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Community engagement manager Charles Preston won the 2026 Dr. Timuel D. Black Award for Civic Engagement. The award recognizes those who demonstrate "a commitment to elevating community narratives, engaging in active citizenship, and building a more fair and just society." Congratulations, Charles!

NEW: The Illinois General Assembly is considering a trio of bills that would amend the state’s property tax sale laws. Here’s what’s in the bills — and what additional reforms advocates say are needed. (w/ @raceandequityproject.org) www.injusticewatch.org/project/take...

🗣️ CHICAGO! Who are your favorite creatives / videographers producing short (5-25 min.) documentaries?

We're bringing you live election results from the Cook County judicial races. Our page updates every 5 minutes. Follow along: 2026primary.injusticewatch.org/results

Election Day is tomorrow! Use our Cook County judicial election guide before you head to the polls. Don’t forget: You can bring your printed selections — or your phone — with you when you vote.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by! And huge thank you to the 61st Street Farmers Market for having us.

Real estate investor Greg Bingham made a fortune taking Cook County homes through tax foreclosure. Along the way, he has been dogged by allegations of fraud, according to court records and a previously undisclosed probe by the Treasurer’s office. (w/ @raceandequityproject.org) buff.ly/e3qgChL

The Tampa Bay Times starts a monthly “book club” for news stories www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/the-...

Join us today from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mouse Arts and Letters Club (555 W 31st St) in Bridgeport. The event is free and open to the public. No RSVP necessary!

The seizure of Washington Post reporter @hannahnatanson.bsky.social's devices likely killed far more stories than any court order ever could. Judge Porter should've done more to punish prosecutors, but he was right to call the raid what it was — a prior restraint.

🥕 Come visit us at Green City Market (3057 N. Rockwell St.) in Avondale! We’ll be here handing out print copies of the judicial election guide until 1 p.m.

I’m Cuban American. For the sake of both countries, Trump’s siege must end | Danny Valdes

US ICE arrested journalist in Nashville without arrest warrant, her lawyers say reut.rs/3MMO6ex

ICE has arrested and detained a Nashville journalist who reported stories critical of ICE. She’s married to a U.S. citizen and has been seeking asylum here after fleeing death threats in Colombia because of her journalism there. They’ve already sent her to Louisiana.

Last weekend, Injustice Watch reporter Kelly Garcia hosted a pop quiz at Bueno Days about Cook County judicial elections. How many did you get right? 👀

How to use our Cook County judicial election guide in four simple steps: 1️⃣ Enter your address to find your judicial subcircuit 2️⃣ Review the candidates 3️⃣ Make your selections 4️⃣ Vote! 2026primary.injusticewatch.org

Kansas is sending letters to trans people telling them that their licenses will be revoked as of tomorrow and that they risk arrest for driving on a suspended license. This is pure cruelty. www.erininthemorning.com/p/kansas-sen...

Print guides are here! Our team is hard at work delivering guides across the county. This morning, we stopped by the Cook County Jail to deliver more than 5,000 copies. We're leading civic education workshops for voters at the jail this week.

🚗 Volunteer with us! We need help distributing print copies of our judicial election guide across Cook County. buff.ly/ZRclFYE

an editor at Cleveland.com announces that they're "removing writing from reporters' workloads" (in the midst of a column criticizing a graduating student not understanding this is how the world works now: god forbid a student is looking to actually write) www.cleveland.com/news/2026/02...

🗣️ Chicago-area community organizations! You can request copies of our judicial election guide to help folks in your network make sense of all the judicial candidates on their ballots during the March primary. Request print copies here: buff.ly/5Gp92Mu

Over the past year, the Trump administration has pressured Latin American countries to sever ties with Cuba’s internationalist missions — a key source of income for the island — by restricting visas for Cuban officials and foreign government officials linked to the medical teams.

📣 Our judicial election guide for the March 2026 primary is here! We spent months researching each candidate’s background, legal experience, political connections, conduct, and more — all so you can make informed decisions about who should be a Cook County judge. buff.ly/O4cRnL6

Reps. Nydia Velázquez & Delia Ramirez led House progressives today in introducing the New Good Neighbor Act, urging Congress to formally bury the Monroe Doctrine & replace it with a policy rooted in sovereignty & regional partnership. The resolution rebukes the Trump admin.'s illegal military op...

Russia to fly its tourists out of Cuba and then suspend airline operations due to fuel crisis reut.rs/4cn6mVS

🇨🇺 Cuba has warned internat'l airlines that it will run out of jet fuel w/in 24 hours, citing intensified US energy pressure, according to an official aviation notice seen by EFE. The shortage affects all of Cuba’s internat'l airports from Feb. 10 to March 11, w/ Jet A1 fuel unavailable nationwide...

Our next judicial election guide is coming soon, and we need your help to make sure it gets to voters in Cook County. Are you interested in distributing print guides? Do you want to canvass with us — and spread the word about why judicial elections matter? Volunteer here: buff.ly/gRQiNkg

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Donald Trump on Thursday signed an Executive Order threatening to impose additional tariffs on countries that send oil to Cuba. Stay tuned for Belly of the Beast’s coverage on the ground in Cuba. 🧵(1/4)

And make no mistake, an oil blockade is going to kill people. I don't just mean that it will likely cause rioting which leads to people dying. I mean that a breakdown of basic infrastructure, including the transport of water much of which is still done by truck, will lead to civilian deaths

NEW — Two Black journalists — Don Lemon and Georgia Fort — were arrested by federal agents days after both filmed an anti-ICE protest inside of the Cities Church in St. Paul, Minnesota, where an U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director serves as a pastor. thetriibe.com/2026/01/jour...

They’re not ending anytime soon. They will fail in court. They’re cool with that. Because it’s not about winning a conviction. This is about intimidating us with the high potential pain for doing journalism

In late 2025, Cuba's main two sources of oil were Venezuela and Mexico, who combined still supplied far less than the island needed, leading to 20+ hour a day blackouts on most of the island In less than a month Cuba has lost both. Unclear what reserves remain www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

People are right to be incensed, but there are more names to uplift. ICE killed an immigrant man named Silverio Villegas González in Chicagoland. He had children. Victor Manuel Diaz was kidnapped in Minneapolis and died in ICE custody on January 14. Their names deserve to be repeated, too.

Hard to say how many showed up for Alex Pretti’s vigil, but easily hundreds if not thousands. After community activists and leaders spoke at the park where they gathered, everyone marched to the site of Pretti’s killing. Streets just filled with people demanding ICE out.

This is going to kill people, if implemented. Civilians, the poorest of the poor. The people who don't have the hard currency to bribe others or impose themselves on skyrocketing black market prices. Hospitals may have lights on, if they have solar panels, but how do you get staff there without bus?

WSJ scoop confirms what many surmised: Cuba is next after Venezuela, with regime change strategies already under way www.wsj.com/world/americ...

Exclusive: Mexico weighs stopping oil shipments to Cuba amid concerns of Trump retaliation, sources say reut.rs/3LRkbRM

nine years old

Injustice Watch journalism resident Melissa Dai joined us just a few weeks ago and already has her first byline 🏆

Back in the cheerless latitudes where people don’t clap when the plane lands

Ford Heights seized homes from residents who fell behind on property taxes. Then, the former mayor gave those homes away for free to his friends and political supporters. Read the latest in our “Taken by Taxes” series with @raceandequityproject.org.

Many journalists said they saw the FBI raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home as a jarring new step aimed at limiting news organizations’ ability to gather information that the government does not want to be made public.

In the aftermath of Good’s killing by ICE agent Jonathan Ross, it’s clear some news organizations were better equipped than others to analyze the visual evidence provided from bystander videos. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/when...

Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota: Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here. www.themarshallproject.org/2026/01/07/i...

You can read the full account here. It’s heartbreaking. Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. Justice for Renee Good. www.advocate.com/news/minneso...

An ICE officer fatally shooting a woman in Minneapolis is not the first time federal agents involved in immigration have shot a person this year. Here are two shootings, including another fatal one, during the recent Chicago blitz.

The New York Times has hired eight new journalists for its video department. Another 14 video-related roles remain open. www.niemanlab.org/2026/01/the-...

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