NEW — Memorial services to honor the life and legacy of civil rights and political leader Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. will be hosted in Chicago, South Carolina and Washington, D.C., over the next week. thetriibe.com/2026/02/memo...

The TRiiBE has our eyes on the state 👀 thetriibe.com/2026/02/lead...

Da Bears have released a statement committing to build in Hammond after Indiana passed the Hammond stadium bill. Could be the reason this hearing was canceled. abc7chicago.com/amp/post/chi...

Traveled to Springfield to cover Bears stadium deal only for the meeting to be canceled. Haven’t been able to talk to Chairperson Curtis Tarver II; learned that he’s not even in Springfield. Not clear when the meeting got canceled.

NEW — The Chicago Bears celebrate Black History Month with a "Love, Legacy & Chicago" roundtable discussion in partnership with The TRiiBE and featuring historian Shermann "Dilla" Thomas, Bears VP Brian McCaskey, and Bears content presenter Jasmine Baker. youtu.be/e5ZJ2fQIACk?...

It’s been more than a year since the Chicago Sun-Times started tracking the monthly price of 35 common grocery items at Jewel-Osco, Mariano’s, Target and Walmart. The verdict? What went up mostly didn’t come down.

“Homan added that with Walz’s cooperation, the state prisons are now helping immigration officers, such as sharing information related to non-citizen incarcerated people.”

The Department of Justice left multiple unredacted photos of fully nude women or girls exposed as part of the latest dump of more than 3.5 million pages of Epstein files. www.404media.co/doj-released...

Finally, a few Republicans in Congress put a check on Trump’s power. I hope this energy catches fire.

Watching Rome’s evolution over the past year has been a joy 🥹

New journalist interview: Jerome "Rome J" Johnson We talk about covering Black culture in Chicago - music, sports, and fashion ... and how a car salesman becomes a journalist This is a good one ... @romej.thetriibe.com @thetriibe.com LISTEN: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/j...

As painful as it is, the media and narrative shapers need to be reviewing the Epstein files to understand how they controlled narratives. None of this happens without PR and narrative control.

Last year, I emailed Chicago’s chief homelessness officer, Sendy Soto, as well as spokespeople for both Soto & Mayor Johnson, six times. I wanted to understand their approach to evicting unhoused Chicagoans from the shelters they build to survive. No response. chicagoreader.com/news/housing...

I love that Chicago is using policies and power to feed people

FROM THE ARCHIVES — It’s Black History Month 🔴🟢⚫️ Every Chicagoan should know the history of Jean Baptiste Point DuSable. His family’s settlement at the mouth of the Chicago River is the heart from which the city of Chicago was built. thetriibe.com/2022/02/the-...

FULL STORY: The order directs members of the Chicago Police Department to document actions by agents with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection and attempt to identify those responsible for suspected misconduct or criminal violations. @wttw.bsky.social

Best political ad of the cycle has dropped 😂

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Don Lemon speaks outside of the courtroom after release: "I have spent my entire life covering the news. I will not stop now ... I will not be silenced."

Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video @fox9mn.bsky.social)

The journalism community needs to come together and stand with these journalists! Release them now!

UPDATE — The Chicago Chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) is calling for the immediate release of Lemon and Fort, and for all charges against them to be withdrawn. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...

Georgia Fort, an independent journalist and vice president of the Minnesota NABJ chapter, was also arrested by federal agents this morning I was sent this video of agents at her door:

Director Dawn Porter just said “abolish ICE” before her Sundance screening of WHEN A WITNESS RECANTS. She was met with a giant roar from the crowd.

Despite the cold days recently, it has been heartwarming to see such love for this story and greater efforts to address West Side food disparities blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/23/c...

Language that democrats are using that is not radical or solutions-oriented at all: “Law and order” “Untrained” agents Abolishing “Trump’s ICE.” I write op-Ed’s about narrative change for TRiiBE members. Sign up to read. thetriibe.com/reshape/lang...

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Good afternoon from downtown Chicago, where despite heavy snowfall, thousands have gathered for an anti-ICE/CBP demonstration in solidarity with the Twin Cities. More are still streaming in. Lt. Illinois Gov. Juliana Stratton just addressed the crowd, and called for ICE to be abolished.

In the wake of the killing of George Floyd, “abolish ICE” was a part of the demands. Organizers have been telling us the links between systemic injustices as carried out across multiple US institutions. Revisit this piece by @tiffany.thetriibe.com 👇🏾

Yes. More of this!

Free books and food are now available at a library on the West Side of Chicago. Libraries are essential. thetriibe.com/2026/01/food...

In light of Democrats calling for more "training" for ICE, this passage from my book Copaganda seems relevant:

…there’s something special about this 2025 Chicago Bears team. So much so, there are people on social media saying that a Bears Super Bowl win will close the hellscape timeline that opened with the Chicago Cubs World Series win in 2016. 😂😩😭 thetriibe.com/2026/01/cale...

This is horrific OMG

if you want to know what it is like in minneapolis, I don’t even have to scroll on facebook to find a horror story. it’s basically my whole feed. everyone i know in minneapolis is seeing ICE take people—at gas stations, taquerias, bus stops, schools. just snatching random people.

Those of you who still insist on drawing a distinction between ICE and police should be aware that the police are not drawing that distinction.

An opposition party would be working to defund ICE.

Chicagoans packed a special meeting of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability last night, recounting story after story of Chicago police assisting federal immigration agents while blasting the commission for a lack of action. w/ @djbyrnes1.bsky.social

The calls for local police to protect people from ICE really feel like a rejection of the Movement for Black Lives. The demand was to defund and it still applies.

here at the ccpsa “listening session” at thalia hall live tweeting here:

Looks like Customs and Border Protection shot two people in Portland. Reportedly still alive. More details should be coming soon.

Many years ago, I wrote a short blog post after people were celebrating charges against Freddie Gray's killers. In the end, all 6 were either acquitted or had their charges dropped. www.usprisonculture.com/2015/05/01/s...

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...” A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today. lithub.com/renee-nicole...

In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.

This is so fucking sad

Minnesota Public Radio says today marks the first and only shooting and homicide in Minneapolis in the year 2026

A lot of people who would not take up arms themselves against the most lethal military in the world have a lot to say about what local police should do. There is another way to defeat ICE. Please read. 👇🏾

Who are the trusted local news folks in Minneapolis? And who are the local abolitionist organizers that we should be following on here?

I can’t emphasize enough that Congress has the most power to check the feds and Executive branch, in general. That is how our systems work. I want us to place our attention on the people who have the authority to stop this through legislation, defunding ICE, impeachment, 25th amendment, etc.