My new doc Morocco, Morocco is out today on Chicago's PBS station (WTTW-11). It unravels the mystery of how the town of Morocco in Indiana got its name. What's up with the red boot on the welcome sign? Watch to find out! More info: https://t.co/uyOyRb2OSD

The Super Bowl another example that the party never ends in Las Vegas! #overtime

President Biden, Illinois and Chicago launching a one-stop work permit program for migrants

This year’s Conference & Mentoring Program would not be happening without the generous support of @ColumbiaChi. Special thank you to @CCChronicle, @jackiespinner and every person from campus security to building managers who have made this possible. We'll see you tomorrow!

Hey @linkedin! We want our @CCChronicle page back! Troubleshooting and contacting on your website does NOT work! HELP! #LinkedIn #StudentJournalism #SaveOurLinkedIn Look at this hard-working team!

We are so proud of PJP contributor Joe Gracia, whose essay on listening to Taylor Swift in Prison was published by the New Yorker. Thank you to everyone who has been reading and sharing this piece. If you haven't already, please give it a read:

Lori Lightfoot teaching at Harvard about pandemic and media | WBEZ Chicago

.@mickeyd1971 wrote about the investigative team he and @chlawrence are building at Block Club. Read about it here: https://t.co/pULzY2vLv5 Subscribe here for just $59 to support their work + get a free neighborhood print: https://t.co/Ub1Eq82Yw3

Ring. Ring. @fontawesome. Please add the Threads icon to your library STAT. We need to update our website.

Chicago has the worst air quality in the world right now. We're at a 177 in the air quality index, putting our air at the "unhealthy" level, per @IQAir. Here's a look at downtown over I-90. The dense haze is completely blocking the view of the city.

Today, @blockclubchi, our nonprofit, reader-funded, journalist-run newsroom, has officially outlived DNAinfo Chicago, its billionaire-owned, for-profit predecessor. It happened bc YOU believed in + backed us. 📷: The co-founders just after we were laid off 👉 the BCC staff now

After storied career at Chicago Sun-Times, Maudlyne Ihejirika is ‘redefining retirement’  https://t.co/Pd7rWszL3R @maudlynei

In 2013, Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the buildings left after shuttering 50 schools would be reborn as community assets. Ten years later, we wondered, "Were they?" To find out, we walked the grounds, talked to neighbors and dug into documents.

Can’t believe I’ve survived this war zone

Congrats on the scoop @TheDePaulia!

Professional friends — my 8yo made me do this. Don’t judge.

Come see @DesiRJones present our new findings: “Non-autistic Observers Both Detect and Demonstrate the Double Empathy Problem When Evaluating Interactions Between Autistic and Non-Autistic Adults” Today, at the #INSAR2023 panel “Cross-Neurotype Communication & Interaction”

And a shoutout to @CCChronicle student journalists @OCohenReports and @AbraRichardson for scooping @blockclubchi earlier this week on our own good news. @chlawrence taught them well!

People who think Emmett Till being lynched in 1955 is ancient history should remember that 18 current members of Congress are older than him & the white woman Carolyn Bryant who got him lynched just *today* died—w/o accountability Its not ancient history—its contemporary reality

some news: Reddit will begin charging the biggest companies for API access, which has been used historically to train the coming wave of LLMs and artificially intelligent programs “It’s a good time for us to tighten things up," CEO Steve Huffman said. https://t.co/rAizNA8EIg