Journalist. Founder @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/Q672VhbT99. Pulitzer + Peabody 2024. Formerly @invinst.
Chicago, IL
Joined November 2012
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I’m suing the Secret Service. Grateful for the expertise and support of @rcfp!
@rcfp attorneys are representing journalist @FlowersAlison in a new FOIA lawsuit seeking records from the Secret Service about the prosecution of Dee Farmer in the 1980s. rcfp.org/litigation/flowers-…
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@rcfp attorneys are representing journalist @FlowersAlison in a new FOIA lawsuit seeking records from the Secret Service about the prosecution of Dee Farmer in the 1980s. rcfp.org/litigation/flowers-…
Still unresolved @astoundconnects Dispatch said can’t actually see field notes on their screens to call correct contact on work order so they revert to account number (the one I said not to use bc not available). Tech left w/o even speaking to front desk. Still no appt.
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Astonishing: Bovino and his agents showed up at the Bean this morning to pose for pictures. While Border Patrol snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’” The neighborhood where they are least welcome and most acutely felt. blockclubchicago.org/2025/11…
“For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat.”
Can we at least share the value that people deserve to eat?
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Our latest story about prominent Chicago activist turned politician Andrew Holmes, who is facing new scrutiny as lawsuit alleges sexual assault of teenage girl. Also details how some families felt exploited. With @FlowersAlison for @chicagotribune
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The judge vacated Robert Johnson’s conviction!
His grandmother Mary Robinson said: “Thank you Lord. You did good. You did good.”
We are hopeful he will be released tomorrow after another hearing.
Part Two: There’s A Delicate Alchemy to Overturning A Wrongful Conviction.
Photo of Robert Johnson, his family and a blurb from his letter to me which I read ar the end of the Interview.
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Why does it take so long to free an innocent person from prison? The case of Robert Johnson. wbez.org/curious-city/2025/0…
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A Black trans Army veteran vanished in the Bahamas. Why won’t her country help find her? An important op-ed @chicagotribune
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A Black trans Army veteran vanished in the Bahamas. Why won’t her country help find her?
tinyurl.com/4e5ufdd6 @FBI @FBIChicago @DickDurbin @SenDuckworth @Brandon4Chicago @VisitTheBahamas @opmthebahamas @USEmbassyNassau @goop @SivanandaBahama
“We cannot allow the U.S. government to turn its back on one of its most vulnerable citizens. Time is running out. Casey’s loved ones deserve more than indifference to their cries for help. Casey deserves justice, and we must demand it.” @FBI @FBIChicago @USEmbassyNassau
“Despite these disproportionate rates of violence against trans people, Casey’s case has been met with inaction and silence by the American institutions meant to protect her.”
“From 2017 to 2021, killings of trans people nearly doubled in the U.S., with Black trans women most at risk, according to data from the nonprofit Everytown for Gun Safety. And across the world, 320 trans and gender-diverse people were killed in 2023…”
“The systemic violence Black trans women face, at home and overseas, is undeniable. Last month, a Texas man was accused of using a dating app to kidnap and assault trans women.”
“Casey is not the first person to disappear from this ashram. Other American citizens have vanished, and at least 14 women have come forward with allegations of abuse — coercion, rape and misconduct — by senior teachers at various Sivananda locations…” @SivanandaBahama
“Casey’s face was absent from the missing posters wall in the police bureau when her family visited Nassau. Shockingly, the police chief overseeing Casey’s investigation was placed on leave after being accused of accepting bribes in a different case.”