My book TROOP MOVEMENTS is coming soon. Check it out?
It’s about political struggles over fascism & war, the imperial & the carceral, class & race & global freedom.
www.pennpress.org/978151282990...
If you might want to assign it, or review it, or preorder it — please stay tuned, or get in touch!
Must read piece on this wild stat: More than 400 day cares in Oklahoma have gone out of business since November. Don't miss the parents sending their kid to live in a different state b/c they don't have care.
It's past time for universal childcare!
www.nytimes.com/2026/04/13/u...
Our democracy is at a crossroads, and the old policy playbook—tax credits, privatization, vouchers—is failing us. It’s like using a hammer to drive a screw.
To build a #GoodLife for all Americans, we need more than market-focused fixes. We need public goods and services. 🧵
New @suzmkahn.bsky.social 🚨
Thrilled to have this paper out in the world. We can't restore democracy without restoring faith in its ability to deliver for people. Public options are part of the toolkit we need to do that.
The @uofcalifornia.bsky.social is developing new ways to pit #highereducation workers against each other: 1) put faculty on management bargaining teams; 2) require teachers to pick up the work of striking TAs and graders; 3) make faculty collect TA/RA timesheets; and 4) offer $ for adjuncts to scab.
RIP, Jesse Jackson
“Mr. Reagan curbed inflation by cutting consumer demand. He cut consumer demand with conscious and callous fiscal and monetary policies…Mr. Reagan brought inflation down by destabilizing our economy and disrupting family life.” (1984 DNC Speech)
Congratulations @davidstein.bsky.social!
Read "Toward an Intersectional Analysis of Money: Racial Capitalism, Stagflation, and Unemployment as Economic Policy" from the Dec 2024 issue of American Quarterly on @projectmuse.bsky.social
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
Comprehensive deep dive into how Zionist reactionaries attacked the University of California. UC failed to anticipate an organized political attack and gave into pressure by violating the rights of all UC students, faculty, staff.
Required reading for UC workers!
jewishcurrents.org/portrait-of-...
The AEA has imposed a lifetime ban on Lawrence H. Summers’ membership and participation in AEA activities. See the full statement here. www.aeaweb.org/news/aea-sta...
Excited to share that this article received honorable mention for the Constance M. Rourke prize for best article in American Quarterly. Congrats to Sam Ikehara and all the other winners! www.theasa.net/about/news-e...
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
The President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, PPFP, has been a jewel in the crown for faculty development and recruitment at the University of California for years and the results have been an expanded faculty with almost 100% tenure rates — unprecedented success.
This article presents the end of the PPFP as a done deal, but it’s not—until the chancellors’ meeting this afternoon.
I am very concerned about anticipatory compliance at UC. Provost Katherine Newman has opted to defund a critical program called the UC Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship (PPFP). This incredibly selective postdoc has provided a route to UC faculty for many of my most valued colleagues. +
The UC President axed a signature part of our Presidents Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP). UCOP cites the budget, but PPFP is a key program the Trump admin is threatening us over.
UCOP is capitulating to Trump's threats, piecemeal. Ominous, worrying.
www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
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"[William McChesney Martin's] segregationist commitments thus define what the ideology of Federal Reserve independence has meant in practice." - @nathantankus.bsky.social
Periodic reminder that nobody is doing it like Nathan.
Tremendous historical work from Nathan here. You should subscribe to Notes on the Crises.
NEW PIECE: I finally unveil the deep segregationist Georgia relationships of Fed Chair Bill Martin I dug up over the course of researching my (now set aside) book on the Federal Reserve: Picking Losers. Its a labyrinthine story so grab a coffee & Subscribe
www.crisesnotes.com/bombshell-19...
Quite an honor to be on the podcast / show that I’ve listened to for more than 15 years. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/k...
Tune into the Against the Grain show on Berkeley's KPFA Radio this coming Monday at 12:05 PM PST for an in-depth chat with David Stein, a contributor to "Bayard Rustin: A Legacy of Protest and Politics."
Tune in worldwide at kpfa.org.
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Sharing my new article — "Gotta Study War Work More."
'How can we interpret the relationship between warfare and workers?'
read.dukeupress.edu/labor/articl...
MLK followed the lead of NWRO.
Influenced by NWRO, MLK’s guaranteed income proposals were generally linked with his job guarantee proposals
Weeks earlier, when I’d messaged Alex, he had said that everyone he knew used ChatGPT in some fashion, but that he used it only for organizing his notes. In person, he admitted that this wasn’t remotely accurate. “Any type of writing in life, I use A.I.,” he said. He relied on Claude for research, DeepSeek for reasoning and explanation, and Gemini for image generation. ChatGPT served more general needs. “I need A.I. to text girls,” he joked, imagining an A.I.-enhanced version of Hinge. I asked if he had used A.I. when setting up our meeting. He laughed, and then replied, “Honestly, yeah. I’m not tryin’ to type all that. Could you tell?”
AI is deskilling our young people to the extent that they no longer have the ability, or at least resolve, to craft their own *texts.*
The widespread adoption of these technologies is actually a form of child abuse. We are systematically destroying human potential
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
I miss @adybarkan.bsky.social every day. This last week especially, his call on all of us to do what we each can to @beaheroaction.bsky.social has been ringing louder than ever in my ears.
Grateful to spend a bit of e-day with @rscar.bsky.social & @ Sarah Johnson.
