Christopher Pepper (He/Him)
Award-winning educator and writer, with bylines in the NY Times, SF Chronicle, and Edutopia. Co-author of the national bestseller "TALK TO YOUR BOYS” (2025 - Workman Publishing).
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- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Incredible piece of reporting about both the horrific conditions at the Otey Mesa detention center and the inspiring activism of people on the outside who started by just showing up. My takeaways: - we can’t allow this to continue - everybody can do something - support local journalism
- Organizers have collected 14 lotion bottles, two deodorant bottles, and one AA Battery that detainees have thrown over the fences with notes attached to them. The full story: lataco.com/captive-loti... By Aisha Wallace-Palomares
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)My friend and longtime collaborator @dylanpkane.bsky.social, a teacher in Colorado, went tech-free in his classroom for January. No Chromebooks, no AI, just old fashioned teaching. He reports on the results here and BOY is it fascinating: fivetwelvethirteen.substack.com/p/tech-free-...
- So grateful to Priya Parker for recommending my book "Talk To Your Boys" on the Ezra Klein show today, along with great books by Ruth Whippman, Molly Farneth, and Danya Ruttenberg (@theradr.bsky.social) Listen/watch here: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/o...
- What The ICE Reign Of Terror Is Doing To Our Kids open.substack.com/pub/thegolde...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)NEW: The @wired.com Security desk put together a comprehensive guide to filming ICE—with tips for reducing risk at the forefront. No paywall, but please consider subscribing to help find these kinds of resources. And stay safe out there. www.wired.com/story/how-to... www.wired.com/v2/offers/wi...
- Car Hits High School Student in Nebraska During an Anti-ICE Protest www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/u...
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- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Forth Worth teacher Chanea Bond says sticking with pen and paper keeps generative artificial intelligence out of her American literature classes. n.pr/4c3cdzs
- What Are Young Men's Views on Unions? Hint: They're quite pro. youngmenresearchinitiative.substack.com/p/what-are-y...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)my guy was back out there doin Good Work with a broken rib from his previous encounter. name a fucking high school after him.
- Young people today are stressed, depressed—and changing the fundamental pattern of happiness, new research shows www.cnbc.com/2024/07/23/n...
- What Adolescence reveals about teen mental health that parents are missing Netflix’s Adolescence has sparked global debate by portraying how loneliness, masculinity norms, and online influences can shape vulnerable teenage boys www.theweek.in/news/health/...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)brass solidarity band performing “stand by me” in the streets of whittier next to alex pretti’s memorial. the crowd started chanting “the people united will never be defeated” so they incorporated it into the song. i love minneapolis
- The great e-bike crackdown has begun New Jersey just approved a wildly out-of-step new law that restricts all e-bikes, regardless of speed or power capabilities. Will other states follow? www.theverge.com/column/86621...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)is the cure for male loneliness showing up early and setting up chairs?
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)The Atlantic Magazine just dropped a tremendous story on the Minnesota Resistance. The author is a war correspondent & sees the echoes of leaderless community empowerment around the globe: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202... (supposed to be a gift link, might not work, it’s in Apple News, too.)
- I PAID $49 FOR CLAVICULAR’S ‘LOOKSMAXXING’ ACADEMY. HERE’S WHAT I SAW The influencer recently gained notoriety for partying with Andrew Tate and Nick Fuentes — but his following was already growing www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...
- What’s going on with young American men and how that impacts the rest of America, in five charts www.ipsos.com/en-us/whats-...
- “Another agent — the same one who shoved the civilians and pepper-sprayed Mr. Pretti — unholsters his gun and fires at Mr. Pretti. The first agent also fires additional shots. Together, they fire six more shots at Mr. Pretti while he lies motionless on the ground.” www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)There's a prison revolt at a concentration camp in Texas in solidarity with Minneapolis:
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Alex Pretti, the man killed by federal agents today in Minneapolis, appears to have been a registered nurse, an athlete, a son and a brother, with ties to Colorado and Wisconsin. Here is a photo he used for several accounts.
- The Strib has identified him. Alex Pretti. Another 37-year-old executed for standing up for our immigrant neighbors. For shame. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...
- Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ The National Institutes of Health failed to protect brain scans that an international group of fringe researchers used to argue for the intellectual superiority of white people. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
- My Students Survived the Pandemic. Now They’re Hiding From the U.S. Government. My 11 years of teaching have taught me that behind every student’s behavior, good or bad, is a desire to feel like they belong. President Donald Trump is making that very hard. slate.com/life/2026/01...
- Colon cancer is killing more young people in the U.S. than any other cancer Fewer people under age 50 are dying from cancer in the U.S., but colorectal cancer mortality rates continue to surge www.scientificamerican.com/article/colo...
- LOOKSMAXXING’ REVEALS THE DEPTH OF THE CRISIS FACING YOUNG MEN The most narcissistic corner of the internet is having a moment www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
- Every teen needs a caring adult who shows up for them At a time when youth mental health is rightly in the spotlight, let’s remember that real change often begins one relationship at a time. www.cincinnati.com/story/opinio...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)An ambitious experiment to give young people money and trust them to spend it well shows promising early signs, participants say. www.thecity.nyc/2026/01/20/c...
- Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health UCSF review is the largest to distill how stress affects all areas of a child’s health, starting in the womb through adolescence. www.ucsf.edu/news/2026/01...
- Young men want to get big. For some, it's becoming an obsession www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
- Gen Zers aren’t talking — and it could cost them The problem runs deeper than social awkwardness. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
- New report says screen time limits for children are no longer enough The guidance was released by the American Academy of Pediatrics. abcnews.go.com/US/new-repor...
- White Students Hurt by L.A. Desegregation Policy, Lawsuit Says Schools with more white children miss out on smaller class sizes and other benefits, the lawsuit says. The policy dates back to desegregation efforts in the 1970s. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/u...
- We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing www.propublica.org/article/vide...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)I wrote about my experiences being sexually exploited as a child, and what we need to do to make sure AI doesn’t make that a reality for millions of children. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)"Vast majority of men are only willing to engage in public violence if they feel like the people around them will approve of — and reward them for — that violence. ICE Watch works because it surrounds men seeking approval with people loudly expressing their disapproval." www.ms.now/opinion/minn...
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- Science shows very different psychiatric disorders might have the same cause A sweeping new study of psychiatric and genetic records has the potential to change treatment for millions of psychiatric patients. wapo.st/3LlURDk
- Stay-at-home sons are here — and they’re not going anywhere Why some young men are finding happiness in their parents’ homes wapo.st/4qWmxNV
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)They have quite an operation going. www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
- The risks of AI in schools outweigh the benefits, report says www.npr.org/2026/01/14/n...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)She says ICE agents mocked her: “The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock..." www.mprnews.org/episode/2026...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)This is surreal. 4 Oglala Lakota men kidnapped by ICE in Minneapolis have finally been located. One of them was released but the other 3 are being held at Fort Snelling, a former concentration camp used to imprison Native people incl. the Dakota 38 during Dakota Wars. ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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- Most U.S. Teens Use YouTube and TikTok Daily, Some ‘Almost Constantly,’ Survey Says The new Pew report also found that two-thirds of teens said they had used an A.I. chatbot www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)📚 AFT Book Club: Jan 11, 2026 | 6–7 PM ET Join @rweingarten.bsky.social + @dashkaslater.bsky.social to unpack a real HS incident involving a racist social media account @ a CA high school.🔗 sharemylesson.com/webinars/aft-book-c… @aft.org @aftteach.bsky.social
- "Soft power is influence without coercion. It’s how you change what people admire, normalize, or feel they can say out loud, not by forcing agreement, but by making a new narrative feel inevitable. Culture does this faster than policy ever could." www.forbes.com/sites/pennya...
- A high school student in Minneapolis writes about ICE coming to her school the same day Renee Nicole Good was murdered. rooseveltstandard.com/797/opinion/...
- Why Smoking Is Making a Comeback — Especially With Gen Z youtu.be/2mKyosQbFNY
- My Grandfather Abused Countless Children. Here’s What I’ve Learned About Prevention. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/o...
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- We need a total and complete shutdown of ICE in the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on.
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)After the killing of Ms Good, Greg Bovino of the CPB led a raid on a Minneapolis HS. An official there said: They don’t care. They’re just animals,” I’ve never seen people behave like this.” All MPLS schools now closed for the week. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)what you clearly see, CLEARLY, is a driver who is spooked by the agents grabbing her door, takes steps to drive away, and is immediately shot as moves her vehicle *away* from the agents.
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- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you.
- As Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Pushes Into High Schools, Dissension Follows www.nytimes.com/2026/01/07/u...
- Gen Z Is More Progressive Than Millennials, Except in One Crucial Way The most progressive generation ever? It’s complicated. slate.com/news-and-pol...
- Can Teaching Self-Compassion Improve Teen Mental Health? According to a new study, helping adolescents feel compassion for themselves can reduce suicidal ideation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- From Adolescence to the manosphere: has 2025 been the year of the boy? Much attention was paid to the problem of misogyny, but focus was also placed on issues such as paternity leave and mental health www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose. www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
- U.S. vaccination rates are plunging. Look up where your school stands. wapo.st/49zDc43
- Making the Invisible Visible: How Misogyny Is Driving Rising Political Violence msmagazine.com/2025/12/04/m...
- Reposted by Christopher Pepper (He/Him)Everyone has a list of so-called "red flags" when they're dating. And for some, especially younger Americans, different political views is a relationship deal breaker.
- Teens are having disturbing interactions with chatbots. Here's how to lower the risks www.npr.org/2025/12/29/n...
- The Class Where ‘Screenagers’ Train to Navigate Social Media and A.I. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...
