I've been working with Eric on this for the past 9 months and I'm so impressed with how this podcast has turned out! Even if you're not a history nerd like Eric, it's a really incredible story.

Over five months, I worked on this piece highlighting the challenges for migrant day laborers. I spoke with labor advocates on unreported abuse. Read more here: citybureau.org/newswire/2024/… Shoutout to City Bureau Sarah Conway Ariel Cheung And my amazing winter fellowship cohort :)

Incident, the short documentary based on our reporting about the police killing of Harith Augustus, has been nominated for an Academy Award in the Short Documentary category.

"I focus on how many of these young folks use digital media as a strength and how the odds are against them to make something of themselves." Justin 🖋️ thetrace.org/2025/01/drill-…

Sign up for our new Critical Conversations Series! Join us for a year-long exploration of urgent themes and ideas central to our work. In 2025, we’ll collectively read Living in Data: A Citizen’s Guide to a Better Information Future by Jer Thorp.

Border czar Tom Homan says Chicago is ‘very well educated’ making it harder to conduct ICE arrests. “They call it Know Your Rights. I call it how to escape from ice.”

✨ Catch Sarah Conway and tru_trill of Invisible Institute keynoting with Headline Club #FOIAFest this March! They'll be speaking about their The Pulitzer Prizes-winning investigation #ChicagoMissingPersons 👇

Hi all, tru_trill and I would like to connect with you if you are a young person who previously lived in a DCFS congregate group home or facility in Chicago or worked as a social worker in these spaces. We want to understand the issue of children running away from group homes.

Looking forward to featuring Sarah Conway and tru_trill at the Headline Club FOIA Fest next month. We have assembled an all-star cast for the event you will not want to miss.

Illinois counties were supposed to join a network of panels to review deaths tied to domestic violence. Only 7 have done so. Glaringly absent: Cook County, home to Chicago and about 40% of the state’s population. Great story by Vernal propublica.org/article/deaths…

Skyway Lanes, the last Black-owned bowling alley in Chicago, is making a last-ditch effort to stay open blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/05/sky…

As of 8:45 p.m., a full 24 hours after he was arrested by ICE inside his university-owned apartment, Khalil's attorney still does not know where he is being detained. Columbia has not yet commented on the arrest.

Your silence won’t protect you. At least if you speak up for what’s right, you will have your integrity and dignity.

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THAT'S MY REPORTING PARTNER en Colombia tru_trill Invisible Institute

This is Hossam’s team, and we are sharing his final message : “If you’re reading this, it means I have been killed—most likely targeted—by the Israeli occupation forces. When this all began, I was only 21 years old—a college student with dreams like anyone else. For past 18

This was such a good story