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Trevon Logan

@trevondlogan.bsky.social

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Economist. Economic Historian. Lego Nerd. Sharing thoughts.

Trevon D'Marcus Logan is an American economist. He is the Hazel C. Youngberg Trustees Distinguished Professor in the Department of Economics and Associate Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Ohio State University, where he was awarded the 2014 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. In 2014, he was the youngest-ever president of the National Economic Association. In 2019, he was the inaugural North Hall Economics Professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2020, he was named the inaugural director of the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Group on Race and Stratification in the Economy. His research mainly focuses on economic history, including studies of African American migration, economic analysis of illegal markets, the economics of marriage transfers, and measures of historical living standards, with an emphasis on racial disparities in the United States. .. more

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 3h

It wasn’t just the Republicans…not by a long shot.

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4h

I think it’s even money on Heart of Atlanta v US being overturned by 2027.

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4h

Victor— let’s be careful here! Why stop at the Voting Rights Act when you can go for the Civil Rights Act of 1964, too?

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 5h

Any discussion of the 2026 midterms that does not begin with how gerrymandering of Congressional districts in several states intentionally and deliberately stacks the deck against Democrats (and explicitly tells us how many seats were designated to be non-competitive) is irresponsible.

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 6h

We were actually getting somewhere, too. 😞

@sbmitche.bsky.social
www.library.hbs.edu/working-know...

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Sam Gershman @gershbrain.bsky.social · 8h

I'd love to see more scientists engage with art, not as scientists but as people. Not for any instrumental purpose but simply as part of human experience.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 15h

One of my favorites from D’Angelo youtube.com/watch?v=cGQ2...

Send It On

YouTube video by D'Angelo - Topic

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Adelita for Congress @adelitaforcongress.bsky.social · 17h

Speaker Johnson, you ready to swear me in?

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 19h

Asking the question in reverse can tell you the answer.

Instead of asking “why do Dems lose elections when their policies are broadly popular?”

Ask yourself “why do Republicans win elections when their policies are broadly unpopular?”

The answer is right there: Policy is irrelevant to elections

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tony romm @tonyromm.bsky.social · 21h

NEW: The Trump administration has blocked or slowed almost $28 billion in federal aid since the shutdown began, largely harming Democratic-led cities, congressional districts and states, underscoring how the president has weaponized a fiscal stalemate

www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 23h

Memphis would like a word…

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

POLITICO: “.. They referred to Black people as monkeys and ‘the watermelon people’ and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies .. and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.

@politico.com
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Elana Levin @levin.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo speaking out about the physical and emotional burden of maintaining a nearly unobtainable physique and sexy image as a Black male artist should be taught in labor studies. It absolutely impacted how I analyze pop culture.

GQ Profile Of D'Angelo Explores The Perils Of Being Sexy

Visit the post for more.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

D'Angelo has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer, his former manager says. He was 51

D'Angelo Dead at 51

Grammy-winning R&B soul singer D'Angelo is dead from pancreatic cancer ... TMZ has learned.

www.tmz.com

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Multiple reports that musical great D’Angelo has passed away. He was 51 years old. Damn…

Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Not D’Angelo! No!

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

The reports are he passed away. Pancreatic cancer. He was 51.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Not D’Angelo! No!

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James M. Thomas (JT) @insurgentprof.bsky.social · 1d

Thankful for the opportunity to come onto Teri Markow's podcast and bring some clarity to public discussions of CRT and public understandings of how racism works in American society.

podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...

Dr. James Michael Thomas: What's Critical Race Theory?

Podcast Episode · Critically Speaking · 10/14/2025 · 29m

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

As I have long said, the “free and open debate” folks were given extraordinary latitude to define the terms of what “academic freedom” meant and the continual presumption of good faith long after all evidence said the opposite.

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

This is the way…

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 1d

Through segregation, violence, redlining, and sundown towns, Black families traveled. How did they know where to go? What places were safe? What places were welcoming? Search the data on this important part of American history: greenbookproject.osu.edu #GreenBookProject #CommunityMap
#EconSky

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Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social · 1d

One of the writers best explaining Trumpism right now is not a full-time writer, but @donmoyn.bsky.social, an academic and professor. The Times should give him a column. But for now, you can read his great stuff via his newsletter. Another sharp piece here.

donmoynihan.substack.com/p/purge-merg...

Purge, Merge, and Surge

Trump is creating a omniforce of armed loyalists to establish his police state

donmoynihan.substack.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 1d

www.instagram.com/p/DPm507ljBJ...

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 2d

Huge congratulations to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt! Very excited to see the Nobel committee recognize the contributions of a premiere European economic historian’s work on understanding economic growth.

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 2d

🎖️ The Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt!

Over the last two centuries the world has seen sustained economic growth. This year’s laureates explain how innovation provides the impetus for further progress.

#PrizeinEconomicSciences #NobelPrize

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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences @scienceacademyswe.bsky.social · 2d

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 3d

Until about 2012 or 2013, I wrote everything long hand before typing it up. Everything. Absolutely everything I wrote. I’m convinced that the process of putting it down by hand and converting from longhand to typewritten created more mature thinking and writing. How I wish I could return to it…

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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 3d

Just got back from Normal, IL for a lecture at Illinois State University. Established in 1857 after this small town lawyer named Abe secured the funding. Was reminded once again that US public universities are the triumph of civilization

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4d

When the elders said “enough is enough” I now see they meant things like this…

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Trevon Logan @trevondlogan.bsky.social · 4d

A Black man was left to die in his own urine after suffering a stroke while Eagan, MN police failed to follow procedure to detect medical distress, perform any wellness checks, and brushed off his obviously dire medical condition. What a sick, sad display from police.

www.kare11.com/article/news...

KARE 11 Investigates: Postal worker died after police mistook stroke for drug impairment

Kingsley Bimpong was jailed instead of hospitalized; video shows guards ignored his suffering for hours.

www.kare11.com

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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 4d

Four dead, 12 injured after a mass shooting in Leland, Mississippi, following a homecoming football game. (NYP)

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