Couldn't let this week end without posting about #ONA26! I am so grateful to Press Forward Chicago, The Joyce Foundation, The Field Foundation, and The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation for giving me the opportunity to attend for the first time! Despite the few early mornings, I feel so inspired!

The Chicago Journalists Association's latest event is NEXT THURSDAY, in exactly a week, and tickets are still available! If you want to learn about creating a successful, impactful journalism career and are down to do a bit of networking, come on out! We'd love to see you there!

#NoKings in Chicago

Chicago #NoKings kicking off with a call to get ICE out of our airports.

I'm here in Grant Park in Chicago where thousands of people are streaming into the park for the #NoKings rally and march beginning soon. This will be the thread for that.

People everywhere you look in Chicago’s Grant Park. I was here in October when the crowd was estimated at 100,000. There are more here today. #NoKings

Under a bill being considered by the Illinois General Assembly, private investors would no longer be able to purchase property tax debts in Cook County. (w/ @raceandequityproject.org) buff.ly/TJMTSFN

Good afternoon from Grant Park in Chicago. Thousands are streaming into the park for this afternoon's No Kings rally, which is set to begin in earnest in about 20 mins. I saw smaller rallies taking place throughout the Loop on my way here, organized by multiple political groups. Big May Day vibes.

In other news, I recently accepted a role as Vice President of the Chicago Journalists Association where I'll be working alongside our co-presidents, Alexandria Jacobson and Jean Hodges, to help lead our organization in this new era.

Major news in the world of Maia: my reporting for @raceandequityproject.org is a finalist in six(!!!) categories at the Chicago Headline Club's Peter Lisagor Awards! I've got to say, I'm stunned, but so grateful to the Headline Club for honoring the work of me and my former collageues.

Done and done! ##ivoted

I want it yesterday.

I stand by my assertion that Sinners on Broadway would do looooooong-run numbers. A fixture, a steady on the street, like Book of Mormon, Hamilton, Chicago

Javier has BEEN THAT MAN. In 2003 he wore the same badge to protest the war in Iraq.

Jesus when he comes back to Earth:

The movie about losing lost

Man it was a good year for movies, despite studios’ attempts to fuck the industry up as much as possible, people really do still make good films and love good films

Javier Bardem at the Oscars: No to war, and free Palestine.

Marty Supreme losing every award it was up for is tickling me greatly. Timothee really tanked that Oscar campaign, huh… 😂

The one upside to that movie winning!

Chadwick should still be here man!!! 😞

Ryan and Michael aren’t even 40 yet. They have so much more magic to create.

Wow, I'm, like, so shocked...🙄

OSCAR AWRD-WINNING ACTOR MICHAEL B. JORDAN!1!!!!!!

IM SHAKING IM CRYING

FIRST WOMAN TO EVER WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST BLACK PERSON TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. FIRST FILIPINA TO WIN BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY. ACADEMY AWARD WINNER AUTUMN DURALD ARKAPAW.

‘SINNERS’ has won Best Cinematography at the Oscars. See the full winners list: bit.ly/OscarWins26

THIRD WIN OF THE NIGHT! WE UP, BABY!

AND IT WASN'T! I KNOW THAT'S RIGHT!

Gosh, starting off this In Memorium with Rob Reiner, plus all the other folks that passed with last year...😢

AND THAT BETTER NOT BE THE ONLY THING SINNERS WINS TONIGHT

FREAKING FINALLY

COME ON. HE'S NOT EVEN THERE.

I'm honestly not surprised Frakenstein won those two awards, but I'mma need Sinners to start winning some awards ASAP. It's starting to feel really spooky up in here.

Happy for Amy Madigan, but that award should have gone to Wunmi. Not gonna change my mind on that!

remember, the correct plural is "Michaels B. Jordan"

My latest reporting for @blockclubchi.bsky.social: Black Onyx All Stars, Englewood's 15-Time Champ Girls Cheerleading Squad, Head To Nationals blockclubchicago.org/2026/03/13/b...

Police are responding to reports of an “active shooter” at a synagogue outside Detroit, where smoke is billowing from the roof.

. @chicagotribune.com spoke w/almost a dozen former Krishnamoorthi staffers who described a nearly round-the-clock fundraising operation in which some workers burned out after only a few months. My latest w/ @petrellareports.bsky.social @adquig.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/10/r...

Happening now: ~200 protesters have gathered off Chicago's Michigan Avenue this afternoon for another demo condemning U.S.-Israeli attacks on Iran and Lebanon. Israeli airstrikes killed dozens in Lebanon overnight. Thousands of families have been displaced after widespread evacuation orders.

They opened the doors at Jesse Jackson's funeral around 9 a.m., started just after 11 a.m., and JUST ended, like 15 or 20 minutes ago. And that was with looking at the clock! 😂

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, some pretty exciting far South Side news: Pullman’s Historic Hotel Florence To Be Restored As Part Of $100 Million State Project blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/26/p...

We're forming a union. It would mean so much to us if you signed on to support our efforts! ✨ Petition: actionnetwork.org/letters/were...

Any Chicago Bluesky folks out there live in the Pullman? I know I've got some following me already, but I'm looking for neighbors to talk to about Gov. Pritzker's newly-announced project to restore and revitalize the historic Hotel Florence for a @blockclubchi.bsky.social story!

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

Hello, Chicago folks! I'm working on a story for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social on unhoused people who shelter on or near CTA facilities. If you do any homeless outreach at CTA stations, bus stops, or elsewhere in the city, or know those who do, I'd love to chat!

As a person who had both a special effects make up and a cosmetic make up phase, it's incredible that who ever is doing the cover up is that bad at the job

The song for today because it's my birthday (!!!) and not 30 degrees below zero for once 😅 open.spotify.com/track/0HZlND...

omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse