Illinois declined to give sensitive voter data to the DOJ. Some GOP states are doing the same ipmnewsroom.org/illinois-dec...

Jimmy Kimmel's show involves comedy and satire. It is not news. It is not meant to inform the public about a newsworthy event. No FCC rules were violated. The FCC has no business threatening broadcasters or censoring speech it does not like.

On the Media- Free Speech for Me, But Not for Thee. Plus, Librarians Under Siege www.wnycstudios.org/story/free-s...

FCC Chair Brendan Carr, who intends to monitor bias while wearing the president's bust as a lapel pin, is the poster child for why the Constitution bars the government from meddling in newsrooms' editorial decisions. www.cbc.ca/news/worl...

The Pentagon is implementing new guidelines that will require journalists to sign a pledge and agree to report only approved and officially released information.

Kimmel suspension over Kirk comments raises free speech questions www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Kimmel suspension looks like 'jawboning,' speech experts say www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

Free speech for me, not for thee. Good encapsulation of where we are, by @sarahellison.bsky.social et al: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Illinois Public Media is crushing it with ten Mid-America Emmy nominations this year, led by Prairie Fire’s impressive nine nods, including Best Magazine Program for the second consecutive year after taking home the trophy last year.

WPSU in Pennsylvania becomes the first public media outlet to shut down as a result of the rescission of federal funding. WPSU TV and radio serves one of the largest geographic coverage areas in the nation, stretching across 24 counties of central Pennsylvania.

Politicians from across Illinois are remembering the late Jim Edgar. The Republican served two-terms as Illinois governor from 1991 to 1999.

Russian forces bombarded the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia with rockets overnight, wounding 20 people, including four children, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday. https://to.pbs.org/46Bx2yZ

Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor, dies at 79 ipmnewsroom.org/jim-edgar-fo...

Jim Edgar, former Illinois governor, dies at 79 ipmnewsroom.org/jim-edgar-fo...

Steve Inskeep speaks with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker about President Trump's threats to send National Guard troops to Chicago and the future of the Democratic Party.

“Stop Acting Like This Is Normal” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/07/o...

Reporters from across newsrooms in Chicago are collaborating to collect visual evidence of federal agents detaining people & using force in Chicago. Send videos to tinyurl.com/chicagojournalists, or get in touch via email [email protected].

JUST IN: Trump threatens 'Apocalypse Now' style action against Chicago to boost deportations

Thousands of protesters marched in Chicago on Saturday against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and President Donald Trump’s plan to send National Guard troops and immigration agents to the city.

I DID have Sen Rand Paul stands up for the Constitution and the rule of law on my bingo card! [I had 500 bingo cards printed with different names in the desperate hope that somebody would do it.]

"At a hearing last week, U.S. Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui said Riley appeared to have been singled out by the police because he was a Black man carrying a satchel that looked heavy. 'It is without a doubt the most illegal search I've even seen in my life,' Faruqui said from the bench."

KPop Demon Hunters' lead actress Arden Cho on her Illinois roots @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvLa...

KPop Demon Hunters' lead actress Arden Cho on her Illinois roots @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvLa...

What do you think about ICE’s tactics? Join the conversation on The Middle, Thursday night at 8 pm on @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social and an NPR station near you @listentothemiddle.bsky.social

"The top story of the moment is the one story that our most influential newsrooms won’t touch: That the United State has become an authoritarian state." — Dan Froomkin @froomkin.bsky.social presswatchers.org/2025/08/we-h...

Does Chicago need military intervention? President Trump and Governor Pritzker present vastly different viewpoints. will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

I was in the news business for only 4 decades, so maybe I don't know much. But it seems like the transformation of the U.S. into a police state would be worth a headline and a few paragraphs.

Pritzker: This is not about fighting crime. This is about the President and his complicit lackey, Stephen Miller, searching for ways to lay the groundwork to circumvent our democracy, militarize our cities, and end elections.

The purge continues taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fi...

A judge ruled the Trump administration cannot deny funding to Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and 30 other cities and counties because of policies that limit cooperation with federal immigration efforts.

The Revolution Wind farm was slated to start sending power to homes and businesses in Rhode Island and Connecticut starting next year.

Another top US official fired for telling the truth rather than pushing the president's lies. Lying that Iran's nuclear program was destroyed won't fix the problem. In fact, it gives the Iranians cover for further development. Trump's main foreign policy priority is lying to the American people.

Congresswoman and Senate candidate Robin Kelly talks gun control, immigration policies, conflicts abroad will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Former US Congressman Adam Kinzinger's reaction to today's Bolton raid...

Congresswoman and Senate candidate Robin Kelly talks gun control, immigration policies, conflicts abroad will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

What Danielle said. According to the Yale Budget Lab, the average effective tariff rate in this economy right now is 18.2% Let me put that another way. President Trump has raised taxes on American businesses and consumers by -- on average -- 18.2%

U.S. farmers are feeling the impact of Trump's immigration crackdown. In some communities, immigration raids have slowed farm operations. NPR reports from Central Florida's strawberry region.

Billboard for Proud Boys hate group removed in southern Illinois after public pressure ipmnewsroom.org/billboard-fo...

Four years after his mysterious death, Jelani Day’s family still searching for answershttps://will.illinois.edu/21stshow/story/turning-pain-into-purpose-jelani-days-family-talks-foundation-four-years-after-his-death

Today’s episode of The Ezra Klein Show. When Is It Genocide? Philippe Sands discusses how to think about the tragedies in Gaza through the lens of international law. open.spotify.com/episode/0ZBm... youtu.be/RrhBypHFYPY?...

PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward. n.pr/45ldmyS

Protesters marched to the White House on Saturday as D.C. Metropolitan Police officers and National Park Service police looked on from a distance.

The Trump administration's move to take control of the D.C. police department and appoint an emergency commissioner will "endanger public safety," Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a court filing Friday.

Movies can tell us a lot about what scares us. And ever since the U.S. dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the fear of nuclear war has reverberated across decades of film.

Former U.S. Capitol Police officer Harry Dunn says President Trump's crackdown in Washington, D.C. could tarnish police relationships in the city.

Trump announced the Kennedy Center Honorees on Wednesday. They are Sylvester Stallone, Gloria Gaynor, Kiss, George Strait and Michael Crawford.

Vying for Senate seat, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton discusses foreign affairs, Medicaid, and tax breaks for middle class @21st.show @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Vying for Senate seat, Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton discusses foreign affairs, Medicaid, and tax breaks for middle class @21st.show @ilpublicmedia.bsky.social will.illinois.edu/21stshow/sto...

Al Jazeera's Anas al-Sharif and five of his colleagues at the network were killed in an Israeli airstrike targeting Gaza's most recognized television journalist.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doubled down on his plan for Israel to seize control of Gaza City and the remaining sliver of Gaza not already under Israeli control.