🚨 FANNIE MAE TO COUNT COMPLETED ZETROCARD AS ASSET FOR MORTGAGE
This is obviously true but as a criticism it calls more attention to the unjustness of a system where laws are not binding on certain actors than to the wrong act itself
Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social · last yr.Just to be crystal clear: bombing Iran is completely illegal.
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered Mahmoud Khalil to be RELEASED from ICE detention
If you're looking for experts whose work is grounded in economic reality then this list is a great place to start
The Nation Magazine@thenation.com · last yr.Leading economists argue that Zohran Mamdani's mayoral platform is a bold yet practical blueprint to tackle some of New York City’s most urgent challenges—above all, the cost of living.
when you’re so racist you don’t let your workers have a day off for a holiday recognizing the end of slavery
Fear of the New York City subway is a mark of low moral character. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/the-subway...
The Subway Is Not Scary
Fear of the subway is a mark of low moral character.
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1. After the Skrmetti decision, the New York Times has published 6 articles dancing on the graves of trans youth and spreading disinformation on care. It was cited 7 times in the ruling. Read my latest on what will be a black stain on the NYT for a generation. Subscribe to support my journalism.
After Getting The Ruling It Wanted, New York Times Publishes 6 Anti-Trans Articles
The paper has lost all claim to objectivity on transgender people.
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Probably the most disqualifying topic opined on in the mayor race is @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social's free buses plan. "That will be so expensive" instantly reveals someone as completely clueless about policy and should never be taken seriously. The lost revenue is, MAXIMUM 1% of the FY2024 NYC budget
I would view being a delegate to a convention as a burden and a shame but I guess that's just me
if you're at LSA come out to the LPE happy hour with @lpec.bsky.social tonight at 5:30 at The Northman (233 East Riverwalk) !
Coming up this May 17: The second annual John Jay Economics Spring BBQ, with great bands and speakers. It's from 2pm-8pm at The People's Garden in Bushwick. If you're a friend of the department, or would like to become one, stop by!
have a new paper out about how the state intervenes to boost asset values by throwing people out of their homes
A reminder: the economics MA program at John Jay college, where I teach, is accepting applicants. We are one of the only MA programs in the country specializing in radical and heterodox economics. If you have any questions about it, feel free to reach out to me.
John Jay Economics@johnjayeconomics.bsky.social · last yr.Admissions to the John Jay economics MA program are now open for fall 2025. johnjayeconomics.org/how-to-apply/
Admissions to the John Jay economics MA program are now open for fall 2025. johnjayeconomics.org/how-to-apply/
BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.
It was also used to seize their passports—including US citizens like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, who fought it for years. I read her pamphlet on the McCarran Act in her archives at Wayne State, here’s a digitized version: digital.library.pitt.edu/islandora/ob...
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Joel S.@joelhs.bsky.social · last yr.Fun fact: The "obscure legal statute" cited by the "New York Times" here is a clause in the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952, known as the McCarran-Walter Act, which was originally written to allow the US government to deport Eastern European Jews suspected of Communist sympathies.
This Thursday! Come out to John Jay and hear @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social talk about his excellent book Blue Collar Empire
We can live in a democracy or we can live in a society where billionaires exist. We can't have both.
no more limited liability we need ultra enhanced liability--if you hold stock in a company and the CEO does something bad to the public we all get to sue you personally
The top two stories on Axios right now make kind of a funny juxtaposition. One is about how Johnson can’t avoid a shutdown without Democratic votes. Two is about how mad Dem reps are at their constituents for telling them to do something, when they’re in the minority and obviously can’t do anything.
"in South Dakota, despite an increase in the total assets held in trust in that state from $57.3bn to $355.2bn over the ten-year period between 2010 to 2020, not a penny of state tax revenue resulted"
LPE Blog@lpeblog.bsky.social · last yr.Today, @athenais.bsky.social argues that while trust law is often critiqued for making wealth hard to find, its effects are hiding in plain sight: in high-end real estate, private jets, and super-yachts that produce visible, even mappable effects on our physical landscape.
This morning, we won a court order blocking Elon Musk, the world’s richest man, from accessing Americans’ private data. Musk and his DOGE employees must destroy all records they've obtained. I've said it before, and I'll say it again: no one is above the law.
New York Attorney General Letitia James@newyorkstateag.bsky.social · last yr.We're suing over the free rein Donald Trump gave Elon Musk and DOGE to access Americans’ private information. Musk and DOGE want to use this information to cut vital services that Americans rely on — from health care to education. This is unacceptable and illegal. vimeo.com/1054527049/f...