Original video, from the fall of our sr year Boston University as part of video for Howard Thurman Center, Ctr for Common Ground: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj2Xal…. Wish I could say I knew Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez more than just from a few classes in common and thru mutual friends, but proud to support her and #proudtoBU

Made my first Green Chef meal tonight— great flavor combos with parm, mint, pistachios, and lemon/sumac yogurt dressing #greenchef

Incredible work, Melissa Sanchez!

Though we’ve made progress, 85% of students in IL are still in underfunded school districts. Governor JB Pritzker, all kids deserve fully funded schools. Show your support for fair and equitable funding in this week’s budget address by calling for $650M in FY21 for EBF. #FundtheFormula

Super Tuesday voters: Do you want a nominee who’s progressive? Who’s experienced and has a track record of results? Who can actually bring together our party? And who can beat Donald Trump? Elizabeth Warren is the candidate for you. Get out and vote! #ChooseWarren

This makes SO much more sense. I completely understand that we don’t want to punish students if they can’t access content from home, but I do want to acknowledge students for stepping up.

The proposal is about 9 pages, so it doesn’t take long to read, and there are several orgs with specific critiques you can echo.

Growing up, City Bureau fellow Aaron had questions about why Chicago continued to be such a tale of two cities. Part of the answer? Home loans. "[It] made this major invisible force shaping the city suddenly become visible to me." ow.ly/2obI50zYNrJ

One thing we don't talk about much in public radio and journalism in general is how the fact that journalists, esp. in early careers are paid so so little is a deterrent to bringing in Black and Latino reporters from poor or working class families. Sonari @MelbaLara

DIVISION 2 - Best Hybrid Publication 1st: Paw Print (The Payton Paw Print), Walter Payton College Prep H.S., Michelle Mowery, adviser 2nd: Pritzker Press, Pritzker College Prep, H.S., Katie Curtin, adviser 3rd: Viator Voice, Saint Viator HS, Chris Paolelli, adviser

You’ve now done at least two longer pieces on Noble, and your expressed interest is school discipline. Honest question: In your reporting, have you set foot in any of Noble’s schools? If so, which ones? x.com/dustyrhodes919…

“Engaging in any behavior that is disruptive to the orderly process of classroom instructions” (CPS) is also pretty broad and up for interpretation. I’d hazard a guess that most schools include similarly vague clauses. x.com/dustyrhodes919…

Thank you, Anna North and Alex Arriaga for taking the time to talk to students and teachers at Pritzker for Vox and Chicago Sun-Times. We may not always love how we’re portrayed, but we appreciate that you took time to come to us before reporting on us.