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Jessica Ann Levy@jessicaannlevyOct 22
If you’re at @AmerStudiesAssn in Chicago, come check out our panel today ft. New Books on Race and Capitalism by @benchansfield, Ian Carillo, and myself; chaired by @LowestFreedom #BlackPowerInc #AmericanStudies
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Stuart Schrader@stschrader1Oct 18
IMPERIAL ENTANGLEMENTS OF POLICING, edited by @jgo34 & me, is now available! Order using discount code E26IMPRL from @DukePress (pup not included): dukeupress.edu/imperial-enta…
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Calling all educators - got a resource to share with fellow teachers? Apply to share it at our first ever resource exchange (via zoom)! $100 stipends for teachers selected to share a resource. Apply by Mon Oct 19. Event is Wed, Oct 28th, 7:30-8:30PM EST tinyurl.com/ykazhbh5

Teacher Resource Exchange Interest Form

As teachers, we are constantly coming up with creative ways to engage our students. But rarely do we have the opportunity to share what we create with fellow educators. This Teacher Resource Exchange...

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Samuel Levine@saalevineOct 2
In 1902, women on the Lower East Side organized a boycott when the price of kosher meat jumped 50%. How do we build collective power when every consumer sees a different price—and every worker a different wage? My thoughts, now in @thenation.
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one of the hardest strategic questions we routinely face is how to organize across/in spite of real material conflicts of interest w/o denying that they exist. I really enjoyed having @gabrielwinant back on to talk about gerontocracy, class, age, care &what mass politics requires
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In our latest, we speak with Gabriel Winant @gabrielwinant about the idea popular in some circles that we live in a “gerontocracy” and whether and how age could be understood to act as a mediator of class patreon.com/deathpanelpod/po…

On "Gerontocracy," Part 1: Age and Class w/ Gabriel Winant (09/21/26) | The Death Panel

Beatrice speaks with Gabriel Winant about the idea popular in some circles that we live in a “gerontocracy” and whether and how age could be

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Bench Ansfield's "Born in Flames" is a revelation of cultural and social critique, illuminating how inequities compound and ironies spiral when capital gain is the sole object of human pursuit. Congratulations, @benchansfield on their Ansfield-Wolf Book Award!
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Jack El-Hai@Jack_ElHaiSep 8
“Ladies and gentlemen, the Bronx is burning!” Today's #history book pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to author @benchansfield & @wwnorton! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.…
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Madeleine Baker@madeleineebakerSep 4
A must-read!
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Paperbacks are out!
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brilliant book.
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Born in Flames

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in HistoryWinner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryWinner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in NonfictionWinner of the Francis Parkman Prize for the Best...

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Did you enjoy Bench Ansfield's Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards winning "Born in Flames?" Explore the Anisfield-Wolf Book Club to see six recommended books to read next! anisfield-wolf.org/awba-book…
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. @benchansfield shares that one of their favorite works in the AWBA canon is Gwendolyn Brooks', "In the Mecca." The collection includes poems to Malcolm X, Medgar Evers, and the Blackstone Rangers, a politicized Chicago street gang part of the Black Power Movement.
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In Bench Ansfield's AWBA winning "Born In Flames," @benchansfield documents the grassroots efforts of the tenant organizing movement that pushed back against ‘brownlining’ practices and the arson wave of the 1970s. anisfield-wolf.org/awba-book…
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“In New York City, the four most extreme precipitation events have all happened in the last four years.” open.substack.com/pub/nycpol…
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This month's Anisfield-Wolf Book Club selection is the 2026 nonfiction winner, "Born In Flames," the explosive account of the arson wave that hit the Bronx and other American cities in the 1970s—and its legacy today, by @benchansfield. Learn more: anisfield-wolf.org/awba-book…
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Christy Thornton@llchristyllJun 25
We froze the rent! 💙🧡💙🧡
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NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves 2-year rent freeze, fulfilling Mamdani campaign pledge gothamist.com/news/nyc-rent-…

NYC Rent Guidelines Board approves 2-year rent freeze, fulfilling Mamdani campaign pledge

About 1 million rent-stabilized apartments will be shielded from rent increases for the next two years after the historic vote.

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Daniel Aldana Cohen@aldatweetsJun 24
Sunday ............... Tuesday
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Sarah Brouillette@brouilletteseJun 23
Now available for preorder, arriving in warehouse 10/02/2026: dukeupress.edu/content-machi… Duke UP gave me a discount code for 30% off paperback preorders: it's E26CNTNT
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