#Chicago

if youre living in any of these locations, please stay safe and try your best to stay at home for the next few days. these are where most hate groups
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Let’s say Im building a startup specifically to solve the issue of “Black dollars” not circulating in predom. AA/Black communities Hypothesis: Fiat currency has physical limitations as to how it
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I'm almost a Florida domiciled dude, what happened in NYC and San Francisco (where I recently sold my condo) is contagious. Quick discussion of some migratory notes. Is it an
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"Whatever the strategy is."Think about that phrase for a second.https://twitter.com/chicagotribune/status/1265380407387795456 The Superintendent is at the beck and call of the Mayor. The same Mayor who publicly said "we will
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For my latest piece, I investigated police unions and the infuriating history of how they became so powerful. Here are some things I learned. Thread.https://www.motherjones.com/crime-justice/2020/08/police-unions-minneapolis/ Police unioniz
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I wish there would be a visible award (besides Webby) for content-driven platforms. A thread Understanding, organizing, and designing platforms with super heavy content is still a large part
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In 1952 a constellation of racist and anti-semitic far right groups, calling themselves "Nationalists," gathered before the GOP convention in Chicago with the hopes of getting their man, General MacArthur,
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With everyone suddenly out taking walks, I’ve begun to profile the walker universe.First, we have The Laguardias. People who look like they’re walking around an airport terminal to kill time
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On Memorial Day 1937, Chicago police murdered 10 union picketers and permanently disabled nine more, shooting most in the back as they ran. The police killed them for having the
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1. OK, OK, I know it’s always the big anniversary of
something, but to me, tonight is the only (political) anniversary that matters. What I watched 50 years ago tonight put
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why this frame from the malang title song is one of my favorite bollywood images: a thread first, all the flight times are between 03:00 and 09:00, which is 3am
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just some observations while walking down lake this morning: the stretch of street between hiawatha and chicago (@ the midtown exchange) is still totally unpoliced. ppl were handing out free
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Breaking: White House concerned with coronavirus spread in L.A. area, asks CDC to investigatehttps://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-05-22/white-house-concerned-with-coronavirus-spread-in-l-a-area-asks-cdc-to-investigate While some pa
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So I'm going to ask the question.:If you're so upset over corruption, bad cops, black people getting killed without justice why aren't you going after the leaders promoting it? How
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Thread: A little history:Latino @MLB players are dammed if they do, dammed if they don’t. It doesn’t matter how good they are either, whether you were an all-time great like
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Since June, I’ve been working on a story about racism and inequity at FFA (Future Farmers of America), the country’s largest student farm organization, and the Black alumni who are
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