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If you prefer your articles in podcast interview form, I'm on the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast chatting about it here reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/10/09/u...

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He's secured the "Fight and Deliver Party" ballot line already lol

Some of the most ostensibly retvrn-pilled people ironically the some of the ones most stuck in the telos of progress

Does seem like the increasing time demands of youth sports are an underrated part of all the declining-civil-society narratives of recent years. And the fact that it’s become increasingly independent/untethered from the public school system and other voluntary orgs that used to run leagues

Great piece about the linked fates of nonprofit and public sector workforces in this moment nonprofitquarterly.org/the-case-for...

Thanks so much!

Mahmoud Khalil Is Moved to Immigration Detention in Louisiana Mahmoud Khalil is a permanent resident of the United States. His arrest sets up a fight over free speech and immigrant rights.

Mahmoud Khalil needs to be free immediately

We're excited about this new article by John Branch on first view! Check it out!

From 1951-1976, the NLRB exempted most nonprofit organizations from union recognition. What does this trajectory tell us about changing notions of the nonprofit economy and its role in American society?

New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....

It does seem like what gets most left-of-center Americans out in the streets is social inequality and violence enacted upon those on the wrong end of it—and if mass protests are a part of your plan to fight corruption, defend the constitutional order, etc. that’s probably the necessary entry point

Deadspin | A People's History Of Bill Simmons Making Up Corny Things For Boston Fans To Chant Deadspin | A People's History Of Bill Simmons Making Up Corny Things For Boston Fans To Chant

This energy deadspin.com/a-peoples-hi...

"NYU Langone management may think they’d better stay on their biggest donor’s good side. They should think twice, though, because Ken Langone isn’t the biggest donor to NYU. That title goes to the taxpayers of New York City."

Here's what I see as the upshot. To put a finer point on it: Trump, Musk, and the rest of the American right are leaving the contradictions of "Cornuellism" behind. Those committed to democracy and economic justice should too—by fighting for a robust public sector

Much appreciated—thanks for reading!

Owing much to the work of @lioneltrolling.bsky.social, @quinnslobodian.com, Melinda Cooper, and others who've illustrated the centrality of Rothbard-style politics in the current moment

Rothbard vs. Cornuelle: Understanding the New Right’s Antipathy toward Civil Society Editors’ Note: John Miles Branch explores the feud between two prominent mid-century libertarian thinkers, Murray Rothbard and Richard Cornuelle, as a way of understanding the contemporary ri…

Wrote a piece for one of my favorite websites, HistPhil, about the historical roots of the vibe shift on the American right when it comes to the nonprofit sector histphil.org/2025/02/17/r...

Out here with @claudebonet.bsky.social

Cool piece about the ongoing ambiguity of "nonprofit" as a category
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Interesting how these arguments emerge from specific issue areas (homelessness, immigration, Gaza)—contrasts w/ earlier, friendlier RW conceptions of the relationship between nonprofits & the state where theories of "voluntary action" or "private sector initiatives" were hammers in search of nails

Likewise, thank you! Big fan of the work you all do at NPQ

Looks like the floor debate is starting now—can stream it here live.house.gov

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