BREAKING: Pentagon Report: U.S. Attcked Elementary School in Iran Despite attempts by Trump to claim otherwise, the U.S. military was responsible for killing at least 175 in a strike on a school in Iran. theintercept.com/2026/03/11/i...

Some window cats of South Philadelphia.

The Braun administration decided in February to scrap a 15-acre expansion to the White River State Park. One westside resident: “There were guarantees for Elanco, and there were promises for the community.” mirrorindy.org/white-river-...

NEW: TransUnion and Experian, two of the three major credit bureaus, have started dismissing a larger share of consumer complaints without help since the Trump administration began dismantling the CFPB.

We are aware of recent reports regarding targeted phishing attacks that have resulted in account takeovers of some Signal users, including government officials and journalists. We take this very seriously. 1/7

How data centers in Indy will impact your health and environment mirrorindy.org/data-center-...

Meet your mayor’s neighborhood advocate mirrorindy.org/mayors-neigh...

If you're staying at the #NICAR26 conference hotel, you might be able to see a vacant plot of land a few blocks away. That's the site of Indy's first public burial ground, and it's been through some stuff. Here's the backstory: mirrorindy.org/greenlawn-ce...

I hate lanyards (unless they’re union lanyards) #nicar26 @newsguild.org

Some local flavor at #NICAR26: If you lunch at Patachou, you might see Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales!

Hey #NICAR26: Mirror Indy's support organization, Free Press Indiana, is launching a new statewide reporting team. Which means we are hiring. Hit me up if you want to chat about what it's like to work here! www.freepressindiana.org/jobs/civic-a...

New project just dropped ! Explore Financial Disclosures From President Trump and 1,500 of His Appointees From @shaw.al @bxroberts.org projects.propublica.org/trump-team-f...

Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June 2025)

Indy’s hearing examiner has a contract with the city and is paid with city dollars. But the zoning official was adamant during a recent hearing: The public is not her boss. How does she view her responsibility to the public? I didn’t get to ask her. mirrorindy.org/mdc-hearing-...

Absolute trash. The author did not speak to a single medical professional and the article does not contain a shred of evidence that effeminate gay boys are being bamboozled into thinking they're trans. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Never met a @mirrorindy.org reporter's notebook I didn't like ❣️if you have thoughts/experiences to share about looking for a job in Indy, my DMs are open!

Citing reporting by @propublica.org and others, nearly 4,000 doctors, nurses and health professionals sent a letter to DHS Sec Kristi Noem calling for the immediate release of all children currently in immigration detention. Full letter: tinyurl.com/yz2amueb 1/

i, for one, welcome our pelican overlords

BREAKING: SCOTUS blocks New York state court redistricting order, over the strong dissent of the Democratic appointees.

I helped the In The Dark team gather data on the alleged war crimes committed during Iraq and Afghanistan: www.newyorker.com/podcast/in-t... There are numerous flaws with the military justice system, but there are still laws that must be obeyed

Footage from Minab, Iran, shows the aftermath of an Israeli-US strike on a girls' elementary school that reportedly killed more than 50 people.

Good time for Washington Post to have gutted it’s foreign coverage.

Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/26/t...

PSA: Earlier this month, Mayor Joe Hogsett signed an executive order to make Lugar Plaza a park. The new designation gives IMPD “a little more teeth.” Here's what you need to know about the changes: mirrorindy.org/indianapolis...

Come work at in the funniest newsroom in the city! www.freepressindiana.org/jobs/social-...

All of our data center coverage! In one spot! With a form to take your questions! mirrorindy.org/data-centers/

IMPD's new chief and westside residents had a frank conversation about issues on their side of town. by @enriquesaenz.bsky.social Photos for @mirrorindy.org by Brett Phelps mirrorindy.org/haughville-n...

"Many of the candidates, some of whom worked for Democratic politicians or remained active in party politics for decades, unsuccessfully appealed their cases to the election board." by @peterblanchard.bsky.social mirrorindy.org/marion-count...

When they developed their quality of life plan, Martindale Brightwood residents wanted youth to be heard. Kids and teens there are learning to be leaders and to tell their own stories. They made a film and developed a podcast. by @darianbenson.bsky.social mirrorindy.org/martindale-b...

“If the Trump administration gets to use a law against him that was intended to protect children, they will lose their dad to a foreign country for good.” www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This blind man - a refugee from Burma - was dropped off by Border Patrol at a Tim Horton's in Buffalo, NY. In the middle of February. A mile from a home where he no longer lived. While his relatives were searching for him. Cops found his body 5 days later www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/25/b...

The 1st time the nyt leadership engaged me on trans issues, in 2021, they asked my opinion of a Jesse Singal review of a book by the transphobic writer Helen Joyce. The piece had been assigned by Pamela Paul 🧵

IPS elementary parents grapple with potential cuts to subjects such as art and computer science. mirrorindy.org/ips-teachers...

The growing backlash to Indiana’s baby box empire by @mcmolloy.bsky.social Photos for @mirrorindy.org by Brett Phelps. mirrorindy.org/indiana-safe...

Traditional Chin dress: A celebration of culture and pride mirrorindy.org/chin-nationa...

Great story out today from @hayleighcolombo.bsky.social! #HoosierSky www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

As much as $1 billion in public funding could be involved. #HoosierSky indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/23/f...

Born #onthisday in 1868, the US sociologist + civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois. Celebrate with a look at the stunning hand-drawn "infographics" he made with his students, depicting conditions of African-American life in 1900: publicdomainreview.org/collection/w... #otd #BlackHistoryMonth

Can't believe #NICAR26 is next week! Excited to see Indy crawling with data nerds. 😎

In a strip mall on 38th Street, a seamstress finds her perfect fit (Also meet her cat, Golden!) mirrorindy.org/immigrant-wo...

“NIMBYism is the most powerful force sometimes in American politics and nobody wants a detention center next to their home, their business or their school.” indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/02/19/r...

We got to see what people were actually charged with - Traffic offenses alone made up nearly 30% of the convictions, the largest category by far. Some 9% of criminal convictions were for assault, while only 1% were for sexual assault and just 0.5% were for homicide.

This case is insane: ICE shot and killed a citizen last March then *hid it for a year.* The young man they killed had no criminal history. All we know about shooting is from internal ICE docs. We don't know officers' names. We don't have footage. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/20/u...

Planning an event this year? I know the hassle of trying to find a venue in the city that meets all of your needs. That’s why I put together a list of spaces you can book based on their vibe and size. You’ll find everything from your local pub to the Indy Artsgarden. mirrorindy.org/event-spaces...

"Shirsho Dasgupta, a Miami Herald reporter who found that, as of late August [2025], about two-thirds of the 1,800 immigrants who were held there in July have gone missing from ICE’s online database, with their families and attorneys unable to locate them."

one more sports stadium would fix me i swear

A new bill aims to bring justice to Black boys buried in hidden graveyard in Maryland. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...

BREAKING NYT: The husband of Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has been barred from the department's headquarters after at least two female staff members told officials that he had sexually assaulted them, according to people familiar with the decision and a police report obtained by The Times.

"Similarly, he notes that recent erosion of safeguards that separated data within the US federal government creates privacy and security risks." www.wired.com/story/a-mega...

Martin University is for sale. #HoosierSky mirrorindy.org/martin-unive...