my paper with my colleague and friend Victoria Tran is finally out!

New on Knock: the looming redevelopment of William Mead Homes in Chinatown raises fears in Mar Vista Gardens, the only public housing project on the west side of LA. Story from @marvistavoice.bsky.social

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this may be controversial but maybe tv stars should NOT be the last word on urban development

laist.com/news/climate...

Nory Sontay Ramos was a thriving high school student in L.A. until she and her mom were deported by the Trump administration in July. For @msnbc.com, we visited her in Guatemala as she tries to graduate remotely while hiding from the same gang they fled years ago. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...

This is the fruit of a seed planted in the first Trump administration--a seed of skepticism around "social emotional learning" that, I'd argue, was planted to test whether fear-mongering around "too much empathy and not enough real learning in schools" could be used to justify attacks on DEI. 1/🧵

Each time a remotely progressive candidate wins office in the US, the rich declare they're going to leave town. What do they actually do? Nothing. A 2016 study found only 0.04% of millionaires move in a given year due to tax increases. Rich people talk to feel important. Please properly tax them.

📣Older adults are the fastest growing group of people experiencing homelessness. This @nytimes.com makes the crisis vivid. Proposed cuts & policy changes will make this problem so much worse. @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social Proud to have contributed 🧵 1/x www.nytimes.com/2025/05/27/u...

we begged NYT to write about public universities, so their main HE reporter covers the new rules governing Florida's university system, doesn't even mention the abolition of all DEI programs, gives star billing to a Wayne State sociology prof who thinks the discipline has been hijacked by leftists

excited to talk about stanley tumbler culture with my students in our Economy and Society class tomorrow :)

honestly one of my favorite podcasts. I was really excited to see them do this book.

why is no one talking about the obvious growth and transformation that happened between january and september

LAPD so badly want this to be an anti-police murder story, but of course it's just a schizophrenic guy whose family hasn't been able to get help for him

well bluesky is much better than threads, so I'm happy to be here