While Burke’s overall margin of victory was incredibly small — about 1,500 votes or 0.3% — the results were anything but close in most precincts across Cook County. Post-race analysis from Alden Loury and Michael Puente: wbez.org/stories/how-bu…

For one night, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Refugee Coalition turned inspirational immigrant stories into a musical journey to raise awareness of the current migrant crisis.

A beautiful story by Chelsea Verstegen borderlessmag.org/2024/04/01/chi…

In Chicago migrants have faced hurdles adjusting to life in the city but for Yoel Guerra, whose coaches say has a chance of being recruited for college, baseball is a semblance of home.

Story by Nell Salzman:

chicagotribune.com/2024/04/01/chi…

Our WBEZ/Investigative Project on Race and Equity investigation into racial profiling in Illinois traffic stops is up for five Headline Club Lisagors, including Best Investigation, Best Reporting on Race & Equity and the Watchdog Award. Congrats to the team!

headlineclub.org/2024/03/29/the…

Paige had a high-risk pregnancy and wanted an abortion in Illinois, a state hailed as a haven for reproductive rights. But because she was in jail, she couldn't get one. In response to her request, she said jail staff wrote an emoticon: :(

Full story: themarshallproject.org/2024/03/26/jai…

In today's Literary Hub column, I was honored to interview the lead writer of The Martyrs of Gaza (@GazaMartyrs), 'The Social Media Project Humanizing Palestinians Killed By Israel, One Person at a Time.' We discussed life, death & journalism as an act of love. lithub.com/the-social-med…

Congratulations to Illinois Answers reporters SIDNEE and cam rodriguez 🔎 for being chosen for the 2024-25 The New York Times Local Investigations Fellowship.

Read more about Sidnee and Cam here: illinoisanswers.org/2024/03/25/new…

Eileen O'Neill Burke's lead is now 2,015 votes against Clayton Harris III. We're awaiting tabulation of about 4,500 total ballots (D and R, Chi + Cook) tomorrow. This also includes a brief explainer (from both camps + BOE) about Saturday's VBM snafu. chicagotribune.com/2024/03/24/sta…

The Asylum Seeker Emergency Rental Assistance Program has helped 4,600 households move into apartments. But its success remains unknown as state officials fail to track outcomes. borderlessmag.org/2024/03/18/chi…

It's been a pivotal moment in Chicago's history, but it's not the first time it's seen large waves of migration.

'Chicago is, once again, this destination for people who are seeking security and stability.'

Amy Qin breaks it down w/ amazing data viz: wbez.org/stories/migran…

Johnson's claim that he 'doesn't know if it's a substantial number' of migrants being evicted on Saturday is breathtaking to me. Either you know and you don't want to tell, or you genuinely don't know, which is how kids get lost.
chicagotribune.com/2024/03/13/joh…

For Vox, I wrote a guide for first-time tax filers. I kinda wish I had something like this when I was getting started, so I hope this helps people 🙏🏽 vox.com/even-better/24…

Michelle Yang’s South Side Weekly investigation of poor treatment, sexual harassment and low pay at the Chicago Board of Elections warehouse prompted Chicago Board of Elections to launch an internal investigation before we even published the story.

Read here: bit.ly/CBOE_Warehouse

Despite warnings, numerous hospitalizations and dozens of reports, Chicago officials continuously funneled thousands of migrants into an industrial warehouse that was never meant to house people.

Borderless Magazine latest into the migrant shelter borderlessmag.org/2024/02/27/chi…

The kind of journalism we think of when we talk about journalism today — independent, fact-based — was always a historical aberration, a product of newly won freedoms for democracy and civil rights. As those rights erode, it tracks that journalism would, too, esp w/o govt subsidy

Our colleagues in Gaza are starving. The American and European press is mostly silent. You are not hearing about many more journalist deaths right now bc US-Israel has already killed so many of them. The few still alive and reporting from Gaza are now dying slowly of hunger.

I truly believe that we at Injustice Watch are nurturing the most educated judicial electorate in the country. It's so meaningful for me, as a journalist, to be making this guide, to concretely contribute to the improvement of my community #CheckYourJudges
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Some work news… I am thrilled to be a part of this amazing team at Investigative Project on Race and Equity.