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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The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
January 25, 2026 at 5:00 PM
The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.
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“But in 1862, during the Dakota Indian Wars, that site was also where the United States constructed Fort Snelling, a concentration camp used to house Dakota and Ho-Chunk people before they were shipped to reservations in South Dakota and Nebraska.” Cc @pdwschmidt.bsky.social
Some backstory on the site of the Whipple Building at the center of ICE activity in Minnesota
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Former Native American concentration camp lies beneath current immigration detention center - ICT
Fort Snelling, the site of a Dakota War era concentration camp, is once again being used to detain Indigenous people
ictnews.org
January 24, 2026 at 12:51 PM
“But in 1862, during the Dakota Indian Wars, that site was also where the United States constructed Fort Snelling, a concentration camp used to house Dakota and Ho-Chunk people before they were shipped to reservations in South Dakota and Nebraska.” Cc @pdwschmidt.bsky.social
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We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
CANVAS Core Curriculum: A Guide to Effective Nonviolent Struggle | ICNC
You may also be interested in: A Guide to Nonviolent Activism (Ekta Parishad)Ekta Parishad is a mass-based peoples’ movement for land rights with an active membership of 250,000 landless poor and is r...
www.nonviolent-conflict.org
January 24, 2026 at 7:54 PM
We are not the first people, or the first country, to suffer under a tyrannical government that does not respect our lives, or our rights.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
There is a method for how to effectively resist, and eventually topple, such a regime. We can learn from others who came before us.
This is my favorite guide.
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NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
January 25, 2026 at 1:01 AM
NEW: Minnesota BCA was denied access to the crime scene. They got a WARRANT and DHS STILL BLOCKED THEM. So DHS doesn’t need a warrant to enter your house, but an actual warrant to enter the crime scene is denied?
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Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
January 22, 2026 at 11:19 PM
Tomorrow’s front page of the Minnesota Star Tribune: Jan. 23, 2026
Lovely celebration of Northwestern’s newest Nobel winner Joel Mokyr, a lovely brilliant person who delighted the crowd and clearly had made an amazing impact on the institution and his fields of economics and history. Congrats Joel!
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Lovely celebration of Northwestern’s newest Nobel winner Joel Mokyr, a lovely brilliant person who delighted the crowd and clearly had made an amazing impact on the institution and his fields of economics and history. Congrats Joel!
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This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
January 22, 2026 at 1:41 AM
This video filmed by Ben Luhmann shows the moment a federal agent sprayed chemical irritants directly into a man's face in south Minneapolis.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
Three agents already had the man pinned to the ground when a fourth agent walked up and sprayed the irritants.
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Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Lehigh County exec says he’s evicting ICE agents from Allentown office, citing 3 years of unpaid rent
Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel’s announcement to evict the ICE agents came shortly after the county’s financial watchdog revealed the agency owes more than $115,000 in rent.
www.mcall.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Please enjoy this local news: “Lehigh County Executive Josh Siegel said he is evicting an Immigration and Customs Enforcement unit from a county-owned building where it has occupied an office for about three years but never paid rent…
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
“We’re going to deport ICE,” Pinsley said at the news conference”
Canada is not playing…
FULL SPEECH: Canada’s PM Carney Says US-Led World Order Is Breaking at World Economic Forum | AC1G
YouTube video by DRM News
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January 21, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Canada is not playing…
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Black Lives Matter organizers warned everyone about this. Black thinkers like @ruha9.bsky.social also warned everyone about this! Read her book Race After Technology!
New from 404 Media: ICE's facial recognition app, which the agency is using to decide who to detain and deport, misidentified a woman. Twice.
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE says results of the app are definitive and override a birth certificate; obviously this case shows the app is inaccurate
www.404media.co/ices-facial-...
ICE’s Facial Recognition App Misidentified a Woman. Twice
In testimony from a CBP official obtained by 404 Media, the official described how Mobile Fortify returned two different names after scanning a woman's face during an immigration raid. ICE has said th...
www.404media.co
January 19, 2026 at 3:16 PM
Black Lives Matter organizers warned everyone about this. Black thinkers like @ruha9.bsky.social also warned everyone about this! Read her book Race After Technology!
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jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
![YOUR RING CAMERA IS AN ICE AGENT
[a drawing of a ring camera with an ice agent dragging a person away in its field of vision]
"In October of 2025, Amazon's Ring announced its partnership with FLOCK, an A.I. surveillance group that freely shares its footage with ICE, the secret service, and the navy. Flock customers can use A.I. tools to sift through footage to assist in all manner of operations (like raids and deportations) without a warrant. Unplug Ring! Melt ICE! Protect your neighbors!
See: https://blog.ring.com/about-ring/ring-expands-community-requests-to-additional-community-safety-partners/
https://www.404media.co/ice-secret-service-navy-all-had-access-to-flocks-nationwide-network-of-cameras/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp9MwZkHiMQ
https://www.aclum.org/campaigns-initiatives/get-the-flock-out-resource-guide/](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:p2aefnvhb3zmkrazk67dppxw/bafkreic7teyeocg7k5qcqxnc666k7clyiislh2zfi6iopcz6fs3e3lt6xy@jpeg)
January 19, 2026 at 8:15 PM
jack asked if i would sketch up a poster to tell people in nearby neighborhoods about the partnership between flock and ring, and this is what i came up with. it can be printed on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper.
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Many Palestinians are tired of being asked to think and worry about antisemitism, esp because the spectre and accusation of antisemitism has been used as a racist anti-Palestinian cudgel.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
If you call someone a Zionist because they are calling out ACTUAL antisemitism and NOT defending the state of Israel or its current regime, you are actually playing right into the hands of Netanyahu & said regime.
January 18, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Many Palestinians are tired of being asked to think and worry about antisemitism, esp because the spectre and accusation of antisemitism has been used as a racist anti-Palestinian cudgel.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
The same Christian nationalists who are the majority of US Zionists are also genuinely antisemitic.
Both true.
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Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
January 18, 2026 at 9:03 PM
Pew Research Institute (2023):
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
• Red State Texas has about 2.1 million undocumented immigrants
• Red State Florida has 1.6 M undocumented immigrants
• Blue State Minnesota has 130,000.
And yet only Minnesota is being occupied by masked thugs over "immigration."
It's *not* about immigration.
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The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
This isn't satire. This is a real headline published in the UK.
January 15, 2026 at 6:39 PM
The lady in this photo is autistic and ICE agents dragged her out of her car as she tried to go to the doctor.
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Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
January 15, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Saint Paul schools will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday to prepare for optional online learning.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
I’ve seen schools close for snow, for pandemic, for natural disaster. I’ve never seen schools close because of threat from our own government.
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The four Oglala Lakota men detained by ICE in South Minneapolis have been partially identified, according to a Tuesday night statement from Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out.
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Four Oglala detainees located, three still in ICE custody - ICT
The four Lakota detainees were reportedly sent to a former concentration camp used during the Dakota Wars
ictnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:58 AM
The four Oglala Lakota men detained by ICE in South Minneapolis have been partially identified, according to a Tuesday night statement from Oglala Sioux Tribe President Frank Star Comes Out.
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
ictnews.org/news/north-c...
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Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
A young protester narrowly avoided being killed but was left permanently blind after a Department of Homeland Security agent fired a nonlethal round at close range during a Santa Ana protest last week, according to family of the victim.
www.latimes.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Protester blinded, skull fractured by DHS agent during Santa Ana demonstration, family says
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House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin asks Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem:
"How many pardoned January 6th insurrectionists have been hired by your respective departments?" tinyurl.com/2uw598pa
"How many pardoned January 6th insurrectionists have been hired by your respective departments?" tinyurl.com/2uw598pa
January 13, 2026 at 2:45 PM
House Judiciary Ranking Member Jamie Raskin asks Pam Bondi and Kristi Noem:
"How many pardoned January 6th insurrectionists have been hired by your respective departments?" tinyurl.com/2uw598pa
"How many pardoned January 6th insurrectionists have been hired by your respective departments?" tinyurl.com/2uw598pa
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A timely and important analysis from my wonderful colleague @elhamhoominfar.bsky.social analyzing recent events in #Iran in wider context.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
Structural Crisis and the Expectation of Revolution
In Iran, economic demands are political. Like “Woman, Life, Freedom,” today’s protests are cross-class and pluralistic, binding bread-and-butter grievances to calls for human dignity and freedom, a si...
en.irandraft.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A timely and important analysis from my wonderful colleague @elhamhoominfar.bsky.social analyzing recent events in #Iran in wider context.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
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AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 AM
AOC: I want everybody to understand that the cuts to your health care are what’s paying for this. You get screwed over to pay a bunch of thugs in the street that are shooting mothers in the face.
It should go without saying but: the rise in hate-based crime & targeting of innocent people based on their perceived identity, perpetuated by hate groups, lone actors, influencers, or agents of the state, must be stopped.
New: A @mississippitoday.org reporter saw video that shows "a person wearing a hooded shirt and a mask... dousing the lobby with liquid.
The area included "a wall adorned w/ the synagogue’s Tree of Life, which marks special occasions such as bar and bat mitzvahs"
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/11/m...
The area included "a wall adorned w/ the synagogue’s Tree of Life, which marks special occasions such as bar and bat mitzvahs"
mississippitoday.org/2026/01/11/m...
January 13, 2026 at 12:05 AM
It should go without saying but: the rise in hate-based crime & targeting of innocent people based on their perceived identity, perpetuated by hate groups, lone actors, influencers, or agents of the state, must be stopped.
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In 2026, you CAN make this up.
Breaking News: The EPA will stop considering lives saved when setting pollution limits and instead calculate only the cost to businesses.
E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved by Limiting Air Pollution
In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.
nyti.ms
January 12, 2026 at 6:42 PM
In 2026, you CAN make this up.
A timely and important analysis from my wonderful colleague @elhamhoominfar.bsky.social analyzing recent events in #Iran in wider context.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.
Structural Crisis and the Expectation of Revolution
In Iran, economic demands are political. Like “Woman, Life, Freedom,” today’s protests are cross-class and pluralistic, binding bread-and-butter grievances to calls for human dignity and freedom, a si...
en.irandraft.com
January 12, 2026 at 3:57 PM
A timely and important analysis from my wonderful colleague @elhamhoominfar.bsky.social analyzing recent events in #Iran in wider context.
Please share widely.
Please share widely.