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Centre for Global Social Policy @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social · 12d

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Centre for Global Social Policy @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social · 12d

UofT grad students - help advance social policy's media presence! Pitch us an opinion piece on social policy. If approved, you'll earn $500 for the completed piece.

More info: cgsp-cpsm.ca/2025/09/22/c...

Image of smiling young people in professional dress having a conversation in what looks like a lecture hall. Text says "UofT grad students - want to help increase media presence for social policy? Pitch an opinion piece related to social policy. If approved, you'll get $500 for the completed piece." The logos of CGSP and UofT's Sociology Department are at the top of the image.

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · 13d

Housing Justice Lab's @docdantzler.bsky.social is part of a team of researchers who have examined the racial and economic makeup of those who get evicted from their homes in Toronto – and those who don’t. metropolitics.org/Vi...

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Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social · 18d

Review of The Black Tax now in the AAG Review of Books
The power to tax is intertwined with the origin of the US. Founding documents proclaimed that governments were instituted to secure life, liberty, and property. What happens when that promise goes wrong?
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Centre for Global Social Policy @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social · 22d

"In Toronto, who gets evicted isn’t random—it follows the city’s racial and economic divides. Canada’s data practices hide crucial details about who is most at risk."
@docdantzler.bsky.social, Khalil Martin & Abigail Meza highlight connections btwn #housing policy, inequities, evictions & data

Screenshot of the article entitled "Visibile Minorities, Visible Risk: Toronto's Unequal Eviction Burden." The authors names are listed and an intro paragraph is below saying, "In Toronto who gets evicted isn't random - it follows the city's racial and economic divides. Canada's data practices hide crucial details about who is most at risk." A photo is featured of a City of Toronto notice of development sign that has been written upon by community members with statements including "Capitalism is a death cult" and "Free TCH [Toronto Community Housing] for All."

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 23d

Happy to share this essay on the unevenness of evictions across the City of Toronto…check it out at @metropolitiques.bsky.social…

@uoftsociology.bsky.social @uoftcities.bsky.social @uoftbrn.bsky.social @newhousingalt.bsky.social @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social @sdcookcenter.bsky.social

Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social · 23d

Great new piece by my @metropolitiques.bsky.social colleague @docdantzler.bsky.social Visible Minorities, Visible Risk: Toronto’s Unequal Eviction (...) - Metropolitics url:https://metropolitics.org/Visible-Minorities-Visible-Risk-Toronto-s-Unequal-Eviction-Burden.html

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lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 27d

I know I know it's a well worn point but still. Plenty of people who would self-describe as Christians, for whom that is a very important identity, watch Fox News. I genuinely can think of very few messages as laser-targeted to be anti-Christian as "kill the homeless". Designed in a lab by Satan.

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28d

In a shocking on-air moment, a “Fox and Friends” co-host said homeless people suffering from mental health issues who refuse help should be killed

'Just Kill 'Em': Fox Host Makes Shocking Comment On Homeless People

"Fox and Friends" co-host Brian Kilmeade made a jaw-dropping remark while discussing homelessness and mental health.

www.huffpost.com

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

“Reframing the story expands the possibilities of collective action.”

- Willow S. Lung-Aman
(The Right to Suburbia, 2024)

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Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com · 29d

🏙️ Introduction to #UrbanStudies Special Issue "Authoritarian Neoliberal and Illiberal Urbanisms: Towards a Research Agenda"

✍️ Özatağan et al.

🔍 Authoritarian neoliberal urbanism reshapes cities to secure power amid local contradictions.

📖 buff.ly/i5d4zep

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

Let this year be a year of dreaming…dreaming of what’s next and what could be…

Let’s us not wake up from a sleep without a story to tell others…

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

The U.S. is a young empire but arrogant. It basks in its riches while barely acknowledging people starving, living on the street, literally freezing today…

We don’t have to live this way…

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

Many scholars often invoke the concept of a “slow death” to denote the many ways of everyday death dealing throws our way. But what would a “virtuous death” be? What would it mean to die admirably?

I ask these questions not as a form of self harm but as an action of collective care…

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

I used to have imposter syndrome earlier on in my career but being anxious about time in and of itself - probably from the pandemic and the homegoing of friends and family - makes u question your actions today if tomorrow was never to come…

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

I think I finally have a decent book idea that allows me to do all the things I want to do. It’s an ambitious project but I’ve been fortunate to engage so many inspiring people over the last decade.

Going forward, I’ll be lifting their voices up…providing space to others…

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

I learned how to be productive. I learned how to be an academic. And I tried and continue to try to do this the way I want to.

I’m using this time to reconnect with family. In many ways, it’ll help me with my future work…

I really want to explore Black liberation through the lens of housing.

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

Flexible from January to April. Open to ideas for relatively inexpensive places to visit.

While I love what I do, I’ve given way too time to work. Tenure makes u wonder about times when u could have shared experiences with others, but instead u worked on that paper or went to that conference…

Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

Well, since my landlord is raising the rent again, it looks like I’m about to be a “nomad” for the rest of my sabbatical this year once I finish up these last few projects by the end of November…

Planning to just sit and think for a bit…

Coming to a city near you? 🤔😏

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · 29d

Well, since my landlord is raising the rent again, it looks like I’m about to be a “nomad” for the rest of my sabbatical this year once I finish up these last few projects by the end of November…

Planning to just sit and think for a bit…

Coming to a city near you? 🤔😏

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Aug 29

The group of Afrikaners in the US call themselves "Amerikaners."

Kleinhaus added: “There’s no kitchen lady you call to sweep the house, or clean the house, or stuff like that. You do the work yourself.” He said the upside of this was that the maid could not steal from you. “Things at your house don’t disappear. Your sugar doesn’t go away, your coffee doesn’t go away.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 29

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

“In other, less self-oriented cultures, and in other times, love was seen as something closer to self-abnegation than to self-comfort. It was seen as a force so powerful that it could overcome our natural selfishness,” our columnist David Brooks writes.

Opinion | The Wrong Definition of Love

The goal of love is to enhance the life of another, not feel good about ourselves.

nyti.ms

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Jeong Park @jeongpark.bsky.social · Aug 28

There aren't many stories that prompt gasps at our editors' daily budget meeting. But this was one.

Constant Scream @ajaxsinger.bsky.social · Aug 28

ICE took 2 firefighters OFF THE FUCKING FIRE LINE!?

Federal agents arrest firefighters working on WA wildfire

Federal agents showed up northeast of Lake Cushman to check identification of crew members fighting Washington's largest active wildfire.

www.seattletimes.com

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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · Aug 29

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Aug 27

Back on #BlueSky to spread the word about the chaos unfolding at University of Oregon. Admin laid off teaching profs this summer & now are telling us that TT & tenured profs will be laid off & numerous #humanities depts closed. Who will teach the largest ever incoming cohort of #ducks this fall?

AAUP @aaup.org · Aug 26

AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

@uauoregon.bsky.social

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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon

The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.

www.aaup.org

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Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · Aug 26

🏆 Grad Students & Early Career Scholars: apply for the Emerging Scholar Award by 10/17/25 urbanaffairsassociation.org/awards/alma-...

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School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Bundling Assets lab, funded by CMHC & co-run w/ SHS Inc, looks at how nonmarket actors can collaborate to loan equity, develop sites & share management while maintaining org. autonomy. Join us for the launch of the 1st report, based on lessons from 3 practices us06web.zoom.us/webi...

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Prentiss Dantzler @docdantzler.bsky.social · Aug 12

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Aug 12

Breaking News: The Trump administration said it would conduct a review of Smithsonian exhibitions to assess their “alignment with American ideals” giving museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

White House Announces Comprehensive Review of Smithsonian Exhibitions

The Trump administration said it would give museums 120 days to replace “divisive or ideologically driven language with unifying, historically accurate and constructive descriptions.”

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New Housing Alternatives @newhousingalt.bsky.social · Aug 12

Check out this great piece tracking tenant advocates' longstanding efforts to make the Province of Ontario expand access to air conditioning for renters.

As heat waves grow hotter & more frequent, AC "is not a luxury, it's a necessity".

thepointer.com/article/2025...

Seniors, renters without AC most vulnerable during continuous heatwaves

Seniors, renters without AC most vulnerable during continuous heatwaves Seniors, renters without AC most vulnerable during continuous heatwaves

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