accountable to action. Watch @hcrichardson.bsky.social #WomenInHistory and be #InspiredToAct youtu.be/SV5PfpMJvzQ?...
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They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth announces another boat strike in response to a request/wish from Turning Point USA’s Andrew Kolvet.
December 5, 2025 at 2:28 AM
They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.
Phillis Wheatley, a slave named after a ship that held her captive, transformed into Poet of Resistance and leader of American Democracy. #WomenInHistory #LoveOfFreedom @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/D4lHN6p5zng?...
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
Phillis Wheatley | Episode 2, The Declaration in Action
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
youtu.be
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Phillis Wheatley, a slave named after a ship that held her captive, transformed into Poet of Resistance and leader of American Democracy. #WomenInHistory #LoveOfFreedom @hcrichardson.bsky.social youtu.be/D4lHN6p5zng?...
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
#Equality #RiseUp #NoGivingUp
Upcoming Supreme Court Case -- unlimited, unregulated money hurts democracy. Really good and educational discussion between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @marcelias.bsky.social on current events and history as lived experience. #CorruptionInPolitics
#Resist
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#Resist
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American Conversations: Marc Elias
YouTube video by Heather Cox Richardson
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December 4, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Upcoming Supreme Court Case -- unlimited, unregulated money hurts democracy. Really good and educational discussion between @hcrichardson.bsky.social and @marcelias.bsky.social on current events and history as lived experience. #CorruptionInPolitics
#Resist
www.youtube.com/live/LojhZEN...
#Resist
www.youtube.com/live/LojhZEN...
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Please follow new substack account photographer @Amanda Merullo and her husband, writer @Roland Merullo as they travel across USA documenting this time in history #NightInAmerica
Please follow new substack account photographer @Amanda Merullo and her husband, writer @Roland Merullo as they travel across USA documenting this time in history #NightInAmerica
December 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
@hcrichardson.bsky.social
Please follow new substack account photographer @Amanda Merullo and her husband, writer @Roland Merullo as they travel across USA documenting this time in history #NightInAmerica
Please follow new substack account photographer @Amanda Merullo and her husband, writer @Roland Merullo as they travel across USA documenting this time in history #NightInAmerica