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New Jersey’s only public television station, NJ PBS, is anticipated to shutter in just over nine months thanks to President Trump’s budget cuts. newrepublic.com/post/200921/...

BREAKING: Further confirmation that the shooter targeted immigrant detainees, not #ICE agents. All three #shooting victims were people ICE was holding and processing at the center. The shooter died of a self inflicted would and has been described as a white male www.fox4news.com/news/dallas-...

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I own a local publication called @thetriibe.com and we literally just need new subscribers to stay independent and sustainable. Starve the fascists and support local journalists and creatives. You can sign up or give a contribution here. thetriibe.com

Media leadership is at an all-time low. How unfortunate. Audiences, consumers, and community members should realize that it's also eroding the credibility of your favorite affiliated journalists. The trickle effect is very real. Under the FCC, it's all connected, whether hard news or entertainment.

@thetriibe.com is on the front lines constantly, covering the angles of the nuance we all need now more than ever in this country. ... donate to The TRiiBE ... subscribe to the RESHAPE newsletter too. Become a member today if you can! #SupportCredibleNews #SupportLocalMedia

So about that “transgender ideology” WSJ report

Some of the things Charlie Kirk has said as a right-wing influencer and Trump ally: • “We made a huge mistake when we passed the Civil Rights Act in the 1960s” • George Floyd was a “scumbag” • Gun deaths are “worth it” thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

🤠 NEW ORGANIZING TOOL 🧗 LPL has developed Postal Pulse, a new webapp that makes it easy to find and contact your elected officials about Chicago ordinances. Right now, you can use it to oppose the City's mandatory camera expansion network. aldercontact.lucyparsonslabs.com

I had the chance to put on my arts and entertainment reporter hat again to talk about Chance the Rapper's "No More Old Men," which was inspired by a poem written in 2021 by South Side native and playwright Tanikia Carpenter. thetriibe.com/2025/09/sout...

I think it’s a hard ask for marginalized groups who have been victimized by that man’s rhetoric to not feel what they feel, whether it be schadenfreude or fear. You don’t get to judge.

Jerry Seinfeld has done 17 of these college talks in the last year alone. Google "Jerry Seinfeld 17" for more info

“We are spending money in ways we know will bring even more back.” — @lisasnowden.bsky.social 👏🏾

responding to fascist threats with strength and power rooted in community WORKS. in order for fascist rhetoric to work, the target of their ire has to be painted as weak and ineffectual. standing on business like Pritzker has done here is unironically the ONLY thing that works.

Gov. Pritzker is expected to meet with community violence intervention leaders as they hold an emergency response training to prepare for the Trump administration's federal deployments. Follow along for updates. The presser starts @ 3 pm thetriibe.com/2025/09/live...

“Award-Winning Media Executive Gina Chua Named Executive Director of Tow-Knight Center” via Craig Newmark J-School www.journalism.cuny.edu/2025/09/awar...

Last year at #LIONSummit, I discussed #Chicago's investment in local news w/media leaders Morgan E. Johnson, Maple Lloyd, Morgan Malone and John Palfrey. Join my “Leading from Within' talk at #INSS2025 in STL: bit.ly/inss25tbltlk #localnews #ThirdNook 📸 Credit: Fig Media for LION Publishers, Inc.

Leaked WNADA investigation details director Chad Williams’ ‘authoritarian’ leadership, unprofessional conduct baltimorebeat.com/leaked-wnada...

Repurposed newsstands containing free doses of Narcan have officially launched in Uptown with the aim of increasing access to the life-saving medication that can reverse an opioid overdose, city officials announced. #HarmReduction

Excited to be attending #INSS2025 as a table talk facilitator. If you're attending the @lionpubs.bsky.social's summit, please check out the different community sessions, like mine! RSVP below. Looking forward to seeing fellow practitioners familiar new. #TableTalk #IndependentMedia #Journalism

Excited to be coaching newsrooms in the #Sustainability Audit assessment w/@lionpubs.bsky.social! Media outlets that are looking to connect for some coaching and may not be a LION member—you can still take advantage of my offerings. Visit thirdnook.co for more. #journalism #mediaconsulting

D.C. is a lovely and vibrant city, the unhoused people there just want help, and the people who live in the city have no voting representation in Congress and thus lack one of the major opportunities for anyone to advocate for them.

There’s such a constant stream of bad that it almost gets normalized, but there are still things that stop you dead in your tracks.

DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black. Do you understand?

How ridiculously inconsiderate. Way to go, city. Couldn't even clear the space they cut down properly, including paid for flowers. Nothing was protruding into the sidewalk. Had no business doing that because of the parade festivities.

There are some beautiful Black people in attendance at the National Bar Association conference* happening in Chicago. I didn't crash it, I just happened to be in the area. ... in case you single and need to mingle around the Hyatt downtown looking cute and scholarly for no reason.

In all, 45 staffers have been informed that "their jobs are coming to an end," while an additional 12 employees have taken voluntary buyout packages. KQED also said that 10 open positions will not be filled. via @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

NEW — In today’s RESHAPE newsletter, TRiiBE reporter Tonia Hill gives insight into her reporting. “There are a lot of assumptions that youth aren’t engaged in the democratic process, but their organizing proves that they have the power… to challenge political leaders” thetriibe.com/reshape/insi...

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A homie and fellow photographer is in need of support to continue sustaining his awesome visual practice, documenting Black life. Learn more about Pan-Africanist photographer Tafari Melisizwe by clicking on the link.

Bye forever, WeTransfer.

Why I'll always support @thetriibe.com: the RESHAPE newsletter. @morganelisej.thetriibe.com, ur words are a lesson on how to inform while educating+rallying around the realities of how we hold each other accountable. That keyboard stays hot. Y'all, subscribe already: thetriibe.com/newsletters/...

New, from me: The Times published a piece accusing a man born in Africa as claiming to be African-American in a failed college admission. They viewed this story to be newsworthy enough to grant anonymity to a eugenicist working with hacked personal data. donmoynihan.substack.com/p/whos-afrai...

Today at 2:00 p.m., Chicago organizers are holding a peace walk in River North to mourn the victims of a shooting outside of Mello Buckzz’s mixtape release party. “We have to organize and speak out, and there has to be more action.” thetriibe.com/2025/07/peac...

Anywhoozle, I’ll be emceeing the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame next Saturday (July 12) @ Woodson Regional Library. Register here: chicagoliteraryhof.org/events_entry...

Four people were killed, 14 injured during a drive-by shooting early Thursday following a release party for Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz in River North. In 2023, music journalist Mark P. Braboy wrote about Mello Buckzz’s rise with her hit song, “Boom (Mouskatool).” thetriibe.com/2023/07/boom...

“What are the odds NYT will access your ChatGPT logs in OpenAI court battle?” — @arstechnica.com arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

@sifill.bsky.social, true. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Paramount Global will pay $16 million to settle President Trump's lawsuit over 60 Minutes' interview with former Vice President Kamala Harris — a lawsuit that many legal experts considered spurious.

S/O @thewayoftheid.bsky.social @blockclubchi.bsky.social for reporting on city water access + the garden caretakers sharing their experiences w/her. More transparency, accountability are needed for the betterment of our Black + brown communities. Some of these folks w/gov't ties can also do better.

often safety depends on privacy, and privacy is almost always a part of safety.

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