Award-winning author, teacher, writer, editor. https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3mdgauoha7k2f [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Jan 2026 17:11 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdgauoha7k2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3mc3cb5q6jc2bJourney to American Democracy: The Battle of the Bulge https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/journey-to-american-democracy-the?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email10 Jan 2026 15:11 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc3cb5q6jc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3m6x3k7n2h22jhttps://www.facebook.com/share/r/1CKJQj2Q4W/?mibextid=WC7FNe01 Dec 2025 18:44 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6x3k7n2h22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3m65l5bcr7226“We have a president in panic surrounded by weaklings who will submit to his diktats and sycophants happy to egg him on. And so we enter a period more dangerous than the last months of Nixon. “ Brace Yourself for … Full. Blown. Panic. https://open.substack.com/pub/thebulwark/p/brace-yourself-for-full-blown-panic-trump-feeling-cornered-cheney-funeral?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email21 Nov 2025 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m65l5bcr7226https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3m5ymky63wk2uThanksgiving is upon us. Time to cook, eat, be together, and praise. I wrote this piece for @thebulwark.com a while ago, but we could all use a reminder to be kind, put down our phones, and listen. [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Nov 2025 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ymky63wk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3m4qeu7ivzc2zThe clever team at @literaryhub, rounded up some great No Kings, anti-Fascist reading today, including my article in @damemagazine https://lithub.com/lit-hub-daily-november-3-2025/03 Nov 2025 15:52 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4qeu7ivzc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3m4nljtee3k22There will be a day when he’s no longer in office. There will be a day when he’s gone. -- I wrote about all this and more for @damemagazine https://www.damemagazine.com/2025/10/30/can-italys-history-offer-lessons-for-surviving-our-current-moment/02 Nov 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4nljtee3k22https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lug5ju57d22xAt the 42nd Annual meeting of the Southeastern Regional Genetics Group (SERGG) in Asheville, NC, Patrick O’Connor screened his documentary The Zebra and the Bear. P. J. Brooks from NIH spoke about the future of genetic testing. Powerful evening. I'm not used to seeing scientists get so emotional.20 Jul 2025 18:53 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lug5ju57d22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lstpav7dwc26This MS/DanishTrumper forgot to file his immigration form in 2015, when President Obama was still in office. A removal order issued during Trump’s first term led to his current detention. But he blames Biden—and still supports Trump. https://msindy.org/p/detained-under-trumps-immigration?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web30 Jun 2025 17:24 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lstpav7dwc26https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lsltdedro223'What if a student asks why?' Holocaust lessons may be banned under state's law https://www.rawstory.com/mississippi-holocaust/?fbclid=IwY2xjawLLhrVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBicmlkETFzREFXM3RGT1hHRFNDTzVFAR5EHT7GQ1rk2C2AtICQEaDLm3MUJoXovBtF_oJGr3OjgZmTF5dfrPw1a7ha3Q_aem_JSpI5pNX7OUCc9bf1OhY9w27 Jun 2025 14:16 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsltdedro223https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lsh4rro5lk2u“Author and educator Margaret McMullan sounded the alarm in The Bulwark about a new Republican-written law in Mississippi that intends to abolish diversity, equity, and inclusion programs…effectively make teaching about the Holocaust impossible.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/what-if-a-student-asks-why-holocaust-lessons-may-be-banned-under-states-law/ar-AA1HlPkT25 Jun 2025 17:22 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsh4rro5lk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lsgn4crzok2aIt seems to me long past time to question the 79-year-old president’s mental health. — @hcrichardson.bsky.social25 Jun 2025 12:41 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgn4crzok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lsesfjuelc2eMany thanks to the @msindy.bsky.social for reprinting this article from @thebulwark.com : Teaching the Holocaust just got harder in Mississippi https://msindy.org/p/teaching-the-holocaust-just-got-harder?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web24 Jun 2025 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsesfjuelc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lsedbww6rs2mI wrote about a new state law that forbids education increasing ‘awareness’ of issues relating to race. Think about that. How are educators supposed to teach history? https://www.thebulwark.com/p/teaching-the-holocaust-just-got-harder-in-mississippi-hb-1193-dei-slavery-tate-reeves?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web24 Jun 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsedbww6rs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3ls2xifl67k2h"From shoulder pads to swimsuit makeovers, from celebrity interviews to heartbreaking loss—Margaret McMullan’s essay is a funny deeply moving look at Glamour in the 1980s. A must-read on identity, ambition, and the stories we choose to tell." https://chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-glamour-don’t-by-margaret-mcmullan20 Jun 2025 21:15 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2xifl67k2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3ls2kppc53c2dI was a Glamour “Don’t” way more often than I was a “Do.” A “Wrong” more than I was a “Right.” https://chicagostorypress.com/f/i-was-a-glamour-don%E2%80%99t-by-margaret-mcmullan20 Jun 2025 17:26 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls2kppc53c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lrsj4efujk2vFrom @hcrichardson.bsky.social17 Jun 2025 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrsj4efujk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lrq7kkty5s27I interviewed a man with a gun at the No King's protest in Gulfport, MS. He also waved a Don't Tread On Me flag (cue irony). He would not tell me his name. After the shootings in Minnesota that very morning, tensions were high. Still, it was a joyful, nonviolent occasion. https://msindy.org/p/opinion-on-the-mississippi-gulf-coast?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web16 Jun 2025 14:40 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrq7kkty5s27https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lrnwttsdis23I wrote about the No Kings Protest yesterday in Gulfport, MS for @msindy.bsky.social Opinion: On the Mississippi Gulf Coast, a glimpse of an emerging protest movement https://msindy.org/p/opinion-on-the-mississippi-gulf-coast?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web15 Jun 2025 16:59 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrnwttsdis23https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lr6nftkpds2eWe are not alarmed enough and his base still adores him. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Jun 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6nftkpds2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lr6dn4pmm22wHe’s trying to establish a police state. And he stumbled. Here are the facts https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-8-2025?r=5hyaf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email09 Jun 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr6dn4pmm22whttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lqvkvf3vnk2oNo notes. The winner. [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Jun 2025 00:21 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqvkvf3vnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lqs33s4ldk25Trump and the G.O.P. have decided to think of batteries as a culture-war issue...They think they’re attacking hippie-dippy green energy...they’re really disarming America’s future drone force and ceding the key weapon of the modern battlefield to China. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/opinion/trump-president-governing-ruler.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MU8.RA9-.FG5R3BolCwtj&smid=bs-share04 Jun 2025 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqs33s4ldk25https://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lqp5vaceic2lMore about the Bill that Kills. https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-2-2025?r=5hyaf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email03 Jun 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqp5vaceic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/margaretmcmullan.bsky.social/post/3lqmsdeno3c2w“…after reports that his Department of Government Efficiency had actually cost the government money, President Donald J. Trump reportedly asked his aides, “Was it all bullsh*t?” https://open.substack.com/pub/heathercoxrichardson/p/june-1-2025?r=5hyaf&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email02 Jun 2025 12:40 +0000at://did:plc:l4akr4cufihuutt3pcidbdqt/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqmsdeno3c2w