University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies

We seek to understand the world so that we can change it.

[University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies @UrbanStudiesUB]

"The neighborly community is the prize we seek.
It is why we struggle and fight
So, keep your eyes on the prize.
Keep hope alive
Don’t quit.
Fight on. Fight on."

Buffalo's East Side deserves healthy neighborhoods. Our new study can help build them: https://t.co/eUJh1FRZn8

[Our City Action Buffalo @ourcityaction]

“It makes me wonder if the tax burden, in a really big way, is being shifted from people who can really afford to pay taxes, to people who can’t,” said Wilson, who worries that the city’s latest reassessment will worsen the city’s existing housing crisis.
https://t.co/Vnk79k8eEu

[Ben Tsujimoto @Tsuj10]

10 years in superintendent's receivership is not a comfortable place for any NY elementary school. But if you ask BPS leaders, the new principal & consistently active @UrbanStudiesUB, Futures Academy in the Fruit Belt has renewed hope. https://t.co/BVnpGSFa26

[A Left-Wing Account ™️ @PushDemsLeft]

Biden and Kamala are about to deport a lot of black and brown students for daring to oppose gen*cide. Deeply, deeply sickening.

[AYMAN @AymanMSNBC]

"How many more American citizens need to get killed by the Israeli military before the U.S. government begins defending American life?"

@AymanM on the growing erasure of Palestinians and the death of American Aysenur Eygi in the West Bank.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Dr. Nada Elia's words have been stuck in my head. When we say 61% of Americans oppose arming Israel, it isn't really true. People are voicing opposition, but not nearly enough making that opposition a verb.

Opposing genocide requires action.
https://t.co/fK9esq7n57

[Justin Wolfers @JustinWolfers]

A terrific / terrifying example for teaching externalities.

Folks choose heavier cars because they're less likely to die in a crash (gray line). But that choice makes it much much more likely that you'll kill the other guy (red line).
https://t.co/j0IhJhXleU #TeachEcon

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

Israeli air strikes have left more than 42 MILLION tons of debris across the Gaza Strip — enough rubble to fill a line of dump trucks stretching from New York to Singapore.

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

To hear what we’ve done to generations of families shatters the false narrative of hope and joy.

[Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare]

“We have no choice but to sit here”

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

When a majority of voters are demanding a ceasefire & an end to the genocide, it is completely out of touch & disgraceful for the DNC to deny Palestinian Americans a voice at the convention.

Michelle Obama implored us all to do something. I’m imploring our party to do better.

[Victoria W. Wolcott @VWidgeon]

Looking forward to teaching Georgina Hickey’s new book on gender and urban space in my graduate seminar! ⁦@womnknowhistory⁩ ⁦@UrbanHistoryA⁩ ⁦@urbanhist⁩ ⁦@UrbanStudiesUB⁩

[AIPAC Tracker @TrackAIPAC]

@SenSanders #ArrestNetanyahu

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

Biden pledged to pass the George Floyd Justice & Policing act by the 1 year anniversary of George Floyd’s death.

That would’ve been May 25, 2021.

[Derenic Byrd @DerenicByrd]

Sonya Massey should be alive today.

[solange knowles @solangeknowles]

first words Sonya Massey said at her front door were “don’t hurt me”

she was told “why would we hurt you, you called us”

when have those words meant anything when your black and woman in this country

when do those words protect you from not being murdered in your kitchen, in your bedroom, with your babies, or on your lawn

what is “reassurance”, in this place ?

rest in power Sonya Massey, and an abundance of love and power to Sonya’s family on this journey

[University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies @UrbanStudiesUB]

Never forget that the Brown administration robbed residents of ARP funding, which its own spending plan set aside for food security, renter assistance and workforce development.

Under Brown, budgets bloat and the Fed foots the bill.
https://t.co/2t8wuifsf2

[University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies @UrbanStudiesUB]

@ourcityaction and @ipostnews hit the nail on the head. The Brown administration refuses to be accountable to the people of Buffalo, even as lead poisoning and snow drifts cut their lives short.

[Quds News Network @QudsNen]

BREAKING| Israel’s Channel 14 reports that the ICC is expected to issue arrest warrants against Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu and Yoav Gallant within the next two weeks.

[University at Buffalo Center for Urban Studies @UrbanStudiesUB]

The Town of Clarence recently won a $5 million grant for sidewalk improvements from NYS.

Why does a suburb with a 0.5% Black population and a $366k median household income require that much support?

"Why should the public pay for their exclusivity?" https://t.co/W0LLPCHi7z

[Slate @Slate]

The Supreme Court’s ruling that criminalizes sleeping while homeless shows new depths of cruelty. https://t.co/ebY6KVebkH