Logan Jaffe
@loganjaffe.bsky.social
Reporter, newsletters @ProPublica.org. Public History grad student @loyolahistdept.bsky.social. Fellow, New America US@250 initiative. Floridian in the Midwest.
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Logan Jaffe
@loganjaffe.bsky.social
· Nov 11
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What's up! Excited to be on here and reconnect. I'm a journalist with ProPublica, based in Chicago. I write newsletters and stories. I also study and write about public history.
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“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
"The second earner isn’t working for a vacation or a boat. The second earner is working to pay the stranger watching their children so they can go to work and clear $1-2K extra a month. It’s a closed loop."
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Part 1: My Life Is a Lie
How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke America
www.yesigiveafig.com
November 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
All of this.
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
“The anger isn’t about the goods. It’s about the breach of contract. The American Deal was that Effort ~ Security. Effort brought your Hope strike closer. But because the real poverty line is $140,000, effort no longer yields security or progress; it brings risk, exhaustion, and debt.”
Newsrooms have made online maps of where ICE has arrested people. What would it look like to mark these incidents in physical places?
November 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Newsrooms have made online maps of where ICE has arrested people. What would it look like to mark these incidents in physical places?
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Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
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We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
November 21, 2025 at 2:56 PM
We spent a year investigating billionaires for @washingtonpost.com.
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
We found: the wealthiest 100 Americans gave $1.1 billion to influence the 2024 elections — 140x more than they did in 2000. And almost all of that giving boosted Republicans.
washingtonpost.com/politics/int...
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"American Colonists and founders thought Native American societies were simple and primitive... [but they] were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power."
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
Before the American Revolution, Native nations guarded their societies against tyranny
Native American communities were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power.
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:44 PM
"American Colonists and founders thought Native American societies were simple and primitive... [but they] were elaborate consensus democracies, many of which had survived for generations because of careful attention to checking and balancing power."
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
theconversation.com/before-the-a...
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This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
November 19, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is the first story I ever did that got more than a million views
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Both of my parents (who exclusively attended segregated schools) are only a few years older than Ruby Bridges. Economists could do much better work on segregation if they took the time to understand what it was and what it did to people who are still here.
TIL Ruby Bridges is only 71 years old. man alive Jim Crow was just yesterday
November 19, 2025 at 1:40 AM
Both of my parents (who exclusively attended segregated schools) are only a few years older than Ruby Bridges. Economists could do much better work on segregation if they took the time to understand what it was and what it did to people who are still here.
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I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
Tell Students the Truth About American History
We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.
www.theatlantic.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:57 PM
I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”
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"They spent a month in detention before she gave up on her asylum case and asked to be sent back to Venezuela. Mejías later told me her son cried for his father and refused to eat the food served in jail. He lost weight."
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
NEW: The Trump administration’s slickly produced videos of an immigration raid at a Chicago apartment building in September showed federal agents rappelling from a helicopter and banging down doors.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
These are the stories of the people who were inside.
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:25 PM
"They spent a month in detention before she gave up on her asylum case and asked to be sent back to Venezuela. Mejías later told me her son cried for his father and refused to eat the food served in jail. He lost weight."
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
Always read @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social
In Saturday morning’s @propublica.org newsletter, Melissa Sanchez wrote about her recent story on an immigration raid on a Chicago apt building.
She was able to locate and speak with detained and deported people who experienced it. Here’s what they told her: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
She was able to locate and speak with detained and deported people who experienced it. Here’s what they told her: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
What the Trump Administration’s Videos From a Chicago Immigration Raid Don’t Show
Detained and deported Venezuelans tell their stories of what happened when immigration agents raided their apartment building.
www.propublica.org
November 17, 2025 at 3:06 PM
In Saturday morning’s @propublica.org newsletter, Melissa Sanchez wrote about her recent story on an immigration raid on a Chicago apt building.
She was able to locate and speak with detained and deported people who experienced it. Here’s what they told her: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
She was able to locate and speak with detained and deported people who experienced it. Here’s what they told her: www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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I'm really proud of this story and my colleagues --
@jodiscohen.bsky.social @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
Sebastian Rotella and @mariamelba.bsky.social ... best collab ever. We got help from A LOT of people
@propublica.org and beyond, including Ronna Risquez, and Andrea Morales from @mlk50.com
@jodiscohen.bsky.social @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
Sebastian Rotella and @mariamelba.bsky.social ... best collab ever. We got help from A LOT of people
@propublica.org and beyond, including Ronna Risquez, and Andrea Morales from @mlk50.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
I'm really proud of this story and my colleagues --
@jodiscohen.bsky.social @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
Sebastian Rotella and @mariamelba.bsky.social ... best collab ever. We got help from A LOT of people
@propublica.org and beyond, including Ronna Risquez, and Andrea Morales from @mlk50.com
@jodiscohen.bsky.social @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
Sebastian Rotella and @mariamelba.bsky.social ... best collab ever. We got help from A LOT of people
@propublica.org and beyond, including Ronna Risquez, and Andrea Morales from @mlk50.com
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You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
“I Lost Everything”: Venezuelans Were Rounded Up in a Dramatic Midnight Raid but Never Charged With a Crime
Authorities said Tren de Aragua “terrorists” had taken over the building. A ProPublica investigation found little evidence to back up the government’s claims. For the first time, the Venezuelans arres...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
You probably saw videos of a nighttime raid in Chicago. Agents rappelling from a helicopter, bursting down doors, questioning brown-skinned immigrants.
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
We investigated -- and found little evidence to support the government’s claims about Tren de Aragua.
www.propublica.org/article/chic...
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And Illinois State Police provides access to gang database info to DHS. In June, I found that DHS Enforcement and Removal Operations signed a data sharing agreement with ISP in *2024*. news.wttw.com/2025/06/02/i...
November 13, 2025 at 3:01 AM
And Illinois State Police provides access to gang database info to DHS. In June, I found that DHS Enforcement and Removal Operations signed a data sharing agreement with ISP in *2024*. news.wttw.com/2025/06/02/i...
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High Country News is another independent journalism outlet that does great work, focusing on the American West (public lands, indigenous affairs, climate change, water, arts & culture); a digital subscription is only $25/yr.
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
How I found hope while reporting on a metal fest
Peek behind the scenes at the challenges and joy of covering Fire in the Mountains.
www.hcn.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:14 PM
High Country News is another independent journalism outlet that does great work, focusing on the American West (public lands, indigenous affairs, climate change, water, arts & culture); a digital subscription is only $25/yr.
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Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
“There were about seven other day laborers on the corner there that scattered, and [the agents] seemed to just grab the first person they could get their hands on,” a witness told @katieprout.bsky.social.
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared
Abductions by federal immigration agents follow recent city-sponsored evictions of homeless residents from public parks.
chicagoreader.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“There were about seven other day laborers on the corner there that scattered, and [the agents] seemed to just grab the first person they could get their hands on,” a witness told @katieprout.bsky.social.
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
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At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader
The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Denver Post confirms what we’ve been hearing: nearly all federal HSI agents with expertise on cultural property crimes have been reassigned to immigration duties in recent months.
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Denver Post confirms what we’ve been hearing: nearly all federal HSI agents with expertise on cultural property crimes have been reassigned to immigration duties in recent months.
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.