I love how the colors on the cover match the ambiance of your house!

And another beauty just arrived! Congrats @m-r-glass.bsky.social!

Not going to age myself by saying how long I’ve been following @m-r-glass.bsky.social’s work, but I will say it’s a necessary and mind-blowing read. It answers so many questions about real estate, race, debt and injustice in US suburbs—and most importantly, it asks the right ones. Get it &teach it ⤵️

Thank you!!

I was delighted to join Jenna Pittman on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social for a conversation about CRACKED FOUNDATIONS (@pennpress.bsky.social). We talked real estate, inequality, and how the suburbs still hold a cherished place in American politics.

Link here: newbooksnetwork.com/cracked-foun...

Today is the official publication day for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS!! 🏠🥳🎉
For the next month, Penn is offering a discount of 40% off using the code UHA25. Which brings the price down to $20.97. A screaming deal!
www.pennpress.org/978151282822...

There is a Georgia highway I know well, having ridden its ribbons of asphalt as a child, a teen, and a home-for-a-visit adult for half a century.

It’s a history of racial capitalism.

Phase 1: Pull value from the soil through enslaved labor and unfree sharecropping labor, to the mid-20thC

The men are not alright.
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Nick Juravich tonight at Teachers College, on his great new book on “how schools shaped not just individual students through instruction, but also the distribution of employment opportunities, paths for political participation, and the process of community formation in the city.”
#histed #union

Helpful provocation from Gabe Winant, who still hasn't migrated from X. Nice of him to write it out like this. I don't think it all hangs together. Might have to respond

lpeproject.org/blog/marxism...

"Once upon a time, there was a group called the White Citizens' Council..."

Next month is the book launch event for CRACKED FOUNDATIONS (@pennpress.bsky.social) at the @bpl.boston.gov, where I'll be in conversation with the inimitable Lizabeth Cohen. Hope to see many Boston folks there!
Registration here: www.leventhalmap.org/event/author...

Hundreds of towns in the American West have histories of anti-Chinese violence. Some are starting to apologize.

Beautiful essay, and a reminder that this madness has quite recent historical precedents.

“Now the attacks feel like yet another manifestation of the relentless self-preservation of the powerful…”

www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-g...

Excited to read this!!

Fantastic new historical mapping resource on the FHA's Section 608 multifamily rental housing program from @brentcebul.bsky.social, Mike Glass, and their team. Complete with downloadable data! Incredible work

buildinginequality.us

Hi everyone, I'm here (finally!). But better late than never, right?

Thrilled to launch this project with @brentcebul.bsky.social !!