Hope Teague Bowling
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NBCT 2010 • Co-host of the IWL_Podcast • Faith, Social Justice, Ed Policy, Minutiae, and Shade • hopeteague.com • bowlingsabroad.com
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Budapest Passed the Test... and Then Some — Bowlings Abroad
First, a note from Nate to his fellow Black Travelers : Being Black means running a quiet risk assessment everywhere you land. Most people will never notice it, but it matters. You watch how people lo...
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We sat down and wrote 2 reflections on our time in Budapest. @natebowling.com www.bowlingsabroad.com/blog/budapes...
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What ICE is doing to immigrants and now white Americans in Minneapolis is what US law enforcement has always done to Black Americans, indigenous people, and poor white folks in rural areas.
Your outrage is justified and welcome but this fight didn't start this week.
Your outrage is justified and welcome but this fight didn't start this week.
Police killed at least 1,292 people in the United States in 2025. There were only six days with zero police killings last year. Source: mappingpoliceviolence.org.
January 9, 2026 at 2:56 AM
What ICE is doing to immigrants and now white Americans in Minneapolis is what US law enforcement has always done to Black Americans, indigenous people, and poor white folks in rural areas.
Your outrage is justified and welcome but this fight didn't start this week.
Your outrage is justified and welcome but this fight didn't start this week.
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Thousands marched through the streets of Minneapolis tonight and ended at the barricaded vigil site for Renee Nicole Good who was fatally shot yesterday by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
January 9, 2026 at 3:14 AM
Thousands marched through the streets of Minneapolis tonight and ended at the barricaded vigil site for Renee Nicole Good who was fatally shot yesterday by ICE agent Jonathan Ross.
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For the last few months, I kept a document where every time I saw reports of fed immigration agents shooting or pointing their gun at someone, I made a note. The list grew and grew. It now includes 4 deaths. Here is what I noticed keeping that list.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force
The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.
www.themarshallproject.org
January 8, 2026 at 3:34 PM
For the last few months, I kept a document where every time I saw reports of fed immigration agents shooting or pointing their gun at someone, I made a note. The list grew and grew. It now includes 4 deaths. Here is what I noticed keeping that list.
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...
We sat down and wrote 2 reflections on our time in Budapest. @natebowling.com www.bowlingsabroad.com/blog/budapes...
Budapest Passed the Test... and Then Some — Bowlings Abroad
First, a note from Nate to his fellow Black Travelers : Being Black means running a quiet risk assessment everywhere you land. Most people will never notice it, but it matters. You watch how people lo...
www.bowlingsabroad.com
January 8, 2026 at 3:45 AM
We sat down and wrote 2 reflections on our time in Budapest. @natebowling.com www.bowlingsabroad.com/blog/budapes...
Reposted by Hope Teague Bowling
Have questions on Trump and Venezuela?
Join me and Prem for an "Ask the Editor" live chat, at zeteo.com, on the Substack app, or on our YouTube page: youtube.com/@zeteo. It's the first one of the new year and we're taking your questions live from 11am ET.
Join me and Prem for an "Ask the Editor" live chat, at zeteo.com, on the Substack app, or on our YouTube page: youtube.com/@zeteo. It's the first one of the new year and we're taking your questions live from 11am ET.
January 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Have questions on Trump and Venezuela?
Join me and Prem for an "Ask the Editor" live chat, at zeteo.com, on the Substack app, or on our YouTube page: youtube.com/@zeteo. It's the first one of the new year and we're taking your questions live from 11am ET.
Join me and Prem for an "Ask the Editor" live chat, at zeteo.com, on the Substack app, or on our YouTube page: youtube.com/@zeteo. It's the first one of the new year and we're taking your questions live from 11am ET.
Might not seem like a lot but this is the most I've read in a working year. Typically I'm too busy reading essays. Obvs I needed some escape from real life!
January 1, 2026 at 8:33 AM
Might not seem like a lot but this is the most I've read in a working year. Typically I'm too busy reading essays. Obvs I needed some escape from real life!
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"..as we find ourselves on the eve of a new daycare panic, I'm furious for the childcare providers who will be vilified, furious for the parents (especially moms) who will end up having to fill in the resulting gaps in childcare, and furious that we're letting the GOP run this tired play yet again."
Panic at the Daycare
The 80s are back, and not in a good way
jesscalarco.substack.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:30 PM
"..as we find ourselves on the eve of a new daycare panic, I'm furious for the childcare providers who will be vilified, furious for the parents (especially moms) who will end up having to fill in the resulting gaps in childcare, and furious that we're letting the GOP run this tired play yet again."
What a loss!!! 😞😞😞
Isiah Whitlock Jr, best known for his role as Clay Davis on “The Wire,” has died. He was 71
Isiah Whitlock Jr. Dies: ‘The Wire’ Actor & Frequent Spike Lee Collaborator Was 71
Actor Isiah Whitlock Jr., known for his roles in The Wire, Veep, Your Honor and The Residence and a number of Spike Lee movies, passed away Dec. 30.
deadline.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
What a loss!!! 😞😞😞
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This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
December 30, 2025 at 4:07 PM
This is not hard. Artists are not responsible for ensuring the Kennedy Center remains relevant and successful. The center’s board is responsible for that, in a fiduciary way. All of this energy being directed at artists should be re-directed at the board.
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The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
December 23, 2025 at 1:28 AM
The full spiked 60 Minutes CECOT package, clean & subtitled. 1/5
Came across this thought from Mariame Kaba, Prisons, Prose, and Protest. "Somehow, if we imagined living under full-blown fascism at the Federal level, we believed we would be different. Perhaps braver, more focused, taking bigger risks, becoming world-defining actors"
December 20, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Came across this thought from Mariame Kaba, Prisons, Prose, and Protest. "Somehow, if we imagined living under full-blown fascism at the Federal level, we believed we would be different. Perhaps braver, more focused, taking bigger risks, becoming world-defining actors"
🎙️ Holiday nonsense just dropped. May this offer you some laughter, nostalgia and comfort this week! 🎄🎁 open.spotify.com/episode/4sXl...
Ep. 223: The Magic of Christmas Lights w/ Holiday Hero Katy Evans
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December 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
🎙️ Holiday nonsense just dropped. May this offer you some laughter, nostalgia and comfort this week! 🎄🎁 open.spotify.com/episode/4sXl...
I'm sooo excited to see @jordanharper.bsky.social "She Rides Shotgun" as an option in this Emirates ✈️
Hits ▶️
Hits ▶️
December 16, 2025 at 5:39 AM
I'm sooo excited to see @jordanharper.bsky.social "She Rides Shotgun" as an option in this Emirates ✈️
Hits ▶️
Hits ▶️
I always appreciate her thoughtful reflections. Give her substack a follow.
Christina is one of my "elders" in the international teaching game. She's been overseas fourteen years and recently left a school in Ghana and moved to KSA.
Her newsletter comes out infrequently but feels like essential reading when it drops.
mscdmcdade.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
Her newsletter comes out infrequently but feels like essential reading when it drops.
mscdmcdade.substack.com/p/this-is-th...
This is the Remix....
My hiatus, making changes and moves, and staying true to myself.
mscdmcdade.substack.com
December 14, 2025 at 5:05 AM
I always appreciate her thoughtful reflections. Give her substack a follow.
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Happy Wake Up Dead Man on Netflix Day to all who celebrate (pretty much everyone). Re-upping what I wrote about it for @sojo.net:
My article on Wake Up Dead Man is live at @sojo.net! I have been completely annoying about this movie to people for the last two weeks, so read my piece to find out why.
‘Wake Up, Dead Man’ Takes Benoit Blanc to Church
Rian Johnson's new ‘Knives Out’ movie finds Daniel Craig’s detective getting caught up in a battle for the soul of the Christian faith.
sojo.net
December 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy Wake Up Dead Man on Netflix Day to all who celebrate (pretty much everyone). Re-upping what I wrote about it for @sojo.net:
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In case you're STILL confused about mafia enabler Merrick Garland, please read this article. I wrote it in 2023. It is not a response to current events. It explains why the these events would happen unless good people intervened -- which they did not. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
Servants of the Mafia State
Merrick Garland, Jamie Gorelick, and the truth
sarahkendzior.substack.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:40 PM
In case you're STILL confused about mafia enabler Merrick Garland, please read this article. I wrote it in 2023. It is not a response to current events. It explains why the these events would happen unless good people intervened -- which they did not. sarahkendzior.substack.com/p/servants-o...
🎙️Eat protein. Lift weights. Take melatonin. Drink water. Don't harm your children or your partner. We've got a second full-time job now that perimenopause is here! Check out our latest episode about aging boldly with menopause coach, Micheline Foss.
open.spotify.com/episode/5l3r...
open.spotify.com/episode/5l3r...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:09 PM
🎙️Eat protein. Lift weights. Take melatonin. Drink water. Don't harm your children or your partner. We've got a second full-time job now that perimenopause is here! Check out our latest episode about aging boldly with menopause coach, Micheline Foss.
open.spotify.com/episode/5l3r...
open.spotify.com/episode/5l3r...
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The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
The White House’s insistence on using Sabrina Carpenter’s work and image to promote their crimes against humanity is also them appealing to their base, which already uses technology to try and humiliate and puppeteer the likenesses of women who have autonomy, success, and visibility in public
Had an amazing time in Budapest @natebowling.com
Walkable, a plethora cafes & restaurants, delicious food, easy public transportation and bursting with tension filled history.
Walkable, a plethora cafes & restaurants, delicious food, easy public transportation and bursting with tension filled history.
December 5, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Had an amazing time in Budapest @natebowling.com
Walkable, a plethora cafes & restaurants, delicious food, easy public transportation and bursting with tension filled history.
Walkable, a plethora cafes & restaurants, delicious food, easy public transportation and bursting with tension filled history.
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I always return to this quote from Derek Jensen in moments like these
November 28, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I always return to this quote from Derek Jensen in moments like these
Heading to Budapest with @natebowling.com this weekend. If you've got food/beverage recs or off the beaten path type things, hit us up!
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Heading to Budapest with @natebowling.com this weekend. If you've got food/beverage recs or off the beaten path type things, hit us up!
YA author Natasha Bowen shares that she never saw herself in any books until she was 19yrs old! Representation matters, especially when it's authentically part of storytelling and not crammed into an otherwise white/eurocentric story.
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
Ep. 221: Who Gets to Be the Hero w/ Author Natasha Bowen
open.spotify.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
YA author Natasha Bowen shares that she never saw herself in any books until she was 19yrs old! Representation matters, especially when it's authentically part of storytelling and not crammed into an otherwise white/eurocentric story.
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
open.spotify.com/episode/7qwT...
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I desperately need the US to stop having news for a while
November 22, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I desperately need the US to stop having news for a while
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“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
November 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“Parents who, after consulting with a doctor and a psychologist, allow their 15-year-old child to transition commit child abuse. The child is too young to consent!”
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly
--Megyn R. Kelly
“Grown men who have sex with your 15-year-old? Big whoop! It’s not like she’s 8. LOL!”
--Also Megyn R. Kelly