Front page in today’s Tribune, my latest with Gregory Royal Pratt. For this story we spoke to four moms who lost their kids to gun violence as well as Asha Gant, a survivor of human trafficking.

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Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @alisonflowers.bsky.social @chicagotribune.com
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/28/a...

If you’d like to learn more about Robert Johnson’s case, and about how wrongful convictions happen in general, this is a powerful podcast episode that is about as granular as it gets. Well done, Robert and the Exoneration Project’s Lauren Myerscough-Mueller! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/5...

What a powerful experience to present w/ Robert Johnson at @medillschool.bsky.social Midwest Solutions Journalism Summer Summit. A far cry from the Hill Correctional Center interview room.

Thank you @debofficially.bsky.social + @amberpayne.bsky.social. And esp to Robert for sharing his survival.

Robert Johnson and I are excited to join this summit at Medill this Friday! See you there @ 303 E Wacker 🙌

Ready to transform conflict into constructive change? Join us at the Medill Midwest Solutions Journalism Hub Summer Summit 6/27 in Chicago. From deep listening techniques to investigative solutions reporting, discover how journalism can be a force for meaningful impact.

Really important thread on persecution of scientists and immigrants and a woman who is both.

Thank you John + @freedom.press for all you do to support journalists!

Last week, Robert Johnson was in a prison cell. Now he’s free, after almost 30 years, riding on the Ferris wheel high above the City of Chicago.

“I didn’t think this night was going to happen. They had me in their chains for 28 years and 10 months of my life for something I didn’t have nothing to do with.”

The judge vacated Robert Johnson’s conviction!

His grandmother Mary Robinson said: “Thank you Lord. You did good. You did good.”

We are hopeful he will be released tomorrow after another hearing.

Part Two: There’s A Delicate Alchemy to Overturning A Wrongful Conviction.

Photo of Robert Johnson, his family and a blurb from his letter to me which I read ar the end of the Interview.

www.wbez.org/curious-city...

Next Wednesday, we hope, Robert Johnson will finally walk free after 30 years behind bars for crime he did not commit. On WBEZ’s Curious City, we tackle the question of why. Why — when everyone always knew Robert was innocent — has it taken so long? www.wbez.org/curious-city... @invisible.institute

@rtfanning.bsky.social 🙏

If only the New York Times had written headlines this clear and direct before the election.

'For generations, scholars argued that white women were rarely involved in the active buying and selling of Black people. A growing body of research says otherwise.'
www.nytimes.com/2024/11/22/u...

another woman is dead because doctors refused to give her standard medical care AFTER SHE ALREADY MISCARRIED. abortion bans are killing women even if they don’t need one. porsha ngumezi should be alive.

Wow, Lisa and Pamela - I’m such a fan of you both! Lisa - The Umpire’s Sons. I think about it often. Pamela - I’ve investigated wrongful convictions for years. I was lucky enough to work on You Didn’t See Nothin’ and can attest that it’s a wonderful show. 🙏

In 2011, a lawyer told me Jennifer Del Prete’s case was the one that kept her up at night. A mom and daycare worker sentenced in 2005 for murder under the debunked diagnosis of shaken-baby syndrome.

Today, after more than 20 years, a judge granted her a certificate of innocence, clearing her name.