For Investigative Project on Race and Equity & Block Club Chicago, my colleagues @angelatcr, sujay kumar, Maia McDonald 💫, Khadija Ahmed & I examined how the lack of access to home repair loans and grants hinders Black seniors in Chicago from aging in place and building generational wealth. blockclubchicago.org/2024/04/23/onl…

Almost 90% of adults aged 50 to 80 want to age in place as long as they can.

But safety, financial resources and accessibility are obstacles that make aging in place difficult to achieve.

Read this story by Cassandra Spratling for NY & Michigan Solutions Journalism Collaborative nymisojo.com/2024/04/planni…

Journos and former journos: Tell me what you imagined journalism would be like when you first got into it!!

HBO's TheGirls on the Bus is reeeeeallly nailing my naive vision.

What was yours??

As someone who just got a paycheck from a class action suit against the NYPD for unlawful and violent arrests during the George Floyd protests, I’d say to the Columbia students, keep going and keep a record.

wow an absurdly expensive niche market that expanded ridiculously fast into the most expensive real estate markets in the city is going bankrupt? shocked.

SHE WON!!

So as yall know I’ve been posting about voting for Sequoia to win a Webby for her interview with Hayley for Black People Love Paramore. Tell me why this sneaky girl added me to the nomination for helping her with the interview. I had no idea.

'...Over five years, seniors in the Near North Side community area alone were approved for $713 million in refinancing or home improvement loans —an amount on par with total lending in all 28 of the city’s majority Black communities combined, $785 million.'

An all timer of a song open.spotify.com/track/4Wlz0HsH…

Edward Rainwater The Detroit scene right now feels like a golden era

What is happening in Gaza is not ignored in the media through lack of interest. It is ignored through an abundance of interest

I have been thinking about the myth that Americans simply didn’t know the extent of the Holocaust. But reporting at the time makes it clear that the more information Americans had about the genocide, the more opposed they were to welcoming in Jewish asylum seekers.

Black women leaders in journalism: Breaking barriers, forging the future | Editor and Publisher editorandpublisher.com/stories/pionee…

If I paid $70,000 in tuition and fees and another $20,000 in room and board, I would want a say in how my university was investing our tuitions

What an honor to be on this amazing list! Curve Power List: 50 LGBTQ+ Women and Nonbinary Trailblazers - CURVE. In time for #lesbianvisibilityweek thank you ⁦Curve magazine and ⁦The Curve Foundation⁩ curvemag.com/articles/curve…