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7 GOP senators sign on to bill to check President Trump’s trade authority trib.al/ReuHg81

my book has a cover! Out in November 2025 with UChicagoPress. Ever wondered about the stories of #homeowners in a place like Detroit, who own the last house on the block? And what does it mean for white newcomers to move in, and start #gentrifcation, but to fail?

It was an amazing Urban Affairs Association conference this year! Thank you, @akirarodriguez.bsky.social 🦋, Deirdre Oakley, G. Derek Musgrove, 🍋 Grower & Chief Squeezer, & Colin Gordon for your engagement with my new book, #Slow and #Sudden #Violence! Metropolitan Policy Center School of Public Affairs

“That’s my fear, losing control of everything that I’ve worked so hard for.” buff.ly/Ig5jw5i By: The Associated Press’s Jesse Bedayn

Postdoctoral fellowship on "Evictions and forced displacements: new urban dynamics from the mobilization of ‘risk’ as a device for territorial restructuring" under the supervision of Prof. Raquel Rolnik. Apply by: May 7, 2025. academicpositions.com/ad/university-… #urban #Sociology

Looking forward to this important & timely conversation w/Nicole King & G. Derek Musgrove! UMBC Dresher Center for the Humanities UMBC AmericanStudies University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Metropolitan Policy Center School of Public Affairs

Scientists have the right and responsibility to engage in activism—from the translation of their work in societal outputs to the participation in policy or civic events—because their expertise and ethical responsibility position them well to change policy nature.com/articles/s4416…

Baltimore After Freddie Gray: A Decade of Reduced Violence | Word In Black In the years since Freddie Gray’s death, Mayor Brandon Scott, together with a team of city leaders and service providers, helped put a lid on gun violence. wordinblack.com/2025/04/baltim…

The wonderful Dominic Moulden who is on Initiative on Cities External Advisory Board is getting an Honorary Degree 📜 👏🤩

Call for abstracts to the ESA RN37 Urban Sociology Midterm Conference in Coimbra (Portugal), September 3-5, 2025. Submit by May 10th the latest. esarn37.hypotheses.org/3250 #urban #Sociology

Important publication from ASA Sociology! #Community #Engaged #Scholarship #Tenure RWJF Community & Urban Sociology Section Urban Affairs Association APPAM asanet.org/public-engagem…

International Fellowships from Urban Studies Foundation for urban scholars in the Global South for 3-9 research stays anywhere in the world. Open for early career scholars (10 years max after the PhD) working in any field of urban studies. Due July 16. Details here: urbanstudiesfoundation.org/funding/intern…

.Bill Gates is pledging to donate virtually all his wealth. Over the next 20 years, the foundation will double its investments to address the biggest global challenges. This is a commitment to the people and ideas that can change the world. Learn more from Bill Gates, our chair,

We just released Displaced by Design, a new report that looks at the last 50 years of gentrification and Black cultural displacement in US cities. We found that 15% of urban neighborhoods show indications of gentrification and while it is relatively uncommon.

County leaders express regret for treatment of displaced Queen City residents | ARLnow.com arlnow.com/2025/05/15/cou…

Congrats, Dominic! ONE DC Metropolitan Policy Center RWJF

This crazy weather event last week in #StLouis did some serious damage to people's homes and businesses. Climate disasters are becoming much more frequent in places we didn't expect. ksdk.com/article/weathe…

Go, NEW YORK KNICKS!

Charles Bernard Rangel, the former congressman from Harlem, and the last remaining founder of the Congressional Black Caucus, has died at age 94, according to his family. Read more here: bit.ly/3ZwWX70

My 2025 Eastern Soc. Society presidential address is out in print! Take a look. A big thanks goes to the Sociological Forum editorial team. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/so…