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# News and Commentary

## America Has Always Cut the Hair of the People It Wanted to Erase.
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The Supreme Court just ruled that a Rastafarian man cannot sue the prison guards who shaved his head against his will. Forced haircuts have a long…

## Giants Pitchers Protested Pride Night and Got a Warning. Colin Kaepernick Knelt for Black Lives and Lost His Career.
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San Francisco Giants players protested their team’s Pride Night and went unpunished. Throughout history, sports leagues have come down far harder on…

## How the U.S. Government Created the "Absent Black Father"
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As another Father's Day passes, let's look at how the stereotype of the absent Black father grew out of decades of welfare rules that cut off poor…

## JD Vance Says Black History Isn't Being Erased. His Administration's Record Says the Opposite.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/jd-vance-says-black-history-isnt)
JD Vance appeared on The View this week and denied that his administration has been erasing Black history from the country's museums and public lands…

## This Juneteenth, Remember That Enslaved People Won Their Own Freedom in the Civil War.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/this-juneteenth-remember-that-enslaved)
On today’s holiday, it’s important to recognize that enslaved people were not simply freed—they freed themselves through four years of sustained…

## Calling Michelle Obama a Man Isn't a New Conspiracy. It's a Lie America Has Used Against Black Women for Two Centuries.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/calling-michelle-obama-a-man-isnt)
At Trump’s White House 80th birthday event, UFC fighter Josh Hokit called Michelle Obama a man on national TV, reviving a slur used to deny powerful…

## America Just Played Its Best World Cup Men’s Soccer Game Ever. It Wouldn't Have Been Possible Without Birthright Citizenship.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/america-just-played-its-best-world)
As the Supreme Court weighs ending birthright citizenship, the star American player who just gave the U.S. its best-ever World Cup win shows us exactly…

## A South Carolina Jury Decided That Shooting a Fleeing 14-Year-Old in the Back Wasn't Murder
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/a-south-carolina-jury-decided-that)
Two weeks ago, a South Carolina jury acquitted the man who chased and shot 14-year-old Cyrus Carmack-Belton over water he didn't steal, the latest in a…

## Right Now in Northern Ireland, Mobs Are Hunting “Foreigners” in a City That Settlers Built
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As masked mobs burn immigrants out of their homes in Belfast this week, here's how the descendants of settlers came to hunt “foreigners” in a land their…

## Six Justices Just Demolished What Black Americans Died for in 1965
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Three Times in 150 Years, the Court Has Done This

## (Everyone Thinks) the WHCD Shooting Was Fake
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Trump stopped caring about his credibility, so America did too.

## Donald Trump Admits Slavery Was "The Worst Crime in History"—Pledges Reparations
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Many thought this day would never come, but the President explains his shocking decision was based on "looking at the facts."

## MAGA Is Furious TV Doctors Are Finally Telling the Truth About Trump’s Science Cuts and ICE Raids
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/maga-is-furious-tv-doctors-are-finally)
The latest episodes of Grey's Anatomy and The Pitt show ICE detentions and NIH funding collapses that are backed by court records and federal data.

## Trump's Own Side Is Demanding Vance use the 25th Amendment to Remove Him—He Started the War MAGA Swore Would Never Happen
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/trumps-own-side-is-demanding-vance)
A founding editor of The American Conservative is calling on JD Vance to remove Trump from office, as the bombs falling on Iran shatter the no-new-wars…

## NEWS: Trump's DOJ Sues Harvard for Antisemitism — While Silently Defunding Holocaust Education
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Courts have already ruled the administration's campaign against Harvard was illegal, yet the lawsuits keep coming — suggesting this was never about…

## Joy Reid is Going Viral For Destroying A Conservative Pundit Who Said Iranians "Hate the West"
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/joy-reid-is-going-viral-for-destroying)
A 2025 clip is connecting the dots between a 1953 coup, a 26-year dictatorship, and the bombs currently falling on Iranian soil.

## K-Pop Group KATSEYE's Only Black Member is Put on Hiatus — Why do Black Women in Girl Groups Keep Getting Sidelined?
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/k-pop-group-katseyes-only-black-member)
From Mel B to Normani to Manon Bannerman, the music industry's playbook for isolating Black women in pop groups hasn't changed.

## Black Lives Matter Was for White People, Too
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The movement was never about exclusion. It was about holding the state accountable when it kills citizens. Now that framework is the only thing…

## There's No Such Thing As The "Last Straw"
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The BLM movement teaches us that there will never be an execution so unjust that it converts supporters of state violence into abolitionists. Change…

## The FBI Tried to Blackmail MLK Into Committing Suicide. Every Year, They Pretend Like Nothing Happened.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/the-fbi-tried-to-blackmail-mlk-into)
While politicians who gut voting rights quote King every January, the institution that hunted him has never faced a public reckoning for its campaign of…

## I Met a Guerrilla Fighter that Evaded US-Backed Death Squads for 20 Years. Here are 7 Takeaways about American Intervention.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/i-met-a-guerrilla-fighter-that-evaded)
As politicians call Central American migrants "invaders," they conveniently ignore the American bombs, death squads, and training manuals that sent…

## The Tactics Boston Used Against Slave Catchers in the 1850's Offer Lessons for Resisting ICE Deportations Now
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/the-tactics-boston-used-against-slave)
As federal agents deploy to Minneapolis after fatal ICE shootings, the antebellum abolitionist movement reveals what happens when communities refuse to…

## Trump Administration Declares Discrimination Only Counts If Racists Are Stupid Enough to Confess
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The DOJ's new rule eliminates "disparate impact" liability, reviving the same legal logic the Supreme Court used to uphold Jim Crow in 1896.

## I started this year with 0 subscribers. Now I have 50,000. Here's why.
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They have been weaponizing history against our most vulnerable. You came here to fight back.

## The Graves of 230 Black Boys Were Just Found in a "Secret Cemetery" at a Juvenile Facility in Maryland
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/the-graves-of-230-black-boys-were)
An investigation has revealed decades of abuse and neglect for the Black children that were held in custody at "Maryland's Hellhole."

## Young White Supremacists Build a “Whites-Only” Town, But They Can’t Agree on Who Gets In
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/young-white-supremacists-build-a)
A documentary about a white ethnostate accidentally became a lesson on how absurd the whole concept of race even is.

## "Stop": Erika Kirk Wants Silence on Her Husband's Death. She Never Requested the Same for Black Families.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/stop-erika-kirk-wants-silence-on)
Erika Kirk stood beside her husband as he spread lies about George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Now she leads his empire and asks for different rules.

## Fox News Attacked My Video About the Racist Origins of "Jingle Bells." They Proved My Point.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/fox-news-attacked-my-video-about)
Fox mobilized an entire media apparatus to attack my content and still couldn't dispute a single historical fact.

## Sydney Sweeney Finally Caved and Addressed Her Eugenics-Coded American Eagle Ad
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/sydney-sweeney-finally-caved-and)
After months of silence and multiple box office flops, the actress finally spoke, sort of, about the controversy that made her a right-wing darling.

## Fox News Falls for Racist AI Videos of Black Women on Food Stamps—Then Tries to Hide It
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/fox-news-falls-for-racist-ai-videos)
The same racist "welfare queen" myths from the Reagan era now spread instantly through AI-generated propaganda that news organizations can't identify.

## Federal Agency Caught Using Doctored Video To Frame Black Teenagers as Terrorists
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/federal-agency-caught-using-doctored)
The Government Took a Teen's Patriotic Video and (seemingly) Added False Captions About Violence Against ICE, reaching 19 million views

## “I Love Hitler”: Young Republicans' Leaked Group Chat Exposes Gen Z’s Ugly Truth
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/i-love-hitler-young-republicans-leaked)
Gen Z will NOT save humanity, and this “progressive generation” myth is killing any chance to fight back.

## Security Guards Removed Me After I Gave This Speech \| "Stupidity is Killing Us"
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/security-guards-removed-me-after)
Many of You Requested the FULL speech I Gave at the Forbes Under 30 Conference. Here It Is ...

## Here's What Forbes Had To Say
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Security Removed Me from the Forbes Under 30 Summit Two Days Ago, Here's What Forbes Said To Me A Day Later

## This Speech About Gun Violence Just Got Me Kicked Out of the Forbes Under 30 Summit
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/this-speech-about-gun-violence-just)
An act of remembrance for gun violence victims was deemed too disruptive for a conference celebrating young leaders.

## Are Your Kids Secretly Becoming White Supremacists?
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/are-your-kids-secretly-becoming-white)
A recording from Kahlil Greene's live video.

## Is Democracy Over? Stacey Abrams and I Host LIVE Q&A
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/is-democracy-over-stacey-abrams-and)
Join us Live TODAY at 3pm EST to break down the 10 steps to American authoritarianism and the 10 steps to fight back!

## LIVE Q&A \| Who are the Groypers? The Evolution of White Supremacy on Social Media
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Join me and an internet historian for a live Q&A session on Tuesday at 6pm ET.

## Who will replace Charlie Kirk? MAGA is having a WAR of Succession
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/who-will-replace-charlie-kirk-maga)
The winner will be even worse than Kirk ...

## Trump and the MAGA Movement Have Launched A Witch Hunt. I May Be One of Their Targets.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/trump-and-the-maga-movement-have)
A political purge is underway, with journalists and educators being fired for daring to question the MAGA worldview. My work could be in their…

## Charlie Kirk Helped Make the Internet Insensitive to Unjust Killings. We tried to Warn You Before it Backfired.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/white-supremacists-built-an-internet)
The dehumanizing internet humor directed at Black victims of police brutality created a template for the morbid humor now being directed at Charlie…

## Ask Me ANYTHING about Charlie Kirk and Gen Z Leftists \| LIVE DISCUSSION @ 5:30PM
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I'm going live today at 5:30pm EST to discuss my article about the callous reactions from young people toward Charlie Kirk's murder.

## What do the Bullet Casing Inscriptions Mean? Understanding Charlie Kirk's Killer.
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The bullet casings at the scene of Charlie Kirk's assassination were inscribed with cryptic internet memes, not coherent ideology. Here's my best…

## Millions of Gen Z’ers Don't "Feel Bad" About Charlie Kirk's Murder. Here’s Why.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/thousands-of-gen-zers-dont-feel-bad)
The online reaction to Charlie Kirk's assassination reveals a generational (and partisan) disconnect on issues of gun violence, systemic injustice, and…

## These Black Gen Z'ers are leading DEI efforts for the MAGA Movement
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/these-black-gen-zers-are-leading)
The spectacular hypocrisy of young Black conservatives weaponizing the same diversity strategies they publicly condemn.

## Gap Just Schooled American Eagle on Diversity—And Accidentally Won a Culture War
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/gap-just-schooled-american-eagle)
After American Eagle's controversial Sydney Sweeney ad (that was praised by Donald Trump), a multicultural girl group became a symbol of resistance.

## Trump Ordered The Smithsonian to Remove "Divisive" History Within 120 Days. Help Me Preserve It.
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/trump-ordered-the-smithsonian-to)
The White House is forcing eight museums to submit exhibits for government review and "correction", and they're already complying.

## Trump Shields Big Oil from Climate Lawsuits as Communities Demand Justice
[Read more](https://historycanthide.substack.com/p/trump-shields-big-oil-from-climate)
As climate lawsuits reach critical mass and states pass 'Make Polluters Pay' laws, the fossil fuel industry is fighting to evade accountability, just…