My interview with the The New York Times Adeel Hassan on The Black Tax and how local tax administration has been a quiet but powerful engine of racial inequality in America nytimes.com/2024/04/26/us/…

So grateful for this amazing review of my book The Afterlife of Data in Science Magazine.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Some excerpts from the review below:

Race at the Top out in paperback 5/20! Here’s a sneak peek!Over the moon with ⁦Prudence Carter (she/her)⁩ describing it with “her typically cogent and engaging writing style” + ⁦Chicago Tribune⁩ “an absorbing work of ethnography” ⁦UChicagoPress ⁩ a.co/d/btKKndI

NYC friends -- if you have an hour in the flat iron this monday night, i'll be talking about my new book with Ann Kjellberg of Book Post | @bookpostusa.bsky.social at the gorgeous Rizzoli Bookstore

This Friday in NY! I'll be in conversation with Dr. Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 🐲🌋 about Freeman's Challenge: The Murder that Shook America's Original Prison for Profit. More info: eventbrite.com/e/robin-bernst…. Hope to see you in NY P&T Knitwear | Books and Podcasts!

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Happy World #ArtDeco Day! New @ReaktionBooks, Helen Crisp & Jules Stewart’s Strike Up the Band: #NewYork City in the #RoaringTwenties is a spirited chronicle of the #BigApple ’s economic & cultural boom. It's the perfect way to celebrate! #nyc bit.ly/3y14ZdG

In celebration of #NationalPoetryMonth , we’re sharing the excellent poetry published by UCP and our distributed client presses. Today, check out books that investigate and challenge borders of all kinds.
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The Urban Affairs Association meeting may be ending, but our virtual exhibit is still open! Browse our virtual exhibit and get 30% off and free domestic shipping using promo code EX57722 here: bit.ly/49IUZTp #UAA2024

On Monday, April 29, join author David Alff in celebration of his new book THE NORTHEAST CORRIDOR at Rizzoli Bookstore in NYC. Alff will be joined by Ann Kjellberg, founding editor of @bookpostUSA. Register here: bit.ly/49UxC9q

Had such an incredible time last night celebrating the publication of COMING OUT REPUBLICAN. Thanks to Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Lauren Sandler for hosting this wonderful evening - and for all who joined us! 📚🎉 UChicagoPress

I wanna go!

My review of Otherworldly Antarctica by Edmund Stump from UChicagoPress. A photographic look at Antarctica from a long-time visitor.

Read it here: zurl.co/JyaA

#Antarctica #photography

Pleased to share my latest out today w/ Project Syndicate, examining 'The Perils of Retirement in America,' hope you'll have a look. The New School New School for Social Research National Institute on Retirement Security Employee Benefit Research Institute Economic Policy Institute Pension Rights Center National Public Pension Coalition UChicagoPress
#retirement #pensions #workers #SocialSecurity

Join Alison L. LaCroix in conversation with Kevin McMahon about his new book, A SUPREME COURT UNLIKE ANY OTHER, hosted by the Chicago Center on Democracy. Lunch will be provided for registrants. RSVP here: bit.ly/3WfstFK

Could it be that the US Constitution paves the way for political misconduct? Aziz Rana (THE CONSTITUTIONAL BIND) discusses the limitations of the Constitution as it relates to former President Donald Trump for the The New York Times. nyti.ms/44pm1Oz

We are proud to announce that OBJECTS IN AIR by Margareta Ingrid Christian is the recipient of the 2024 Gordon J. Laing Award, conferred annually on the faculty author, editor, or translator whose book has brought the greatest distinction to the Press: bit.ly/44h48Bq

Tomorrow is #IndependentBookstoreDay , so get out and show our friends in bookselling some 💕. If you're in Chicago, don't miss the Chicagoland Bookstore crawl, where you can earn 10 and 15% off books by visiting participating bookshops: bit.ly/3w3BoQ6

Keeping the Earth Day spirit alive, Jeanne Gang’s THE ART OF ARCHITECTURAL GRAFTING is here! 🌳 Inspired by the regenerative nature of plants, Gang proposes bringing new life to older structures as a way of rethinking sustainable design:
bit.ly/44iXWc7

The Urban Affairs Association meeting is underway and you can now browse our virtual exhibit. Check out our featured books and get 30% off & free domestic shipping with promo code EX57722! bit.ly/3UAbFs5 #UAA2024

Join NBC's Christine Romans in a lively discussion between Nobel Prize winner Angus Deaton and retirement expert Teresa Ghilarducci (WORK, RETIRE, REPEAT) about the future of Social Security and retirement.

Join economists Teresa Ghilarducci and Angus Deaton for a discussion moderated by Christine Romans Montclair Litfest 4/27! UChicagoPress