Our union received the bittersweet news today that there will not be any layoffs at the Chicago Sun-Times. But 16 beloved Guild members have taken buyouts, as have several non-union newsroom colleagues. This is the biggest hit to our newsroom in at least 12 years.

Sadhvi Ritambhara, one of the extremists arrested for Babri Masjid's demolition & the ensuing bloodshed in India, is scheduled to speak at north suburban Hindu temple this weekend. Some groups are urging for her invitation to be rescinded. My latest: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

Tremendous work by the estimable Rummana Hussain: I wouldn't roll out welcome mat for this Brown woman chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

Lifelong Chicagoan and public transit rider Natalie Y Moore goes for a ride on the CTA with a lawmaker who proposes a radical approach to the troubled system. (WARNING: This column contains a reference to an Adriana Furs ad) chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

Muslim Indian Boy Shuts Down Reporter.

There was a lot of criticism over the reception Shah Rukh Khan Shah Rukh Khan received at the Met Gala. But many don't know, the Bollywood star is used to feeling unwelcome in America. 🇮🇳 🇺🇸 My latest: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

The Sun-Times Guild is aware of the third-party “summer guide” content in the Sunday, May 18 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times newspaper. This was a syndicated section produced externally without the knowledge of the members of our newsroom. 🧵👇

Desis in the Chicago area & elsewhere have their eyes on Zohran Kwame Mamdani as he vies to become New York's next mayor. I didn't realize Mamdani, formerly a rapper, was the guy who did the ode to his Nani in 2019. He's still going viral. My latest: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

M-A-M-D-A-N-I YOU BETTER LEARN HOW TO SAY IT!

Fun Fact: Zohran Mamdani applied to The Nation Internship program soon after he graduated from Bowdoin— and was rejected. He never re-applied —-but probably good that we didn’t steer him into journalism.

NEW from me co-pubbed w/Rolling Stone: The elite panic about @ZohranMamdani is about him being the first candidate to defeat the oligarchy and its master plan in a nationalized election. Follow along for a🧵

It's funny how Mamdani actually is what the hallucinogenic Right always accused Obama of being: actually Muslim, actually born in Africa, actually a socialist

Photojournalist Ismail Abu Hatab was killed in an Israeli airstrike less than a month ago. His works, which center on joy in the midst of death & destruction in Gaza, will be on display at the Walls Turned Sideways gallery through Aug. 23. My latest: chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…

Today, Chicago Tribune laid off five guild staff members in a roughly 10% cut to our newsroom. These layoffs underscore a sad but unsurprising failure of leadership by Alden Global Capital, our hedge fund owner, and local management.

Lizzie Kane Sean Hammond Shanzeh Ahmad .ahmed ali akbar went deep on all angles of Chicago’s vibrant food scene way beyond the plate — the economic, cultural and political winds that power it, but also the fun and community that springs up around it.

Lizzie Kane Sean Hammond Shanzeh Ahmad ahmed ali akbar Pinar Istek anchored the night shift on the photo desk, directing after-hours visual coverage of breaking news. She is a proactive leader who looks out for the whole photo desk and was an essential part of dozens of breaking stories.

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Today's killing of four journalists in #Gaza includes Anas Al-Sharif one of Al Jazeera’s best-known reporters and one of several whom Israel had previously alleged were members of Hamas without providing evidence. Most recently, Al-Sharif had reported on the starvation that he

There are clearly a lot of people - many of them journalists - who don’t think Palestinian journalists are equal to Western journalists. It’s true. They’re head and shoulders above.

Months after many City Council members objected to the "U.S.-Israel War Machine" protest puppet's display at the Chicago Cultural Center, the artwork & others will be featured at an Aug. 24 "Puppet Parade for Palestine." chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/202…