it’s challenging being a Black-owned newsroom during this time of anti-DEI and political attacks, but we persevere. that’s what our ancestors did.

if you can, consider making a contribution — big or small — to fuel our reporting on Chicago.

if you know a $$$ person in your life, spread the word.

Probably 40+ border patrol some holding automatic weapons on South Michigan Avenue just now 12:20 pm. Fully masked. #NoIceInChicago. @icirr.bsky.social @indivisiblechicago.bsky.social

Chicago: Heads up, lCE is downtown.

Just got this text alert from @icirr.bsky.social.

Reminder that you have the right to film police activity, the right to remain silent (the right to say I do not wish to speak with you), the right to speak to an attorney, & the right to refuse to sign anything.

Yes, arresting a journalist for doing their job is a big flashing red light. But I don't want people to forget the whole reason everyone is out there.

This is what I saw inside:

Four holding rooms. Two smaller rooms were being used for holding protesters. Two larger rooms held ICE/CBP captives.

NEW — From our editor-in-chief:

Over the past few weeks, I’ve been thinking about Anne Frank. She and her family went into hiding to avoid persecution.

In Chicago and its surrounding suburbs, there are immigrants who are afraid to leave their homes.

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I’m out, I'm sore. I'll have more later, but right now I have to say a couple of things. First, walking out of there to learn about the kindness, support, and quick action from so many of you all has meant the world to me, my wife, and co-founder, Raven. Thank you.

Steve is fine/uninjured. Some neck pain from being tackled.

His biggest concern while in custody was what was happening to people outside the facility since he couldn't hear any of the munitions from inside.

In typical Steve fashion, he also made a number of new friends while detained.

"describes himself" is very disappointing language. freedom of the press is deeply at risk, we need our local media to stand together. he's a journalist just like the Sun Times visual journalist who was struck by munitions yesterday.

Journalists, who are either Palestinian, Arab, or Muslim, told Prism that they were shut out of covering Israel’s genocide in Gaza, while white, Jewish, or Israeli—even former soldiers—journalists took the lead. Read @laubast.bsky.social's report on how US media capitulates to the Israeli narrative.

I wrote a little blog about Radio Garden, an app that lets you listen to more than 40,000 radio stations around the world
open.substack.com/pub/taylormo...

my brain filters out all Abundance-related posts, articles and discourse. that's none of my business

And here's how @nytimes.com covered Israel's accusation that Al-Jazeera journalist Anas al-Sharif was a "Hamas fighter posing as a reporter."

The NYT is perfectly capable of calling out government propaganda and lies — but not when it comes to Israel.

Here's how @nytimes.com covered Russia's accusation (followed by a sham court conviction) that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was a spy:

has anyone figured out what protein is

To restate the obvious, this is not ultimately just about immigration. This is going to be a huge, well-armed, and often unidentified force under direct control of the president that can and has been drawn on for suppression of political speech and activity

I really appreciated this! At the Chicago Reader, where I edited the arts calendar for years (a “Goings On About Town” analog), we had a completist approach to listings that was integral to the health of the city’s artistic fringe. It wasn’t a job that won awards, but it was incredibly fulfilling.

only one thing can truly fix everything wrong with all of us: another massive and extravagant world’s fair in chicago

I wrote about the beauty (and virality) of Iranian brickwork

NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.

Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.

These are their stories.

The #93 bus extension south to Logan Square might change my life. Good transit week for me
www.transitchicago.com/cta-to-exten...

Yes......YES

Our long national nightmare is over (All four Red Line stations finally open)

Several detainees at “Alligator Alcatraz,” Florida’s new immigrant detention center, described infrequent showers, little food, sleep deprivation and more. “It’s a tinderbox,” one detainee said in an interview. nyti.ms/3Gs68j2

Someday we need to have a convo about how "rest" as a concept has been commodified by woo-woo scam artists who, instead of using corporate buzzwords, charge $$$ for breathing exercises and talking circles focused on "healing" and "liberation" for "BIPOC"