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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Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
White House: “We wish to be assured that none of the leadership of the Smithsonian museums is confused about the fact that the United States has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world.”
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
White House: “We wish to be assured that none of the leadership of the Smithsonian museums is confused about the fact that the United States has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world.”
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Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
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This so reminds me of the work done by @brandkells on how Virginia universities expanded by dislodging Black communities. Worth reading and watching: www.propublica.org/series/uproo...
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This so reminds me of the work done by @brandkells on how Virginia universities expanded by dislodging Black communities. Worth reading and watching: www.propublica.org/series/uproo...
“It is chilling, but not impossible, to envision the signs screaming “Stop the steal!” picked up on the garbage-strewn National Mall on Jan. 7, 2021, treated one day as patriotic treasures, displayed alongside the writing desk Thomas Jefferson used to draft the Declaration of Independence ...”
Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
Opinion | It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like. (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM
“It is chilling, but not impossible, to envision the signs screaming “Stop the steal!” picked up on the garbage-strewn National Mall on Jan. 7, 2021, treated one day as patriotic treasures, displayed alongside the writing desk Thomas Jefferson used to draft the Declaration of Independence ...”
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
This might seem trivial to some, but the context is for decades now historians have been pushing to tell the “fuller American story” which tries to correct white-centric history told since our nation’s founding. Trump admin is essentially saying: We’re sticking to the white version, thanks.
The Trump administration rejected recommendations from an advisory committee to honor Frederick Douglass and the woman suffrage and Civil Rights movements, replacing them with coins that feature pilgrims, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address.
New redesigned coins marking nation's 250th birthday begin circulating today
New coins marking the United States' 250th anniversary begin circulating this week. The Trump administration tweaked the design of some coins and is considering a dollar coin featuring the president.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This might seem trivial to some, but the context is for decades now historians have been pushing to tell the “fuller American story” which tries to correct white-centric history told since our nation’s founding. Trump admin is essentially saying: We’re sticking to the white version, thanks.
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I will never forgot the all-staff meeting after layoffs were announced where someone asked Moog whether he considered taking a pay cut himself (no, of course) — and why reporters and producers had to pay for CPM’s financial woes, instead of the people (ahem, him) who caused them. This is so gross.
The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining revenue.
Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I will never forgot the all-staff meeting after layoffs were announced where someone asked Moog whether he considered taking a pay cut himself (no, of course) — and why reporters and producers had to pay for CPM’s financial woes, instead of the people (ahem, him) who caused them. This is so gross.
Question for the historians and public historians on here: Who teaches you how to write history for various audiences?
Serious Q. Are there classes in academic programs? Residencies? Working groups?
Serious Q. Are there classes in academic programs? Residencies? Working groups?
December 30, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Question for the historians and public historians on here: Who teaches you how to write history for various audiences?
Serious Q. Are there classes in academic programs? Residencies? Working groups?
Serious Q. Are there classes in academic programs? Residencies? Working groups?
My sister is an incredible leather worker. She just launched her new collection of bags, belts and jewelry. Everything is designed and hand made by her. Just in awe and wanted to share. (I have a prototype of a small tan bag from years ago and take it everywhere)
huntersavoy.com/collections/...
huntersavoy.com/collections/...
December 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
My sister is an incredible leather worker. She just launched her new collection of bags, belts and jewelry. Everything is designed and hand made by her. Just in awe and wanted to share. (I have a prototype of a small tan bag from years ago and take it everywhere)
huntersavoy.com/collections/...
huntersavoy.com/collections/...
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The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops in the Chicago area.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/23/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/23/s...
December 23, 2025 at 11:51 PM
The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump Administration from deploying National Guard troops in the Chicago area.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/23/s...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/23/s...
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The majority of archival material out there has NOT been digitized.
So if you really want to figure something out, odds are that you have to go to an archive and dig.
Historians are trained to dig.
So if you really want to figure something out, odds are that you have to go to an archive and dig.
Historians are trained to dig.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
Why Do Historians Still Have To Go To Archives?
Why do historians go to archives? Hasn’t everything already been digitized?
contingentmagazine.org
December 22, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The majority of archival material out there has NOT been digitized.
So if you really want to figure something out, odds are that you have to go to an archive and dig.
Historians are trained to dig.
So if you really want to figure something out, odds are that you have to go to an archive and dig.
Historians are trained to dig.
This is the one to watch.
CBS didn't air the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, but @propublica.org talked earlier this year to those who Trump had sent to the maximum-security prison in El Salvador:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8IN...
Venezuelans deported to CECOT and their families speak about their ordeal
YouTube video by ProPublica
www.youtube.com
December 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
This is the one to watch.
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A group of Black Maryland lawmakers plan to propose a bill that would create a commission to investigate the deaths of hundreds of Black children who died at a segregated juvenile detention facility during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Md. lawmakers seek probe into Black boys buried in abandoned graveyard
An independent commission would investigate the deaths of at least 230 Black children at segregated juvenile facility in Prince George’s County.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 20, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A group of Black Maryland lawmakers plan to propose a bill that would create a commission to investigate the deaths of hundreds of Black children who died at a segregated juvenile detention facility during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
This piece is published in partnership with More to Her Story:
This piece is published in partnership with More to Her Story:
Asian-American nurses were WWII heroes. History left them behind.
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
19thnews.org
December 18, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Their stories surfaced in fragments, often only within families. A coalition led by Asian American women is pushing Congress to make them part of the official record.
This piece is published in partnership with More to Her Story:
This piece is published in partnership with More to Her Story:
Disturbing. We must keep ProPublica authentic and transparent to its readers.
1/ At bargaining yesterday, @propublica.org management said that they should have 100% discretion to replace workers with AI and would not commit to labeling future AI-generated content.
December 17, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Disturbing. We must keep ProPublica authentic and transparent to its readers.
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So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
December 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
So... @support.bsky.team still hasn't given any tangible help on how we can get access to our @thetriibe.com account again.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
It's going on a week now.
Will be posting our stories from here in the meantime.
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For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the Washington state department of archaeology, trying to understand why it’s so hard for tribal nations to protect their cultural heritage, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. Here's what I found.
www.hcn.org/articles/was...
www.hcn.org/articles/was...
Washington approves over 99% of archaeological permits, records show - High Country News
As tribes struggle to protect their heritage, the nation’s leading state archaeologist says she lacks the authority to to stop development projects.
www.hcn.org
December 16, 2025 at 5:21 PM
For over a year I’ve been gathering documents from the Washington state department of archaeology, trying to understand why it’s so hard for tribal nations to protect their cultural heritage, even when the state archaeologist is trying to help. Here's what I found.
www.hcn.org/articles/was...
www.hcn.org/articles/was...
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YES INDEED
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
YES INDEED
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December 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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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.”
"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."
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-...
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