Brent Cebul
@brentcebul.bsky.social
I teach history and write about US politics, cities, and inequality, most recently in ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS: Business, Poverty, and Liberalism in the American Century (Penn Press, 2023).
One of the better takes on the Platner episode. Further proof of the excellence of @defector.com and the importance of independent platforms. Thanks @davidjroth.bsky.social
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October 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
One of the better takes on the Platner episode. Further proof of the excellence of @defector.com and the importance of independent platforms. Thanks @davidjroth.bsky.social
Gift link: defector.com/what-job-is-...
Gift link: defector.com/what-job-is-...
And another beauty just arrived! Congrats @m-r-glass.bsky.social!
October 8, 2025 at 12:49 PM
And another beauty just arrived! Congrats @m-r-glass.bsky.social!
To abundance advocates we offer a strong note of caution about public incentives and private partnerships. Fred Trump didn't just exploit the FHA system: he embodied its core logics of liberalized credit, socialized risk, and privatized profits.
September 12, 2025 at 11:06 AM
To abundance advocates we offer a strong note of caution about public incentives and private partnerships. Fred Trump didn't just exploit the FHA system: he embodied its core logics of liberalized credit, socialized risk, and privatized profits.
Not the first time that we've retreated to "inclusivity" as a means of obscuring or running from frank assessments of power and truth. It never goes well. www.jstor.org/stable/26360...
July 24, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Not the first time that we've retreated to "inclusivity" as a means of obscuring or running from frank assessments of power and truth. It never goes well. www.jstor.org/stable/26360...
Ben Lerner nailing my / our unending fever dream in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
May 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Ben Lerner nailing my / our unending fever dream in @nybooks.com www.nybooks.com/articles/202...
March 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Have I got an app for them
February 20, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Have I got an app for them
A politically powerful and historically grounded case for aggressively progressive taxation by @econmarshall.bsky.social Great piece.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-r...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-r...
February 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
A politically powerful and historically grounded case for aggressively progressive taxation by @econmarshall.bsky.social Great piece.
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-r...
www.bostonreview.net/articles/a-r...
So grateful for @tealarcadi.bsky.social's deep engagement with ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS. It's also a thrill to be considered alongside Destin Jenkins, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Gabe Winant, from whom I've learned so much. Can't wait for Teal's book! #skystorians
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
July 16, 2024 at 11:49 AM
So grateful for @tealarcadi.bsky.social's deep engagement with ILLUSIONS OF PROGRESS. It's also a thrill to be considered alongside Destin Jenkins, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, and Gabe Winant, from whom I've learned so much. Can't wait for Teal's book! #skystorians
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...
New "temporary" guidelines for "open expression" just dropped at Penn. Any event where the encampment once was now requires two weeks notice. They're essentially mandating that students organize university sanctioned protest booths. Anything else violates the guidelines for open expression. Cool.
June 6, 2024 at 2:11 PM
New "temporary" guidelines for "open expression" just dropped at Penn. Any event where the encampment once was now requires two weeks notice. They're essentially mandating that students organize university sanctioned protest booths. Anything else violates the guidelines for open expression. Cool.
Students moved immediately to cover it, and it was power washed and gone within three hours.
April 27, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Students moved immediately to cover it, and it was power washed and gone within three hours.
So excited that this project w/ @lilygeismer.bsky.social will be out in early 2025 from UChicago Press. Lots more to share and many thanks to come. For now tho, big thanks to the wonderful scholars who shared their work and to many folks including @masonbwilliams.bsky.social who made this happen! 🗃️
March 8, 2024 at 8:52 PM
So excited that this project w/ @lilygeismer.bsky.social will be out in early 2025 from UChicago Press. Lots more to share and many thanks to come. For now tho, big thanks to the wonderful scholars who shared their work and to many folks including @masonbwilliams.bsky.social who made this happen! 🗃️
Why didn't anyone tell me about Robert LaFollette (Sr) and his absolute MANE???
March 1, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Why didn't anyone tell me about Robert LaFollette (Sr) and his absolute MANE???
Just saw POOR THINGS last night (hoo boy - run, don't walk to see this) and Mark Ruffalo is very much aging into this conversation. Incredible performances by Dafoe and Stone, too, but the way he plays this guy . . .
December 15, 2023 at 3:28 PM
Just saw POOR THINGS last night (hoo boy - run, don't walk to see this) and Mark Ruffalo is very much aging into this conversation. Incredible performances by Dafoe and Stone, too, but the way he plays this guy . . .
Philly area folks: Great event next week (Tuesday, 10/17, 5:30pm) with the brilliant Matt Lassiter speaking on his major new book, THE SUBURBAN CRISIS: WHITE AMERICA AND THE WAR ON DRUGS. Free and open to the public. Come on out, and please spread the word!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-suburb...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-suburb...
October 12, 2023 at 12:44 AM
Philly area folks: Great event next week (Tuesday, 10/17, 5:30pm) with the brilliant Matt Lassiter speaking on his major new book, THE SUBURBAN CRISIS: WHITE AMERICA AND THE WAR ON DRUGS. Free and open to the public. Come on out, and please spread the word!
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-suburb...
www.eventbrite.com/e/the-suburb...