Robby Murphy
@robbymurphy.bsky.social
I study power, politics, and inequality. Currently focusing on class inequality as a function of business & finance power.
CUNY Graduate Center Sociology PhD student, teaching @ Brooklyn College. 🌹, 🏳️🌈, etc.
StoneCenter.gc.cuny.edu/people/murphy-robert/
CUNY Graduate Center Sociology PhD student, teaching @ Brooklyn College. 🌹, 🏳️🌈, etc.
StoneCenter.gc.cuny.edu/people/murphy-robert/
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If I had to sum up what I’ve learned from analyzing mountains of election data—and what Mamdani’s campaign exemplified perfectly—it’s this:
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
June 26, 2025 at 12:23 AM
If I had to sum up what I’ve learned from analyzing mountains of election data—and what Mamdani’s campaign exemplified perfectly—it’s this:
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
Stop moderating. Start energizing.
The last words of 23-year old journalist Hassan Shabbat. A haunting call to action
April 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The last words of 23-year old journalist Hassan Shabbat. A haunting call to action
If you’re at CUNY, check out the Grad Center’s political science student conference in the department lounge 3/28! I’ll be presenting in the American Politics section (as an undercover Sociologist)
March 28, 2025 at 3:33 AM
If you’re at CUNY, check out the Grad Center’s political science student conference in the department lounge 3/28! I’ll be presenting in the American Politics section (as an undercover Sociologist)
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Spread the word! The organizers select a smaller (but not too small!) of a group which is great for more sustained interaction
Applications are now open for Inequality by the Numbers, our annual research workshop on socio-economic inequality. This year’s workshop will be held in person at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social CUNY from June 9 to 13. Apply by March 31!
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Inequality by the Numbers 2025 - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center's annual research workshop of socio-economic inequality, targeted to Ph.D. students and early-career scholars who work in a range of social science disciplines.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Spread the word! The organizers select a smaller (but not too small!) of a group which is great for more sustained interaction
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It is being reported that hundreds have been killed and injured. People targeted in their homes, tents, and displacement centers, which are being bombed at this very moment in Gaza. WAKE UP!
March 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
It is being reported that hundreds have been killed and injured. People targeted in their homes, tents, and displacement centers, which are being bombed at this very moment in Gaza. WAKE UP!
Fav place to get work done
March 16, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Fav place to get work done
The issue isn’t free speech *per se* — one has to consider the degree to which the speech reflects the priorities of those in power versus opposition to injustice, hegemonic vs. anti-hegemonic speech. The frames we adopt in our movements and micro-interactions matter a lot for material outcomes.
March 16, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The issue isn’t free speech *per se* — one has to consider the degree to which the speech reflects the priorities of those in power versus opposition to injustice, hegemonic vs. anti-hegemonic speech. The frames we adopt in our movements and micro-interactions matter a lot for material outcomes.
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The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
March 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The institutional Democratic Party is guided by an almost pathological level of conflict avoidance in almost every direction. “What can we do to make the least number of people mad?” is just a bankrupt way to operate.
Data request: Does anyone know of any campaign contribution data available through relatively recently (at least ~2018) that aggregates spending by donor sector or industry? I am trying to use finance aggregates for robustness checks and have searched far and wide, but can’t find anything. Thanks!
March 11, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Data request: Does anyone know of any campaign contribution data available through relatively recently (at least ~2018) that aggregates spending by donor sector or industry? I am trying to use finance aggregates for robustness checks and have searched far and wide, but can’t find anything. Thanks!
A graphic designer has joined the inequality group I coordinate at @stone-lis.bsky.social and I’m very happy about it:
March 10, 2025 at 7:59 PM
A graphic designer has joined the inequality group I coordinate at @stone-lis.bsky.social and I’m very happy about it:
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The Inequality Podcast from @ucstonecenter.bsky.social has become my go-to sociology listen. In the most recent episode, @gtwodtke.bsky.social interviews @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social and Daniel Schneider about precarious work.
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The Age of Unpredictable and Precarious Work, featuring Jake Rosenfeld and Daniel Schneider
Podcast Episode · The Inequality Podcast · 03/10/2025 · 1h 6m
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March 10, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The Inequality Podcast from @ucstonecenter.bsky.social has become my go-to sociology listen. In the most recent episode, @gtwodtke.bsky.social interviews @jakerosenfeld.bsky.social and Daniel Schneider about precarious work.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
the-inequality-podcast.captivate.fm
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...
the-inequality-podcast.captivate.fm
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Breaking: ICE arrests a Palestinian student at Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, whose wife is 8 months pregnant. They revoked his student visa and his green card.
BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
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BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Advocates Say
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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March 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Breaking: ICE arrests a Palestinian student at Columbia, Mahmoud Khalil, whose wife is 8 months pregnant. They revoked his student visa and his green card.
BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
BOYCOTT COLUMBIA. WRITE & Demand answers.
This is fucking sickening.
zeteo.com/p/breaking-d...
New York Times, 2003
March 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
New York Times, 2003
The Democratic Party is not “broken”; it has long been a party out of touch with most voters, over-representing the interests of (certain types of) elites. There’s no “saving” a party embedded in interlocking unequal systems.
March 6, 2025 at 1:29 AM
The Democratic Party is not “broken”; it has long been a party out of touch with most voters, over-representing the interests of (certain types of) elites. There’s no “saving” a party embedded in interlocking unequal systems.
Come check out the “Replicating Inequalities” session at #ESS2025! At 2pm this Saturday, I’ll be presenting “Business, Finance, and the Politics of US Income Concentration.” #EasternSociologicalSociety
March 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Come check out the “Replicating Inequalities” session at #ESS2025! At 2pm this Saturday, I’ll be presenting “Business, Finance, and the Politics of US Income Concentration.” #EasternSociologicalSociety
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I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
February 27, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I made this the other night while procrastinating, mainly because I thought all the posts about the blackout were boring. It feels like there is momentum bringing people together!
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A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
February 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A new McCarthy era is upon us. Stupid, depressing, and dangerous as ever. I wonder whose name will carry the dunce cap in the history books. Too many are complicit. I’ll need to find upset and action, but for now I’m feeling grief at the dehumanization inherent to all this.
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The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
Educators Sue to Challenge Trump Administration's Efforts to Weaponize Civil Rights Laws, Attack Educational Programs and Student Opportunities - Democracy Forward
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February 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The ASA, American Federation of Teachers @AFT, and AFT-Maryland, facilitated by @DemocracyForward, have filed a complaint today in federal court in Maryland challenging the “Dear Colleague Letter” published by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.
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There is no way for for “democracy” to function in a world that looks like this
February 26, 2025 at 2:27 AM
There is no way for for “democracy” to function in a world that looks like this
No surprises here!
The effects of the House’s proposed “Medicaid cuts to pay for tax cuts” in one graph: a 3.9% boost in income for the top 1% of households and a 7.4% reduction in income for the bottom fifth of households. In two words: class warfare. www.epi.org/blog/the-hou...
February 26, 2025 at 2:57 AM
No surprises here!
Love this recent short segment from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social gives an accessible class-race analysis contextualizing the recent dismantling of DEI (also recommend reading “elite capture” if you haven’t).
February 25, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Love this recent short segment from @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social gives an accessible class-race analysis contextualizing the recent dismantling of DEI (also recommend reading “elite capture” if you haven’t).
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Steve Bannon is out here doing a Nazi salute and nodding to an applauding audience after Elon did it and it is honestly chilling how white supremacy here, like in the Germany they’re mimicking, has taken all these forms over the centuries but will not die.
February 21, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Steve Bannon is out here doing a Nazi salute and nodding to an applauding audience after Elon did it and it is honestly chilling how white supremacy here, like in the Germany they’re mimicking, has taken all these forms over the centuries but will not die.