Double Dee
@darcydaniels.bsky.social
Social Studies Teacher, tour guide, historian
#iteachsocialstudies Excited that our book is part of the New Publications in The Renovator! substack.com/@joannakenty...
Civic Education News Roundup: Mandates for American history museums and exciting news in higher ed.
In case you missed it, check out how the Democracy Rising Collaborative sent judges on a bus tour around the country to explain the importance of judicial independence for a constitutional democracy:
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@angrystaffer.bsky.social are you doing an AMA anytime soon ?
We have this poster up in our house and I look at it every day and it immediately comes to mind. The expression. syracuseculturalworkers.com/products/pos...
Poster - 1961 Freedom Riders
Eric Etheridge, Joseph Portiglione SCW©2010 The Freedom Rides eventually encompassed a campaign that lasted seven months, involved over 400 African Americans and whites, and desegregated dozens of bus...
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And this is why MA and ME celebrate Patriots Day in April. Now better known as Marathon Monday #HATM
Paul Giamatti reprising his role as John Adams #AmericanRevolution #HATM
There was a gunman in my school in 1990. Before Columbine. And it was a shock that reverberated. Now when we talk about gunman in schools, it’s just another weekday.
WBUR@wbur.org · last yr.Essay: Child psychologist Ellen Braaten often does media appearances, trying to reassure parents and kids in the wake of school shootings. She used to tell her audience that the adults in their lives do everything they can to keep them safe, but she doesn't say that anymore. We haven’t. We don’t.
Battle Doomscrolling with 5 small pleasures in life. 1. The sound of my daughters’ laughter 2. The first sip of morning coffee 3. Hearing the first drops of rain hit the pavement 4. Clean sheets 5. Small love notes from my husband.
CDRE Fool Mental Jackass VI@uncle6.org · last yr.5 small pleasures in life: 1) the feel of a brand new short sleeve sweatshirt (not one of those sleeve chopped hoodies) 2) the first pull on a pint of well kept Guinness 3) the weight of your favorite jacket the first time you *need* it 4) bouncing out of the barber's chair 5) no-alarm mornings
Bernie is right. Health care should be based on medical science. I’m glad I found out I needed a measles vaccine this summer. And it’s right to provide shingles shots to seniors and vaccines for kids. Let’s focus on health care costs instead of upending the CDC. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...
Opinion | Bernie Sanders: Kennedy Must Resign
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Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
3 Scottish brothers set a world record for fastest Pacific row
Three Scottish brothers have set a world record for the fastest unsupported row across the Pacific Ocean.
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The greatest provocation of the mob during what would become the Boston Massacre was when the British troops loaded their weapons in front of the crowd. That’s when the crowd surged.
The War Monitor@warmonitor.net · last yr.National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. are preparing to carry weapons in the coming days, marking a major escalation in Trump’s crackdown.
Each year, the federal government spends roughly $50 per student on STEM education. It spends 5 cents per student per year on civic education.
This will help you find a public radio or television station that stands to lose 50 percent or more of its revenue:
Adopt A Station
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This is brilliant. I had never thought about it like this before. It’s the same horrific irony as regulating access to voting while deregulating access to guns. And it’s all related.
Including funding for civics education.
Ruth Zakarin@ruthz.bsky.social · last yr.Today, Gov Healey announced that Trump is denying Massachusetts schools & nonprofits $108mil of federal education funds that were already appropriated by Congress. Another example of how Trump is stealing from our kids to fund his terror against immigrants. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/07/m...
It shouldn't get lost that just today, Senate Republicans have voted to close nursing homes, close rural hospitals, and cut food stamp benefits for children and veterans.
He’s being to careful, speaking to avoid sound bites. But sound bites are EXACTLY what we need right now.
MS NOW@ms.now · last yr.Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, while speaking at an event in Connecticut. Obama cautioned that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”
We need to flood the zone with more stories like this.
Senator Patty Murray@murray.senate.gov · last yr.I hope you'll listen to Rachel as she shares her son’s story. Nate is a disabled adult who relies on Medicaid. Medicaid makes Nate's life & dreams possible—it means freedom. Cuts to Medicaid eliminate those freedoms. Help share Nate's story & join me in saying: NO CUTS TO MEDICAID.
I’m old enough to remember when he promised he wouldn’t do this.
Adam Keiper@adamkeiper.com · last yr.Remember when RFK Jr. promised Sen. Bill Cassidy that he would not fire the CDC vaccine advisory panel? Guess what: www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...
Look beyond Trump and Musk's public blowout to the bigger problem: the infiltration of Big Money in our politics. It has corrupted our democracy — creating a vicious cycle that funnels more wealth and power to those at the top while drowning out the needs of regular Americans.
