JB
@jbranch.bsky.social
historian researching the nonprofit economy; guy doing various other things
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Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976 | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976
doi.org
From 1951-1976, the NLRB exempted most nonprofit organizations from union recognition. What does this trajectory tell us about changing notions of the nonprofit economy and its role in American society?
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
Reposted by JB
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.
Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…
lithub.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:54 AM
“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.
lithub.com/renee-nicole...
It's finally Doomsyear www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
January 6, 2026 at 6:14 PM
It's finally Doomsyear www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Me in HistPhil today, highlighting the contemporary need to think about the connections between labor and nonprofit history: histphil.org/2025/12/08/u...
Union Exemption: Connecting Labor and Nonprofit History
Editors’ Note: John Miles Branch discusses his article on the history of debates regarding the union exemption for nonprofits, recently published in Modern American History. “They want to cha…
histphil.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Me in HistPhil today, highlighting the contemporary need to think about the connections between labor and nonprofit history: histphil.org/2025/12/08/u...
If you prefer your articles in podcast interview form, I'm on the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast chatting about it here reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/10/09/u...
October 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
If you prefer your articles in podcast interview form, I'm on the Tales from the Reuther Library podcast chatting about it here reutherlib.blubrry.net/2025/10/09/u...
Great piece about the linked fates of nonprofit and public sector workforces in this moment nonprofitquarterly.org/the-case-for...
April 8, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Great piece about the linked fates of nonprofit and public sector workforces in this moment nonprofitquarterly.org/the-case-for...
Mahmoud Khalil needs to be free immediately
Mahmoud Khalil Is Moved to Immigration Detention in Louisiana
Mahmoud Khalil is a permanent resident of the United States. His arrest sets up a fight over free speech and immigrant rights.
www.nytimes.com
March 10, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Mahmoud Khalil needs to be free immediately
From 1951-1976, the NLRB exempted most nonprofit organizations from union recognition. What does this trajectory tell us about changing notions of the nonprofit economy and its role in American society?
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976 | Modern American History | Cambridge Core
Union Exemption: Nonprofit Work and the Boundaries of the Commercial Economy, 1951–1976
doi.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:32 PM
From 1951-1976, the NLRB exempted most nonprofit organizations from union recognition. What does this trajectory tell us about changing notions of the nonprofit economy and its role in American society?
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
New article from me, open access @modamhist.bsky.social:
doi.org/10.1017/mah....
It does seem like what gets most left-of-center Americans out in the streets is social inequality and violence enacted upon those on the wrong end of it—and if mass protests are a part of your plan to fight corruption, defend the constitutional order, etc. that’s probably the necessary entry point
funny to see the lawfare guy complaining that no one is out on the streets protesting ~all this~ because iirc he was very, very dismissive about protests in the summer of 2020
March 4, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It does seem like what gets most left-of-center Americans out in the streets is social inequality and violence enacted upon those on the wrong end of it—and if mass protests are a part of your plan to fight corruption, defend the constitutional order, etc. that’s probably the necessary entry point
"NYU Langone management may think they’d better stay on their biggest donor’s good side. They should think twice, though, because Ken Langone isn’t the biggest donor to NYU. That title goes to the taxpayers of New York City."
NYU Langone and other wealthy hospitals are capitulating to Trump’s attacks on LGBTQ and immigrant New Yorkers — while enjoying hundreds of millions of dollars in local tax breaks every year.
I wrote about their publicly-subsidized cowardice at @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social.
I wrote about their publicly-subsidized cowardice at @jacobinmagazin.bsky.social.
Zohran Mamdani: How Much Does NYU Langone Owe New York City?
A wealthy hospital system is caving to Donald Trump on LGBTQ and immigrant rights, writes socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani — while receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in ...
jacobin.com
February 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"NYU Langone management may think they’d better stay on their biggest donor’s good side. They should think twice, though, because Ken Langone isn’t the biggest donor to NYU. That title goes to the taxpayers of New York City."
Here's what I see as the upshot. To put a finer point on it: Trump, Musk, and the rest of the American right are leaving the contradictions of "Cornuellism" behind. Those committed to democracy and economic justice should too—by fighting for a robust public sector
February 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Here's what I see as the upshot. To put a finer point on it: Trump, Musk, and the rest of the American right are leaving the contradictions of "Cornuellism" behind. Those committed to democracy and economic justice should too—by fighting for a robust public sector
Wrote a piece for one of my favorite websites, HistPhil, about the historical roots of the vibe shift on the American right when it comes to the nonprofit sector histphil.org/2025/02/17/r...
Rothbard vs. Cornuelle: Understanding the New Right’s Antipathy toward Civil Society
Editors’ Note: John Miles Branch explores the feud between two prominent mid-century libertarian thinkers, Murray Rothbard and Richard Cornuelle, as a way of understanding the contemporary ri…
histphil.org
February 17, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wrote a piece for one of my favorite websites, HistPhil, about the historical roots of the vibe shift on the American right when it comes to the nonprofit sector histphil.org/2025/02/17/r...
Out here with @claudebonet.bsky.social
December 22, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Out here with @claudebonet.bsky.social
Cool piece about the ongoing ambiguity of "nonprofit" as a category
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
December 19, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Cool piece about the ongoing ambiguity of "nonprofit" as a category
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
