Brent Cebul
@brentcebul
I teach history and write about US politics, cities, and inequality, most recently in ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS: Business, Poverty, and Liberalism in the American Century (Penn Press, 2023).
Philly and @oah.org visitors: join us next Wednesday for a conversation with @danielle-wiggins.bsky.social and the great Marcia Chatelain on BLACK EXCELLENCE, Danielle Wiggins' terrific new book on Black liberalism. Free and open to the public and no need to register
Well hello there @dygottlieb.bsky.social! So excited to jump into this! Congratulations!
One of the better takes on the Platner episode. Further proof of the excellence of @defector.com and the importance of independent platforms. Thanks @davidjroth.bsky.social Gift link: defector.com/what-job-is-...
To abundance advocates we offer a strong note of caution about public incentives and private partnerships. Fred Trump didn't just exploit the FHA system: he embodied its core logics of liberalized credit, socialized risk, and privatized profits.
Not the first time that we've retreated to "inclusivity" as a means of obscuring or running from frank assessments of power and truth. It never goes well. www.jstor.org/stable/26360...
Ben Lerner nailing my / our unending fever dream in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
We need many, many more stories like this (gift link) defector.com/an-interview...
A politically powerful and historically grounded case for aggressively progressive taxation by @econmarshall.bsky.social Great piece. www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-r...
So grateful for @tealarcadi.bsky.social's deep engagement with ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS. It's also a thrill to be considered alongside Destin Jenkins, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Gabe Winant, from whom I've learned so much. Can't wait for Teal's book! #skystorians muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
New "temporary" guidelines for "open expression" just dropped at Penn. Any event where the encampment once was now requires two weeks notice. They're essentially mandating that students organize university sanctioned protest booths. Anything else violates the guidelines for open expression. Cool.
Students moved immediately to cover it, and it was power washed and gone within three hours.
So excited that this project w/ @lilygeismer.bsky.social will be out in early 2025 from UChicago Press. Lots more to share and many thanks to come. For now tho, big thanks to the wonderful scholars who shared their work and to many folks including @masonbwilliams.bsky.social who made this happen! 🗃️
Why didn't anyone tell me about Robert LaFollette (Sr) and his absolute MANE???
Just saw POOR THINGS last night (hoo boy - run, don't walk to see this) and Mark Ruffalo is very much aging into this conversation. Incredible performances by Dafoe and Stone, too, but the way he plays this guy . . .
Philly area folks: Great event next week (Tuesday, 10/17, 5:30pm) with the brilliant Matt Lassiter speaking on his major new book, THE SUBURBAN CRISIS: WHITE AMERICA AND THE WAR ON DRUGS. Free and open to the public. Come on out, and please spread the word! www.eventbrite.com/e/the-suburb...