What an incredible life blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/26/b...

Across Chicago and the suburbs, relatives, friends and even strangers are shopping and caring for isolated immigrants as reports of immigration arrests intensify. Story w/ @medicenambi.bsky.social and @araceligomezaldana.bsky.social www.wbez.org/immigration/... @wbez.org @chicago.suntimes.com

A legal historian and author worried that “wellness arguments” against birth control echo a strategy that abortion opponents used — trying to appeal to those who aren’t opposed for political reasons but are being told they should “reject it because it’s bad for you.” www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/s...

A family of four — a man, woman, young girl and toddler — was stopped by the federal agents in Millennium Park Sunday, detained and taken away in a white van by the agents. The young girl in the family was crying and was seen holding a doll. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/a...

“There’s many different factors that go into something like that,” Bovino told a reporter. “...the particular characteristics of an individual, how they look. How do they look compared to, say, you?” he said to a white reporter, according to the Sun-Times. blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/28/a...

Not sure you can claim “good ice cream from good ingredients that makes you feel good” AND serve a Malört flavor... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/12/v...

I <3 Chicago blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/08/m...

🤢 nymag.com/intelligence...

“As the main line of defense against hoaxes and deliberate liars exploiting our attention, community notes appear — so far — nowhere near up to the task. Feeds filled with inaccurate information matter for the 54% of US adults who get news from social media.” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Every story I read like this seems to include the line “ICE did not immediately respond to a request for comment.” Awful. via @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/15/i...

As labor costs rise, AI is learning to farm www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/11/i...

Truly had no idea this was a Chicago thing, but it certainly tracks... “Chicago fire: Flaming saganaki sparks interest worldwide decades after its Greektown origin” www.chicagotribune.com/2025/06/09/f...

🤩 www.washingtonpost.com/weather/inte...

Go student journalism!!! via @dailyherald.com www.dailyherald.com/20250531/new...

Thank you, @chicagotribune.com, for knowing that this warranted an email news alert! www.chicagotribune.com/2025/05/29/c...

A Missouri Town Was Solidly Behind Trump. Then Carol Was Detained. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

Maybe the most awful thing I've read today? “Celgene kept the dug price low when it was intended for AIDS patients, as the company didn’t want people demonstrating. That wasn’t a problem with cancer patients. ‘There was a common theme that cancer patients were willing to pay almost any amount.‘”

Chitown Clothing, y'all were on TOP of this! 😆 chitownclothing.com/products/da-...

Grateful to see important journalism like this coming out of @51st.news (and some effective flourish charts). Heartbreaking, and well-reported 51st.news/opioid-overd...

A DC friend shared about being in a restaurant for one of these raids yesterday. 51st.news/its-terrifyi...

“He just put it in bold!” www.fastcompany.com/91328583/why...

This is The Last Supper now.

Delightful interactive here from @nytimes.com (and/or maybe I need to eat lunch already) www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Lovely photo layout here from @newyorker.com www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

My late grandpa, Leo Anthony—a lifelong Catholic from Chicago—seems to have some influence up there! www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

The reason we have information like this is because of research performed at/funded by universities. Check out the credentials of the study’s authors. Funding science and its institutions is how we find solutions. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

News feels particularly depressing today. Actively seeking out good stuff. Here's one via @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/29/h...

This is fun! “Based on a True Story? Scene-by-scene Breakdown of Hollywood Films” informationisbeautiful.net/visualizatio...

Seems to have broken down a bit, but this @nytimes.com interactive still does a solid job of visually explaining seabed mining in light of Trump's actions yesterday to exploit mineral resources in international waters www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

It all goes back to the scars of tamagotchi deaths! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/24/t...

“AmeriCorps programs play an essential role in disaster recovery across the country. They helped communities hit by hurricanes Helene and Milton last fall, as well as after the Los Angeles wildfires in January...and so much more.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

“For Ubu, rock & roll was ‘Caligari’s Mirror,’ and Thomas made music by staring into that distorted mirror and making voices for all the misshapen selves he saw in there.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

“Heap thinks more artists should find ways to embrace licensed AI. ‘The more open you are, the more things are likely to happen,’ she says.” www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...

“Europe saw many scientists flee for the U.S. during World War II, and it now appears that experts are starting to flow in the opposite direction.” www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Under the new Trump Administration, ICE is jailing not just families encountered at the border but also families who have been here for years. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...