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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Sep 9

These chronological pics of MKE McDonald's owner Sherman Claypool are worth 1,000 words - great reporting by Darcel Rockett also. Black McDonald's operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/08/m...

Black McDonald’s operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit

For 25 years, Robert Bonner was committed to working for McDonald’s. But a lawsuit alleges McDonald’s thwarted Bonner’s attempts to sell his stores.

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Aug 29

What's been working in Chicago to reduce crime? A conversation with NorthwesternU sociology prof @avpapachristos.bsky.social and @wbez.org reporter Chip Mitchell.
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A fact-check of President Trump’s claims about Chicago crime

The Trump administration may send National Guard troops to Chicago on grounds that crime is out of control. How accurate is that?

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Felicia Tuchman, MS @feliciatuchman.bsky.social · Aug 21

Thanks to Northwestern News for publishing an extended version of my @sufsnewmexico.bsky.social / @scholars.org op-ed! Grateful to have had an opportunity to speak in detail about memorable mentors @jnfrltackett.bsky.social & @cmbrandes.bsky.social 💜

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This is why I’ll never stop fighting for science

Northwestern alum Felicia Tuchman chronicles her path from high school science student to pursuing a Ph.D. — and what she’s learning along the way

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 23

Felicia - we'd be interested in sharing some version of this on the Northwestern University news page. Let me know if you are open to that: stephanie (dot) kulke at northwestern (dot) edu.

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 21

Examining art from the past has the potential to hit at the core of how Americans understand their country says art history prof ‪@rabbitrez.bsky.social‬.

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Can you mount an art exhibition about race in the age of Trump? | CNN Politics

It is one of the most evocative works from the American Civil War: A sculpture of a Black man who had escaped from slavery helping an injured White Union soldier lost in hostile territory.

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 11

I wish I'd had this teenager as my H.S. algebra and chemistry teacher. I would have been inspired instead of struggled.
After Stepping Up To Teach Her High School Class, Chicago Teen Earns Ride To Northwestern University blockclubchicago.org/2025/07/11/a...

After Stepping Up To Teach Her High School Class, Chicago Teen Earns Ride To Northwestern University

Carolina Carchi stunned the city last year when Block Club wrote about her teaching her own classes at Clemente. Now Carchi — the daughter of immigrants who overcame childhood leukemia — is gearing up...

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 10

Under director Shannon Cochran, the three leading female actors González, Rook and Maddon take no prisoners in "Fallen Angels" at American Players Theatre. It's must see! 🍾
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Passions bubble and pop in APT’s farcical Fallen Angels

American Players Theatre offers a champagne toast to the 125th anniversary of NoëlCoward’s birth with his effervescent farce, “Fallen Angels.”Written in 1925 as British women gained more rights and en...

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 10

Puck, APT's core actors and the beautiful Wisconsin woodland setting are 3 good reasons to catch "Midsummer" at American Players Theatre this summer. My review at Chicago Stage and Screen.
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Midsummer Magic at APT

You won’t hear the text of Will Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” in a finersetting than American Player’s Theatre’s outdoor amphitheater in the Wisconsin woods.Just as the young lovers Lysand...

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Congresswoman Sarah McBride @mcbride.house.gov · Jul 3

Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social has been speaking on the floor of the House since 4:53 am to shine a big bright spotlight on this big ugly bill — highlighting my amendment that would have protected seniors who rely on Medicare and Medicaid. But Republicans dismissed it.

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias.bsky.social · Jul 3

Health care is an inherently rough issue for Republicans

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 3

Jeffries: I think it was because the framers of this great country, they were fed up with project 1775. So they implemented project 1776.. Understand what our journey teaches us is after project 2025 comes project 2026. And you will have an opportunity to end this national nightmare

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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · Jul 2

Crockett: How is it that you can explain that we still are running up the credit card and we have nothing to show for it except for the fact that we won't have food on the tables and we won’t have health care.

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jul 1

Professors from @polisciatnu.bsky.social and @nufeinbergmed.bsky.social are available to discuss aspects of the budget bill, including the no taxes on tips policy, cuts to Medicaid and SNAP as well as why legislators may be fearful of bipartisan compromise.
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Experts available on provisions in Trump’s big budget bill

No taxes on tips ‘may sound good but would likely have many negative effects’

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jun 23

World events are ripe for a show about trauma bonding - my review of "Support Group for the End of the World" at the Cornservatory Theatre in Chicago:
www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/finding...

Finding community in catastrophe

‘We’re all going to die!’ is an oddly liberating mantra in these times. This is the mantrasuggested by a member of the group at the center of “Support Group for the End of theWorld: A Dark Comedy abou...

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jun 11

International (physical) theater comes to Chicago for a 12th year. A festival highlight was the debut of Argentina's Un Poyo Rojo. My review for chicagostageandscreen.
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The 12th Physical Theater Festival brings the world to Chicago

Physical Theater Festival Chicago, now in its12th year, is proving to be anindispensable resource for introducing international theatre ensembles to Chicagoaudiences. It also supports local artists wi...

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jun 10

Wage theft, already a big problem, is poised to worsen under the reduction of investigators at the U.S. Dept. of Labor, finds a study coauthored by @ipratnu.bsky.social @polisciatnu.bsky.social prof Dan Galvin for the Workplace Justice Lab@Northwestern and @Rutgers.
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Rutgers study finds wage theft a greater risk as enforcement staff shrinks

Staffing levels at the federal labor offices handling minimum wage and overtime laws are at their lowest levels in decades, a Rutgers study found.

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jun 4

Wage theft is a $13B/Yr. issue harming U.S.workers. A new report by the WorkplaceJusticeLab@Rutgers led by @janicefinewjl.bsky.social and the WJL@Northwestern led by @djgalvin.bsky.social looks state-by-state at how deportations and reductions at the U.S. Dept. of Labor will add to the problem.

Janice Fine @janicefinewjl.bsky.social · May 29

1/ Want to help US workers? Enforce labor law, not deportation orders. Undocumented immigrants are not the problem. The problem is the govt’s inadequate response to structural shifts in the economy that undermine worker power. NEW REPORT: smlr.rutgers.edu/sites/defaul...

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · Jun 4

congrats @danigilbert.bsky.social!

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Political Science Department at Northwestern University @polisciatnu.bsky.social · Nov 16

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · May 30

Common sense, courage and respect for medical research!
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · May 26

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · May 20

Economist Matthias Doepke and colleagues studied what factors led to the enactment of protective labor laws for women -- who benefitted the most -- and what led to their overturning. The study is timely because of current marriage trends.
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The real beneficiaries of protective labor laws for women? Men

‘These laws are a form of labor-market discrimination that is best left behind,’ professor says

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · May 9

Leo XIII was a strong pope “very much engaged in the issues of his time," religous studies and history prof. Robert Orsi @weinbergcollege.bsky.social. Choosing to be called Leo XIV could signal the new pope’s intention “to equally engage the issues of his time.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/w...

What’s in a Name? In the Case of Leo XIV, Lessons in Bridging Historical Shifts

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Stephanie Kulke @kickstartsteph.bsky.social · May 6

What if Big Tech financially supported the creative production of content they lure advertisers and subscribers to their platform with?
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/05/o...

Peter DiCola and Jenny Toomey: What Chappell Roan’s Grammy speech could mean for musicians

The musicians on whose creative labor streaming services built their business should have health insurance as part of the bargain.

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NPR @npr.org · May 2

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages.

If you're a vet at risk of foreclosure, we want to hear your story.

If you're a military veteran at risk of foreclosure, NPR wants to hear from you

The VA has abruptly ended the only low-interest, affordable loan modification option for thousands of vets who are behind on their mortgages. We want to hear your story.

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