"Who can speak, when, on what subjects & from what platforms is determined by historical context & differentiated by race, gender, class, ideology & politics. ..." —Robin DG Kelley in @bostonreview.bsky.social

#TenantUnions can be funny too. Comedy & music as fundraising tools used by KC Tenants Union www.axios.com/local/kansas...

New film shows @sanders.senate.gov speaking to #MAGA voters in West Virginia about the struggles of working class people. His message resonated. Well done @moreperfectunion.bsky.social 👇👇👇

Read everything by Robin DG Kelley, and esp. on such an important topic.

The special section from our 50th anniversary issue, The Responsibility of Intellectuals in the Age of Fascism and Genocide, is now online. Robin D. G. Kelley revisits Noam Chomsky’s classic argument, with @dwaldstreicher.bsky.social, Jennifer Zacharia, and @martinoneill.bsky.social.

Should lawmakers limit rent price gouging & evictions after wildfires? Adhiti Bandlamudi's new legislation #SB522 extends tenant protections to buildings destroyed from wildfires in California. www.kqed.org/news/1205185...

*How do crises impact policy debate?* I'm thrilled to share my new article in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social w/ ‪@acomandon.bsky.social‬ (& Drew Messamore) that Andre & me began while at @uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social !

#ICYMI: #NLIHC released a report that shows how the National Housing Trust Fund remains an essential source of gap financing for affordable homes. See how each state used their funds awarded in 2020: nlihc.org/resource/n...

This article on on NYC landlords unable to pay their expenses gives a foretaste of what I suspect the pushback to a rent freeze is going to look like. www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/07/b...

Charlie Dulik on the past and future of tenant organizing

Great work from CURA post-doc @kentoncard.bsky.social! nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

How can research inform policy change? My team worked w/ tenant advocates from across the country to debunk the landlord lobbyist trope that eviction protections for tenants hamper the rate of construction. Our model & evidence linked below in this @shelterforce.bsky.social article👇

Happy to celebrate five years since @antipodeonline.bsky.social released "Geographies of Racial Capitalism w/ Ruth Wilson Gilmore." If you haven't seen or considered it as a teaching or organizing tool: check it out 👇 antipodeonline.org/geographies-...

So let me get this straight: masks are bad and un-American if worn to fight a pandemic, but good if worn by people claiming to be government agents when they kidnap people off the street

I'm excited to be part of a community conversation & symposium today on "Home Economics" at the infamous Miami University Center for Community Engagement in Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati.

The Trump admin has just detained Mohsen Mahdawi, who: –has green card –was Columbia Buddhist club president –saw his best friend shot & killed by Israeli soldier –said "we are against antisemitism because antisemitism is a form of injustice, and injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"

This op-ed by Kayla Giordano on "The truth about #justcause #eviction & #HousingSupply" cites our research at @curaumn.bsky.social ctmirror.org/2025/04/02/t...

Plainclothes agents. Trying to question elementary-aged kids. And lying that they had parents permission to do so.

No lawmaker in Congress should be able to own, buy, and sell individual stocks. We need to ban congressional stock trading—and I've got a bill for that.

In our most recent PSL Demo Day, @lorettaclees.bsky.social, @kentoncard.bsky.social , and Andre Comandon talk about their project creating an open source tool to assess housing displacement risk.

Instead of weaponizing efficiency to bludgeon government, let's cultivate more responsive, effective government. My new white paper @responsivegov.bsky.social argues for governance rooted in "the robust & systematic centering of the voices of the denizens who most rely on public social programs."

New issue alert! Featuring a Theme Issue on Housing Movements in Racial Capitalism eds. @kentoncard.bsky.social @akirarodriguez.bsky.social & Margit Mayer journals.sagepub.com/toc/EPC/curr... #geosky #academicsky #geography #politics #political #space #RacialCapitalism #SocialMovements #Housing

Great Session on the role of data in action/activist geographical research at #aag2025 🔥🔥 Organized by Declan Cullen, Kafui Attoh & @geoplace.bsky.social

Great sessions on "Exploring Class through Housing" at #AAG2025 organized by Chiara Valli & Ismael Yrigoy Cadena

Consider this. 6 people in plainclothes approach you, and begin to cover their faces. At least one appears armed. As they grab your phone and backpack, they do not prove who they are. They say they're going to take you, but they're not saying why. What would you call that?

New special issue on on Housing Movements & Racial Capitalism w/ @akirarodriguez.bsky.social & Margit Mayer in @politicsandspace.bsky.social & cute team editor photo in Berlin '22 Check out 5 great contributions!!👇 journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Recently, @buoncities.bsky.social affiliates @mollyrichard.bsky.social (@buciss.bsky.social) and @kentoncard.bsky.social (IOC Visiting Urban Scholar & @curaumn.bsky.social) prominently shared their work on housing and good/just cause eviction protections in the U.S. 🔗 www.bu.edu/ioc/2025/03/...

Over 30 local lawmakers across Maryland sent this letter to members of the state Senate JPR Committee, calling for passage of Good Cause Enabling SB651 — WITHOUT amendments creating preemptions, especially related to vacancy control. The bill’s currently on a voting list for today. 👀

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Yesterday I co-published an op-ed advocating for legislatures to pass tenant protections across the country (w/ Edward Goetz, Evan Davis & Jeremy Schwartz) Tenant advocates are pushing to expand tenant rights through #goodcause or #justcause eviction protections. ggwash.org/view/98696/m...

New research shows evictions are correlated with depression among children. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Our Anti-Displacement Assessment Tool (created w/ @lorettaclees.bsky.social & Andre Comandon) for Louisville Metro was profiled today in @shelterforce.bsky.social & @nextcity.org @buoncities.bsky.social nextcity.org/urbanist-new...

HUD helps keep people stably housed. The Trump admin’s proposed cuts could “have a catastrophic effect on homelessness nationwide,” said NHLP’s Deborah Thrope to @juliannemcshane.bsky.social for @motherjones.com

🚨Save our homes🚨 On March 10, we're joining a national day of action to protect tenants and HUD. Get ready to call your elected officials and ask them to stop reckless cuts to HUD's staff and budget! Find your member here: www.usa.gov/elected-offi... #HandsOffHousing

*Do tenant protections lead to a lower rate of housing production?* Our analysis suggests no. Housing production in CA, OR & NH did not decline after passage of "Good/Just Cause" eviction protections relative to nearby states w/o the law.👇 www.cura.umn.edu/research/goo...

I think it's inspiring to see prolific academics ALSO write op-eds about local political issues AND encourage readers to join #TenantUnions. Brilliant scholar-activism 🔥🔥 @povertyscholar.bsky.social & Gretchen Purser

I posted about this a few weeks ago, but I’m re-upping it given the all the new folks who have joined recently. I study policy (health & housing), poverty, racism, politics & power. You can listen to me talk about some of those things here👇🏾: www.countyhealthrankings.org/findings-and...

My latest article celebrates the power of witness--often followed by impactful advocacy--of eviction court watchers: www.commondreams.org/opinion/go-t...

* * Polling Finds #TenantProtections are VERY Popular * * A new survey from @cssnyorg.bsky.social found that among respondents: —> 81% support adopting #RentStabilization —> 78% support adopting #GoodCauseEviction #JustCause

I am happy to announce that my new book, Lessons From Eviction Court: How We Can End Our Housing Crisis, will be published soon by @cornellupress.bsky.social Our inspiring clients teach my students and I about how we can fix our broken housing system. www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501...

#CFP deadline today (Feb 28) for addressing "How housing policy impacts the #RacialWealthGap?" at @houspoldebate.bsky.social via @docdantzler.bsky.social, @eloralee.bsky.social & @lkb-pdx.bsky.social see details below 👇 👇

A new anti-gentrification tool in Louisville tracks displacement that would come from proposed development - not to stop development but to consider impacts from where and how we develop. Tool by @kentoncard.bsky.social @lorettaclees.bsky.social and their team. www.bu.edu/articles/202...

Accepted papers will appear in a special issue guest edited by Lisa K. Bates, @kentoncard.bsky.social, @docdantzler.bsky.social and @eloralee.bsky.social. Find additional details here: bit.ly/40vn9P4

It’s two weeks since Israeli soldiers illegally adducted Dr Hussam Abu Safiya - where is he? Where is the international community outrage?

News reporting on passage of the Anti-Displacement Assessment Tool that I helped develop w/ Andre Comandon & @lorettaclees.bsky.social w/ Councilmember Jecorey Arthur in Louisville, KY thedeveloper.live/opinion/opin...

Recently, the Louisville Metro Council unanimously approved a first-of-its-kind Anti-Displacement Assessment Tool (ADA Tool). Developed by @lorettaclees.bsky.social, @kentoncard.bsky.social, and Andre Comandon. Learn more🔗 bu.edu/ioc/2024/11/...

www.courier-journal.com/story/news/p... First Anti-Displacement Tool to pass in the US, very proud to have designed with Andre Comandon & Kenton Card with support of Jecorey Arthur & the Louisville Tenants Union. After fighting gentrification for so long a wonderful achievement. Tool is cc