“Genius is but audacity and the audacity of Chicago has chosen a star. It has looked upward to it and knows nothing that it fears to attempt and thus far has found nothing that it can not accomplish.” A statue in Union Park. Several police lines on both sides of it.

Special thanks for Jinx Press for being a fantastic human who took a lot of guess work out of plans, and who made long nights much easier. And double thanks to Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (At the DNC) for partnering up to cover the last few nights of festivities. Check out my reports at The Real News

Boarding my flight soon but I’ll say it one more time: Rock over London. Rock on Chicago! youtu.be/KwYGI8OjXvo?si…

“I think there was a guy talking about time travel over there… but he’s not there anymore..” Working on going through all my DNC footage and came across this clip. An argument between one photographer and Hein of the patrol Bureau started after the police tried to make all

NEW: Major structural deficiencies at Men's Central Jail could turn the decaying building into a deathtrap in the next earthquake. The county has known about this since at least 2006, and done none of the seismic retrofitting needed to fix it. latimes.com/california/sto…

Milwaukee, 57 years ago today 200 Milwaukeeans joined the NAACP Youth Council and Father Groppi to march across the 16th street viaduct to protest discriminatory housing policies. 5000+ white south siders harassed the marchers by hurling bricks, bottles and death threats.

When a nonprofit is in the news, people turn to our Nonprofit Explorer to check its finances. Today, we’re adding a feature that lets you see which organizations are trending. propublica.org/article/nonpro…

Happy Skynet Day to all who celebrate

U.S. Press Freedom Tracker Stephanie Sugars Journalists speak out about how CPD policed the press during DNC Today, 1 pm ET/12 pm CT Featuring Kevin Gosztola, Mostafa Bassim, Notorious Tinatanium 🆓, Talia Jane ❤️‍🔥, Ford Fischer, Mel Buer, and Sean Beckner-Carmitchel (At the DNC), and moderated by @FreedomOfPress’ Seth Stern. x.com/i/spaces/1LyxB…

🧵featuring comments from independent journalists, who discussed what they experienced while covering the DNC protests. [Thanks to Freedom of the Press for hosting this conversation.]

It's not just California law. The DOJ and the federal appellate court with jurisdiction in CA agree that blanket dispersal orders for protesters, encampment residents, etc. can't constitutionally include the press. freedom.press/news/doj-dispe…

Thanks to everyone who tuned in to our Space today about how CPD policed the press during the DNC. Did you miss it? Listen to the entire conversation below. x.com/i/spaces/1LyxB…

If I’m being honest, the one mutual follower I have with Lincoln Heights Corn Man comes as a bit of a surprise.

An absolutely devastating loss for all of us. Shutting and barring the doors to open and easy access to knowledge, to appease a bunch of wealthy suits who care nothing about its preservation and dissemination Incalculable loss for all of us

Happy Birthday, Los Angeles!