Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersNessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 05/01/2026thefactcoalition.org/oecd-side-by...thefactcoalition.orgUnder U.S. Pressure, OECD Agrees to Deal Allowing Continued Tax Abuse by Big U.S. CorporationsToday’s announcement by the OECD that U.S.-headquartered corporations will continue to be exempt from key elements of the global minimum tax regime represents a regrettable setback for the global figh... 001
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025 new piece in @metropolitiques.bsky.social excavates history of -- + FHA support for -- Black-owned housing co-ops under Section 213 url:https://metropolitics.org/The-Apartment-You-Can-Own-with-Pride-Federally-Insured-Black-Housing.html 010
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAndrew Lee @xandrewleex.bsky.social · 21/10/2025For Metropolitics, I analyzed our multi-year fight against the gentrification of Philadelphia Chinatown, the campaign's apparent defeat, and its subsequent total victory. metropolitics.org/An-Unexpecte... 063
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 24/11/2025“On matters small and big, from the price of eggs to whether the sexual abuse of children matters, what they sense is a sneering indifference. And a knack for looking away”nytimes.comOpinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails 010
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 21/11/2025This is very important. The intrusion of AI slop into higher education is not mainly coming from below, from the students. It's coming from the top. 16118
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 14/11/2025It is mind-bending to see Obama’s treasury secretary + purported academic leader debase himself in this way. Just…barf 000
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersIan G. Williams @igraywill.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Every day, more atrocities (and more in the pipeline) with this administration. 021
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersKate Howell @drkatehowell.bsky.social · 14/11/2025In case any dc council members were curious about what this looks like… 084
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersTony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 11/11/2025I will not vote for anyone who does not promise to abolish ice and put every single one of these goons in prison. 25615
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 11/11/2025New in @metropolitiques.bsky.social : 🔥https://metropolitics.org/Urban-Theory-and-the-Cold-War-Reflections-on-the-Political-Economy-of-Urban.htmlmetropolitics.orgUrban Theory and the Cold War: Reflections on the Political Economy of Urban Land and Real-Estate Development in Southeast Asia – MetropoliticsThe Cold War's repressive politics of land and law still underpin the region's contemporary struggles over land rights, urban space and democracy. ---- Series: Provincializing the “Real-Estate Turn”… 040
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 09/11/2025lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...lithub.comMaybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran MamdaniIt’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen… 020
Reposted by Laura Wolf-Powersdlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 01/11/2025I’ll be giving my official ONLINE book launch for "The Menace of Prosperity" November 3rd! I'll be partnering with the @GothamCenter and joining @robertwsnyder to discuss NYC's economic history and its implications. RSVP today! www.gothamcenter.org/upcoming-eve...gothamcenter.orgThe Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 — The Gotham Center for New York City HistoryIn The Menace of Prosperity , Daniel Wortel-London argues that cities are made and unmade by “fiscal imagination.” Convinced that local government depends on attracting wealthy firms and resident... 412
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJustin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 29/10/2025This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories. 12883252214519
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 30/10/2025It's kind of funny comparing Zohran Mamdani's endorsements to Andrew Cuomo's. For example, Zohran has 44 members of the state legislature; Cuomo has two. www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202... 1174
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersDavid Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 29/10/2025I'm no economist but the fact that more than 42 million Americans (1 in 8!) are on SNAP (i.e., food stamps) says that the federal minimum wage is way too low. 342606634
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 29/10/2025Note: This is me — I asked this question. You’ll hear me say “yes you have” here — because Johnson was already *directly asked* about one of these instances (when the Presbyterian minister was shot in the head with a pepper ball) in one of earlier shutdown press conferences. 749111832675
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersRoxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · 28/10/2025The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse. 457182855766
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28/10/2025Rep. Rosa DeLauro: "On the food stamp issue, the money is there! Let them not get away with saying they can't do it. Their political will isn't there to feed the people who rely on the SNAP program which is the most effective anti-hunger program in the USA." 569267598484
Reposted by Laura Wolf-Powersdlondonwortel.bsky.social @dlondonwortel.bsky.social · 25/10/2025In 1937, Mayor La Guardia’s Committee on City Planning produced a book for children, titled The ABC of City Planning. And…they had a section on Municipal Markets! Good inspiration for @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social 5123
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersKevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 23/10/2025Over the past week, the president said the DOJ should pay him a quarter billion dollars, bulldozed half the White House to build himself a gaudy ballroom, bragged about murdering civilians in international waters, pardoned some more criminals, directed federal prosecutors to indict his opponents ... 510125774555
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Tom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty Thousand Lawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability.share.googleTom Homan and the Case of the Missing Fifty ThousandLawmakers and ordinary citizens have to keep asking about the bag of cash, or accept an executive branch without any accountability. 37791053784
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersDave Lee @davelee.me · 21/10/2025WELL HOW ABOUT THAT "A millionaire levy in Massachusetts has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing significant high-profile departures from the state." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...bloomberg.comMillionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in MassachusettsA millionaire levy in Massachusetts that New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani holds up as a model for taxing the rich has generated $3 billion more in revenue than expected without forcing... 266141004863
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJustin La Mort @lamort.bsky.social · 22/10/2025It is that time of year where New Yorkers find out that more of our neighbors are students who are homeless. This year tally comes out to 154,000 or nearly 1 in 7 students. There are more homeless students in NYC than total students in Philly, Denver, or San Diego. www.thecity.nyc/2025/10/20/1...thecity.nyc154,000 NYC Students Were Homeless Last School Year, Another Record HighThe staggering total, which includes students who lived in shelters along with those doubled up with family or friends, is larger than the entire Dallas school system. 132
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Long Island City rezoning does not go far enough in guaranteeing housing affordability or preserving public land for public good. 020
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/10/2025Brian Schatz: "This is not about money. There is enough money to bail out Argentina with $20b. There is enough money to purchase a brand new aircraft for $173m for Noem. There is enough money to renovate the WH ballroom. What there isn't enough money for under this Republican government is you." 345171126275
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersSenator Chris Larson @senchrislarson.bsky.social · 21/10/2025ICE is stockpiling arms, including chemical weapons, guided missile warheads and explosive components. The spending dwarfs anything we've ever seen in the agency - a 700% increase. The President is building an army to attack his own country. 970147137937
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19/10/2025Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime." 1434262027448
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersGreg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Now that Trump has illegally bombed a seventh boat in the Caribbean, please note this: Rep Adam Smith, ranking Dem on Armed Services, tells me that *at no point* have officials given lawmakers even the most basic information about these extrajudicial murders: newrepublic.com/article/2019... 8234041297
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersIndivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings 22928840928619
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 19/10/2025Not familiar with Alden and colburn’s work, will check it out 000
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAriel Méndez @amendez.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Are you saying you doubt the correlation between supply and prevailing rents or just that there is a disconnect between market supply and lower income brackets? Alden and Colburn suggest higher vacancy rates are correlated with lower rates of homelessness. What’s your take? 111
Reposted by Laura Wolf-Powerswinterdreaming.bsky.social @winterdreaming.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Pritzker is looking presidential 021
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersKlaatu Barada Necktie ANTIFA Slava Ukraini Refuse Illegal Orders @reasonmustwin.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Every state should immediately start arresting and prosecuting ICE who violate the state laws. 054
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersRadley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense. www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...newsweek.comJB Pritzker looking at prosecuting ICE agents in ChicagoIllinois Governor J.B. Pritzker has suggested that state prosecutors might examine the conduct of ICE agents. 851270656198
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 15/10/2025Emerging from the darkness of this era will require us to acknowledge that the previous status quo, including many institutions that may have served us well in another era, have been failing for my entire lifetime. 666157413322
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 15/10/2025"It is ridiculous that antifa has become this boogeyman. If they're going to tell us they are going to find the founder of Antifa, isn't the founder of Antifa...Winston Churchill? FDR? Didn't they lead a war against fascism? Wasn't that anti-fascism?" - me zeteo.com/p/mehdi-conn... 573130293962
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/10/2025Q: We've seen images out of Chicago of federal agents shooting faith leaders with pepper balls and arresting journalists. Where's the limit for you on what's acceptable conduct by federal agents? MIKE JOHNSON: I've not seen them cross the line yet. 3454124484800
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersKhashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 07/10/2025The media has barely covered this. Imagine if it was a conservative judge who had ruled in favor of Trump. We'd never hear the end of it. 24441246
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersPublic Citizen @publiccitizen.bsky.social · 07/10/2025yeah okay 48930226
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAFGE Local 476 @afge476.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Here’s what we at Local 476 have to say about the White House memo: 👉🏾 Go f* yourself. The Government Employee Fair Treatment Act of 2019 guarantees back pay — period. No memo, no spin, no “reinterpretation” from OMB can override federal law. #AFGE476 #UnionStrong #FederalEmployees 112
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 07/10/2025Whenever I see something talking about "The West," I mentally substitute "The White Nations" or "Christendom". 3345
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 18/09/2025Great new piece by my @metropolitiques.bsky.social colleague @docdantzler.bsky.social Visible Minorities, Visible Risk: Toronto’s Unequal Eviction (...) - Metropolitics url:https://metropolitics.org/Visible-Minorities-Visible-Risk-Toronto-s-Unequal-Eviction-Burden.html 030
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/09/2025You do not in fact have to praise the guy who said homeless people should be murdered with lethal injections and then apologized four days later to save his job. Let's get a grip here. 1593293175806
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025publicpowerny.org/take-action/...publicpowerny.orgTake Action — Public Power NYEvents More coming soon 020
Reposted by Laura Wolf-PowersRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Well if they would like to denounce political violence.... 424656