Phillipe Copeland, PhD
@ptheeeducator.bsky.social
AKA "Phillipe Thee Educator" Clinical Associate Professor Boston University School of Social Work Host, "From Issues to Action" podcast https://fromissuestoaction.riverside.com/ Website https://www.phillipecopeland.com/
📣 Tomorrow! Join us in #DallasCounty, #Alabama, for a #DaysOfDemocracy event covering how our government works, what we can do to make a difference, and how to help more people take part in voting and civic life. Learn more about the statewide effort and RSVP 🔗: https://bit.ly/40Unmfq
One of my areas of scholarship is horror, oppression and freedom. This Guardian piece is really interesting www.theguardian.com/film/2026/au...
Analogue evil: why today’s horror film-makers are obsessed with obsolete tech
From Obsession to Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, a new wave of movies are ditching minimalism for retro settings
theguardian.com
This is the story of how a group of perfectly ordinary neighbors took on one of the worst landlords in New York. And won. Introducing, the Union of Pinnacle Tenants: the short film. Watch the full film: youtu.be/h5dvGKI26ZA
Join us for a webinar focusing on how mobilization and election protection work has been undertaken in the South, what strategies have been effective and what has changed with the Louisiana v. Callais decision. RSVP: https://bit.ly/4oiq6hD
It is possible to say intelligent things about #TheOdyssey rather than engaging in silly, culture war meltdowns www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Nolan’s Odyssey shows what happens when a leader’s violations are rewarded | Jamil Smith
The Greeks learn at Troy that breaking the rules works, then carry the lesson home. Nolan’s film shows how an exception becomes a habit of power
theguardian.com
Scottish actor #BrianCox, best known for playing Logan Roy in HBO’s Succession, isn’t afraid to speak his mind. In an interview with TRT World’s Ghida Fakhry, Cox explained why he refuses to stay quiet despite concerns about Hollywood backlash......” #AllHeroesDontWearCapes 🇵🇸
Historian here do join me at the famed Chautauqua Institution tomorrow afternoon at 2 pm. I am so looking forward to this event and attending events with Ken Burns and Jeffrey Rosen in the morning and David Blight and Tiya Miles on Wednesday morning. www.chq.org/event/manish...
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This describes what's happening in the U.S. right now in chilling terms.
There is a playbook. It's worth learning what it includes.
I don't know about you but there are days when I feel like I've gone a few rounds with a Balrog.
Having reached middle-age, it is only fair that I get an all expenses paid trip to Middle Earth.
I’m going to tell y’all’s kids that this is Charlie Brown & Friends.
Reminder: everyone on American soil, whether they were born here or not, has the right to due process. Here’s everything you need to know.
#Antifa panic is intended to distract from real problems and the people responsible for them www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
How anti-ICE protesters became prisoners in Trump's war on antifa
“We are not terrorists.”
motherjones.com
Antifascism in action. As someone on a "Professor Watchlist" I can relate. www.salon.com/2026/07/27/a...
A former FBI target has the playbook to fight Rubio's enemies list
The FBI's targeting of civil rights activist Lillian Smith provides lessons for solidarity and resistance
salon.com
The performing arts saved my life. The medicine they provide cannot be overstated www.salon.com/2026/07/30/t...
The performing arts can help solve America’s empathy crisis
We’re losing our connection with one another. Performing arts education can help us get it back
salon.com
dems holding shadow hearings to get this info out is good politics
Headquarters@headquartersnews.bsky.social · 7d agoChicago teen shares his experience in ICE detention centers: I am 18 years old and I just graduated from high school in Chicago. I was in ICE detention for 2 months and 10 days. They kept me in solitary for 2 days for no reason, alone in a room with just a toilet. They never let us go outside.
#OTD more than a century ago, thousands of Black men, women and children marched silently down Fifth Avenue in #NYC. It was considered the first major public protest of racial violence in the nation. Much like today, anti-Black violence is UNJUST! #TheMarchContinues
I know we aren’t arguing with the weirdos on the other site, but for the nerds who like to be informed on this site here is open access research on the question of “race” in ancient Greece that is accessible and short and will help you best that one Uncle at Thanksgiving
Skin Colour in Ancient Greece: The Insertion of a Non-Existent Colour Prejudice into Antiquity. | Centre for African Studies (LUCAS)
lucas.leeds.ac.uk
#Antifa panic is intended to distract from real problems and the people responsible for them www.salon.com/2026/07/23/t...
Trump's antifa terrorism threat does not exist - Salon.com
The Trump administration made up a group to spread fear and conspiracy theories.
salon.com
Better worlds are possible. The evidence is all around us www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Black lands, Mexican bands: how a southern rural family built a Latino cultural hub
As the Latino population of North Carolina booms, opportunities abound – and Donal Gooch is capitalizing on changing nature of his home region
theguardian.com
After this weekend's box office reports:
