History prof (Carleton College). Intellectual freedom; free expression. Podcast & blog Banished: http://banished.substack.com; https://www.youtube.com/@Banished-YouTube; https://www.amnakhalid.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3mufgitk6ic25Coming to this a bit late -- this is by far the BEST piece I have read on the Jason Arday tragedy. @musaalgharbi.bsky.social as insightful and honest as ever! https://www.chronicle.com/article/jason-arday-and-me?sra=true31 Aug 2026 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mufgitk6ic25https://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3molnm3g6dk2lAs you all know 15 people were charged with protesting ICE in MN. The charges are bogus but the cases need to be fought. Pls donate to the Legal Defense Fund for MN Anti-ICE Organizers and help spread the word: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund?utm_campaign=success&utm_id=019ed55c-f02f-76b3-8c1e-f408873133cc&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=chuffedreferral18 Jun 2026 20:19 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3molnm3g6dk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3molnifilhc2jAs you all know 15 people were charged for protesting ICE in MN. Please donate to this legal defense fund for the anti-ICE organizers and help spread the word: https://chuffed.org/project/186570-minnesota-15-legal-defense-fund?utm_campaign=success&utm_id=019ed55c-f02f-76b3-8c1e-f408873133cc&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_source=chuffedreferral18 Jun 2026 20:17 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3molnifilhc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3mlobdm24sc2sMy conversation with @jonfreadom.bsky.social & Amy Reid about their latest report is now live: "Virtually No Institution of Higher Learning is Safe." https://banished.substack.com/p/virtually-no-institution-of-higher12 May 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlobdm24sc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3mhrqavsqnc2mBanished's latest episode just dropped! @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social & I talk with @yaschamounk.skystack.xyz. Thanks to @adamkunz.com, @erictkasper.bsky.social and Phil Rechek at the Menard Center for Constitutional Studies at UWEC for making this possible. . https://banished.substack.com/p/are-diverse-democracies-an-endangered24 Mar 2026 04:26 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhrqavsqnc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3mcy5vqbsgc2v@penamerica.bsky.social's new report: "Now, over 50 % of university & college students in the U.S. are enrolled in a state that has at least one law or policy censoring higher education." I strongly encourage everyone to read the full report: https://pen.org/report/americas-censored-campuses-25-web-of-control/#heading-122 Jan 2026 02:40 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcy5vqbsgc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3m2enugaa7c2nIn this new episode of Banished, @jeffreyasnyder.bsky.social & I talk to Adam Szetela about his book (published by @mitpress.bsky.social) about cancel culture in the publishing industry. https://banished.substack.com/p/that-book-is-dangerous04 Oct 2025 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2enugaa7c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lxybjvdlls2qTune in on Mon, Sept 8 at 3pm CT (4pm ET) for "Trump v. History," a conversation featuring @dblight.bsky.social, @jgrossman.bsky.social, and Leslie Harris. Also check out @newrepublic.com's Sept issue featuring essays by 11 historians on the issue. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trump-vs-history-tickets-1635861699379?aff=oddtdtcreator04 Sep 2025 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lxybjvdlls2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lw2mh4tjes23At a time when teaching US history with integrity is under threat, historians of other places must rise to the occasion & give students & the public hope. My latest in The New Republic: https://newrepublic.com/article/198376/authoritarianism-made-and-can-unmade10 Aug 2025 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lw2mh4tjes23https://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvxs2lmxkc2x@dblight.bsky.social's phenomenal lead essay in @newrepublic.com challenging Kevin Roberts to a public debate on US history. Check it out (and 10 essays by 10 other historians on history under Trump 2.0 in TNR's Sept issue). Spread the word: https://newrepublic.com/article/198354/history-died-sanctioned-ignorance09 Aug 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxs2lmxkc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvxquheqlc2x11 historians on doing history under Trump 2.0 featured in TNR's Sept issue. Check out ‪@michaelkazin.bsky.social‬'s excellent piece on the history of American greatness. https://newrepublic.com/article/198370/two-faces-american-greatness https://newrepublic.com/series/67/tr..09 Aug 2025 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvxquheqlc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvvnrrapgc2r11 historians on doing history under Trump 2.0 features in TNR's Sept issue. 7 articles, including this fabulous one by @jgrossman.bsky.social, are now online; others coming soon. Be sure to check them out! newrepublic.com/series/67/tr... https://newrepublic.com/series/67/tr...@jgrossman.bsky.social08 Aug 2025 16:19 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvvnrrapgc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvuwqdppe22iA must read piece by @dblight.bsky.social, "What if History Died by Sanctioned Ignorance?" https://newrepublic.com/article/198354/history-died-sanctioned-ignorance via @newrepublic.com08 Aug 2025 09:26 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvuwqdppe22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvtmhse72c23Don't miss @thenewrepublic.bsky.social's new series on Trump's attack on history curated by @dblight.bsky.social. Four pieces dropped online today (by @dblight.bsky.social, @geraldo-cadava.bsky.social, Leslie M. Harris & yours truly); more coming soon. newrepublic.com/series/67/tr... https://newrepublic.com/series/67/tr..07 Aug 2025 20:50 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtmhse72c23https://bsky.app/profile/amnauncensored.bsky.social/post/3lvtj454fec2gAm honored & delighted to be part of @newrepublic.com's Sept issue featuring a series of historians reflecting on Trump's war on our history. Many thanks to @dblight.bsky.social for curating this. The first 4 articles released online today; others coming soon! newrepublic.com/series/67/tr... https://newrepublic.com/series/67/tr..07 Aug 2025 19:50 +0000at://did:plc:k4dcdttjmtguqs5zfnowt6vy/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvtj454fec2g