Stephanie Mota Thurston, Ph.D.

Chicago-area man killed by ICE honored at Franklin Park Day of the Dead celebration: ‘Someone who was wanted’ Candles, candy and colorful flowers adorned the ofrenda a couple dozen people helped build Saturday to honor Silverio Villegas Gonzalez.

Candles, candy and colorful flowers adorned the ofrenda, or altar, a couple dozen people helped build Saturday to honor Silverio Villegas Gonzalez, the man shot and killed by an ICE agent in northwest suburban Franklin Park nearly two months ago.

Classics and Africa CFP As members of a global collaborative project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Classics at the Crossroads: Partnership, Mobility, and Exchange Between Ghana, …

It is my pleasure to share the CFP for a special issue of #ResDiffJournal guest-edited by Hasskei Majeed, Justine McConnell, Olakunbi Olasope, and Luke Roman, building on the Classics &/in Africa conference at UCL this summer. "Classics and Africa" resdifficiles.com/classics-and...

Me in my regalía, tearing up, and my daughter is dancing before walking me down the aisle.

My advisor placing PhD hood on me.

Me and my advisor smiling in our regalia.

Group photo of friends who attended my belated hooding ceremony posing in the center of the chapel.

Like so many who were unable to celebrate important milestones during COVID, my Ph.D. graduation was canceled. This summer, while visiting Princeton, my husband surprised me with a hooding ceremony!

It was such a gift for some local friends, and my advisor, to honor me with this little ceremony 🎉👩🏽‍🎓

@govpritzker.illinois.gov ???

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Alabama has just executed Anthony Boyd tonight.

Lauren Gill explained so much that went wrong in his case and trial. Important to not look away.

Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.

There will be a huge trend piece around August 2028 about,”all the northeastern families are choosing these small liberal arts colleges in the Midwest that promise an artisanal degree!”

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And nearly 20 children, two of whom have cancer

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the thing that gets me is that for all the pearl clutching about "basket of deplorables" I constantly hear the Trump administration just brazenly shit talk Democrats without much consequence at all...

Quite a day.

Congratulations to my Princeton Religion colleague, Leora Batnitzky, and co-editors on this publication (that features a chapter by Princeton Religion graduate alum @rachelbgross.bsky.social).

as if we already didn't know "low IQ" is synonymous with Black...here, he's making it quite plain

Special education staff decimated after Trump administration shutdown firings: Sources The nation’s special education services have been significantly damaged after Fridays’s mass layoffs within the Department of Education, sources told ABC News.

My parents were Republicans because George H.W Bush signed the Americans with Disabilites Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. A generation of people with disabilities went to college, got jobs and lived independently because of IDEA.
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Also: I like & respect Fr. Larry A LOT, and his words are rightfully being celebrated.

But let’s not lose sight of the leadership of the Coalition for Spiritual & Public Leadership, who organized this action and continue to organize prayerful protest & action formed by liberation theology.

River Road Asset Management

Wolf Hill Capital Management

🚨 Nearly 90% of people in ICE custody are held in facilities run by for-profit companies. Geo Group (NYSE: GEO) and CoreCivic (NYSE: CXW) investors:

Wolf Hill Capital Management: $181 mil stake in GEO

River Road Asset Management: $172 mil stake in CXW

Don't profit from Concentration Camps #DIVEST

Yesterday I was told that the class I’m scheduled to teach this month, Confronting Oppression & Injustice, is no longer part of our curriculum. This is a required class yet there was no discussion, no faculty vote, just an email saying the class no longer exists. This is what it’s like in Texas now.

“We are home now. We marched from the park to ICE, very peaceful crowd. We were standing around ICE pushed us down, sprayed us with chemical and I was hit in the head with a projectile. This was so unprovoked. People have to know that the Feds are attacking people with NO provocation whatsoever.”

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Klein seems deeply troubled that the left is failing to win (presidential) elections which he views as a failure on his part (& others in his role) to persuade. Coates has clarity that truth telling is his role as a writer. so he’s not existentially troubled by the ebb & flow of history.

I started doing this thing where when I read a book I admire I try to find the author’s email & send a quick message saying I appreciated it. No big deal, not trying to be weird, but like: thank you for helping me think something new. It’s hard writing books. It matters when people read them.

Thanks to @tilleckert.com @propublica.org for sticking with Ms. Moreta-Galarza today until she was discharged.

Yuval Abraham has done extraordinary work on this story

this is collective effervescence

when institutions tell stories about themselves, they so frequently forget to include the fact that they received organized pressure from students, faculty, unions, etc. to make the change they are so proud to boast about...

do we not get a trailer!!!???

we learn how to do things by DOING them. yes observing is key to learning & refining a craft, but you actually have to do it to build the neural pathways that make it a skill you in fact possess.

since learning is relational, we also learn from the feedback we get when we fail or miss the mark.

we learn how to do things by DOING them. yes observing is key to learning & refining a craft, but you actually have to do it to build the neural pathways that make it a skill you in fact possess.

since learning is relational, we also learn from the feedback we get when we fail or miss the mark.

AI Isn't A Ticket to an A — Jessica Calarco I teach a freshman seminar on kids and society. For their first project, my students create an infographic that aims to clarify a common misconception about “kids these days.” For reasons I’ll outline...

You're welcome to use/share this with your students. Here's a quick write-up explaining how I use it in my class, along with a link to a PDF version for easy printing/sharing.
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