It has been a bracing moment for American federalism, with both unprecedented efforts to extend executive control over state and local govts, novel forms of subnational resistance. Where is federalism going? Paul Nolette and I have edited a new issue of Publius on that question. Short thread:

📢 #CallForPapers 📢 ✍️ #UrbanStudies invites theoretical and case-based contributions that deepen our understanding of the right to the city, urban commons, and urban citizenship by bringing them into conversation with each other. @richardsondilworth.bsky.social 🔗 Details: buff.ly/90uYw0o

"The May 1 Marchers in Los Angeles: Overcoming Conflicting Frames, Bilingual Women Connectors, English-Language Radio, and Newly Politicized Spanish Speakers” by Kim Yi Dionne, Darin DeWitt, Michael Stone, and Michael Suk-Young Chwe, UAR 51(4), 2015. journals.sagepub.com/share/BKNW9X...

"Urban Political Leadership and Political Representation: The Multifaceted Representational Role of Danish Mayors” by Ulrik Kjaer, UAR 51(4), 2015.

"Disinvesting in the City: The Role of Tax Foreclosure in Detroit” by Margaret Dewar, Eric Seymour, and Oana Druță, UAR 51(5), 2015.

"Why Do Local Governments Resist Contracting Out?” by Paola Garrone and Riccardo Marzano, UAR 51(5), 2015.

In our new piece at @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social, @aloysiusod.bsky.social and I try to understand what factors led some municipalities in Poland to implement openly discriminatory policies against LGBTQ+ residents while other, similar municipalities did not. (1/n)

"Remains of the Progressive City? First Source Hiring in Portland and Chicago” by Greg Schrock, UAR 51(5), 2015.

"New Regionalism—Not Too Complex for the Media Watchdog: Media Reporting and Citizens’ Perception of Democratic Legitimacy in 4 European Metropolitan Areas” Anna Christmann, Daniel Kübler, Karin Hasler, Frank Marcinkowksi, Christian Schemer, UAR 51(5), 2015.

"Assessing the Feasibility of Side Yard Programs as a Solution to Land Vacancy in U.S. Shrinking Cities” by Joanna P. Ganning and J. Rosie Tighe, UAR 51(5), 2015.

"The Imagined Self-Sufficient Communities of HOPE VI: Examining the Community and Social Support Component” by Deirdre Oakley, James Fraser, and Joshua Bazuin, UAR 51(5), 2015.

"The African-American Entrepreneur–Crime Drop Relationship: Growing African-American Business Ownership and Declining Youth Violence” by Karen F. Parker, UAR 51(6), 2015.

"Substantive and Procedural Tolerance: Are Diverse Communities Really More Tolerant?” by Laura A. Reese and Matthew Zalewski, UAR 51(6), 2015.

"What Determines the Formal Versus Relational Nature of Local Government Contracting?" by Meeyoung Lamothe and Scott Lamothe, UAR 48(3), 2012

"The Proximate Polity: Spatial Context and Political Risk in Local Developmental Goods Provision," by Scott L. Minkoff, UAR 48(3), 2012.

"“There Is Abuse Everywhere”: Migrant Nonprofit Organizations and the Problem of Precarious Work," by Nina Martin, UAR 48(3), 2012.

"Segregation by Design: Mechanisms of Selection of Latinos and Whites into Gated Communities," by Elena Vesselinov, UAR 48(3), 2012.

"Conceptualizing the New Urban Renewal: Comparing the Past to the Present," by Derek S. Hyra, UAR 48(4), 2012.

"Are U.S. Cities Losing Power and Authority? Perceptions of Local Government Actors," by Ann O’M. Bowman and Richard C. Kearney, UAR 48(4), 2012.

"Neighborhood Attachment, Social Participation, and Willingness to Stay in China’s Low-Income Communities," by Fulong Wu, UAR 48(4), 2012.

"Neighborhood Connections, Physical Disorder, and Neighborhood Satisfaction in Las Vegas," by Andrea Dassopoulos, Christie D. Batson, Robert Futrell, and Barbara G. Brents, UAR 48(4), 2012.

"Neighborhood Associations and Social Capital in Japan," by Pepijn van Houwelingen, UAR 48(4), 2012.

🎧NEW on UAR Remixed! Listen to our interview with Gregg Colburn on his new co-authored book (w/ Rebecca Walter), “Affordable Housing in the United States." www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

“If #zohran wins..."The Menace of Prosperity" — a tremendous urban history and storehouse of inspiring precedents and ideas — is going to be required reading in the coming years”- @petedavis.bsky.social, founder of the @Democracy Policy Network Order today. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

A 60 second summary of some of the biggest and best sights from #NoKings Day. Congratulations to every single organizer, volunteer and attendee👏 History.

For our debut post....🥁🥁🥁 Check out the latest episode of UAR Remixed, a companion podcast to @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social. Pt 3 of a 4-pt series on cities + migration, we spoke w/ Domenic Vitiello, Andrew Baldwin, + David Kaufmann on sanctuary cities www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

🎧 The finale of our second podcast miniseries on cities + migration is now LIVE! W/ excerpts from Leslie Gross-Wyrtzen, Deirdre Conlon, Nancy Hiemstra, David Kaufmann, + Andrew Baldwin. Link to show notes below, find + subscribe on your favorite platform! www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

New year, new articles! Check out the latest by Simon van Zoest + Tom Daamen, "Explaining Value Capture Implementation in New York, London, and Copenhagen" www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

And a fascinating paper on place-based heritage, Black geographies, and multilevel governance theory from Eleonora Redaelli, John Arroyo, & Alexandra May Carson journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Karin Kitchens & Megan Goldberg take a closer look at school board politics in "Partisanship and Professionalization: School Board Decision-Making in the Midst of a Pandemic." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

It was a busy weekend for #onlinefirst at UAR - *3* exciting new articles published since Saturday 👇

Issue 2 of our 60th anniversary volume is HERE! The editors revisit Michael Lipsky's classic 1971 "Street Level Bureaucracy." Visit our website to read more and view the full TOC 👇 www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

NEW online first! By J. Cameron Anglum, Anita Manion, + Sapna Varkey, "Increasing Minimum Teacher's Salaries: Opportunities & Drawbacks across Geography and Race." Read the write-up on our website and find the full article below 👇 www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

🎺🎺🎺 NEW ISSUE! Issue 3 of our 60th anniversary volume is now available, w/reflections from @timweaver.bsky.social + Christina Greer on Elinor Ostrom's (1983) "Social Stratification-Government Inequality Thesis" www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

Finally, our entire back catalog of book reviews is now OPEN ACCESS! You can access a rotating list of featured reviews, curated by UAR editors, along with a link to the catalog on our website www.urbanaffairsreview.com/book-reviews

We successfully launched three separate podcast series for UAR Remixed since last summer! Our latest, produced by @templeunivpress.bsky.social, "Political Lessons from American Cities," is underway. You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-remixed

It's been a while since we posted! Here's a quick round-up of some of the work we've done @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social this year 👇

New article @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social by @bwitkovsky.bsky.social, "Cities and Their Neighbors," a highly topical analysis of the urban-rural divide in Wisconsin. urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...

@urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social welcomes authors who would like to participate in this open peer review system. Please drop us a note when you submit your paper if you're interested!

And finally, @alexkarner.bsky.social + Jonathan Shuster's response essay journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🎺🎺🎺 We're thrilled to announce that we just published its FIRST EVER open peer review on @alexkarner.bsky.social + Jonathan Shuster's "All Aboard: Light Rail, Mobility Justice, & the Future of Public Transit in Austin, TX," w/comments by @jen-nelles.bsky.social + Martin Horak. Links 👇

From @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social co-editor Christina Greer, this incisive op-ed in @nytopinion.nytimes.com published today: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/o...

And "For an Urban Politics of Public Health" by Michael Brown journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

And two excellent reviewer commentaries on the symposium, including "An Engine, Not a Vessel: Place, Politics, and Health in the United States" by @philiprocco.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

🎺🎺🎺 NEW SYMPOSIUM on @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social from guest editor @charleywillison.bsky.social, "The Intrinsic Relationship between Local Politics + Public Health." Intro here, follow the thread for more great scholarship 👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

NEW symposium from guest editor @charleywillison.bsky.social on local politics and public health. Click the link below for the full table of contents: www.urbanaffairsreview.com/public-health

"Why History (Still) Matters: Time and Temporality in Urban Political Analysis" by Joel Rast, UAR 48(1), 2012.

"The Collision of Faith and Economic Development in Toronto’s Inner Suburban Industrial Districts" by Jason Hackworth and Kirsten Stein, UAR 48(1), 2012.

"Local Development Policies and the Foreclosure Crisis in California: Can Local Policies Hold Back National Tides?" by Garrett Glasgow, Paul G. Lewis and Max Neiman, UAR 48(1), 2012.