Oscar Perry Abello
@oscarthinks.bsky.social
Senior Economic Justice Correspondent, @nextcity.org. Author of The Banks We Deserve https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-banks-we-deserve-reclaiming-community-banking-for-a-just-economy-oscar-perry-abello/21374823 Based in NYC. oscar@nextcity.org 🇵🇭
Looks like Cuomo got the private pool vote
November 7, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Looks like Cuomo got the private pool vote
1.1 million New Yorkers voted for any mayoral candidate in the 2021 general election
1 million plus voted for Zohran Mamdani alone in the 2025 general election for NYC mayor
1 million plus voted for Zohran Mamdani alone in the 2025 general election for NYC mayor
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
1.1 million New Yorkers voted for any mayoral candidate in the 2021 general election
1 million plus voted for Zohran Mamdani alone in the 2025 general election for NYC mayor
1 million plus voted for Zohran Mamdani alone in the 2025 general election for NYC mayor
October 18, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Another city, another library, another copy of my book! And next to one of my all time faves, by @mehrsab.bsky.social. Seattle Public Library, central library
July 30, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Another city, another library, another copy of my book! And next to one of my all time faves, by @mehrsab.bsky.social. Seattle Public Library, central library
Side note, since when was the area just north of the Vine Street Expressway (home to @asianartsphilly.bsky.social, Asian Americans United, the FACTs charter school that AAU founded, & several Chinese-American churches) *not* considered part of Philly's Chinatown?
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July 18, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Side note, since when was the area just north of the Vine Street Expressway (home to @asianartsphilly.bsky.social, Asian Americans United, the FACTs charter school that AAU founded, & several Chinese-American churches) *not* considered part of Philly's Chinatown?
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Not one but two! Two copies of my book on the shelf in the business collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in #CharmCity #Baltimore. Join us at @redemmas.org 7pm tonight for a book talk moderated by @jnoor.bsky.social. Pick up a copy of your own and I’ll sign it for you!
July 15, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Not one but two! Two copies of my book on the shelf in the business collection at the Enoch Pratt Free Library in #CharmCity #Baltimore. Join us at @redemmas.org 7pm tonight for a book talk moderated by @jnoor.bsky.social. Pick up a copy of your own and I’ll sign it for you!
On the shelves at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in the Richmond! Also at their 9th Ave location in the Sunset District if you’re curious
greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...
greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...
July 6, 2025 at 1:34 AM
On the shelves at @greenapplebooks.bsky.social in the Richmond! Also at their 9th Ave location in the Sunset District if you’re curious
greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...
greenapplebooks.com/book/9781642...
NYC will totally be fine without Gristedes (part of the Allegiance network in these figures).
(Also for the uninitiated, Krasdale=C-Town)
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(Also for the uninitiated, Krasdale=C-Town)
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June 19, 2025 at 7:39 PM
NYC will totally be fine without Gristedes (part of the Allegiance network in these figures).
(Also for the uninitiated, Krasdale=C-Town)
foodtradenews.com/issue/2024-f...
(Also for the uninitiated, Krasdale=C-Town)
foodtradenews.com/issue/2024-f...
May 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social is so much necessary fun
May 23, 2025 at 11:00 PM
@baltimorebeat.bsky.social is so much necessary fun
Walked into McNulty’s and all the staff were in the back watching the #novaknicks tip off 💗
May 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Walked into McNulty’s and all the staff were in the back watching the #novaknicks tip off 💗
Come and get’em while supplies last! Copies of The Banks We Deserve by yours truly on sale at the #Inclusiv2025 conference in #Cleveland
& if you’re still around Thursday come out to ThirdSpace Action Lab’s Reading Room for a book talk! 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...
& if you’re still around Thursday come out to ThirdSpace Action Lab’s Reading Room for a book talk! 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...
April 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Come and get’em while supplies last! Copies of The Banks We Deserve by yours truly on sale at the #Inclusiv2025 conference in #Cleveland
& if you’re still around Thursday come out to ThirdSpace Action Lab’s Reading Room for a book talk! 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...
& if you’re still around Thursday come out to ThirdSpace Action Lab’s Reading Room for a book talk! 3rdspaceactionlab.co/events/2025/...
Nice to meet you #Cleveland. Yet another city I’ve now visited where it’s a one seat ride from the airport to downtown.
April 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Nice to meet you #Cleveland. Yet another city I’ve now visited where it’s a one seat ride from the airport to downtown.
Good morning from #BigTowns. Thanks to The Current for bringing me out to #Lafayette and to Cavalier House for having copies of The Banks We Deserve for sale at the conference bookstore!
April 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Good morning from #BigTowns. Thanks to The Current for bringing me out to #Lafayette and to Cavalier House for having copies of The Banks We Deserve for sale at the conference bookstore!
Happy pub day to @andreperryedu.bsky.social
Pick up your copy of his second book and find out why closing racial *wealth* or *income* gaps are not the be-all end-all for a truly just society.
Pick up your copy of his second book and find out why closing racial *wealth* or *income* gaps are not the be-all end-all for a truly just society.
April 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy pub day to @andreperryedu.bsky.social
Pick up your copy of his second book and find out why closing racial *wealth* or *income* gaps are not the be-all end-all for a truly just society.
Pick up your copy of his second book and find out why closing racial *wealth* or *income* gaps are not the be-all end-all for a truly just society.
Come on by the @nextcity.org booth at the @mainstreetamerica.bsky.social #MainStreetNow Exhibit Reception to pick up your copy of The Banks We Deserve! I’ll be here to sign copies till 5:45ish
April 8, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Come on by the @nextcity.org booth at the @mainstreetamerica.bsky.social #MainStreetNow Exhibit Reception to pick up your copy of The Banks We Deserve! I’ll be here to sign copies till 5:45ish
So thrilled to share details for another upcoming book tour stop in...
Lafayette, Louisiana!
For the Big Towns Conference, organized by our friends at the nonprofit news outlet The Current.
The conference: bigtowns.org (my panel is on Wed 4/23 3:15pm CT)
The book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Lafayette, Louisiana!
For the Big Towns Conference, organized by our friends at the nonprofit news outlet The Current.
The conference: bigtowns.org (my panel is on Wed 4/23 3:15pm CT)
The book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
March 28, 2025 at 11:39 PM
So thrilled to share details for another upcoming book tour stop in...
Lafayette, Louisiana!
For the Big Towns Conference, organized by our friends at the nonprofit news outlet The Current.
The conference: bigtowns.org (my panel is on Wed 4/23 3:15pm CT)
The book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Lafayette, Louisiana!
For the Big Towns Conference, organized by our friends at the nonprofit news outlet The Current.
The conference: bigtowns.org (my panel is on Wed 4/23 3:15pm CT)
The book: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
Across the street from MOMA is the NY Public Library 53rd Street Branch! Already carrying a copy of my book, The Banks We Deserve, down in the nonfiction section.
March 23, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Across the street from MOMA is the NY Public Library 53rd Street Branch! Already carrying a copy of my book, The Banks We Deserve, down in the nonfiction section.
TWO of the SIX copies of my book in the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social system are CHECKED OUT and one is on hold! I'm not ugly crying you're ugly crying😭😭😭
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discover.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=12804...
March 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
TWO of the SIX copies of my book in the @bklynlibrary.bsky.social system are CHECKED OUT and one is on hold! I'm not ugly crying you're ugly crying😭😭😭
discover.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=12804...
discover.bklynlibrary.org/item?b=12804...