Today, we sent a letter to @themarshallproject.org‬ leadership expressing concern about their denial of bargaining obligations. Management has repeatedly denied members Weingarten rights, engaged in an illegal layoff, and more — we need your help to demand that management bargain in good faith.

"Sinners" has made $161 million at the box office, but residents of Clarksdale, Mississippi, where the film is based, are unable to see it because there are no open theaters in town. The Mississippi Delta town launched a petition in hopes of hosting a screening. capitalbnews.org/clarksdale-r...

April Barber Scales was 15 when she was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole. She received clemency in 2022, and was released after 31 years in prison. “More women serving long sentences should have the opportunity for freedom,” she said. boltsmag.org/north-c...

Breaking News: Google acted illegally to maintain a monopoly in some online advertising technology, a federal judge ruled.

The mother of an 11-year-old boy fatally stabbed while protecting her has filed a lawsuit claiming the state ignored the danger posed by her ex-boyfriend, who is charged in the attack and was released from prison a day before it.

Cook County’s conviction integrity unit has been celebrated for exonerating more people than any comparable unit nationwide. But an Injustice Watch investigation found 21 people who were denied relief by the group before flawed evidence later led to their exonerations.

I don't know how to say this beyond standing up to authority is a muscle and some of you have never exercised it

oh this is a great tragedy. the website to search the ncjrs.gov. abstracts database now redirects to a takedown message. seems like old docs are still online (if you have a direct address), but not searchable.

Are you a BOP employee? I'd like to hear from you about current issues inside the agency. I can be reached at signal below (which is more secure for privacy) Do not write me from work devices or emails/phone numbers. More info about signal here, if you are unfamiliar: signal.org My contact:

People! I'll be talking about FCC chief's investigation into PBS & NPR - and how it ties in to push to cut all federal funds for public broadcasting Tune in at 5.44/7.44p tonight on All Things Considered My earlier story: www.npr.org/2025/01/30/n...

Illinois, largely considered a midwest safe haven for abortion, is losing clinics: "The affiliate said the influx of patients traveling to the state post-Dobbs and more patients needing financial assistance contributed to the decision."

NEW: My colleagues & I analyzed nearly 1.3k hours of footage (>2k videos) from nine wildly popular podcasters and streamers on YouTube to understand how they helped lift Trump to power. Now that he's back in office, the broadcasters are well-positioned to help build support for his political agenda.

this isn't quite right...cuts are impacting every part of the organization except the BEZ newsroom. So business side and Sun-Times newsroom will be offered buyouts.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois will be closing four health centers, including one in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood, due to a financial shortfall and an “uncertain patient care landscape” under the Donald Trump administration, the reproductive health care provider announced.

this confirms something i have long suspected, which is that certain people are told that their professional and academic failures are because of “affirmative action” or “DEI” as a way to avoid difficult conversations about their mediocrity www.wsj.com/lifestyle/ca...

NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...

illinois is set to get $1.3 billion in overdose prevention money from lawsuits settled w/ pharmacies + drugmakers. how does the state decide where it gets spent? and who makes the decisions? community orgs + lawmakers want to know—but the state’s not answering them or @katieprout.bsky.social.

An ex-Kansas detective accused of sexually assaulting Black women is dead — his trial was set to begin Monday.

Quote is from 100 shooting review. Asked “when someone is arrested for gun possession how will we know who’s a future shooter?” — this was part of response. Also analyzed what % of people arrested for gun possession are not later arrested for a shooting (apdx 15) data.philadao.com/Research.htm...

Many players in public safety tech sales are selling vapor. And some of them are unscrupulous about their sales practices. While details about Evolv are not publicly known, this doesn’t look good. Plus they have yet to pick out a single gun in the NYC subway. www.nbcchicago.com/investigatio...

New from me: As they prepare to cut trillions in government services, Trump + team are planning to test a radical legal theory which claims the president can unilaterally choke off funding from programs he opposes. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

Mayor Brandon Johnson said he will ask the Chicago City Council to restore 162 now-vacant positions to Chicago Police charged with implementing the consent decree after AG Kwame Raoul and the monitoring team warned the cuts would make it impossible for the city to comply with the requirements.

I wrote about the "progressive prosecutor" movement and how it's going. As you might've guessed, it's had its ups and downs

NEW: Porsha Ngumezi is the fifth case we've reported on in which a woman died after not receiving a D&C or its second-trimester equivalent in time, or at all. Her case raises questions about how abortion bans are pressuring doctors to avoid standard care even in straightforward miscarriages.

My god. Dad who flew to LAX to find missing daughter Hannah Kobayashi dies by suicide near airport: www.latimes.com/california/s...

NEW: Chicago police agreed to judicial oversight in 2019. Since then, a series of mayors and police chiefs let efforts languish and no one in a position of oversight has pushed forcefully to keep the process on track, @wttw.bsky.social and @propublica.org ‬⁩found

At the Int'l Assoc of Chiefs of Police's meeting, "the message to police chiefs seemed crystal clear: If your dept is slow to adopt AI, fix that now. The future of policing will rely on it in all its forms." My colleague James O'Donnell w/ a write-up: www.technologyreview.com/2024/11/19/1...

A Trump supporting, anti-trans, anti-gay Republican was elected commissioner of the county where I grew up. He won despite being in jail on election night for a sexual assault in Vegas. It’s now come out that the woman he assaulted was his daughter. fox59.com/news/indycri...

Great job @corli.thetriibe.com!!

NEW w/ @samstecklow.bsky.social Chelsey Lowe sounded the alarm about Sean Grayson long before he shot and killed Sonya Massey. Her arrest by Grayson led to a two-year-long case and felony conviction. But right before sentencing, her case was suddenly dropped. ipmnewsroom.org/sean-grayson...

A man tasked with overseeing Seattle police is developing a plan with Target to boost police ‘legitimacy,’ @glentalk.bsky.social investigates. Federal monitor Antonio Oftelie sought extensive input from police chiefs, but with no clear evidence of community input. prismreports.org/2024/11/18/m...

Great reporting from @lailluminator.bsky.social

can't wait to read this, what a fun reporting trip!

Popular Chicago historian Shermann Dilla Thomas had a six-figure, safe union day job at ComEd — then he took the CEO’s suggestion and ended up canned. From @neilsteinberg.bsky.social: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

I've been thinking about this a lot and love how Jamie Kalvin frames it. Relatedly, thinking about what we mean when we say "self care." Its come to signal fancy lotions and cozy socks. But the radical roots of the term-- for a community caring for itself-- have been left aside.

This is by far the best thing I've ever written. Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...

Today I actually sat down and tried to read the Republican Party Platform to learn their actual policy proposals on crime and criminal justice. Turns out..there aren't any. "Crime" appears 4 times and all the instances look something like this:

“The notice signals the mechanisms through which ICE will expand its intensive surveillance of people awaiting deportation hearings—a list that could grow from under 200,000 to more than 5 million.” www.wired.com/story/ice-su...

'“I think DOJ come January, when there is a change in the administration, may not just simply turn away, they may just completely walk away from this and other investigations they have ongoing regarding police system problems,” he said.' www.azfamily.com/2024/11/12/w...

What books are folks turning to in this moment? Would love recommendations on history, politics, and poetry!

💯. Besides for the obvious, www.themarshallproject.org/2024/11/08/d...

Hi! I'm Lakeidra Chavis and I'm an investigative reporter @themarshallproject.org. This year, I've spent a lot of time examining the history of sexual abuse and misconduct in law enforcement Explorer programs