BREAKING: A key city panel on Wednesday advanced Mayor Brandon Johnson’s nomination of Anjanette Young, a social worker who was handcuffed while naked during a botched 2019 Chicago Police Department raid, to serve on the city’s police oversight board. @wttw.bsky.social

Join us Wednesday, June 3, at Walls Turned Sideways for an informal conversation about certificates of innocence: what they are, why they matter, and how Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke is trying to make them harder to get. airtable.com/appxuo0SNj05...

Twenty years ago, Flor Ramirez lost her job for trying to stand with immigrant workers on May Day. Now, she brings her whole family to the march, hoping her children learn not to stay silent.

The shooting was the second at an Endeavor Health hospital in the Chicago area in the last year. Both the police and Endeavor say they are investigating and reviewing the Swedish Hospital shooting.

Swedish Hospital police shooting highlights critical security fail points. The shooting was the 2nd at an Endeavor Health hospital in the Chicago area in the last year. Both police + Endeavor say they are investigating chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0... by Kade Heather & @elviamalagon.bsky.social

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Happy International Worker's Day! Chicago is a union town and we are proud to be a part of the long history of solidarity that won us our rights. For May Day, we keep up the tradition of many before us as we continue to fight for a fair contract and stand in solidarity with others doing the same.

📣 Starting *today* about 120,000 people in Illinois could start losing federal food assistance, known as SNAP. Here's what to know, from a Chicago area food pantry guide to how to meet new SNAP requirements, via @elviamalagon.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/5n782jzh @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com

#SNAP food assistance cutoffs begin Friday in Illinois — @elviamalagon.bsky.social tells you what you need to know chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

About 120,000 people statewide are expected to lose SNAP food support starting in May because of President Donald Trump’s expanded work and volunteer rules.

Thousands of people in Illinois are expected to begin losing federal food assistance beginning May 1 as part of an overhaul of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

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Thousands of people are expected to be pushed out of the SNAP program staring May 1 in Illinois. Local grocers, vendors are worried what that will mean for their clients and their small businesses chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Nice to see @almacampos.bsky.social's byline in Sun-Times/WBEZ! -- Across continents, Illinois families remain separated by Trump's immigrant visa halt chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

What a treasure -- Photographer Unveils Photos Of CPS Students In The ’70s blockclubchicago.org/2026/04/28/p...

The Sun-Times Guild and WBEZ’s SAG-AFTRA are UNION STRONG in our fights for a fair contract. We stand together in our respective fights for the pay, protections and assurances the union workers who bring you Chicago’s headlines — online, on the radio and in print — deserve.

Dozens gathered Thursday for the opening of the city-backed Sankofa Village Wellness Center in West Garfield Park.

Home care workers with SEIU Healthcare Illinois and state legislators gathered in front of the Illinois Capitol Building in Springfield to rally in support of a bill that would raise wages for home care workers serving seniors through the state’s Community Care Program.

What's the cost of Trump's immigration blitz? Broadview is picking up the pieces. The small village spent $250,000 just on ambulance transfers from the ICE facility that became a de facto detention center: chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04... reports @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social & Nader Issa

Marimar Martinez, Chicago woman shot 5 times by federal agent, to testify at Washington hearing @tinasfon.bsky.social reports: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

A very important personal message for you all today: No, @vimiller.bsky.social and I are NOT the same person. And the fact that y'all keep confusing us says something about Society™️ in case you need more clarification: chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2026...

The new U.S. Census Bureau data shows same-sex couple households in the U.S. went up 78% since 2005. In Chicago, it’s up 72% in that time.

Our portal is open for A Road Together (ART) grant applications! Through our partnership with @macfound.org, small and mid-sized Chicago arts & culture organizations can apply for 3-year gen ops grants — 25 awards ranging from $10K to $100K per year. Apply by May 15. Learn more: bit.ly/4dLPpFt

Chicago’s migrants face scams, sky-high rents and squalor in search for housing www.wbez.org/immigration/... for this story I had the opportunity to work with my amazing colleague and reporter @estheryjkang.bsky.social check it out.

Nearly 70 Chicago groups receive micro-grants after SNAP cuts, deportation campaign chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04...

Though President Trump's deportation blitz appears to have eased up, it has left a lasting impact on many here in Chicago. For some, it dredged up memories of people vanishing around them. The legal term is "Enforced disappearance." chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Rush Medical Center nurses are unionizing, joining a wave of health care workers who are forming unions across the country chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

Refugee families are the latest group to face #SNAP food benefit cutoff, joining thousands of others in Illinois expected to lose their food assistance starting this spring as Trump administration’s tax + spending bill takes effect chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202... Via @elviamalagon.bsky.social

Trump's policy changes have put refugees in a Catch-22. They can only receive SNAP once they become permanent residents. But the government has stopped processing those applications. Refugees are the latest group losing food assistance: chicago.suntimes.com/politics/202...

📣NEW: Illinois regulators have little power to stop hospital closures. State lawmakers are calling for: ✔️all hospitals to file plans w/the state in case they close or suspend services ✔️for-profit hospitals that largely shield their $$ to open up their books tinyurl.com/5byadcbc @wbez.org

the @chicago.suntimes.com is hiring an assistant news editor! come work with me on nights

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Ceasefire brings little relief from 'psychological warfare' for Iranian Americans in Chicago, reports @vimiller.bsky.social + @tinasfon.bsky.social + Mary Norkol chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/04...

Chicago Tonight | Week in Review: Johnson Moves to Oust Head of CHA Board; Arguments on Birthright Citizenship, with Justin Laurence, @araceligomezaldana.bsky.social @elviamalagon.bsky.social Mike Mulligan & host @ndblumberg.bsky.social news.wttw.com/2026/04/03/w...

West Suburban Medical Center struggled to treat patients months before closing, reports @kschorsch.bsky.social ‬ & @kwashburn.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

HIV infections are on the rise in Chicago after about two decades of decline, growing 29% between 2022 and 2024. AIDS cases are also up slightly.

The number of Latinos with HIV or AIDS in Chicago grew nearly 17% between 2020 to 2024 while other racial groups saw a drop, according to city data. This comes as public health faces a funding crunch.

A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' well-being, but some disagree, reports @vimiller.bsky.social chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/0...

An estimated 26% of U.S. farmworkers are women, and they face disproportionate risk of sexual harassment and assault in their workplaces. In an industry where their income, housing or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence, reporting abuse can seem like a trap.

West Suburban Medical Center is "temporarily" closing as the hospital struggles to pay employees. The closure comes months after its sister facility, Weiss Memorial Hospital, shuttered in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

At least three agents in ICE gear were seen at Terminal 3 around 10 a.m. Monday morning.

BREAKING: Estefany Rodríguez of Nashville Noticias was released from an ICE facility in Louisiana today, two weeks after her arrest in a news vehicle in Nashville, TN. Rodríguez argued in federal court the arrest was in retaliation for her reporting on ICE operations.

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Johnnie Flournoy, a 74-yr-old man incarcerated in IL, says he's nearly blind bc for years he has been denied a simple treatment for glaucoma. He's not at all alone. His story of medical neglect is a common one in IL prisons. @chicago.suntimes.com chicago.suntimes.com/health/2026/...

The Rev. Jesse Jackson comes home, to the South Carolina people who molded the man Chicago knew chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/03..., reports @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social from South Carolina

The public is about to be admitted to the statehouse building in Columbia. #revjessejackson

My architecture column today. "Pride Cleaners closing creates an uncertain future for one of Chicago’s most unique modernist sites — an absolute showstopper of a building with its original sign, neither of which are under city landmark protection."

A visually impaired refugee from Myanmar, who could not speak English, had spent a year at a county jail in Buffalo, when, on a cold winter day, he was picked up by Border Patrol agents and left alone at a coffee shop. His family had searched for him for days, but he was found dead.

Pakistan carried out airstrikes hours after Afghanistan launched a cross-border attack in the latest escalation of violence between the neighboring countries. The clashes are making a Qatar-mediated ceasefire appear increasingly shaky. n.pr/4u3ZR0W

We, the staff at @thetriibe.com are unionizing. Please support us in our efforts and sign our petition. actionnetwork.org/letters/were...