Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino For Violating Excessive Force Order “Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing T...

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Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino For Violating Excessive Force Order “Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing T...

"Ellis told Bovino that she wanted to see him every day during the immigration operation so he could report to her on any incidents that occurred.

'Yes, ma’am,' Bovino said."
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Judge Blasts Border Patrol Boss Greg Bovino For Violating Excessive Force Order “Kids dressed in Halloween costumes walking to a parade do not pose an immediate threat to the safety of a law enforcement officer,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino during a court hearing T...

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Hundreds Of Lots Owned By 'City's Worst Landowner' Went Up For Sale. But Only A Fraction Have Sold Parcels that belonged to Suzie B. Wilson and her sister accumulated $15 million in city fines for rat-related violations. Hundreds are still sitting empty without any promise of redevelopment.

What happened to the real estate empire of Suzie B. Wilson & her sister?

Just 1/3 of the roughly 800 vacant lots have sold, which leaves hundreds sitting empty and stagnant. And the city doesn't stand to recover much $$$ it's owed.

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COME WORK WITH ME!

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Waiting To Learn: How Bilingual Education In Chicago Falls Short Chicago has been slow to provide many schools with what they need to serve English learners. The result: Students are left waiting for an education they’re legally entitled to, and teachers feel unpre...

Waiting To Learn: How Bilingual Education In Chicago Falls Short blockclubchicago.org/2025/06/05/w... via @reemadamin.bsky.social, @minabloom.bsky.social & Kae Petrin/ @chalkbeat.org & @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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The American flag waves outside Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St. in Austin, on June 3, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Sylvelia Pittman, a 20-year teacher, speaks to her grandson Cahari at Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St., in Austin on June 3, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Teacher Corinne Lydon poses for a portrait at Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St. in Austin, on May 28, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Nash Elementary School, 4837 W. Erie St. in Austin, on June 3, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago

Chicago has been slow to provide many schools w/ what they need to serve English learners. The result: Students are left waiting for an education they’re legally entitled to, & teachers feel unprepared.

Important followup @chalkbeat.org @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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Waiting To Learn: How Bilingual Education In Chicago Falls Short Chicago has been slow to provide many schools with what they need to serve English learners. The result: Students are left waiting for an education they’re legally entitled to, and teachers feel unpre...

What’s going to happen to these kids, & what’s the school district going to do to help them?

That’s what Chalkbeat reporter Reema Amin and I were wondering last yr after we spent months reporting on the struggles of migrant kids in CPS.

So we kept reporting.

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“The public health response has always been focused very much on: How do we help people once they get to a shelter, once they get to a police station or court house? But the reality is that the large majority of people are never going to get to those places"

-Sheerine Alemzadeh, HTA Co-Founder

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As Chicago’s Domestic Violence Crisis Deepens, Victims Suffer In Silence DeMarie' Williams didn't seek help from authorities before her boyfriend beat her to death, prosecutors say. As essential services for domestic violence victims are threatened by funding cuts, advocat...

A heart-wrenching story about the domestic violence crisis in Chicago as victims often suffer in silence. Read @minabloom.bsky.social recount the tragic story of DeMarie' Williams and how her story is sadly too common.
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As Chicago’s Domestic Violence Crisis Deepens, Victims Suffer In Silence DeMarie' Williams didn't seek help from authorities before her boyfriend beat her to death, prosecutors say. As essential services for domestic violence victims are threatened by funding cuts, advocat...

You haven't heard DeMarie' Williams' story before.

She loved TikTok. Hung out at South Side beaches. Dreamed of becoming a lawyer.

At 19, she was allegedly beat to death by her boyfriend.

@minabloom.bsky.social on what's at stake as Chicago's domestic violence crisis grows — & who we're losing.

20.05.2025 17:10 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

As Chicago’s Domestic Violence Crisis Deepens, Victims Suffer In Silence DeMarie’ Williams didn’t seek help from the authorities before she was beaten to death. Her story illustrates an ongoing domestic violence crisis. And as essential services are threatened by funding c...

A heartbreaking read via @minabloom.bsky.social / @blockclubchi.bsky.social

STORY: As Chicago’s Domestic Violence Crisis Deepens, Victims Suffer In Silence blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/20/a...

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As Chicago’s Domestic Violence Crisis Deepens, Victims Suffer In Silence DeMarie' Williams didn't seek help from authorities before her boyfriend beat her to death, prosecutors say. As essential services for domestic violence victims are threatened by funding cuts, advocat...

DeMarie' Williams was beaten to death, allegedly by her boyfriend, last September after months of suffering in silence. Her story illustrates an ongoing domestic violence crisis that shows no signs of slowing down.

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

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