Tonight at IPK: @benchansfield.bsky.social discusses their book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City, with Ingrid Gould Ellen and
@tomsugrue.bsky.social.
Bench Ansfield, Ingrid Gould Ellen, and Tom Sugrue with a microphone at an IPK table, and Bench—with fabulous nails—inscribing a copy of BORN IN FLAMES to me!
Fantastic @ipk.bsky.social talk & discussion tonight on @benchansfield.bsky.social's BORN IN FLAMES, with @tomsugrue.bsky.social & Ingrid Gould Ellen, hosted by @ericklinenberg.bsky.social. Looking forward to reading!
NYC! Tomorrow night @ipk.bsky.social!!
Join IPK on March 4 for an event with @benchansfield.bsky.social. They will discuss their book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City, with Ingrid Gould Ellen and @tomsugrue.bsky.social.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
Poster which shows color photo scene of moving, a room with boxes and clothes sitting on the floor, a chair, and the end of a bed (white rails forming a headrest and a mattress with a red cover). The text of the poster is: "Impact (small logo top left)," "According to a new survey by the Movement Advancement Project, approximately 401,000 transgender people have relocated from one U.S. state to another since the 2024 presidential election." "The mass relocations in 2025 due to safety concerns, political conditions, and anti-trans laws nd policies have largely impacted conservative states across the country."
www.mapresearch.org/2025-norc-su...
NYC! I’ll be discussing BORN IN FLAMES with these two legends on 3/4
Join IPK on March 4 for an event with @benchansfield.bsky.social. They will discuss their book, Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City, with @jfernandez1202.bsky.social and @tomsugrue.bsky.social.
ipk.nyu.edu/events/book-...
I'm looking forward to this Zoom book event next week with @marksouther.bsky.social and @benchansfield.bsky.social. Would love to see some of you there!
Registration link here: princeton.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
🏆 Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard (@niemanfoundation.bsky.social) have announced the 2026 shortlists for the J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project, honoring outstanding works of American nonfiction in progress and in print.
Thanks Mariame!
Not sure why I was unable to tag Bench above, but everyone should buy and read their brilliant book.
Thanks Eileen!
Image shows 5 nominees for the LA Times Book Prize in History, including OP's book Born in Flames.
Good news in ghastly times
i think this more than anything is what miller wants. vast detention camps with all of the suffering and death that means.
What a list! An honor to be included. Happy to zoom in
A librarian snub if I’ve ever heard one
They arrested at 21 year old too along with Don Lemon and Georgia Fort - share.inquirer.com/ebzCYi [gift link]
Go Fund Me about the young person arrested on Monday in MN along with Lemon and Fort.
Tonight!
Minneapolis, MN -
A view from the inside entrance to the lobby of the hotel where the noise demonstration against ICE is happening.
I've read most of the scholarship about US policing since the early 20th century. What you learn from this is that violence is inherent. You cannot "separate" out violence from policing. Police in the U.S. are violence workers.
What are the most hopeful stories you know about US history? The ones that make you feel like another world is possible. Teaching 10th graders the truth about this country’s past + present is heavy, and I need to give my students (and myself) more reasons to stay hopeful.
Independent article from 1/21 with headline: “ICE is rumored to be heading for Philadelphia. Everyone js saying the same thing”
Philly about to show its true colors
Baltimore! Join the great Nathan Connolly and me at @redemmas.org on January 29th!!
Very grateful for this smart and far-reaching review of Born in Flames by @david-helps.bsky.social in @dissentmag.bsky.social
dissentmagazine.org/article/the-...
Excited to offer this teachers writing workshop for educators to come together (virtually) to reflect, learn, and write about what’s going on—and to work toward producing a piece for publication. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
One reason I favor impeaching Noem is because it's a political process for a political problem. No, this will not stop ICE enforcement action but YES it would be an opportunity to educate the public about DHS & perhaps begin to lay a foundation for dismantling it.
The feeling is mutual!
I’m grateful you shared this 💜
I am impeaching Secretary Kristi Noem, who is an incompetent leader and a disgrace to our democracy.
She wreaked havoc in the Chicagoland area and has brought her reign of terror to Minneapolis. One of her rogue ICE agents shot and killed an innocent woman today. It must come to an end.
