Laura Wolf-Powers

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Under U.S. Pressure, OECD Agrees to Deal Allowing Continued Tax Abuse by Big U.S. Corporations Today’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...

thefactcoalition.org/oecd-side-by...

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

For 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...

Opinion | How the Elite Behave When No One Is Watching: Inside the Epstein Emails

“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”

Whoa...

This 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.

It is mind-bending to see Obama’s treasury secretary + purported academic leader debase himself in this way. Just…barf

Every day, more atrocities (and more in the pipeline) with this administration.

In case any dc council members were curious about what this looks like…

I will not vote for anyone who does not promise to abolish ice and put every single one of these goons in prison.

Urban Theory and the Cold War: Reflections on the Political Economy of Urban Land and Real-Estate Development in Southeast Asia – Metropolitics The 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”…

New in @metropolitiques.bsky.social : 🔥https://metropolitics.org/Urban-Theory-and-the-Cold-War-Reflections-on-the-Political-Economy-of-Urban.html

Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani It’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…

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The Menace of Prosperity: New York City and the Struggle for Economic Development, 1865–1981 — The Gotham Center for New York City History In 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...

I’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...

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

It'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...

I'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.

Note: 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.

The 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.

Rep. 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."

Love this!

In 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

Over 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 ...

Tom 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.

Tom 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.

Millionaire Tax That Inspired Mamdani Fuels $5.7 Billion Haul in Massachusetts A 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...

WELL 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...

154,000 NYC Students Were Homeless Last School Year, Another Record High The 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.

It 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...

Long Island City rezoning does not go far enough in guaranteeing housing affordability or preserving public land for public good.

Brian 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."

ICE 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.

Rand 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."