The school has received praise from the Trump admin, and the founder "has donated more than $2 million since 2023 to Republican candidates and political action committees that support it," @themelodymercado.bsky.social reports
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Broadview protesters still facing charges are urging prosecutors to drop their cases.
“The state is wasting its own scarce resources ... and I am wasting hours of an attorney who could be working to support people who are detained."
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UPDATE: Cook County prosecutors dismissed 21 of the roughly 100 cases against ICE protesters Wednesday. About 80 cases are still being prosecuted, mostly as misdemeanors.
Last week, @minabloom.bsky.social reported on the cases still open: blockclubchi.co/3ZXJS6K
On tomorrow's Say More, @maryldixon.bsky.social and I talk with sociologist Robert Sampson about his new book Marked by Time. A study of Chicagoans found the year you were born dramatically shapes your life trajectory. How did WHEN and WHERE you were born shape your life? Tuesday at 10 on @wbez.org
Survivors begged Chicago for help to address a deadly surge in domestic violence. The city's answer was to give millions to a police program that no one asked for and that so far hasn't done anything. @minabloom.bsky.social reports. @blockclubchi.bsky.social
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I wrote about an increase in domestic homicides in Chicago for @blockclubchi.bsky.social earlier this year.
Today the Mayor’s Office, CPD and community orgs are all meeting to discuss how to combat the surge.
Story: blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/13/c...
My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social is a look at a new police program aimed at helping domestic violence survivors.
Advocates argue the program is a gross misallocation of taxpayer dollars. And we found little evidence it has been effective.
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One of the program's goals is to steer survivors to community services, but only 4 organizations said they received any referrals.
Almost all of the others said they had no experience working with CPD's victim specialists last year.
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ICE agents shot & killed Silverio Villegas Gonzalez after he dropped his kids off at school in September.
Minn officials launched investigations into Pretti & Good's killings. Cook County has not done the same for Villegas Gonzalez.
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The police department’s victim services office has produced few documented results despite a surge in domestic violence cases. Survivors and advocates are furious the money wasn’t used on much-needed ...
Neither the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office nor Franklin Park police chose to launch probes into the death of Silverio Villegas González. That’s in stark contrast to Minneapolis, where local off...
