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Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...
Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes
Despite some headline-grabbing mayhem, Chicago’s gun violence fell to levels not seen in a decade in 2025, with a homicide total roughly half what it was just four years ago.
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December 29, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Chicago violence continued to plummet in 2025 despite high-profile crimes www.chicagotribune.com/2025/12/29/2...
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“I started organizing as a young person in Chicago almost 15 years ago... Some of the things that we saw affirmed and invested in and protected in this budget felt unimaginable back then."
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“I started organizing as a young person in Chicago almost 15 years ago... Some of the things that we saw affirmed and invested in and protected in this budget felt unimaginable back then."
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Chicago budget wins and losses: insights from Asha Ransby-Sporn • The TRiiBE
Exclusive Q&A with an organizer at the center of Chicago’s budget battle.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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“I started organizing as a young person in Chicago almost 15 years ago... Some of the things that we saw affirmed and invested in and protected in this budget felt unimaginable back then."
thetriibe.com/reshape/chic...
“I started organizing as a young person in Chicago almost 15 years ago... Some of the things that we saw affirmed and invested in and protected in this budget felt unimaginable back then."
thetriibe.com/reshape/chic...
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The problem with AI isn't that it has no morals or ethics, (it can't, or course)--but that the folks building it don't seem to.
December 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
The problem with AI isn't that it has no morals or ethics, (it can't, or course)--but that the folks building it don't seem to.
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This is about people who are being held pretrial, without a conviction, and yet are blocked from accessing ballots… until Colorado required polling places in jails.
Sheriffs nationwide have enormous control over jail voting access, with many restricting mail and voter guides, making it nearly impossible for incarcerated people to vote. A law in Colorado removed that discretion—and turnout has soared.
Jail Voting Soars in Colorado After State Mandates Polling Places in County Lockups
Local officials had claimed they were already giving detained people ballot access, but the first-in-the-nation mandate forced their hands and increased turnout across the state.
boltsmag.org
December 28, 2025 at 11:56 PM
This is about people who are being held pretrial, without a conviction, and yet are blocked from accessing ballots… until Colorado required polling places in jails.
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How I Spend Sundays in a Pennsylvania Women’s Prison
How I Spend Sundays in a Pennsylvania Women’s Prison
I tracked what I did on a typical Sunday in my Pennsylvania facility.
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December 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
How I Spend Sundays in a Pennsylvania Women’s Prison
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If you want to stay home to raise babies, you should be able to do so. But not everyone wants to do that and THAT's THE POINT. Folks should be able to do what they want AND importantly THE RESOURCES should exist to support those choices. That's the part that these ghouls elide.
December 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
If you want to stay home to raise babies, you should be able to do so. But not everyone wants to do that and THAT's THE POINT. Folks should be able to do what they want AND importantly THE RESOURCES should exist to support those choices. That's the part that these ghouls elide.
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The cops shot and killed an activist during STOP COP CITY and then the state criminalized the protesters for indicting over 60 people on RICO charges... THAT IS STILL HAPPENING NOW. Those charges have not been dismissed. The first trials are underway.
December 28, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The cops shot and killed an activist during STOP COP CITY and then the state criminalized the protesters for indicting over 60 people on RICO charges... THAT IS STILL HAPPENING NOW. Those charges have not been dismissed. The first trials are underway.
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Mamdani announced in late October 2024 to little fanfare and in Jan 2025 he was polling in single digits. People should please be serious.
December 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Mamdani announced in late October 2024 to little fanfare and in Jan 2025 he was polling in single digits. People should please be serious.
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People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it. Story via @npr.org from 2024. The piece features PJP contributors.
People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it
Three people incarcerated at prisons across the U.S. spoke to NPR's Morning Edition about how music helps them reconnect with the past, endure the present and envision the future.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:34 PM
People in prison explain what music means to them — and how they access it. Story via @npr.org from 2024. The piece features PJP contributors.
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I see the Panthers are being invoked. I like to remind people about what the U.S. government and local police forces did to the BPP. This recent book is useful. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Police Against the Movement
A bold retelling of the 1960s civil rights struggle through its work against police violence—and a prehistory of both the Black Lives Matter and Blue Lives Matter movements that emerged half a century...
press.princeton.edu
December 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
I see the Panthers are being invoked. I like to remind people about what the U.S. government and local police forces did to the BPP. This recent book is useful. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Not one person is made safer by categorizing people as unworthy of housing. #DismantleChangeBuild
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
‘An impossible situation’ - Chicago Reader
Beginning January 1, the City of Chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
chicagoreader.com
December 27, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Not one person is made safer by categorizing people as unworthy of housing. #DismantleChangeBuild
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"Penalizing truthful reporting...criminalizes homelessness rather than enforcing registration law”
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
Totally agree with Lori Jo Reynolds. This part has been 🤯🤯
I don't know what lawyer told CPD it could simply refuse to accept entirely accurate forms but that person should no longer advise the City.
NEW: beginning january 1, chicago will ban unhoused people on the sex offense registry from seeking shelter on public transit.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
it’s the latest in a concerted effort by mayor johnson’s admin to criminalize homelessness on cta trains + buses and in public parks during the coldest months of the year.
December 27, 2025 at 5:35 AM
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Throughout most of the prison, my nickname is Tree because I’m 7 feet tall. But in the Braille room, my nickname is Ent, an allusion to the tree creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” book series, which many of us have read.
How I Learned to Transcribe Braille in Prison
Braille books, business cards and tactile maps are often crafted in prisons throughout the U.S. The job is more fun than most prison work.
prisonjournalismproject.org
December 26, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Throughout most of the prison, my nickname is Tree because I’m 7 feet tall. But in the Braille room, my nickname is Ent, an allusion to the tree creatures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings” book series, which many of us have read.
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You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
December 27, 2025 at 5:04 AM
You can do a lot locally with a dedicated group of 15 to 40 people. Regular people should be thinking at that scale rather than at the scale of thousands.
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Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
December 27, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.
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What is not in this story but should be is that the opioid overdose crisis has led to a massive increase in the incarceration of women specifically. The children are taken from the parent, but no mention of the parent (usually a woman) who goes to jail.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Opinion | The Opioid Crisis Never Ended. It Was Inherited by the Children. (Gift Article)
The pain of drug addiction continues to course through towns like Clarksburg, W.Va., where many babies are born withdrawing and have to be taken from their parents.
www.nytimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
What is not in this story but should be is that the opioid overdose crisis has led to a massive increase in the incarceration of women specifically. The children are taken from the parent, but no mention of the parent (usually a woman) who goes to jail.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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Some humanity in inhumane places this holiday season. Jail detainees at Cook County Jail heard from faith leaders Christmas morning.
Faith leaders were, however, refused access to pray inside Broadview ICE facility.
Faith leaders were, however, refused access to pray inside Broadview ICE facility.
Cardinal Blase Cupich, Rainbow PUSH deliver Christmas Mass messages at Cook County Jail
"Our lives are not defined by the errors we make," Cupich said. He and the Rainbow PUSH Coalition offered Mass services Thursday, spreading religious messages of positivity at the jail.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Some humanity in inhumane places this holiday season. Jail detainees at Cook County Jail heard from faith leaders Christmas morning.
Faith leaders were, however, refused access to pray inside Broadview ICE facility.
Faith leaders were, however, refused access to pray inside Broadview ICE facility.
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A group in San Diego has been patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for vehicles that may belong to federal agencies, and use livestreams, radios, and social media to keep communities informed.
How Volunteer Patrols Are Working to Protect San Diego Immigrant Communities From ICE
In response to mass deportation threats and mixed messages from county leaders on federal cooperation, San Diego organizers are taking action to inform residents of ICE activity.
boltsmag.org
December 25, 2025 at 8:08 PM
A group in San Diego has been patrolling neighborhoods to identify potential ICE presence. They keep watch for vehicles that may belong to federal agencies, and use livestreams, radios, and social media to keep communities informed.
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Roberts will be remembered in the same vein as Taney. The court sprinkles a couple of sane decisions to keep society from rendering it wholly illegitimate.
I suggested a couple weeks ago that Roberts had seen enough and his legacy was at stake. Thought this would color some of his decisions.
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In major loss for Trump, Supreme Court blocks National Guard deployment to Chicago | CNN Politics
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected President Donald Trump’s request to allow him to deploy the National Guard to Chicago to protect ICE agents, a significant and rare loss for the administration on...
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December 25, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Roberts will be remembered in the same vein as Taney. The court sprinkles a couple of sane decisions to keep society from rendering it wholly illegitimate.
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We wish Happy Holidays to everyone as we rest and reflect on all that this year has brought for us.
December 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We wish Happy Holidays to everyone as we rest and reflect on all that this year has brought for us.
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Training and equipment they said.
December 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Training and equipment they said.
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The New Mexico Attorney General’s recent opinion limiting parole for people given life sentences as juveniles coincides with an increased focus on punitive policies for juvenile crime in the state.
New Mexico Officials Block a Pathway to Freedom for Juvenile Lifers Despite Reforms
State lawmakers banned life without parole for juveniles. But an opinion by the attorney general and parole board decisions could keep some from getting a second chance.
boltsmag.org
December 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The New Mexico Attorney General’s recent opinion limiting parole for people given life sentences as juveniles coincides with an increased focus on punitive policies for juvenile crime in the state.