This week for @nextcity.org: As civic institutions go, foundations can be among the most frustrating, right up there with banks. At their worst, they embody a kind of top-down, power-hoarding, ivory tower gatekeeping of resources distributed in predictable patterns of white supremacy and misogyny.

This week for @nextcity.org, I report on the Boston Ujima Project investing in the Boston Neighborhood Community Land Trust. For its democratically-controlled investment fund, Ujima's voting members get a chance to review credit memos as part of its approval process. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

"unlike real experts, Heritage and Feulner’s promise was that every problem could be solved with a conservative solution, or that every nonconservative solution would be a disaster. ... The result is that Feulner bears much of the responsibility for the polarization of American politics."

Another city, another library, another copy of my book! And next to one of my all time faves, by @mehrsab.bsky.social. Seattle Public Library, central library

WNYC both-sidesing genocide this morning, platforming an “urban military ops researcher” who admitted on air he’s never interviewed any actual residents of Gaza but is claiming what the Israeli government is doing isn’t genocide. This is what we’re supposed to defend from Trump budget cuts? 🤮

Home is no longer a safe space for thousands of families who live with someone who's undocumented. Caught between housing assistance and ICE surveillance, many are forced to be silent—or self-evict. Shelterforce's Shelby King reports: bit.ly/4mdSlvG

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Side note, since when was the area just north of the Vine Street Expressway (home to @asianartsphilly.bsky.social, Asian Americans United, the FACTs charter school that AAU founded, & several Chinese-American churches) *not* considered part of Philly's Chinatown? www.inquirer.com/transportati...

What I learned patrolling for ICE in Terminal Island. The same federal facility that detained Japanese Americans in 1942 is now the staging ground for immigration raids across LA. One San Pedro resident documents what he’s seen and why history feels like it’s repeating itself.

Not one but two! Two copies of my book on the shelf in the business collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in #CharmCity #Baltimore. Join us at @redemmas.org 7pm tonight for a book talk moderated by @jnoor.bsky.social. Pick up a copy of your own and I’ll sign it for you!

Hey #Baltimore friends, hope you can join us next Tuesday! Really excited to be in conversation with @jnoor.bsky.social at the legendary @redemmas.org withfriends.co/event/237097...

Our feeds are flooded with what’s broken and going wrong. But to care for our mental health and our communities we need stories about how to build something better. Grateful to @oscarthinks.bsky.social for this powerful book, and to @redemmas.org for hosting such a timely conversation.

In "The Banks We Deserve", journalist @oscarthinks.bsky.social argues community banking can play a crucial role in addressing urgent social challenges, from creating a more racially just economy to preparing for a changing climate. Join us for a conversation w/ @jnoor.bsky.social on 7/25 at 7pm!

Hey did you know 1) my first book came out in February 2) this week shipping is free for the @bookshop.org anti-Prime sale Support local independent bookstores! bookshop.org/p/books/the-...

On the shelves at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in the Richmond! Also at their 9th Ave location in the Sunset District if you’re curious greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...

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There is so much about this bill that bothers, worries and angers me. Some are already pointing to the community development tax incentive programs in the bill as a silver lining. I’m here to tell you, not so fast. My latest for @nextcity.org: nextcity.org/features/tru...

I tagged along with some garbage men in Philly once. They deserve a raise. That’s real, hot, stinky, messy work they do. whyy.org/articles/a-d...

Oh look a journalist did some actual reporting on this super important question instead of just regurgitating some Democratic consultants’ mildly to unabashedly racist tropes

I genuinely cannot believe how many Democrats are spending their energy on destroying Mamdani when the GOP is trying to turn ICE into a full on secret police by drastically raising their budget

Remember Buffalo. This ain’t over yet. jacobin.com/2021/11/buff...

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Hey there #ABQ nice to meet you

We're detaining and deporting famous celebrities now. I'm sure this won't hurt tourism or US standing abroad www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/w...

Hey #Albuquerque friends! I'll be in town next week for a book talk and signing. Hope you can make it: www.eventbrite.com/e/the-banks-... Many thanks to Roanhorse Consulting, @aflep-nm.bsky.social & Nusenda Credit Union for co-sponsoring & organizing the event.

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Democratic Party brand is weak, says man who has helped shape Democratic Party brand for the past two decades www.wsj.com/politics/who...

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@baltimorebeat.bsky.social is so much necessary fun

I'm a little behind in sharing, but my latest reporting for @nextcity.org looks at the proposed California Community Reinvestment Act of 2025. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Walked into McNulty’s and all the staff were in the back watching the #novaknicks tip off 💗

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Tune in now for a live virtual conversation with me & @andreperryedu.bsky.social, whose new book Black Power Scorecard just came out a few months after my own The Banks We Deserve: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Back “on the road” with a virtual author-to-author book talk tomorrow, with the one and only @andreperryedu.bsky.social who also has a new book out, moderated by Next City editorial director @iamdeonna.bsky.social. Join us! nextcity.org/events/detai...

Had a blast rapping with @oscarthinks.bsky.social yesterday. Absolutely blew my mind on the banks we got, provoked my freedom dreaming impulses to imagine The Banks We Deserve! GET THIS BOOK ASAP

Cleveland! Don’t miss this: Tomorrow at 4 p.m., join ThirdSpace Action Lab & @oscarthinks.bsky.social for an author talk on community banking, economic justice, and the future of local economies. Come through and bring a friend. 🔗 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...

Today's the day, #Cleveland! 4pm-6pm hope to see you over at ThirdSpace Action Lab's Reading Room for an author talk about The Banks We Deserve. 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...

Come and get’em while supplies last! Copies of The Banks We Deserve by yours truly on sale at the #Inclusiv2025 conference in #Cleveland & if you’re still around Thursday come out to ThirdSpace Action Lab’s Reading Room for a book talk! 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...

Oscar will give a book talk Thursday at 6 at ThirdSpace Action Lab. Glad he is in town to talk ‘community banking for a just economy’ 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...

Kicking off spring conference season with Inclusiv, the national gathering of credit unions. I was thrilled to meet @oscarthinks.bsky.social of @nextcity.org, whose new book from @islandpress.bsky.social, the Banks we Deserve, seems like an instant classic.

Nice to meet you #Cleveland. Yet another city I’ve now visited where it’s a one seat ride from the airport to downtown.

What would an economy rooted in justice look like? Join @oscarthinks.bsky.social + Andre Perry for a conversation about banking, race, and community power. May 7 | 3 p.m. Eastern RSVP: nextcity.org/events/detai...

Good morning from #BigTowns. Thanks to The Current for bringing me out to #Lafayette and to Cavalier House for having copies of The Banks We Deserve for sale at the conference bookstore!

Nice to meet you, #Lafayette

In my latest for @nextcity.org, a deep dive into the SBA 7(a) program, which helped private lenders make 70k loans last year to small businesses across the country. What announced office closings & legally questionable staffing cuts at the agency could mean for cities: nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Given the revelation that Bluesky has already reached an agreement with The New York Times to roll out verification of its journalists, one would ask why they haven't bothered to do the same with independent, nonprofit news outlets like those in the @inn.org Network. go.bsky.app/AgZbvTK

We don't have to define ourselves by the things we acquire, but we can acquire things as a way to express who we are, even at just a single fleeting moment in our lives, and to remember who we were then. Always read @anjulierao.bsky.social

In my latest for @nextcity.org, a deep dive into the SBA 7(a) program, which helped private lenders make 70k loans last year to small businesses across the country. What announced office closings & legally questionable staffing cuts at the agency could mean for cities: nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

Figured out what’s been bothering me about public radio. Could be wrong, but, after an interviewee makes an unsubstantiated right-leaning assertion, the on-air journalist always replies “why do you think that?” But after a left-leaning assertion they reply “but what about [random counter-argument]?”

Now reading THE BANKS WE DESERVE: Reclaiming Community Banking for a Just Economy by @oscarthinks.bsky.social of @nextcity.org. Get your copy: bookshop.org/p/books/the-....