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Harry Konstantinidis

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Associate professor of economics, University of Massachusetts Boston. Χάρης Κωνσταντινίδης.

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SAPE (Series in Advanced Political Economy) @sapetalks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
[In 3 WEEKS] 🔥🔌 Energy and Food: Towards public ownership and re-organising production 🌽🔥 We have @graceblakeley.substack.com, Matt Huber, and @xkonstantinidis.bsky.social on the panel. Register to join 👉 tinyurl.com/yc39fb25 🗓️ Wednesday 21 October ⏰ 6pm (UK) / 1pm (NY) / 12pm (OK) 💻 Online
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 07/09/2026
Black text on white page that reads:

In 1882, 10,000 workers marched up Broadway in the first-ever Labor Day parade. Led by democratic socialists and organized by New York’s unions, they rallied the movement that went on to win us weekends, safety standards, overtime pay, a minimum wage, and social security.

None of those victories were guaranteed. And none are permanent.

We created the first-in-the-nation Office of Worker Power to put the full weight of City Hall behind the people who keep New York running. On Labor Day, we honor the workers who came before us by fighting for the workers who come next.

Happy Labor Day, New York. The future of worker power is ours to build. Learn more at nyc.gov/workerpower.
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/09/2026
that small upward spike there in 2021-22 is like half of what drove the billionaire class completely nuts
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Mike Konczal @mtkonczal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
BLS this morning, with revised 2Q data: "The labor share, which is the percentage of output that accrues to workers in the form of compensation, was 52.8 percent in the second quarter of 2026, the lowest level in the series, which begins in the first quarter of 1947."
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Globe editorial board might lie to you to whitewash Seth Moulton’s record, but we won’t. 👇👇 jonathancohn.medium.com/ma-elects-fi...
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MA Elects Fighters to the US Senate. So What Does Seth Moulton Fight For?
If you know me, you’ll know by now that I am strongly supporting Senator Ed Markey for re-election for Senate in Massachusetts.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
In last night's Senate debate, when Seth Moulton was asked about his past comments scapegoating trans youth and whether he believed Israel has committed war crimes in Gaza, his evasions were telling.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
"One of the stories that Cecilia Vega had lined up for the upcoming season of ‘60 Minutes’ when she was unceremoniously fired by Bari Weiss...was a profile on Francesca Albanese – the UN special rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories." A Zeteo scoop:
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'60 Minutes' Correspondent Was Working on Francesca Albanese Profile When Bari Weiss Fired Her
CBS staffers continue to ask why Cecilia Vega was sacked. Plus, David Ellison is trying to put out Weiss's fires, and was Fox listening to the same crowd who booed the president at an NBA Finals game?
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 03/06/2026
"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months" lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...
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Exclusive: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near Them
A new Heatmap Pro poll shows a rapid shift in public opinion since last fall.
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Progressive Mass @progressivemass.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
The world is terrible, but the Fair Share Amendment? The Fair Share Amendment remains very good. #mapoli www.bostonglobe.com/2026/05/25/m...
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The ‘millionaires tax’ was pitched as a $2 billion revenue source. It’s blown past that, yet again. - The Boston Globe
The state’s so-called millionaires tax has already generated more than $3.1 billion in revenue from Massachusetts' highest earners this fiscal year.
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Harry Konstantinidis @xkonstantinidis.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Tax the rich, fund public services. Massachusetts shows how to do it
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Journal of Stratification Economics @jsecon.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Harry Konstantinidis presenting "Rates of Return and Racial Stratification of Business Ownership in the United States" at #JSE2026 @leiladavis1.bsky.social @umassamherst.bsky.social @sbs-umass.bsky.social @umassboston.bsky.social
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Jacobin @jacobinmag.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Outgoing Massachusetts Teachers Association president Max Page reflects on a decade of rank-and-file reformers turning a cautious, staff-driven union into a militant, member-led force by striking, winning stronger contracts, and pushing to tax the rich.
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How Massachusetts Teachers Transformed Their Union
Outgoing Massachusetts Teachers Association president Max Page reflects on a decade of rank-and-file reformers turning a cautious, staff-driven union into a militant, member-led force by striking, winning stronger contracts, and pushing to tax the rich.
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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 14/04/2026
Breaking news: Hampshire College, the liberal arts university in Amherst, announced that it would close after nearly six decades.
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‘Heartbreaking reality’: Hampshire College announces transition to closure - The Boston Globe
The announcement marks the end of another tumultuous chapter in the ongoing saga of the liberal arts school.
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NPR @npr.org · 08/03/2026
In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."
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'One year of failure.' The Lancet slams RFK Jr.'s first year as health chief
In a scathing review, the top US medical journal's editorial board warned that the "destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 in office might take generations to repair."
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Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 28/02/2026
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Harry Konstantinidis @xkonstantinidis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
My @bostonglobe.com feed right now. Economy must be doing great - so much winning
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
Ms. Omar, visibly shaken after the assault, insisted to her staff and security that she would continue. She asked for a napkin and told them: "Just give me 10 minutes. I beg you. Please don't let them have the show."
Ms. Omar then turned the crowd. "Here's the reality that people like this ugly man don't understand," she said. "We are Minnesota strong, and we will stay resilient in the face of whatever they might throw at us."
Someone in the crowd later thanked Ms.
Omar for staying and continuing after the assault, which had shaken not only her but the entire room.
"I learned at a young age you don't give in to threats," Ms. Omar said.
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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
By who? Who shot the person dead? You saw the video. We all know a federal agent shot a man dead who was prone on the ground. Also, it's not "according to officials." It's according to verified video seen with your eyes. Not saying what anyone can obviously see with their eyes is a form of lying.
NYT push alert: "A person was shot dead today during a struggle with federal agents in Minneapolis, according to officials."
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley @pressley.house.gov · 24/01/2026
This is horrifying. It appears that ICE executed a man on the street. This violent agency must be abolished and every agent involved in this murder must be held accountable.
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Aaron Sojourner @aaronsojourner.org · 17/01/2026
POTUS invoking the Insurrection Act would be a declaration of war against the American people, a literal claim of right to attack us with military forces. bsky.app/profile/npr....
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Federal Reserve @federalreserve.gov · 12/01/2026
Video message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
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Statement by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell
YouTube video by Federal Reserve
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
AOC: This has now become what we feared most about ICE for a long time—that it would be used as an anti-civilian force with no accountability. At the end of the day, what we saw today was a murder, and murders in cold blood need to be prosecuted.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 04/01/2026
At least 40 people were killed in the U.S. attack on Venezuela early Saturday, including military personnel and civilians, according to a senior Venezuelan official.
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Venezuelan Official Says at Least 40 People Were Killed in U.S. Attack
The official said the dead included civilians and military personnel. At least one of the civilians was killed in a U.S. airstrike outside of Caracas, according to her family.
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Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Where do I go to get my apology from all the folks on both sides and center of the political spectrum who insisted Trump wasn't a warmonger or imperialist and would be different to the Democrats and Republicans and (especially) neocons who came before him?
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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NEWS 24/7 @news247gr.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Μπαντής για Τεττέη – Καρέτσα: “Άραγε, πίσω από αυτό το γκολ πόσες ιστορίες ανθρώπων να κρύβονται;”
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Μπαντής για Τεττέη – Καρέτσα: “Άραγε, πίσω από αυτό το γκολ πόσες ιστορίες ανθρώπων να κρύβονται;”
Ο Ανδρέας Τεττέη συνεχίζει να γράφει ιστορία τη φετινή σεζόν, δίνοντας στο ντεμπούτο του με την Εθνική Ελλάδας ασίστ στον Κωνσταντίνο Καρέτσα για ένα γκολ που έκανε τους περισσότερους λίγο παραπάνω υπερήφανος για τους υπόλοιπους.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 13/11/2025
‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
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‘No! Not Larry Summers!’ Wails Devastated Nation
WASHINGTON—Responding to recent revelations suggesting the prominent economist was a close associate of the late child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, a devastated nation reportedly joined together to...
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The statute banning "unconscionable" business practices in NYC is really powerful, I was told about it a couple weeks ago www.semafor.com/article/11/1...
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Lina Khan’s populist plan for New York: Cheaper hot dogs (and other things)
Zohran Mamdani’s new aide will focus on “excavating the law” to lower prices, borrowing from her legal playbook at the Federal Trade Commission.
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UMass Boston Economics @umassbostonecon.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A last minute reminder: we are hiring in health economics this year (JOE ad linked below). Review of applications begins November 15!
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Elizabeth Warren @elizabeth-warren.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Tax the rich. Billionaire tears not pictured.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 10/11/2025
i think this is key. taking the deal would amount to taking the blame. it would turn a clear political victory into an unambiguous defeat.
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
If guaranteeing essentials sounds radical, it speaks to how far we have drifted from democracy‘s core promises. Markets will not beat back the far right. An antifascist economics might. Mamdani provides a playbook for democrats around the world. My latest
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Zohran Mamdani shows how Democrats can defeat authoritarians like Trump | Isabella Weber
Democrats have two choices: fight to make life affordable again for ordinary people or watch voters embrace authoritarians
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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 05/11/2025
:D prospect.org/2025/11/04/a...
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America’s Dumbest Billionaires Fail to Stop Zohran Mamdani - The American Prospect
It’s encouraging on many levels: New York City didn’t submit to a campaign of flagrant bigotry from disgraced two-time loser Andrew Cuomo, and Americans, particularly young ones, can still be politica...
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
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dr. thrasher, an american writer in ex(archia)(xile) @thrasherxy.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
It’s quite impressive how Mamdani has pulled almost every Dem into his coalition, not him into theirs. He keeps the door open for everyone but true enemies (Adams, Cuomo) & rather than try to extort a Hochul into a promise, he just puts her onstage & lets the popular will confront her. Amazing.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/10/2025
A federal prosecutor who resisted President Trump’s demands to bring charges against Letitia James, the New York state attorney general, was fired along with her deputy on Friday evening, according to three people familiar with the matter.
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Prosecutor Who Rejected Trump’s Pressure to Charge James Is Fired
The dismissal was the latest fallout from attempts by career Justice Department officials to impede the president’s wide-ranging campaign of retribution. The prosecutor’s deputy was also fired.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
"We have an economy where a handful of modern-day robber barons wield extraordinary power. They hold enormous control over our paychecks, our bills, our time, and our futures. ...But the good news is that nothing about any of this is inevitable." - Lina Khan
Lina Khan on stage at the podium
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Caitlin G. DeAngelis @caitlindeangelis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
ICE kidnapped a 7th-grader with a pending asylum claim and spirited him out of state without notifying his parents, seemingly with the cooperation of the local police in Everett, MA. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/10/12/m...
Everett 13-year-old arrested by ICE and sent to Virginia detention facility
By Marcela Rodrigues Globe Staff,Updated October 12, 2025, 44 minutes ago



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A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by ICE in Everett and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia.
A 13-year-old boy was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Everett after an interaction with members of the Everett Police Department and sent to a juvenile detention facility in Virginia, according to his mother and immigration lawyer Andrew Lattarulo.

The boy’s mother, Josiele Berto, was called to pick her son up from the Everett Police Department on Thursday, the day he was arrested. After waiting for about an hour and a half, she was told her son was taken by ICE, Berto told the Globe in a phone interview.

“My world collapsed,” Berto said in Portuguese.

From the police department, the boy was taken to ICE’s holding facility in Burlington on Thursday evening, where he spent a night before being transferred by car to the Northwestern Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Winchester, Va., on Friday morning, his mother said. The juvenile facility is more than 500 miles away from Everett.

The boy is a 7th-grader at Albert N. Parlin School in Everett, his mother said. The teen and his family, who are Brazilian nationals, have a pending asylum case and are authorized to work legally in the United States, Lattarulo said.
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Harry Konstantinidis @xkonstantinidis.bsky.social · 12/10/2025
This is pretty embarrassing. @schumer.senate.gov and @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social, what do you think?
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Bill McKibben @billmckibben.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Just noting that this reporting is from the correspondent for that radical rag...The Economist
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2 When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline. 109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
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Boston Review @bostonreview.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Zohran Mamdani thinks access to healthy food should be a public good. RFK JR.'s MAHA coalition thinks it’s a matter of personal responsibility. @rajpatel.org on our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness:
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MAHA v. Mamdani - Boston Review
Our broken food system and the real roots of American unwellness.
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13/09/2025
Fed governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property on.ft.com/46hiIu7
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Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook listed contested home as vacation property
Documents appear to contradict White House allegation that she committed mortgage fraud
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Joyce White Vance @joycewhitevance.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Incredible. Trump drags the reputation of a highly regarded economist, first Black woman to be a Fed gov, thru the mud claiming she committed mortgage fraud. But the documents his appointee to run Fannie & Freddie got for him & that he said showed fraud don’t actually say that.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen @vietthanhnguyen.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
I’m a proud UC Berkeley graduate and I am appalled and angered by this McCarthyism. Judith Butler—just to cite one example— is not an antisemite but a principled philosopher devoted to justice for all, not just particular populations.
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UC Berkeley shares 160 names with Trump administration in ‘McCarthy era’ move
Prominent professor Judith Butler among students and faculty investigated for ‘alleged antisemitic incidents’
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"How Are the Very Rich Feeling About New York’s Next Mayor?" A Dramatic Reading of The Recent New York Times Dispatch from the Hamptons. Presented by The Gilded Age's Morgan Spector.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The tech oligarchs at this event are the weak men in the “weak men create hard times…” meme
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
There’s power in unity — and in a union. A morning of solidarity and celebration at the NYC Labor Day Parade. #UnionStrong
Zohran and Bernie smiling at the front of the parade.Zohran with members of PSC-CUNY.Zohran, Bernie and Tish James with their arms around each other.Zohran with members of UFT.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 06/09/2025
it is always worth remembering that vance made a conscious decision to be a person of low character. he has eagerly contorted himself into evil for the sake of what amounts to a whiff of power.
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