#Chicago

Cook

PonchoThames

With Judas and the Black Messiah coming out this Friday today we will learn about Fred Hampton. Born in the suburbs of Chicago. Graduated high school with honors and varsity

Dr. Jolene Nixon

joleneNixon10

I was horrified watching a news story on WGN- Chicago, about a Chicago Fire Department retiree incorrectly identified as one of the insurrectionists on 1/6. He has had death threats,

Simon Balto is telling you to defund the police

SimonBalto

THREAD.A new research study in SCIENCE, out today, studies how Chicago police officers' racial & gender identities might influence how they engage with Black & Latinx citizens. It's going to

tier four operator OBE

AliceAvizandum

About to do a thread about it, but before I do I want to see if anyone can guess - what’s the most corrupt law enforcement agency in Chicago? you’re

Colin Wright

SwipeWright

1/ @UChicago Prof. Dorian Abbot is currently being targeted by student activists for questioning his department's DEI policies. They claim his opinions "threaten the safety and belonging of all underrepresented

petronius mothballs

crumpledscruple

May as well start posting these here too. 1950 - 2020. Chicago, corner of Ashland Ave and Jackson Blvd. This stretch flipped from 1880s mansions to boarding houses (mostly for

Sara Luterman

slooterman

The assumption behind registries is that police don’t know they’re responding to mental health crisis calls or dealing with someone with a developmental disability when they “accidentally” kill. Which is

Alex Nitkin

AlexNitkin

Zoning Committee meeting is getting underway now. In addition to deconversion ords, we'll likely see approval of:• 487-unit North/Clybourn development• "43 Green" Bronzeville apts• 296-key Fulton Market hotelWatch live

wikipedia brown demands #MoreThanDiversity

eveewing

this weekend, Chicago lost two babies. a one-year-old and a ten-year-old. Sincere & Lena. Lena lived in the neighborhood where I grew up, a couple blocks from where my family

Matthew Klein

MattKleinOnline

From time to time, ill-informed lists of the “worst gerrymanders in America” come out. Illinois’s 4th district is frequently among them. Though it does have an odd shape, this #DistrictOfTheDay

Austan Goolsbee

Austan_Goolsbee

This is a thread on the single greatest urban paddle in the world that many chicago ppl don’t even know exists but which you can do even if you don’t

Damon Jones

nomadj1s

I don’t want to retweet the gruesome images, but Chicago Police punched an 18 yr old black girl, Miracle Boyd, in the face, knocking out her teeth, to protect a

Jonas Simanavicius

JSimanavicius

1/ How cool is that. An internet path from #Dubai @OracleCloud to #Chicago @XenSpec is on avg 62ms faster through #Paris @linveoHosting 2/ Now why is that interesting. Large cloud

Left POCket Project

LeftPOC

Though billed as a Fred Hampton "biopic," the new film Judas & the Black Messiah is about the FBI informant who was one of many who facilitated his assassination. We

Cooper

barstoolcooper

Okay hear me out: I was on lower wacker & there was no snow. Perhaps we could put a roof over all the roads in Chicago & maybe put parks

Nader Issa

NaderDIssa

Breaking: Chicago Public Schools officials are planning to resume in-person classes for elementary school students Feb. 1, sources tell the @Suntimes. The is the city's most concrete move yet to

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