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We are deeply saddened to hear the news about Elise Malary. She was a trans activist, LGBTQ advocate and a founding board member of the Chicago Therapy Collective. She was 31 years old.
Our thoughts are with Elise’s family and friends. Please keep them in your hearts.
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The names of young Chicago lives killed by police & schools closed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel are written on tombstones as part of the
#NoCopAcademy
protest
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Our Social Media Producer, Tyger Ligon, is out at Percy L. Julian High School on the Far South Side, where students have began walking out of class in protest of CPS' handling of COVID-19 safety mitigations in school buildings.
🧵 We'll be tweeting updates from the walkout.
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On Friday, CPS students plan to do a district-wide walkout, demanding better options for learning during the COVID-19 surge.
“We stand with ourselves, our own safety, our own health,”
@chiradsCPS
wrote on Twitter. “We keep us safe, we keep us loved.
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We're not covering Lollapalooza this year.
Our publisher
@MorganEliseJ
talks about why in today's TRiiBE newsletter.
Check it out here:
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A late-night read:
We caught up with Tink Purcell, the 26-year-old woman who went live on Facebook while attending a house party on Chicago's West Side over the weekend.
Here's the story.
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Hey Family - This was the scene at the Christopher Columbus Statue at Grant Park just moments ago. Police are now guarding the statue after gassing the crowd with a substance we have not yet confirmed.
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The Englewood streets are filled with children and students of all ages, excited to receive brand new shoes from
@VicMensa
and
@SMSLFoundation
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Here's Catlyn Savado, a freshman at Percy Julian High School on the Far South Side. She's an organizer with
@chiradsCPS
.
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These Black-owned grocery delivery services in Chicago are ready to meet community demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I deliver everywhere... If you appreciate what I’m doing and you give me a buzz, I’m coming to see you."
✒️:
@JessiTaylorRO
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The line is looooong out at the
@VicMensa
&
@GKMC18
shoe giveaway, but these young men copped them a pair
#AntiBaitTruck
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Everyone’s got the chants going now.
“Hey, hey! Ho, ho! Lori Lightfoot’s got to go!”
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"Chicagoans knew there would never be another Michael Jordan. So we instantly became protectors of Jordan’s legacy, and made it clear that no false GOATs shall be mentioned in the same sentence.
Then came Kobe Bryant."
🖋️:
@itsthebigs
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Protesters taking a knee and moment oh silence at Wacker and Wabash
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Gunned down by the FBI in his prime, Fred Hampton would've been 69 years old today
#BlackChicago
#BlackPanthers
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We are sad to share the passing of SqueakPIVOT, as confirmed to us by some of his close friends. As we learn more, we will update with details.
We offer our deepest condolences to everyone who loved him.
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Back in September, we wrote about hip-hop blogs that spread misinformation in the Black community.
Say Cheese TV and DJ Akademiks are a couple of them.
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We are sad to share the passing of Malik Alim over the weekend. Friends, family and loved ones in Chicago’s organizing community are mourning his loss. He was 28 years old. We offer our deepest condolences to everyone who loved him.
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Hours after being sworn into office, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed four executive orders covering youth employment, immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, community safety, and labor relations.
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SUNDAY SCOOP — Two Chicago men featured on a "Fox and Friends" segment in a Naperville diner told The TRiiBE that
@GiannoCaldwell
invited them to come to Naperville, but he told them the interview would be about violence, not Mayor Brandon Johnson.
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🧵 [thread]
This is our most read article this week, as more people are discovering the anti-Black and misogynoir practices of hip-hop blogs/bloggers such as Say Cheese TV and DJ Akademiks.
Here is a thread of big takeaways from this piece.
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Chicago house pioneer DJ Deeon is in the hospital and asking for prayers.
Deeon is known for popularizing what would go on to be defined as "Ghetto House." Daft Punk named DJ Deeon as one of their inspirations.
Deeon started his ongoing battle with health complications in 2002.
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NEW STORY — On May 19, we had a one-on-one interview with Mayor Lightfoot at City Hall. Here's the conversation:
On national news, Lightfoot presents herself as a progressive queer Black woman—but does she truly understand the Black liberation struggle?
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Live from Brandon Johnson’s watch party; a packed room of attendees doing the Cha Cha Slide.
🎥: Tyger Ligon // The TRiiBE
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We are deeply saddened to hear about the passing of former WGN-TV anchor Allison Payne. Many of us in the Chicagoland area grew up watching her lead the news, inspiring future Black storytellers.
We send our condolences to her family, friends and everyone she touched.
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🚨 BREAKING | Associated Press just called it:
Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the 2023 Chicago mayoral race.
With 98.6% precincts reporting:
Johnson — 51.45% with 284,108 votes
Vallas — 48.55% with 268,115 votes
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It’s a big day, Chicago. Brandon Johnson begins his term as mayor today. We’ll be covering the inauguration live throughout the day.
🖋️ :
@jimdaleywrites
&
@_ToniaHill
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“I feel physically uncomfortable on the North Side. Something about the affluence just really makes me sick...Part of it is envy. This is what it looks like to have resources and have your community invested in?”
Here's
@janayagr
with the story.
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Youth voter turnout played a significant role in Brandon Johnson’s win.
Voters aged 18 to 24 increased their turnout by about 5,000 votes on April 4 compared to February 28, an increase of more than 30 percent.
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Our team is working on a story about the unrest now. In the meantime, here's a read:
Young Black adults in Chicago stand at a unique intersection between police violence and interpersonal violent crime, in which they are the most common victims of both.
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Chicago house legend Paul Johnson has died after contracting COVID-19.
The self-taught DJ was best known for his 1999 hit single "Get Get Down".
Johnson, who began DJing in Chicago at 13, was 50-years-old.
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#BREAKING
- Mayoral candidate Paul Vallas’s son Gus was one of three San Antonio police officers who fatally shot a Black man who was fleeing in March 2022, a spokesperson for the campaign confirmed Thursday.
✒️
@jimdaleywrites
Learn more 👉🏾
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Fred Hampton was building a coalition that included Black Panthers, poor white people and the Latinx community. For that, he was murdered. Today we remember him, Mark Clark, and all those affected by the CPD and FBI's reckless assault on our community.
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It is wildly inappropriate for Rahm Emanuel to be writing for anybody’s publication about elitism. He went to
@TheAtlantic
to reshape his narrative because he could never get away with it in Chicago, where he closed schools, closed mental health facilities & covered up a murder
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The CPS Walkout rally has ended, and everyone is now heading home.
Here’s a look at some chalk art from the scene.
📸: Tyger Ligon // The TRiiBE
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Any Chicago resident in the following zip codes will be able to get vaccinated at the United Center: 60608, 60619, 60620, 60649, 60652. APPOINTMENTS ARE REQUIRED.
Book Your Appointment -
More info on the UC Mass Vaccination site -
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On Tuesday, Chicago high school students, mobilized by
@chiradscps
and Chicago Students Walkout, marched from their school campuses to City Hall to demand a cease-fire in Gaza.
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"I’m here to empower Black and brown people through cannabis. Are y’all cool with that?”
Meet Jungle Cae, the gardening guru and “Potanist,” teaching his 200k followers on Tik Tok to grow in their own cribs.
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“Mainstream media. This isn’t your show. So we’re going to ask you to move back”
“Independent media, you’re welcome to stay where you are.”
Our team is at the Chicago vigil for Black lives action in Union Park. Stay tuned for more details. - Tiffany
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How do we help Adam Toledo’s classmates heal from this tragedy?
CPS says the district offers grief resources for school communities after the death of students or staff, but the crisis support team only has 4 crisis coordinators for the 514 schools.
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Noted 📝 and filed 🗃
Wonderful mtg Chicago Mayor-elect Lightfoot, the 1st African-American woman & 1st openly gay person to lead the city.
Great discussion on topics including economic revitalization, workforce dev, vocational edu, CJR reform & crime prevention.
I look forward to working together.
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🚨 BREAKING | Associated Press just called it: Brandon Johnson defeats Paul Vallas in the 2023 Chicago mayoral race.
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The TRiiBE is expanding its local news presence in Chicago.
Introducing: TRiiBE TV — our new platform with live news segments, documentaries and more.
Subscribe to our YOUTUBE channel and tune in for the launch on Thursday, Aug. 6 at 6:00 p.m.
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It's been 8 days since a young Black girl was run over by a CPD squad car during uprisings in Roseland.
We still don't have any details about who she is and what happened to her after she was transported to Christ Hospital.
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Students and allies are just getting down to CPS HQ in downtown Chicago, where the rally and speeches are set to begin around 1:45 p.m.
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These Black-owned grocery delivery services in Chicago are ready to meet community demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"I deliver everywhere... If you appreciate what I’m doing and you give me a buzz, I’m coming to see you."
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TODAY is the last day to vote in the Illinois primaries.
TODAY is the last day to decide Nov’s Dem and Repub nominees for:
governor
attorney general
Cook County board president
& more
Here’s how to find your polling places. VOTE today:
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Y'all,
@KekePalmer
was named as a member of
@TIME
's 2022
#TIME100Next
!
"Keke is the future, and I can’t wait to see the things that she will do as she continues on her journey," writes
@IAMQUEENLATIFAH
. We couldn't agree more!
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Trayvon Martin would have been 27 today. We remember him and send love to his family.
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🚨 BREAKING: A teen girl who was rolled over by a Chicago Police Department squad car in Roseland on May 31 has been identified as 15-year-old Astarte Washington, a 2020 graduate of DuBois Elementary.
The TRiiBE first reported on this story on June 4.
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STORY: Mohawk Johnson can’t get the Chicago Police Department out of his mind.
With an electronic monitor fastened to his ankle, Johnson sometimes spends hours staring at the walls, crying whenever he has a flashback to Aug. 15, the day of his arrest.
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Day 2:
@jamilawoods
proved that she should be a festival headliner.
She played to the diverse
@pitchforkfest
crowd, performing fan favs like "Holy" and a cover of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit." She debuted a new song, too.
🖊️ :
@theromej_
📸 : Darius Griffin//The TRiiBE
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Gwendolyn Brooks was born on June 7, 1917 in Topeka, Kansas. She became a lifelong resident of Chicago as an author, poet, and teacher. In 1950 she became the first Black Pulitzer Prize winner for her poetry book, Annie Allen.
#blackchicago
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Hey family: Our team members are at tonight’s “Chicago for All Of Us” rally with Sen. Bernie Sanders and 2023 mayoral candidate Brandon Johnson.
Attendees are pouring into the arena and “Percolator” is bumping through the speakers.
The event starts at 7p. Follow along here 🧵
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With this outrage, y'all are implying that Black and Brown journalists aren't capable of asking the hard questions.
Follow and subscribe to to see for yourself.
Our revolutionary columnist
@BellaBahhs
interviewed Mayor Lightfoot today. Story coming 5/20.
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A Sunday read:
The 2023 mayoral candidate has opened dozens of charter schools around the country, and is opening a militarized charter in Arkansas even while campaigning in Chicago.
🖋️:
@jimdaleywrites
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In 1969, Harold Washington, as a state representative, introduced a bill to create a holiday in honor of King.
In 1973, the bill was finally passed and signed, making Illinois the first state to adopt MLK Day as a paid state holiday.
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In Chicago, Black residents are “nearly exclusively” the population experiencing food apartheid.
Fortunately, there are local start-ups providing fruits, vegetables and difficult to find ingredients more easily.
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Today, the Illinois Supreme Court, in a 5-2 ruling, found that eliminating cash bail — a provision of the SAFE-T Act — is constitutional, overturning a December 2022 ruling by Kankakee County Circuit Court Judge Thomas W. Cunnington.
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Block Club Chicago has more information about Elise’s death.
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50 years ago today, Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton was assassinated by the Chicago Police Department and FBI at his home as he slept next to his pregnant partner. He was leading an anti-capitalist, multiracial coalition against racism and the ruling class...
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JOB ALERT!
We're looking for a MUSIC/CULTURE WRITER who knows & loves the Chicago music scene.
Duties include:
+ Writing 500- to 1000-word features
+ Interviewing artists for print & video
+ Reporting & researching
Email resumes & clips to tiffany
@thetriibe
.com by 4/26/19
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We are saddened to hear about the passing of artist, designer and longtime Kanye West collaborator Virgil Abloh, who had been privately battling cancer for years, according to
@LVMH
.
Abloh is widely known as the CEO of Off-White, a fashion house he founded in 2012.
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The dilapidated high-rises are gone & a Black neighborhood has transformed into a predominantly white one.
By the time it’s done, taxpayers will have spent more than $500k for each of the more than 3,500 Cabrini-Green families the city kicked out.
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"Mayor Lightfoot has less than two years to do something worthy of reelection, so she’s decided she’s going to sue gang leaders.
But Mayor Richard J. Daley snuffed those leaders out a long time ago."
A new Revolutionary Column from
@BellaBahhs
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Charlie Wilson was PREACHIN' during his NPR Tiny Desk! Chicago is the birthplace of modern gospel so you know we had to share this!
Check out the old-school funk and R&B legend's full 29-minute performance:
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11-year-old Takiya Holmes was killed by a stray bullet in Feb. Her mother is helping other families w/ today's BTS event
#HealChicago
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The dilapidated high-rises are gone & a Black neighborhood has transformed into a predominantly white one.
By the time it’s done, taxpayers will have spent more than $500k for each of the more than 3,500 Cabrini-Green families the city kicked out.
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In his reunion with Chicago-based journalist
@AdrienneWrites
,
@chancetherapper
expressed his anger with the Englewood school closures, his rumored collab w/
@donaldglover
& the things he learned from Kanye West at
@mcachicago
/
@pitchfork
's "In Sight Out"
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Chicago police done brought out the paddy wagon.
📸: Tyger Ligon // The TRiiBE
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Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson is asking Chicagoans to reimagine public safety and challenge the notion that safety can only be reactive to violent crime.
What are the root causes that lead a person to commit that crime, and how can they be prevented?
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Here’s a look at the walkout earlier at Kenwood Academy:
.
@chicagosmayor
you gone ignore CPS students who want to learn remotely and return to in person learning when it’s safe????
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"They're bringing crime. They're stealing jobs. They're lowering property values."
Do these sound familiar?
Chicago urban historian
@6figga_dilla
reminds us that the language used against Chicago's newly arriving migrant groups is nothing new.
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Sandra Bland would have been 35 years old today. The TRiiBE sends our love to her family, friends and Naperville community.
Happy birthday.
#sayhername
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NEW— Hundreds of current and former Chicago cops can't be trusted on the stand, a TRiiBE investigation has found.
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Young Dolph was born on July 27, 1985, in Chicago, Illinois. His cousin was deceased Chicago rapper Juice Wrld.
Dolph dropped his highest-charting project, ‘Rich Slave,’ in 2020. He was also widely known for his notable feature on O.T. Genasis’ 2015 hit single, “Cut It.”
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Keep in mind, we still don't have information on or names of the officers involved in this incident.
We've submitted a FOIA request asking for those details, including the girl's name.
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Yo.
@gherbo
is putting his money where his mouth is.
In this episode of The Block Beat, the rapper tells us about a media lab he’s building in Bronzeville -
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A lot of civil unrest took place overnight.
We're up and working to get all the details of what happened and why.
Around 8 a.m.: Mayor Lightfoot will join CPD Supt. Brown and OEMC to brief media on the last night's civil unrest in downtown Chicago.
Stay tuned.
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BREAKING 🚨: Organizers are blockading the road entering O’Hare Airport in Chicago in protest of the US’ response to the genocide of Palestinians
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Dr. Cornel West is running for the United States president in the 2024 election.
Dr. West has chosen to forgo joining any of the major political parties and will run under the People's Party banner.
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🚨 Just In:
@chicagosmayor
announced that the City of Chicago is suing six oil and gas corporations and their largest trade association for deceiving Chicago consumers about the climate dangers associated with their products.
BP, Chevron, among others, are named as defendants.
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🚨 BREAKING NEWS:
“They even had the unmitigated gall to go make coffee for themselves and to pop popcorn — my popcorn — in the microwave while looters were tearing apart businesses in their sight,” Rep. Bobby Rush said.
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🚨 Hey Chicago — those in area codes 60608, 60619, 60620, 60624, 60644, 60649, 60651, 60652, and 60653 can sign up for mass vaccination at the United Center. Use voucher code "CCVICHICAGO" to sign up.
There are some dates and times available right now:
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Hey Chicago —
A tornado warning is in effect for Chicago until 4:30 p.m.
Stay indoors, and be safe everyone.
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These Black-owned grocery delivery services in Chicago are ready to meet community demand during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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AYE!
Chicago's own Taylor Townsend, 23, just upset reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep.
Black Chicago is on a roll right now! 💪🏾✨
HUGE UPSET ON ARTHUR ASHE!
American Taylor Townsend takes out No. 4 seed and reigning Wimbledon champion Simona Halep. 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 to reach the third round of the
#USOpen
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Mad love to the
@BodegaBoys
, a.k.a.
@desusnice
+
@THEKIDMERO
for reading our article about the viral West Side house party and talking about it on their podcast.
It’s an important conversation that needs to be had.
Read the full story here.
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Through the lens of two separate actions on the same day, the disregard of Black joy in preference of pain as an image in the media became uncomfortably clear.
“Mainstream media, this isn’t your show,” said Jae Rice of
@BSAllianceChi
.
✒️:
@MattheMajor
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NEW: 53 organizations and over 200 community leaders pen an open letter to Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration in response to Chicago's 2024 police budget. Read 👉🏿
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And Walter Payton College Prep:
Awwww shoot. The students over at Walton Payton are chanting “hey hey ho ho-Lori Lightfoot has got to go”. You know you in trouble when the babies say so
#cpswalkout
#covid
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In Chicago, Black folks should't have to sacrifice communal ties by moving miles away to neighborhoods with abundant resources.
A look at disinvestment on the West Side with Natalie Frazier (
@Lstblkgrl
), in collaboration with
@city_bureau
.
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The fire of 1874 destroyed more than 80% of Black-owned property in Chicago.
But Black people persisted.
A feature story from our 2021 TRiiBE Guide about a thriving Black community near what we now refer to as the South Loop. ✒️
@_ToniaHill
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NEW —Paul Vallas spent more than $600,000 to hire hundreds of people to get out the vote in Chicago’s Black community. TRiiBE reporter
@_ToniaHill
talks to some to find out why they worked on the campaign.
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Read our story about the walkout, which includes demands from youth organizing group
@chiradsCPS
.
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"You can kill the revolutionary, but you can’t kill the revolution."
Today (Aug. 30) would have been Chairman Fred Hampton’s 73rd birthday.
To contribute to his legacy, you can donate to Chairman Fred Hampton Jr’s fundraiser to restore the Hampton House.
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“What we’re seeing from Mayor Lightfoot and Supt. Brown is the definition of insanity,” says
@kalebautman
. “The response of throwing more cops at the problem; we’ve seen [former Mayor] Daley do it, and [former Mayor Emanuel] do it. It didn’t work then.”
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