A colleague sent me this 2020 email from Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot. I could teach a journalism class about it.
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Congrats to my colleagues and at and from for winning a Sarah Brown Boyden award last night for their excellent drug-court series!
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Our union of dedicated, hard-working, talented journalists is ready to collaborate with our new partners at WBEZ. We've made that crystal clear to Chicago Public Media.
It's becoming obvious that's not enough for CPM. They also want to strip us of our rights. #FairCSTContractNow
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Stephanie Zimmermann and I are on WBEZ at 11 today to discuss makeshift machine guns and extended mags. Listen in.
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The Sun-Times’ new chapter: Our digital content is now free for everyone
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#FairCSTContractNow I and my Sun-Times colleagues are expressing our support for our union leaders at the bargaining table right now.
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Police shut down South Side, West Side businesses over violence, go easy on clout-heavy bars downtown
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State Sen. Elgie Sims approached in federal criminal investigation into alleged influence peddling by body-cam company
Killing of 15-year-old tests a justice system strained by more arrests, fewer resources
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🇺🇸 Going After 'Ghost Guns'
▫Illinois Democrats join Biden in taking aim at spectre of elusive ‘ghost guns’
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#frontpagestoday #USA 🗞
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Pritzker compares Illinois GOP to QAnon after state Senate rejects parole board appointees
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Two Pritzker appointees to Illinois Prisoner Review Board out — amid criticism over votes to parole killers of police officers
THIS EXPLAINS EVERYTHING: As ‘Batman’ has changed over the years, so has Commissioner Gordon — in praise of a former Chicago cop
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I guess now we know the new variant is called Putin.
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So proud of this series by and — plus the editing, design, graphic and photo staff working behind the scenes. Fantastic work! And thanks to our fine partner in the series
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Thousands of Chicagoans — mostly Black men — have been jailed on drug charges everyone knew were never going to stick, a @Suntimes and @BetterGov investigation found. Police knew. Prosecutors knew. Judges knew.
Yet no one has put a stop to it. bit.ly/3lwAfbe
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Myanmar court sentences US journalist to 11 years with hard labor
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The latest CPS/CTU scoop from
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Breaking: The Chicago Teachers Union believes Chicago Public Schools' "last, best and final offer ... is still deficient on the most critical safety issues," according to a draft of an email that was scheduled to be sent to members this afternoon. chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021
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Oxygen network has aired a new show called Killer Siblings on the DeFrancisco sisters, who were convicted of a cold-blooded murder in Pilsen 20 years ago. I have a small role in the show -- a well-done true-crime doc: oxygen.com/killer-sibling
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One of the best in Chicago journalism editor-in-chief is leaving us to run a journalism startup in California. We will miss him greatly, but I know he will continue to do great things for local journalism:
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Must read - Column: When I almost died: My days battling the coronavirus and what I remember the most
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A July afternoon in the Manor, where friendships as close as family grow, then: ‘Munchie, Munchie, hold on’
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Federal prosecutors cast wide net on former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, get records on Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Gold Coast mansion, 118 other properties across Chicago and suburbs. chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/17/2132 via
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Arguments are underway over the bid by Gangster Disciples co-founder and former chairman Larry Hoover to win a new sentencing hearing. If Hoover's federal sentence is somehow eliminated, he would likely wind up back in state prison. Background here:
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The photo archive, now showcased at , features iconic moments such as the Bud Billiken Parade in 1953; Elvis Presley performing at Chicago Stadium in 1972; & Mayor Harold Washington's inauguration in 1983.
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Dogged columnist’s job is no picnic — except when it’s time to probe private use of public parkland chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/ via
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“I am a 61-year-old black man. My life, like those of so many black men, is a clash of PTSD, fear, anger, hope, love and, at least for me, guilt for not doing enough to leave behind a better world for the next generation.”
Powerful, by :
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Even Sears Tower is 100% fucking DONE with this 2020 bullshit
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The road to forgiveness; Gun-control backer’s change of heart toward son’s killers: ‘I forgive them’ chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/ via
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FBI serves warrant on senator in investigation of stock sales linked to coronavirus latimes.com/politics/story
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Rest In Peace, Albert. One of the great Chicago newsmen from the Daily News era. A class act.
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Albert Dickens, who worked at the Sun-Times for 49½ years, was the longest-serving person on staff when he retired on Sept. 30, 2019. He died Sunday at 82, and we will miss him dearly. bit.ly/2xXb2RB
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Held in the same super-max prison where ‘El Chapo’ is locked up, the Gangster Disciples kingpin wants a break under the First Step Act that Kanye West championed.
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Suburban Chicago gynecologist’s mysterious death in Texas ‘was a homicide,’ expert says chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/30/2124 via
In first day as superintendent, David Brown apologizes to aldermen for not warning about police surge chicago.suntimes.com/2020/4/23/2123 via
Today was my last day at after 5.5 years. I found out I was getting laid off while on assignment. I couldn’t cry, you can’t get masks wet and it’s dangerous to touch your face during this pandemic. Since then I’ve been going through a lot of emotions. A THREAD (1/17)
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