Jessica Neptune

May the current atmosphere of American politics and lack of integrity in mainstream oligarch-owned journalism encourage many more like Bruce Sagan to emerge.

#OpposetheOligarchy #SaveJournalism

Bruce Sagan, arts patron and newspaper chain owner, dies at 96 Mr. Sagan sold his chain of newspapers in 1986, but held onto the Hyde Park Herald, his first love in the newspaper business.

Bruce Sagan was a genuine, friendly and humble patron of Chicago journalism and arts for so many decades.

He backed a lot of the work that I and so many others have done at the Daily Southtown, the Sun-Times and Chicago Public Media chicago.suntimes.com/obituaries/2...

Bruce Sagan, community news publisher and arts advocate, dies at 96 Bruce Sagan, the Chicago newspaperman who turned a failing neighborhood weekly into a platform for investigative reporting, built one of the largest community

Bruce Sagan was one of Chicago's greats — a true renaissance man.

He reshaped newsrooms, theaters, and city streets by bringing the city together and lifting local stories.

MK and I send our deepest condolences to his family. May his memory be a blessing.

A lovely tribute to our beloved grandpa Bruce.

Longtime Chicago Publisher, Arts Leader Bruce Sagan Dies at 96 The former journalist, who was awarded the National Medal of Arts by President Joe Biden in 2024 for his contributions as an arts leader in Chicago, died at his home Sunday following a brief battle wi...

Bruce Sagan, the longtime owner and publisher of the Hyde Park Herald and arts leader who served on the WFMT Radio Committee for more than two decades, has died at the age of 96.

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Bruce Sagan, arts patron and newspaper chain owner, dies at 96 Mr. Sagan sold his chain of newspapers in 1986, but held onto the Hyde Park Herald, his first love in the newspaper business.

Bruce Sagan, who died Sept. 21 at 96 following a battle with cancer, left a significant mark in the worlds of Chicago journalism, theater and dance.
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Bruce Sagan was a great supporter of journalism in Chicago — and one of the most positive and energetic people I’ve known.

He donated office space in his building for the Chicago News Coop in ‘09.

Last time I saw him was at a WBEZ event in ‘22.

May his memory be eternal

Bruce Sagan purchased the Hyde Park Herald in 1953 and ran it until he handed it off to essentially merge with the non profit South Side Weekly in 2021.

What a run.

"You'll be here forever" The primary owner of the Sun-Times, Michael Ferro, has bought the Chicago Tribune. New head of the Sun-Times board, Bruce Sagan, talked to the staff today about what that means.

I was sad to hear of the passing of Bruce Sagan. He certainly did right by the Sun-Times.

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UChicago alumni: we are drafting a letter targeting a few of the more persuadable-seeming trustees urging them to change course on humanities funding. Please sign:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Explanation to follow ...

Highlighting some of the genres specifically desired for this position.

Folks who write genre fiction take note!

“Desirable additional subspecialties include speculative fiction, fantasy, sci-fi, graphic narrative, experimental fiction, hybrid forms, and climate fiction.”

Shattering and beautifully written. Please read and share this ⤵️

We keep getting asked what the value of a liberal arts education is, but the liberal arts prepares us for any number of pivots we may encounter over our careers. More than ever, the danger of these trends towards aligning higher ed with current (temporary) labor market needs should be obvious.

I don't have a good answer for what the alternative looks like, but asking 18 years to bet their future on highly specified training for jobs based on which they think will be in high demand 5-10 years from now turned out to be a very bad way to structure higher education

In case anyone thought "STEM" was safe, eliminated programs include Software Engineering, Geography, Atmospheric Science.

It looks like academic PH at IN's public institutions is decimated
- slated for elimination: BSPH & DrPH programs at IU Bloomington

In addition to many other important programs, IU Bloomington is eliminating its Folklore and Ethnomusicology Department, one of the most storied and successful in the country.

Most incredible about this is that IU-Bloomington has long been the no. 1 university in the world for teaching Asian languages and cultures, with many programs found nowhere else.

They're slashing many of IU-B's most distinctive programs with zero thought or debate. They probably don't even know.

This list is appalling. And, the wide range of majors being slashed reveal how initial attacks on /skepticism of the humanities were never going to stop at the humanities and were, in fact, the gateway to a wholesale destruction of American higher education writ large.

An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work. GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.

The for-profit prison company GEO Group has surged in value under President Trump.

But despite its soaring fortunes, the ICE contractor has continued to resist having to pay detainees more than $1 a day for cleaning facilities where the government has forced them to live.

(Published March)

IL friends: Please join me in supporting the Back on the MAP campaign to end the 1987 ban on access to MAP grants for incarcerated students by signing this letter www.backonthemapil.org
HB2466 passed the house, let’s get in through the senate and to @jbpritzker.bsky.social!
#BackOnTheMAPIL

Cook County Jail Restrained People In Chairs 874 Times — And Never Reported It To The State The state requires jails to report when they use restraint chairs. For nearly 900 cases from 2019 to 2023, Cook County Jail never did.

Cook County Jail Restrained People In Chairs 874 Times — And Never Reported It To The State. Good story @gracehauck.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/04/22/c...

Our friends from Augustana College testified about the value of college-in-prison and the need to end the ban on MAP grants for incarcerated students at the IL statehouse today! Thank you Rep Carol Ammons for sponsoring HB2466 and Rep Johnson for your support!
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Illinois residents: here’s two simple things you can do right now to support college in prison in IL by helping end the ban on student aid (MAP grants):
1. Sign the letter at www.backonthemapil.org
2. By 4pm central time today: sign a witness slip: my.ilga.gov/WitnessSlip/...

#BackOnTheMAPIL

Everything is on fire and broken but at least the sun is going down at 7pm, and later each day. I’ll take a small win. ☀️🪻

Signs of spring in my Chicago garden.

Math can be a path to success after prison - The Hechinger Report Math skills can empower people who are in prison — and help them land jobs after they’re released.

One value of a liberal arts education is discovering things you are good at and love that you may have never guessed before being exposed to them. I see this over and over again with math and science in prison— both of which are part of a liberal arts education. hechingerreport.org/math-can-be-...

After Attacking CRT, DEI and Pushing Book Bans, Moms for Liberty’s Next Focus Is On Restorative Justice Several studies have shown that restorative justice programs create better social outcomes for students and communities.

Moms for Liberty is shifting its focus to restorative justice, despite studies showing these programs improve social outcomes for students and communities. Critics question the group’s intentions.

Used to sing this to my baby at bedtime. 🔨🔔🎶❤️

With Pell eligibility work for college in prison seemingly on indefinite hold at the federal Dept of Ed, the need to ensure access to state level need based financial aid grants for incarcerated students is greater than ever. Several blue states have bans including IL, MA & PA. Let’s get to work.