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joshuakl.bsky.social
Writer. Professor. Iona University. 22-23 Robert David Lion Gardiner Fellow, New York Historical. Author of "World Cities in History: Urban Networks From Ancient Mesopotamia to the Dutch Empire." Website: https://joshualeon.com/
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A little bit about my latest book…

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“.. these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children, and will most likely lead to significantly more by the end of the year. That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/o...

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The attack on colleges escalates…

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The manufacturing of Jewish Zionist consensus lies at the heart of American liberalism’s identity crisis. @blbalthaser.bsky.social reviews recent books by Peter Beinart, Marjorie N. Feld, Naomi Klein, Oren Kroll-Zeldin, and Geoffrey Levin:

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Fascinating podcast on the reactionary extremists influencing business and government…

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Located at the bustling intersection of Myrtle and Broadway sits an eclectic, chandelier-filled, lesbian co-op bar and cafe called Boyfriend. Opened by two childhood best friends Hena Mustafa and Mica Fisher, the co-op has been on their minds for years. Learn about their journey: bit.ly/4dg00q5

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As President Donald Trump closes out the first 100 days of his second term, PolitiFact is live fact-checking his administration's reflections on the start of his presidency. www.politifact.com/article/2025...

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We're working in collaboration with a lot of amazing people to help bring this octopus farming ban to New York. Want to be involved? Sign up for our newsletter here to get notified when there's news about this exciting campaign! secure.everyaction.c...

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Chongqing, the world’s largest city – in pictures

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As part of a legal settlement, Arizona election officials agreed to ask the Homeland Security Department to help verify citizenship of registered voters whose citizenship was unverified. They didn’t pledge to remove thousands from voter rolls. buff.ly/ed8YLTS

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False narratives propelled President Donald Trump’s immigration policy during his first 100 days in office. His rhetoric about immigrants invading and driving up crime in the U.S. laid the groundwork for deportations and challenging constitutional norms. buff.ly/8U3JR6o

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Read this headline. It is truly something I would have never expected to see in my life. www.science.org/content/arti...

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Pretty clear admission that the NYT killed a story about the implausibility of the lab leak because editors believed bad-faith Trump Admin sources over actual scientists. donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com/how-i-learne...

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Our brave boys at ICE score a victory in the war on two-year-olds. #facism #ice

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As you assess the DEAL we're striking with Korea, remember: We ALREADY have an active free trade agreement with Korea that provides tariff free trade in nearly everything. Expect this new agreement to... Provide for tariff free trade in nearly everything. Just like 6 weeks ago.

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Hockmuth on #tarrifs

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wrote about the importance of ambition and political leadership

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#BookReview forum: Properties of rent: Community, capital and politics in globalising Delhi introduced by Karen Coelho with reviews by Aditi Dey and Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay and an author response from Sushmita Pati buff.ly/XCVko5t

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I have seen the future and it is the Netherlands, but New York's congestion pricing is an encouraging step if Duffy et al don't kill it.

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congestion pricing is a policy miracle, many people are saying

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meanwhile, prominent pundits continue to deny that there the administration adheres to a segregationist ideology

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38 of the 43. "38 of 43 experts cut last month from boards that review science and research in NIH laboratories are female, Black or Hispanic. "The scientists typically serve five-year terms and were not given a reason for their dismissal..." www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

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HRW statement on Trump-Bukele concentration camp.

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www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/o...

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The neoliberal model has left universities weak and exposed. Time for something new…

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We should just say it--Trump has effectively suspended the Constitution. The first step to solving a problem is acknowledging it...

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An innocent man, picked up by “mistake,” must not be allowed to rot in an El Salvadorian jail. Mr. President. Obey the courts. Obey our Constitution. Bring him home immediately.

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i have argued before that MAGA is recapitulating antebellum pro-slavery ideas about citizenship and bodily autonomy. one thing i am also thinking about, when it comes to the rendition of people to a foreign gulag, is the way it is reminiscent of the kidnapping of free blacks for sale into slavery

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Come take a tour!! It’ll be sunny — I promise

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Today is the centenary of the publication of The Great Gatsby! Here's the piece I wrote about the novel: theconversation.com/after-100-ye...

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Interested in how a highly successful public health policy was made to fail? One of the 1st things Orban's government did when elected in 2010 was dismantle an effective drugs strategy, resulting in an HIV crisis. A bellwether for what was to come, it can provide insights to upcoming US policy.

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Very hard to believe Trump’s top henchmen don’t have the 25th in the back of their minds…

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The Trump administration abruptly laid off the entire staff running a $4.1 billion program to help low-income households across the U.S. pay their heating and cooling bills.

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This is, in large part, pandemic revenge. As far as these oligarchs are concerned, all science does is tell them stuff they cannot do. They can't keep spewing carbon. They can't keep businesses open as usual when millions are dying. They have concluded that research is the enemy of profit.

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Help save some beautiful birds

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