“Why not us?”

As new arrivals receive federal work authorization, Chicago’s undocumented immigrants are stepping out of the shadows and demanding work permits after waiting for decades.

jackie cardenas (she/they) reports: borderlessmag.org/2024/04/29/chi…

.Healing Illinois: In partnership w/local newsrooms like The Chicago Defender, @ChiNewsWeekly, Investigative Project on Race and Equity, we're spotlighting segregation's legacy in Chicago, supported by Field Foundation & Illinois DHS. Learn more & explore the stories. Now live: bit.ly/449vQzU

#ICYMI Another insightful session of Healing Hub Live has wrapped up! Yesterday’s discussion dived into the complexities of segregation in Chicago through the “Shame of Chicago” series led by Public Narrative and five local news outlets through impactful stories. #HealingIllinois

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“We have two crises - a migrant crisis and a housing crisis.” In the context of the arrival of nearly 40,000 asylum seekers, South Side Weekly examines broader problems of affordable housing & eviction practices in Chicago. #journalism #storytelling #racialhealing

Sharing the work of South Side Weekly as part of the Segregation and Migrant Crisis Reporting Project, managed by Public Narrative and supported by a
Healing Illinois grant. #HealingIllinois #Journalism #Storytelling #Community

'Unfortunately, Black & Brown people are taking the bait ... tensions are real,' Rev. Kenneth Phelps shares in Borderless Magazine's latest on the #migrantcrisis .

Read Deborah Douglas's piece on the tensions & how communities seek solutions. #HealingIllinois

borderlessmag.org/2024/04/29/chi…

I think it’s also really easy in this industry to discount younger journalists for their lack of experience but I hope tonight really highlights just how mistaken that assumption is.

the student journalists at columbia and across the country should be so so proud of their work

Chicago's #MigrantCrisis : 'Why Not Us?' from Borderless Magazine shares the experiences of undocumented immigrants advocating for work permits, highlighting the real-life implications and calls for equitable solutions.

Healing Illinois Field Foundation

📖 borderlessmag.org/2024/04/29/chi…

I know the late great Teddy Pendergrass is trending because of this little rapper beef but mannnnn can we take a minute to just absorb the raw sweltering hot talents of this man. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 🕺🏾🎤

NEWS: The Louisiana House is planning to take up the bill on Wednesday that would convene a constitutional convention. That's earlier than what they were thinking last week. 'It's rushed,' said Rep Candace Newell #lalege #lagov nola.com/news/politics/… via @nolanews

So just what went down 24 hours before yesterday’s appointments? Here’s how Jean Charles Moise outsmarted his adversaries on new transitional presidential council: miamiherald.com/news/nation-wo… #Haiti

Fox News propaganda about Trump's trial has taken on some serious North Korea vibes: It absurdly portrays him as exerting total mastery over the proceedings and even depicts his dozing off as an act of heroic defiance.

This is MAGA cult stuff. 1/

Link:
newrepublic.com/article/181138…

Live from UCLA campus in Los Angeles as students protests continues. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Indeed!

WATCH LIVE: Senate hears testimony on oil companies, science disinformation and climate change
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As a New York jury hears testimony in former President Trump’s hush money trial, a majority of Americans say this and other investigations are fair in order to figure out if he has broken the law, according to the latest PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll. to.pbs.org/4bjxMbG

Former President Donald Trump was held in contempt Tuesday for violating a gag order by posting on social media about his hush money trial.

Read the full decision here: to.pbs.org/4a41jF4

After a couple of hours of scuffles between pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli demonstrators at UCLA, police wearing helmets and face shields formed lines and slowly separated the groups. to.pbs.org/4a3kOhd

New York City Mayor Eric Adams said on Wednesday that police had identified organizations and individuals at campus protests who weren’t university students, but professional agitators. But he did not provide specific evidence to back up that contention. to.pbs.org/4bByocX