This passage captures the genius of Black politics and it puts DSA in a larger context. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Anthony Conwright
@aconwrites.bsky.social
I condense & integrate history into essays about contemporary issues w/o revising history. Words in Mother Jones, The Nation, The New Republic.
Chandra Manning and @adamrothman.bsky.social do a great job of explaining some of elements that I had to leave out of my essay on how the Civil War received its name. Check it out!
King Algamemnon@adamrothman.bsky.social · 3d agoChandra Manning and I wrote about this back in 2013. archive.nytimes.com/opinionator....
I love this dialogue! Thank you @psheridanhistory.bsky.social for generating a healthy space for discussion. Feel free to contribute to this conversation!
Patrick Sheridan@psheridanhistory.bsky.social · 3d agoI'm curious about what my fellow U.S. historians think about this essay. For me, it makes a compelling argument and goes hand-in-hand with recent efforts to refer to the Union Army as the "U.S. Army." #skystorians www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
My latest for @thenation.com is about @demsocialists.bsky.social and Black politics. “Establishment Democrats’ response to the electoral victories of candidates endorsed by the DSA should be of concern to anyone invested in the future of Black politics” tinyurl.com/44nwt6y9
Establishment Democrats’ Response to DSA’s Electoral Wins Should Be of Concern to Anyone Invested in the Future of Black Politics
Whatever happened to “big tent” politics?
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“The linguistic whitewashing of the Confederacy is more than a manufactured myth of Southern redemption,” Anthony Conwright writes. “It is a ritual of national forgetting.”
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
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“We should return to an older and more accurate name for the Civil War: the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. If a country unquestioningly adopts language that obscures its bloodiest crimes to absolve their worst perpetrators, how can we expect successive generations to remember the new assaults on democracy
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
Historian of abolition here 💯Garrison always called it the slaveholders rebellion, that’s the correct term. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
nytimes.com
Good move. (I don't like most instances of "civil war" tbh. As in, "the Spanish Civil War" seems both limited and decontextualising. But I don't know of a better phrase.)
Anthony Conwright@aconwrites.bsky.social · 3d agoCheck out my latest “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com I explain how the Civil War got its name, and why we should call it “The Slaveholders’ Rebellion.” tinyurl.com/4yk634pc
Check out my latest, “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com if you have never thought about why we call the American Civil War the civil war, this is for you!
New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com · 3d ago“The linguistic whitewashing of the Confederacy is more than a manufactured myth of Southern redemption,” Anthony Conwright writes. “It is a ritual of national forgetting.”
Great text for discussion in U.S. history classes. What to call the "Civil War"? Names have meaning. Could apply the same question to use of "civil war" in other countries. When is it the correct term? When is it masking a primary perpetrator? (Similar to the both-sidism of "race riot.")
Anthony Conwright@aconwrites.bsky.social · 3d agoCheck out my latest “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com I explain how the Civil War got its name, and why we should call it “The Slaveholders’ Rebellion.” tinyurl.com/4yk634pc
Check out my latest “Don’t Call It The Civil War” for @nytopinion.nytimes.com I explain how the Civil War got its name, and why we should call it “The Slaveholders’ Rebellion.” tinyurl.com/4yk634pc
Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again. (Gift Article)
To face our own history, we must be honest about it.
tinyurl.com
My latest for @thenation.com “No athlete or Black American should participate in the Out of Bounds boycott unless the CBC and NAACP also boycott AIPAC, unequivocally condemn Israel’s genocide of Palestinians…” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
The Blatant Hypocrisy of the Congressional Black Caucus’s Out of Bounds Boycott
The new initiative enlists Black college students and athletes to face down Jim Crow rule in the South, while the group remains silent on boycotts targeting Israel’s apartheid rule.
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My latest for @thenation.com is about how @workingfamilies.org is creating a space for Black voters to practice independent politics and why Black voters should embrace it. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How the Working Families Party Can Promote Black Political Independence
In many state and local races, the WFP ballot line has helped Black candidates win office without falling in line with the Democratic political establishment.
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Read my latest for @thenation.com “The SAVE Act deserves our swift repudiation, in principle, because it imposes procedural distance between the voter and the exercise of the ballot—hallowed ground that, in any viable democracy, shall not be infringed.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How the SAVE Act Seeks to Undermine the Right to Vote
After you strip away the lies about rampant voter fraud, the GOP bill is a frontal assault on hard-won protections of the franchise
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Check out my latest essay and first for @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Trump Misunderstands the Education Department’s History.”
New York Times Opinion@nytopinion.nytimes.com · 8mo agoPresident Trump’s plan to defund the Department of Education “echoes attacks by conservatives after the Civil War,” Anthony Conwright writes. “He has joined the fight against federal oversight of education as the latest steward of the Confederacy’s endeavor to preserve oligarchy.”
I spoke with @jamaalbowmanny.bsky.social for my latest essay in @thenation.com about AIPAC’s relationship with the Congressional Black Caucus. Check it out: “The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC” www.thenation.com/article/soci...
The Congressional Black Caucus’s Silent Partnership With AIPAC
The influential group of lawmakers has damaged its reputation as “conscience of the Congress” by staying silent on the Gaza genocide.
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No Kings! Why Congress must impeach Trump by the best political writer in the game @chrislehmann.bsky.social harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Decisive Moment, by Chris Lehmann
Why Congress must impeach Trump
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Huge thank you to @perrybaconjr.bsky.social for including me in this piece. “The experience of Black Americans calls into question the institutions that this country holds most sacred,” Conwright said. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Young Black voters are abandoning the Democratic establishment
Mamdani and Trump elections show how Black voters are drifting from the Democratic establishment.
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Perry Bacon@perrybaconjr.bsky.social · last yr.New poll shows Mamdani leading among Black voters, who are sometimes cast as centrist/moderate/anti-progressive. That's likely because of his strong support among younger black voters, who are more open to left wing causes and candidates. (And also Republicans, sadly.) wapo.st/46FpYSf
Will Black Americans Vote For A Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? | Anthony Conwright | TMR youtu.be/HhdK46m6T2I
Some thoughts about and Gregory Meeks supporting Andrew Cuomo. I will be ranking @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social #1
My latest for @thenation.com: Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani? “To put it plainly, the myth that Black Americans can only support establishment Democrats has conditioned us to take our suffering—which is a result of capitalism—for granted.” www.thenation.com/article/poli...
Will Black Americans Vote for a Socialist—Zohran Mamdani?
By demeaning the mayoral candidate’s agenda, Andrew Cuomo offends the Black tradition of community care.
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Compassion and criticism are not mutually exclusive. Democrats can have compassion for Biden AND question how his healthcare policies impacted people suffering from cancer without his resources. After all, Democrats were quick to point out “white privilege” in every aspect of American life.
www.thenation.com/article/poli...
How American Racism Sabotaged the World’s Fight Against Genocide
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Erin Overbey@erinoverbey.bsky.social · last yr.there’s an apocalypse happening in Gaza rn & here on Bluesky it’s crickets—yt ppl so comfortable in their safe space forgive me, but white liberals leaving the so-called ‘nazi space’ & then spending 2 yrs never bothering to ask why there are so few Palestinian & arab voices here is problematic,guys
I made a video about David Hogg @davidhogg.bsky.social @malcolmkenyatta.bsky.social and the vote for DNC Vice Chair. First video outlines rules that were violated. Full video below.