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We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
December 14, 2025 at 11:34 PM
We library folk do a good job talking about all the free services we offer, but I don’t see many of us talking about how libraries are one or the only places where you can use services without being advertised to.
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Talks about a teen curfew are kicking back up in Chicago City Council circles.
Here’s a look at our reporting on the subject:
thetriibe.com/2025/06/teen...
Here’s a look at our reporting on the subject:
thetriibe.com/2025/06/teen...
Here's the thing about curfews... • The TRiiBE
We partnered with South Side Weekly to dig into curfews, talk to teenagers and parents, and examine the demise of third spaces for them.
thetriibe.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Talks about a teen curfew are kicking back up in Chicago City Council circles.
Here’s a look at our reporting on the subject:
thetriibe.com/2025/06/teen...
Here’s a look at our reporting on the subject:
thetriibe.com/2025/06/teen...
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3⃣0⃣ days on strike - this is officially the longest national ULP strike in Starbucks' history.
Listen to our striking baristas in Austin, TX: Don't cross our picket line! Stop buying Starbucks. #NoContractNoCoffee
Listen to our striking baristas in Austin, TX: Don't cross our picket line! Stop buying Starbucks. #NoContractNoCoffee
December 12, 2025 at 4:03 PM
3⃣0⃣ days on strike - this is officially the longest national ULP strike in Starbucks' history.
Listen to our striking baristas in Austin, TX: Don't cross our picket line! Stop buying Starbucks. #NoContractNoCoffee
Listen to our striking baristas in Austin, TX: Don't cross our picket line! Stop buying Starbucks. #NoContractNoCoffee
Essential reading: chicagoreader.com/columns-opin...
Chicago Public Library doesn’t exist without its workers - Chicago Reader
The 2026 budget proposes eliminating library vacancies and cutting about half the funds for new materials, security, and custodial services.
chicagoreader.com
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Essential reading: chicagoreader.com/columns-opin...
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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed disastrous cuts to our city's libraries while setting aside $5M for a ShotSpotter replacement. As library associate Sara Heymann told me, “Libraries embody everything we need to fight back against fascism.” My piece on what’s at stake and how to fight back:
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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If this year's cuts go through in addition to last year's, this would be the equivalent of each CPL branch losing TWO staff people. Library workers are the ones who make libraries WORK. More of us really need to take this seriously.
December 2, 2025 at 10:53 PM
If this year's cuts go through in addition to last year's, this would be the equivalent of each CPL branch losing TWO staff people. Library workers are the ones who make libraries WORK. More of us really need to take this seriously.
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What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
December 2, 2025 at 10:51 PM
What's happening with the Chicago Public Libraries right now is terrible. The proposed budget of the city would CUT 89 CPL positions. Importantly, 78 positions were lost LAST year. That would be 167 positions in 2 YEARS while COPS KEEP GETTING MORE MONEY. ENOUGH. SAY NO.
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I'm genuinely sad Target went the way it did. I still don't shop there.
The one closest to my house seemed fine with being a staging ground for lCE as well - agents used it as a base to terrorize our neighborhood.
It would take A LOT for me to happily drop dollars there like I used to.
The one closest to my house seemed fine with being a staging ground for lCE as well - agents used it as a base to terrorize our neighborhood.
It would take A LOT for me to happily drop dollars there like I used to.
December 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I'm genuinely sad Target went the way it did. I still don't shop there.
The one closest to my house seemed fine with being a staging ground for lCE as well - agents used it as a base to terrorize our neighborhood.
It would take A LOT for me to happily drop dollars there like I used to.
The one closest to my house seemed fine with being a staging ground for lCE as well - agents used it as a base to terrorize our neighborhood.
It would take A LOT for me to happily drop dollars there like I used to.
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I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
December 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I can't stress enough that you should take every opportunity that comes your way to support your local public libraries. Many of them are currently struggling and are being DEFUNDED. Local action matters on this front. Don't sit back until those libraries are gone before taking ACTION.
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every year without fail
every budget discussion is just the dril candles tweet
"somebody whos good with the economy please help my family is dying"
"spend less on cops"
"no"
"somebody whos good with the economy please help my family is dying"
"spend less on cops"
"no"
they never ask how we're gonna pay for more cops and bombs
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
every year without fail
Just $10 million could fully restore lost library positions and positions that were promised for us to reopen on Sundays (rough estimate, I'm just a Librarian not a mathematician). We could choose this!!
I'll close with a reminder I give every year: unlike our other billion-dollar-plus departments, CPD is almost entirely paid for with the general-purpose corporate fund.
Out of every dollar spent on the police budget, roughly 94 cents could be spent on any other city department, if Council wanted.
Out of every dollar spent on the police budget, roughly 94 cents could be spent on any other city department, if Council wanted.
November 20, 2025 at 2:49 AM
Just $10 million could fully restore lost library positions and positions that were promised for us to reopen on Sundays (rough estimate, I'm just a Librarian not a mathematician). We could choose this!!
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That's something the city council should probably keep in mind at today's CPD budget hearing.
In a year where the majority of departments took haircuts, CPD's budget is up again. (It's also the only department to have gone over budget in every one of the past full budget years, 2022-2024.)
In a year where the majority of departments took haircuts, CPD's budget is up again. (It's also the only department to have gone over budget in every one of the past full budget years, 2022-2024.)
Budget vs. Actual Spend: Chicago Police Only City Department to Overspend Local Funds Three Years Running
Explore the Chicago police budget and learn how the department consistently overspends its budget from 2022 to 2024.
www.bettergov.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
That's something the city council should probably keep in mind at today's CPD budget hearing.
In a year where the majority of departments took haircuts, CPD's budget is up again. (It's also the only department to have gone over budget in every one of the past full budget years, 2022-2024.)
In a year where the majority of departments took haircuts, CPD's budget is up again. (It's also the only department to have gone over budget in every one of the past full budget years, 2022-2024.)
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Here's my letter. Share away. Tell the city of Chicago not to cut the library's budget.
buttondown.com/papersquared...
buttondown.com/papersquared...
November 5, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Here's my letter. Share away. Tell the city of Chicago not to cut the library's budget.
buttondown.com/papersquared...
buttondown.com/papersquared...
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Yesterday, I said I wouldn't vote for a budget that didn't restore the Chicago Public Library's budget and I meant it. Fund the libraries. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...
Librarians, Aldermen Push Back Against Proposed Library Cuts
Mayor Brandon Johnson's proposed 2026 budget calls for eliminating some vacant library positions and halving the agency's collections budget from $10 million to $5 million.
blockclubchicago.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Yesterday, I said I wouldn't vote for a budget that didn't restore the Chicago Public Library's budget and I meant it. Fund the libraries. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/05/l...