come to our next public newsroom in bronzeville! it's free and there will be food + beverages :D

School-shooting survivors won’t remember your think-pieces but they will remember being forgotten. I remember how quickly news media and the public turned their backs on my university after a mass shooting in my senior year.

video from west chicago posted to facebook this morning shows agents breaking a person’s rear driver’s side window, forcing them from their car, and handcuffing them.

one day the masses will understand the monumental value of my online ramblings, but until that day i will bide my time and continue my screaming into the void

Las redadas de ICE podrían comenzar en Chicago tan pronto como este fin de semana. Aquí hay recursos con líneas directas de apoyo, enlaces a servicios legales y materiales multilingües sobre Conozca sus Derechos. www.citybureau.org/newswire/2025/9/5/como-obtener-ayuda-redadas-de-ice-en-chicago

Officials warn that ICE raids could begin in Chicago as soon as this weekend. We created a resource list with support hotlines, links to legal services, & multilingual Know Your Rights materials to help inform our communities. Access the guide in English: www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

El Grito Chicago has been called off as ICE agents are sent to Chicago: "We need to keep our community safe." blockclubchi.co/4m2nUrQ

latest from @citybureau.bsky.social: tips from Chicago community groups, Know Your Rights trainings, how you can take action and other resources: www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...

homophobes

If you live in an old Chicago house like me, you probably have lead pipes. From @citybureau.bsky.social in collaboration with WBEZ, The Sun Times, Grist & Inside Climate News, a guide to protecting yourself from lead-contaminated drinking water: www.wbez.org/environment/...

each day i watch journalists and academics slowly turn this app into their own twisted version of linkedin

From Drew Lapeer @giantmolecular.cloud : Today’s paper reports the detection of a Fast Radio Burst just 3 billion years after the Big Bang! 🔭✨☄️ astrobites.org/2025/08/08/c...

‼️ Chicago ‼️ Have you been affected by recent floods? I want to hear from you! I’m hoping to put together solutions and resources for those affected by the flooding. Whether it’s navigating insurance, cleaning up your house or something else, please reach out! DM or email [email protected]

When public media disappears, so do the stories that bring us together. With federal funding eliminated, millions may lose their last trusted source of news and connection. If that matters to you, now’s the time to act. Donate: n.pr/458sOhq

🎉It’s official: We’ve been recognized! On July 10, City Bureau’s leadership formally, voluntarily recognized our union. 1/3

On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away. Now, their stories will begin to be told. Starting here 👇

On Feb. 15, José Manuel Ramos Bastidas called his wife from inside a Texas immigration detention facility. He asked her to record a message, “just in case something happens to me.” Thread 👇

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

One of my last stories from @mlive.com this week: A condemned Ypsilanti apartment complex must stop demanding rent, provide relocation assistance & stop leasing to prospective tenants under a recent preliminary injunction. The latest on Arbor One: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

🎉 We're excited Sophia Kalakailo will join us as a Report for America corps member! As our Community Accountability Reporter, Sophia will focus on community engagement journalism on the South and West Sides, & explore solutions to neighbors' most pressing issues. #RFADay

I’m super excited to share that I’ll be joining @citybureau.bsky.social as a Report for America corps member!! I’ll be doing accountability journalism on the south and west sides of Chicago. stay tunes for stories to come :) www.reportforamerica.org/2025/05/21/r...

they’re transvestigating the new pope

umich students, faculty etc: looking for reactions to Santa Ono stepping down for a story. Pls reach out if interested! (see contact info in my bio)

notes from my first time covering a presidential visit:

a card i apparently wrote to my friend when we were younger:

Something people might be missing if they’re not reading past the headlines: These raids were ordered by the Democratic Michigan AG, Dana Nessel. The FBI still assisted but this originated from the state, not the federal government. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Woke up to my neighbors’ house getting raided by the FBI — The TAHRIR Coalition asked members to go to the Ypsilanti home in a statement this morning, saying the raid is targeting protesters who support Palestine. There were other raids in nearby towns too. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Superior Twp. is moving towards beefing up its rental inspection policy. The proposed ordinance passed on 1st reading tonight (It comes as tenants have raised concerns over living conditions in two apartment complexes) www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Recent Ypsi news you might’ve missed 🧵 www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

News out of Eastern Michigan University this week: Two international student visas were revoked. One student is from China, another from India, university officials said. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

in case you missed the latest at Arbor One: more tenants were surprised with red tags this month. Some are moving out. Some have nowhere else to go and are sitting tight in apartments that have been deemed uninhabitable for months now. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

u know its bad when michigan state university is resembling a voice of reason in the big ten www.mlive.com/public-inter...

DONT LET SPACE SCIENCE DIE !! CONTACT UR REPS !!

ICYMI: Eastern Michigan University isn’t planning any "significant changes" in response to Trump's executive orders targeting DEI initiatives. No specific plans about the future of its Office of DEI. side note: I cover EMU now, too. tips via email or Signal (see bio) www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

when I went out this this abandoned cemetery, I thought I had the wrong address. It was founded in 1946, when other cemeteries didn't accept Black people. Records burned in a fire decades ago for the 150+ people buried here. A new plan could restore the cemetery: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

late to the game but this is up there with "let them eat cake" www.mlive.com/news/2025/03...

i know democracy is crumbling but do u guys think mgmt could have ever predicted that time to pretend would be used in the minecraft movie promos starring jack black

Ozone House will finish constructing an emergency shelter in Ypsi for young adults this month. But recent cuts mean there aren’t funds to run it. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

ICYMI: The owners of Dos Hermanos saw a customer taken away by ICE outside their store in downtown Ypsilanti. He was on his way in to shop, they said. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Arbor One sued the city for suspending its rental certificates. Now, the city is suing the complex over unlivable conditions, concerns for tenant health and safety and a burned-down asbestos-ridden building it began demolishing without permits www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

The township north of Ypsi could pick up a rental inspections policy. The move follows long-standing complaints against two apartments that owe the township $100K+ in police service fees www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

They are telling us, out loud, exactly how the 2026/28 elections will not be free & fair. They will go after vote by mail (bsky.app/profile/mira...). They will go after computer voting. They will then say we can't count all the paper ballots because it's taking too long & there must be fraud. Etc.

I've read most of the analyses of the DOGE 2025 "receipts" site. This, from NPR, is the best I've read so far. Some of what they claim to have cut haven't been cut, other "cuts" will incur costs down the road. NPR says DOGE has made $2B of cuts, not $55B. www.npr.org/2025/02/19/n...

When SpaceX’s Starship blew up in January, Musk called it “barely a bump in the road,” brushing off the FAA’s concerns. Yet during the accident, dozens of airplanes scrambled to avoid debris. Pieces of the craft were later found on beaches and roads.

Several DOE staffers told @propublica.org that they've been told not to communicate with students, families & schools involved in civil rights cases launched in previous administrations. “We’ve been essentially muzzled,” one attorney said. New @jsmithrichards.bsky.social @jodiscohen.bsky.social

Two years ago, three people were killed, five injured, in a mass shooting in Michigan State University. We remember Brian, Arielle, and Alexandria and will continue to #HonorWithAction. #EndGunViolence #MSUstrong

The posting indicates that ICE isn’t merely looking to detect direct threats of violence, but also online criticism of the agency.

Beal Properties is taking over Arbor One Apartments. Millions in repairs, some relocations, etc… His plans for the property: www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

Homeless encampments on the long-contaminated Water Street site must move as Ypsilanti prepares for clean-up work. After outcry from residents, City Council allocated $7,500 to get hotel rooms or access other resources people may need to vacate the camps. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...

More Ypsi-area tenants issues from earlier this week: Apartment communities in Superior Township owe thousands in fees, officials said. It comes on top of long-standing concerns around conditions for tenants and public safety at the complexes on MacArthur Boulevard. www.mlive.com/news/ann-arb...