Noelle Sullivan Ph.D
@noellesullivan.bsky.social
Director, Global Health Studies @ NorthwesternU, medical #anthropology, clinical #voluntourism, #health policy & health care in 🇹🇿🇺🇸, bike commuter, closet hippy, 🇨🇦 raised, memoirist. Opinions expressed are my own. https://noellesullivan.wordpress.com
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<em>American Anthropologist</em> | AAA Anthropology Journal | Wiley Online Library
In 2018, my brother Adam Colquhoun, nicknamed “Stretch,” was killed in a bar in Calgary, Alberta by a man he barely knew. Stretch was the kind of person society finds convenient to discard. His histo...
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It's been a while since I published. I've been working on a book--a memoir about my brother, murdered in 2018, & how his life helped me think about the man who killed him.
This piece reflects on that book. In a chaotic world filled with abhorrent news, perhaps this story can bring a little light
This piece reflects on that book. In a chaotic world filled with abhorrent news, perhaps this story can bring a little light
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WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
BREAKING: In AAUP et al v. Trump (wall-to-wall union lawsuit challenging the administration’s unlawful use of TItle VI to reshape the University of California system), the faculty and staff of the UC system WON!!!
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
We were granted our preliminary injunction! @aaup.org
November 15, 2025 at 12:01 AM
WE WON. I am *begging* you to take note of who did this. *Not* UCLA admin—they’re still scuttling around behind closed doors, attempting to appease—but FACULTY AND STAFF, led by AAUP.
An enduring mystery of living with teens is how nearly every spoon you own seems to disappear into the ether, never to be seen again.
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
An enduring mystery of living with teens is how nearly every spoon you own seems to disappear into the ether, never to be seen again.
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NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
November 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.
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NYT: The Trump administration has transformed the Department of Homeland Security to carry out its deportation campaign. In doing so, a Times investigation found, it has diverted resources from efforts to combat child predators, sex trafficking and black market sales.
November 16, 2025 at 6:23 PM
NYT: The Trump administration has transformed the Department of Homeland Security to carry out its deportation campaign. In doing so, a Times investigation found, it has diverted resources from efforts to combat child predators, sex trafficking and black market sales.
I'm so flipping thrilled about the work @nuglobalhealth.bsky.social did to bring Chef Jessica Walks First to Northwestern to teach about food and healing to our students. It's been such a fantastic collaboration, her story is amazing, and she brought such wisdom and innovation to campus!
Indigenous chef Jessica Walks First shares story at Northwestern
Indigenous chef and educator Jessica Walks First delivered a lecture about her culinary “journey to healing” to Northwestern faculty and students at Harris Hall Thursday evening. Walks First is the ex...
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November 15, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I'm so flipping thrilled about the work @nuglobalhealth.bsky.social did to bring Chef Jessica Walks First to Northwestern to teach about food and healing to our students. It's been such a fantastic collaboration, her story is amazing, and she brought such wisdom and innovation to campus!
Our taxpayer dollars going to terrorizing people sleeping while brown and black.
Thankful for the awesome journalists @propublica.org for investigating.
Thankful for the awesome journalists @propublica.org for investigating.
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
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November 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Our taxpayer dollars going to terrorizing people sleeping while brown and black.
Thankful for the awesome journalists @propublica.org for investigating.
Thankful for the awesome journalists @propublica.org for investigating.
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We’ve built two justice systems in the US—one that bends over backward to shield the wealthy and powerful, and another that comes down hard and fast on the poor and marginalized. Trump and Epstein show that it’s easier to squeeze a rich man through the eye of a needle than to see one sent to prison.
The Epstein story gets a something that is tearing at the heart of the electorate: elite impunity. The idea that wealthy and powerful people can do terrible things *at scale* and face no consequences for them. Whatever political party actually stops it could rule the country for a generation.
November 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
We’ve built two justice systems in the US—one that bends over backward to shield the wealthy and powerful, and another that comes down hard and fast on the poor and marginalized. Trump and Epstein show that it’s easier to squeeze a rich man through the eye of a needle than to see one sent to prison.
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Phew. This is the best thing I’ve read this week and is absolutely worth your time.
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Phew. This is the best thing I’ve read this week and is absolutely worth your time.
I see so many reactions from Americans justifying what ICE is doing. They don’t seem to care about the *how* of immigration enforcement, the fact #ICE agents lack training or good judgment, or the fact ICE themselves are violating constitutional laws.
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I see so many reactions from Americans justifying what ICE is doing. They don’t seem to care about the *how* of immigration enforcement, the fact #ICE agents lack training or good judgment, or the fact ICE themselves are violating constitutional laws.
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You know how everyone said that ICE wearing masks and not showing ID was going to lead to criminals impersonating ICE to do bad things? Well, it's happening. from
@dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
@dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
www.wired.com
November 4, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You know how everyone said that ICE wearing masks and not showing ID was going to lead to criminals impersonating ICE to do bad things? Well, it's happening. from
@dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
@dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social
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Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
November 5, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Really looking forward to the Speaker of the House claiming to be unaware of the election results.
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BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
Live updates: US voters head to the polls in first general election since Trump's return to power
One year after Donald Trump retook the presidency, 2025 Election Day includes closely watched races for New York City mayor, New Jersey governor and California's Proposition 50.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 AM
BREAKING: Colorado voters approved a ballot measure that would raise state income taxes on higher-earning households to fund free meals for all public school students.
Follow AP for live updates.
Follow AP for live updates.
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The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
These big wins will embolden Dems to take on Trump's lawbreaking and show there's a price for GOP enabling of him. Folks hate to hear this, but normal patterns are asserting themselves: Liberalism isn't dead, Rs are likely to lose in 2026, and Trump is really unpopular, not a magical exception.
November 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
The factional grifters will hate this, but the Mamdani-Spanberger-Sherrill axis actually suggests the outlines of a broad, emerging Dem coalition organized around both anti-Trump *and* affordability politics, not a party bitterly divided against itself.
This is what an inspiring, grassroots, people-first campaign meeting people where their concerns are can actually do.
Zohran Mamdani will win New York City mayoral election, CNN’s Decision Desk projects | CNN Politics
Zohran Mamdani, the 34-year-old democratic socialist whose focus on working-class issues and personal magnetism attracted a diverse coalition of volunteers and supporters to propel a once-underdog cam...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:42 AM
This is what an inspiring, grassroots, people-first campaign meeting people where their concerns are can actually do.
Met some Northwestern student journalists at a rally on the weekend. This last few years has only grown my respect for the importance of local, independent reporting.
Really great local reporting by Emily Dissanayake and
@lucaskubovchik.bsky.social @medillschool.bsky.social
Really great local reporting by Emily Dissanayake and
@lucaskubovchik.bsky.social @medillschool.bsky.social
Illinois advocates protest outside Niles Home Depot
Over 80 people gathered at a ‘ICE Out of Home Depot’ protest in Niles on Saturday to combat the detention and deportation of immigrants in Chicago suburbs. The demonstration was one of over 140 ‘ICE ...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Met some Northwestern student journalists at a rally on the weekend. This last few years has only grown my respect for the importance of local, independent reporting.
Really great local reporting by Emily Dissanayake and
@lucaskubovchik.bsky.social @medillschool.bsky.social
Really great local reporting by Emily Dissanayake and
@lucaskubovchik.bsky.social @medillschool.bsky.social
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One thing Trump shut down by destroying USAID was programs (at least in Asia) to protect Christian minorities.
Trump said he has instructed the Defense Department to “prepare for possible action” in Nigeria over the country’s alleged killing of Christians.
Trump tells Defense Department to 'prepare for possible action' in Nigeria
The move came a day after Trump designated Nigeria a "country of particular concern" over alleged violations of religious freedom.
nbcnews.to
November 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
One thing Trump shut down by destroying USAID was programs (at least in Asia) to protect Christian minorities.
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US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
U.S. citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents about children gathering at bus stop, lawyers say
Lawyers for Carlos Jimenez said he was in fear after an agent threatened him with chemical spray, then pointed a gun at him.
www.latimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
US citizen shot from behind as he warned ICE agents children would be coming to get bus, lawyers say
Some of the best coverage I've seen of the absolutely unprofessional, erratic, violent behavior of #ICE agents in Evanston, IL on Halloween. These are not the best of the best. They are terrorizing citizens and communities with their incompetence, and violating Constitutional rights to due process.
Community members describe confrontation with federal agents - Evanston RoundTable
Evanston community clashes with federal immigration authorities after car crash. Residents detained, pepper spray used. Mayor demands review.
evanstonroundtable.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Some of the best coverage I've seen of the absolutely unprofessional, erratic, violent behavior of #ICE agents in Evanston, IL on Halloween. These are not the best of the best. They are terrorizing citizens and communities with their incompetence, and violating Constitutional rights to due process.
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"Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving S.U.V.s onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Federal immigration agents fanned out across Chicago and its North Shore suburbs on Halloween, chasing suspects through front yards, driving S.U.V.s onto sidewalks and using chemical agents during confrontations with furious residents." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/u...
Please please share the video evidence and stories about how 🧊 is targeting communities. These are not well trained agents arresting criminals, they are masked goons violently abducting workers & citizens near schools. The only thing making it a war zone is #ICE. Communities don’t want them here.
Immigration Agents Clash With Chicago-Area Residents on Halloween
www.nytimes.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Please please share the video evidence and stories about how 🧊 is targeting communities. These are not well trained agents arresting criminals, they are masked goons violently abducting workers & citizens near schools. The only thing making it a war zone is #ICE. Communities don’t want them here.
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One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
November 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
One Halloween I dressed up as the GOP's Healthcare plan.
I never made it out of the House.
I never made it out of the House.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
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"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
October 25, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Mate, I can't do anything but tell it to you straight. This Canada thing is literally the dumbest thing I've ever heard. The Canadians ran an advertisement showing Ronald Reagan being against tariffs. Guess what? Ronald Reagan was against tariffs."
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The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The richest man on earth owns X.
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros.
The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
See the problem here?
The ad was taken out by 1 province, not by the Canadian federal government. Also, it was Reagan’s exact words, which are in the public domain.
Trump is an embarrassment to the office.
Trump is an embarrassment to the office.
Trump Announces Tariff Increase on Canada Over Reagan Ad Spat
www.nytimes.com
October 25, 2025 at 10:16 PM
The ad was taken out by 1 province, not by the Canadian federal government. Also, it was Reagan’s exact words, which are in the public domain.
Trump is an embarrassment to the office.
Trump is an embarrassment to the office.