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Ed Morales
@edmorales.bsky.social
Author, journalist, lecturer
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Another statistic from our expert committee report on inequality for the G20 Leaders' Summit:

The richest 1% have seen their average wealth increase by $1.3 million USD since 2000, while people in the poorest half of humanity saw their wealth increase by an average of $585 over the same period
November 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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We’ve got a great podcast about the enduring colonization of Puerto Rico coming for you later today but here’s a little something to whet your appetite, courtesy of our guest @edmorales.bsky.social

www.thenation.com/article/econ...
How New York Can Help End the Global Debt Crisis
Economists Martín Guzmán and Joseph Stiglitz explain how state-level changes can assist the 3.3 billion people living in countries that spend more on debt service than healthcare.
www.thenation.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Just wondering what the Bannon-Vance plan is for when DJT is forced to resign
November 14, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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Reading @edmorales.bsky.social to tape on the pod Friday and this is just body blow after body blow. Cannot remember reading something with so much conviction. Goodness, y’all. Cannot wait.
November 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
The new paperback edition of Fantasy Island is on sale beginning today!
October 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Jane Fonda and Angela Davis at the rally for Puerto Rican Independence held at Madison Square Garden October 27 1974
October 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.

Community action works.

Source: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZL2AL...
October 5, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I guess the plan must be tank the economy in order to declare more emergencies that would necessitate increasingly authoritarian measures
September 20, 2025 at 4:14 AM
My Take on Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest and…Bad Bunny edmorales.substack.com/p/my-take-on...
September 17, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Here’s my commentary this afternoon on Eddie Palmieri for WNYC’s “All of It”

www.wnyc.org/story/rememb...
Remembering Jazz Pianist Eddie Palmieri, A Nuyorican Original | All Of It | WNYC
Legendary pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri died this month at his home in Hackensack. He was 88. Palmieri was celebrated for his innovations in jazz and Afro-Cuban rhythms, as we...
www.wnyc.org
August 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I can still hear Eddie playing in my head www.nytimes.com/2025/08/06/a...
Eddie Palmieri’s 13 Essential Songs and Albums
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:47 AM
The horn section on this just kills it youtu.be/6fvhLrBrPQI?...
Top Cat: The Complete Series - Opening
YouTube video by Warner Bros. Rewind
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August 5, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Tho I respect the original Chic version, this cover by Robert Wyatt is so hauntingly minimalist and evocative of the current moment that I rescued it from memory youtu.be/6xQx4G11pRo?...
Robert Wyatt - At Last I Am Free
YouTube video by sparkeezy
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July 1, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Maybe later
June 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Promoted me to staff writer at VV in 1995; a patient advocate www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/b...
Karen Durbin, 80, Dies; ‘Fearless’ Feminist Who Edited The Village Voice
A fierce advocate of sexual liberation, she pushed the alternative weekly to cover women’s issues, as well as gay rights and avant-garde culture.
www.nytimes.com
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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Death is the point.
Mahmoud Khalil and the Necropolitics of Trump’s Deportation Regime
The necropolitics of Trump's attack on immigrants like Mahmoud Khalil: Death is the point.
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April 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Now out, a compilation of my writing on inequality and what we can do about it. Published by @oxfordunipress.bsky.social. Available to order and will ship on April 6: global.oup.com/academic/pro...
March 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Thank you, @edmorales.bsky.social, for interviewing us for @thenation.com about how New York can alleviate debt crises in the Global South.
March 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Trump speech Haiku:

Al Green disruption
Lame ass Democrat paddles
Boring oligarch
March 5, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Tu idea de desarrollo no me interesa youtube.com/watch?v=egmC...
youtube.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:42 AM