NEW: Former Chicago Cop Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Battery of Two Female Colleagues. The cases reveal how the department failed to vigorously investigate such allegations involving police. @mizamudio.bsky.social @invisible.institute

Reporters @mizamudio.bsky.social & Dana Brozost-Kelleher spent months investigating this story: reviewing police records, court filings, and conducting interviews. They found that police officials repeatedly failed to intervene and head off potential harm. www.propublica.org/article/chic...

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Help Us Report on Sexual Assault and Misconduct by the Chicago Police Department We want to talk to people who have experienced sexual assault or sexual misconduct — which includes sexual harassment and unwanted, inappropriate touching or comments — by Chicago police officers, on or off duty.

A team of my colleagues at @invisible.institute have been working hard on this reporting for months, and I’m excited to see it out in the world today. Please read below, and congratulations to @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher, among many others, on this story.

NEW and IMPORTANT: Chicago Police Fail to Investigate Officers Repeatedly Accused of Sexual Assault, from our partners at @invisible.institute @mizamudio.bsky.social and Dana Brozost-Kelleher

🚨 The Bukele dictatorship is preparing arrest warrants for my colleagues @elfaro.net, after the outlet exposed details of President Bukele’s secret ties to gangs.

THE entire NIOSH engineering group has been fired among most ALL of NIOSH. It is devastating. www.cbsnews.com/news/worker-...

#WorldPressFreedomDay 🔥 @froomkin.bsky.social

April 28, 2025: Migrants are making SOS signs out of their bodies so drones can see them at our country's concentration camps.

Pope Francis died on Monday at 88. His papacy promoted inclusivity, embracing survivors of sexual abuse by clergy members; LGBTQ Catholics; Muslim and Orthodox clerics; and leaders of developing nations, where he believed the church’s future was rooted. See Francis' life in photos: nyti.ms/4lEHXNZ

I'm not saying journalists should never interview admitted propagandists. There are journalistic reasons to do so. But if we do, we must be prepared to -- in fact it is our duty to -- challenge vociferously all unsubstantiated claims. Otherwise, we ourselves become propagandists.

News: Diana Greene Foster, the MacArthur-winning author of the Turnaway Study, learned her NIH grant — funding a multi-year study on Dobbs' impact — has been pulled. She was told its bc the govt won't study "gender identity." Her work has shaped our understanding of abortion bans' consequences.

In a rare rebuke to Israel, Germany criticised the Israeli military's air attacks on Syrian territory and called on Israel to halt actions that are not permitted under international law. 🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️

DHS quietly eliminates ban on surveillance based on sexual orientation and gender identity www.advocate.com/politics/dhs...

Come join me in this session on "Introduction to Reporting on AI", part of the Pulitzer Center's AI Spotlight Series!

My hometown of Waterloo, Iowa canceled its African American Read-In after Trump’s anti-diversity directives. So i got together some writer friends and I’m holding it instead.

Happy birthday, Chicago! I celebrated running in the rain in Little Village with the Viento running club 🌬️💨 💙

Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and analyzed the outcomes before and after the ban.

In devastating but expected news: Legal service providers nationwide were instructed by the Trump admin today to stop work on the Office of Refugee Resettlement's unaccompanied child legal services program. This means that every migrant child in federal custody will be without legal information.

Chicago watchdog warns that many of the city's drinking water pipes run too close to sewer lines, creating a contamination risk and violating the law. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

Better known as the TV personality Dr. Phil, who rose to fame on the Oprah Winfrey Show during the 90s, McGraw appears to have positioned himself as a willing narrator of our dystopian immigration policies. Meet reality TV mass deportations.

Join us in person or online tonight to hear from Cecilia Reyes, Senior Reporter at @businessinsider.com! She’ll discuss her investigation into illegal evictions or lockouts. Doors open at Tech Nexus at 6pm, livestream starts around 6:35pm CT. chihacknight.org/events/2025/...

Wildfire smoke is always toxic. LA’s is even worse. Los Angeles residents are breathing bits of "cars, metal pipes, plastics." grist.org/health/wildf... #LA #CA #California #Climate #Wildfires

They are seeking to criminalize integration efforts across public life. We must be clear eyed and direct about what’s happening here. We have not witnessed this blatant of a comprehensive governmental attack on integration since the Civil Rights Movement. slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Congratulations to these new @propublica.org reporting partners, including @mizamudio.bsky.social of @invisible.institute. Looking forward to all of the exciting journalism we'll do together. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...