Stephanie Kulke

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.

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.

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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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...

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...

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...

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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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...

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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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.

Health care is an inherently rough issue for Republicans

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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

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.

Experts available on provisions in Trump’s big budget bill No taxes on tips ‘may sound good but would likely have many negative effects’

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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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...

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...

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...

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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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.

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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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.

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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

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

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.”
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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.

What if Big Tech financially supported the creative production of content they lure advertisers and subscribers to their platform with?
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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.

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.

Soft power and the future of US foreign aid ‘America’s strength comes from doing the right thing,’ says former USAID chief economist Dean Karlan

America's strength comes from doing good around the world as a moral leader and using evidence to make the most of our scarce resources, explained former USAID Chief Economist Dean Karlan at a recent @buffett.northwestern.edu event.
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Angry Florida voters hold ‘empty chair’ town halls for absent Republicans Republican committee advises against holding town halls as cases of lawmakers berated over federal cuts go viral

In Florida, Republican Congresswoman Kat Cammack's office promised to hold a town hall for constituents in April in response to requests for one early in the Trump Admin.

They reneged, so voters held town halls with an empty chair for her

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McBride: If we summon our hope then we will find the light and turn this moment into what a friend from Florida once called a slingshot moment.. where we are pulled backwards but the tension and pressure of being pulled backwards ultimately propels us to destinations that we have not yet been

Federal research dollars to universities produce economic benefits worth several x over the value of the initial grant & support R&D of life saving solutions for the greater welfare of all. Learn about a few of the latest cool research projects at Northwestern U:
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Kenneth Seeskin: Passover is a celebration and challenge of our most essential human values Passover’s significance is more than an observation of an actual event; it is a celebration and challenge.

Kenneth Seeskin: Passover is a celebration and challenge of our most essential human values www.chicagotribune.com/2025/04/11/o...

Legal experts comment on SCOTUS order to return wrongfully deported Maryland man:
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Suzan-Lori Parks takes a piercing look at us/them divisions at America’s border. On one hand, Suzan-Lori Parks’ “The Book of Grace” can be described as a familydrama in which an idealistic stepmother sets about trying to facilitate a rift betweenfamily members. On the other hand, ...

A brilliant play by Suzan-Lori Parks on stage at Steppenwolf that forces us to consider alternative futures for America...
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