Nobel laureate Joel Mokyr on innovation, AI, and humans messing things up www.marketplace.org/story/2025/1...

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...

What's been working in Chicago to reduce crime? A conversation with NorthwesternU sociology prof @avpapachristos.bsky.social and @wbez.org reporter Chip Mitchell. www.wbez.org/reset-with-s...

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 💜 news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

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. www.cnn.com/politics/tru...

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...

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! 🍾 www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/passion...

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. www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/midsumm...

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 www.slowboring.com/p/republican...

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.

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. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

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...

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. www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/the-12t...

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. www.yahoo.com/news/rutgers...

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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Common sense, courage and respect for medical research! 🇺🇸 🗳️ x.com/AnnieAndrews...

Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social

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. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

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 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...

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.

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. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

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 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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: www.northwestern.edu/researc.../r...

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: news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

A brilliant play by Suzan-Lori Parks on stage at Steppenwolf that forces us to consider alternative futures for America... www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/suzan-l...

Oh my fucking god

Chicago loves the bard and exciting things are happening in the storefront realm! My review of the Imposter's Theatre Co.'s "Helena and Hermia and the Enamoured Odyssey" for Chicago Stage and Screen. www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/a-charm...

Trump Administration Has Begun a War on Science, Researchers Say. Gift link: nyti.ms/42p3OkI

60 years ago, when Black civil rights activists marched to Montgomery from Selma, Alabama to demand voting rights, they were met with police violence. We honored their sacrifice and recommitted ourselves to the fight at the 60th Selma Jubilee.

‘I Messed Up At Work Again,’ Crestfallen Michael Waltz Texts Wife, National Geographic Editorial Staff

Psychology professor and @ipratnu.bsky.social fellow @mwkraus.bsky.social explains how misperceptions about racial equity are distorting federal policies www.chicagotribune.com/2025/03/26/o...

Refusing to engage w/ constituents at Town Hall meetings “would exacerbate the skew in representation toward the interests of the well-resourced,” @ipratnu.bsky.social political scientist Laurel Harbridge-Yong told Huffington Post. www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-la...

Pentagon has been ordering the removal of web site references to General Colin Powell and the Tuskegee Airmen and one of the flag-raisers at Iwo Jima as part of a crackdown on DEI. Have you no shame Pete Hegseth?(hat tip to Task and Purpose, WaPo for reporting) youtube.com/shorts/0HJpe...

Storied @ipratnu.bsky.social economist, an astrophysicist and a climate scientist co-authored this op-ed for @sciam.bsky.social today: www.scientificamerican.com/article/stro...

Get a crash course on the history of birthright citizenship from @katemasur.bsky.social, “Professor of History, with courtesy appointment in reading” [(c) @kateshaw.bsky.social]: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @strictscrutiny.bsky.social @profmmurray.bsky.social @leahlitman.bsky.social

Research by political scientist Dan Galvin @ipratnu.bsky.social shows underpayment of low wage workers in the fast food industry has tripled in LA. Other studies have found wage theft dwarfs other forms of theft, including burglaries, larceny, and auto theft. www.ipr.northwestern.edu/news/2025/wa...

Political scientist Jacqueline Stevens, director of the Deportation Research Clinic at @buffettinstitute.bsky.social, spoke to the @chicagotribune.com about Chicago area ICE detainees. www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/23/i...

Because children as young as 3-years-old absorb anti-Black messages, egalitarian parents need to have conversations about racism early, says psychology professor Sylvia Perry. www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-...

A beautiful exhibition at The Block Museum of Art about Chicagoland, the Great Lakes, and the people and cultural practices that originated here many thousands of years ago. www.nbcchicago.com/local/the-bl...

Gov. Mills: I’ll comply with the state and federal laws Trump: We are the federal law. You better do it because you’re not going to get any federal funds. Gov Mills: See you in court

Today's @chicagotribune.com op-ed by career diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador @ikelly731.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/21/o...

My 10 arguments in favor of seeing "Debate: Baldwin vs. Buckley" at TimeLine Theatre Company now. www.chicagostageandscreen.com/post/timelin...

UPDATE: The Vice President wants the racist DOGE staffer reinstated 👇🏽 One of his comments was “normalize Indian hate” (Vance’s wife is Indian-American) www.huffpost.com/entry/doge-s...