Heather Colburn

This buyout offer represents a moral, business and civic failure by Tribune ownership. We should focus on building readership by investing in strong coverage, not cutting staff to satisfy short-term greed. Shame on Alden Global Capital, always.

ICE Mass Arrests Spark Chaos In South Loop As Activists Fight To Disrupt Operation At least 10 people were arrested at check-ins under an ICE monitoring program for immigrants, and an alderman said he was thrown to the ground by agents while protesting the arrests.

In masks, with military weapons, ICE agents drag away people who showed up for immigration appointments in Chicago's South Loop. Alders, immigration advocates, and residents showed up in protest against these atrocities

DOGE was never about "efficiency."

EMERGENCY ACTION

Join us we’re actively working to get coalition members on the ground! Milwaukee County Judge Hannah Dugan was arrested by the FBI this morning after refusing to allow ICE agents into her courtroom. She was taken to the federal courthouse.

Department of Defense halts operations of several Northwestern research labs Northwestern University researchers received stop-work notices late Wednesday after the Trump administration announced plans to cut $790 million in the university’s funding.

Faculty in the Northwestern University's engineering school say they received stop-work notices from the Department of Defense late Wednesday, following the Trump administration’s announced plans to cut $790 million in the university’s funding.

As U.S. House GOP adopts budget, protesters rally against Medicaid reductions, tax cuts • West Virginia Watch Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting Medicaid funding.

Hundreds demonstrated outside the U.S. Capitol Thursday, urging congressional Republicans to rethink cutting programs vital to millions of Americans as a way to help extend President Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cuts, reports @ashleymurray.bsky.social.

Coal miners' health care hit hard in job cuts to CDC The CDC unit that dramatically reduced Black Lung Disease among coal miners has been fired in Trump's sweeping overhaul of health agencies. Mining communities must now grapple with its disappearance.

Yet another example of how #GOPcuts
are hurting/ will hurt good people.

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Layoffs threaten US firefighter cancer registry, mine research and mask lab Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.…

Government staffing cuts have gutted a small U.S. health agency that aims to protect workers — drawing rebukes from firefighters, coal miners, medical equipment manufacturers and a range of others.

Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies Also held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations are taking aim at the administration's recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services…

Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago and the suburbs drew thousands criticizing Trump's policies, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and medical research.

Hands Off protest in downtown Chicago draws thousands criticizing Trump's policies Also held in the suburbs and across the country, the demonstrations are taking aim at the administration's recent actions, including layoffs of federal workers, cuts in funding for social services and...

...Sun Times is saying over 30,000 in Chicago
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Reminder: no matter how many times Republicans say otherwise, there is *no way* they can pay for their proposed tax cuts without gutting Medicaid and other programs that millions of people rely on.

Don't believe their lies for a second.

Chicago showed up today. #HandsOff #April5 #chicagoprotest

A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump’s War on Higher Education The administration’s research funding and DEI cuts present an existential threat to regional public universities like Southern Illinois University, the economic backbone of the conservative rural…

Many students at Southern Illinois University come from families that are poor, or barely middle class, and depend on scholarships.

Vice Chancellor Paul Frazier says the way DEI has been politicized ignores what it actually does: “Poor doesn’t have a color.”

With @capitolnewsil.bsky.social

ACA has dramatically shifted West Virginia’s health care landscape

COMMENTARY: The ACA has expanded affordable coverage to people previously locked out of health insurance, lowered premiums and helped the nation’s uninsured rate reach an all-time low. Unfortunately, dismantling it remains a top Republican priority, writes Ellen Allen.

More harm than good in Gov. Morrisey’s NCAA comments

COMMENTARY: By the time Gov. Morrisey was done with his presser on WVU's snub in the NCAA tournament, the sympathy was gone and national ridicule was the new narrative, writes @four4thefire.bsky.social.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy is EVERYTHING the civilian pukes in the White House wish they were: masculine, powerful and charismatic. They hate him because his presence reveals their cosplay.

Zelenskyy will go down as one of the great heroic figures of the 21st century

This is what House Republicans voted for tonight.

Another reminder that we have socialism for the rich, harsh capitalism for the rest.

The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort The program provides graduates and mid-career HBCU alums with full-year, salaried fellowships in reporting, audience engagement and product management.

The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort 19thnews.org/2025/02/fran...

The “stop the hate” commercial featuring two celebrities who support the President who began his career by calling Mexicans rapists and whose biggest campaign donor recently gave a Hitler salute and rehired the “I was racist before it was cool” guy was….a choice.

Normally my concern is that the media isn't taking Trump stories seriously but right now all I want is for CNN and NY Times to make their top story visual that halftime show flag just to freak him the fuck out

YouTube video by Appodlachia 1,500 Appalachian Accents

In case you missed it - and need a timeline cleanse - we published a compilation of over 1,500 accents from across the Appalachian region last week. We think you’ll like it 😊
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The Trump Administration is suing Chicago, Cook County and Illinois over sanctuary policies. https://buff.ly/415ryd2

Thanks, Jonas Salk, for making this obsolete. Thanks #HHS and #CDC for ensuring health of all babies & kids, no matter their parents’ income, through cheap/free vaccines. No thanks, #RFK, don’t send children back to this. #vaccinessavelives #science

Federal judge blocks Trump plan to freeze spending on grants, loans • West Virginia Watch A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday, blocking the Trump administration from a proposed spending freeze.

A federal district judge issued a temporary restraining order on Friday, blocking the Trump administration from moving forward with a proposed spending freeze on grants and loans, reports @jennifershutt.bsky.social.

FAA Chief Quit on Jan. 20 After Elon Musk Told Him to Resign Michael Whitaker had only been in the role for a year but the SpaceX chief accused him of “harassment.”

FAA Chief Whitaker had clashed with Musk and SpaceX over enforcement of safety issues, so Musk demanded Whitaker resign early, ahead of his 5 year legally mandated term.

Gutting Medicaid will take health care away from hardworking West Virginia families

COMMENTARY: In West Virginia, 516,500 of our friends, family members and neighbors are covered by Medicaid. So, why are Republicans in Congress planning to slash trillions from Medicaid to hand out $4.6 trillion in tax breaks to the wealthy, writes Ellen Allen.

Shermann "Dilla" Thomas has landed his "dream" job at the DuSable Black History Museum. https://buff.ly/3Erpcw5

How Do Abortion Pills Work? Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. The FDA says abortion pills are safe if taken as directed. Here’s what patients should expect.

RFK Jr says Trump asked him to "study the safety of mifepristone."

Decades of use have demonstrated its safety.

Nearly 6 million women have used mifepristone. Only 32 deaths from those who'd used it were reported to the FDA through 2022, REGARDLESS of whether the drug played a role in the death.

Some Issues and Topics Our Reporters Will Be Following in a Second Trump Presidency — and How to Get in Touch During Donald Trump’s second presidency, ProPublica will continue our focus on the areas most in need of scrutiny. Here are some of the issues our reporters will be watching — and how to get in touch ...

The second Trump presidency is here, but so is @propublica.org, doing what we've always done to hold power to account. Here's how to contact our journalists by subject matter expertise: www.propublica.org/article/seco...

YouTube video by The Bulwark CIVIL WAR: Musk & MAGA Go At Each Other On Christmas Over Immigrants & Saved By The Bell

This is the best take on the MAGA civil war, 10 out of 10, better than Cats, would listen again and again.