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"Reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break." From Jason Leopold and I on USAID official telling staff to shred and destroy documents. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Stunned. Columbia Journalism School From The New York Times story

Reuters Journalist loses OCI card for writing story, sues Indian government. Despite its claims of working for Indian diaspora, the government has clearly weaponised the OCI card in recent years theguardian.com/world/2025/mar…

After more than 37 years at the Chicago Sun-Times, I have decided to accept a buyout. My last day will be this Friday. It's been a great privilege--but I am moving forward. I have no intention of stopping or even slowing down. Cheers. docs.google.com/document/d/10H…

Happy first day of spring, Chicago

Florida weighs fixing its labor shortage by allowing 14-year-olds to work overnight shifts.

The Tufts graduate student detained by federal authorities in Somerville has been sent to a Louisiana detention facility, despite a federal judge’s order telling US Immigration and Customs Enforcement not to remove her from Massachusetts without notice. trib.al/tgvuERI

Right-wing YouTuber Tim Pool's "Timcast" channel is part of today's White House press pool. The Chicago high school dropout who became an alt-right media superstar was apparently paid $100,000 per episode by a covert propaganda campaign funded by Russia. trib.al/emuKRt0

Today is the 160th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's assassination and also the 160th anniversary of the most buried lede in the history of journalism. AP's dispatch from 1865:

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Update: After Columbia | SIPA canceled my class on Race, Journalism, and International Affairs, More than 2,200 people have signed up to take it online. Blown away. Let's GOOO. You can sign up here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Exciting news!

A group of detainees at an immigration facility at the center of President Trump’s use of the Alien Enemies Act formed an "SOS" distress signal earlier this week that was captured by a Reuters drone. abcnews.link/ylAdk1f

BREAKING: #Chicago finished this past month with the fewest #murders of any April since 1962, a WBEZ analysis has found. The month’s 19 murders make 115 so far this year, the lowest January-through-April tally since 2014. wbez.org/cpd/2025/05/01…

Congratulations to M.A. Columbia Journ alum emilyschmall (MA Business '09), who will be writing a book for Counterpoint Press currently titled "Girl/Goddess: The Ancient Tradition and Untold Future of the Kumaris of Nepal."

Translation: He has eaten our dogs #chicagopope

Pope Leo’s grammar school on Chicago’s South Side, one of many Catholic schools to close in the city in recent decades

Kristi Noem has been working with the producer of “Duck Dynasty” to pitch a reality TV show where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.S. citizenship,” according to a new report. trib.al/y99RxTn

The pilgrimage is an act of spiritual devotion and cultural preservation. Pakistan’s Hindus number about 4.4 million and make up less than 2 percent of the country’s population Zia Ur Rehman nytimes.com/2025/05/30/wor…