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Story on missing traffic stop data; includes background on how CPD largely substituted vehicle stops for pedestrian stops following 2016 stop/frisk protocol change
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Chicago police made nearly 200,000 secret traffic stops last year
Chicago police are required by law to report every traffic stop. But a new investigation found one-third of traffic stops went unreported.
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December 29, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Story on missing traffic stop data; includes background on how CPD largely substituted vehicle stops for pedestrian stops following 2016 stop/frisk protocol change
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The work our team produced this year was emblematic of the deep, person-centered, data-driven investigative reporting we’ve been doing since our founding a decade ago.
Injustice Watch’s best work of 2025
Revisit some of our team’s outstanding reporting from this past year, including our investigations into tax foreclosures, a rogue forensics lab, juvenile detention, wrongful convictions, and the…
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December 29, 2025 at 3:02 PM
The work our team produced this year was emblematic of the deep, person-centered, data-driven investigative reporting we’ve been doing since our founding a decade ago.
Illinois has strengthened its labor laws and improved efforts to collect stolen wages for workers. Despite this, the most difficult cases can get bogged down in the system for years. buff.ly/WJHXcax
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 28, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Illinois has strengthened its labor laws and improved efforts to collect stolen wages for workers. Despite this, the most difficult cases can get bogged down in the system for years. buff.ly/WJHXcax
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Writing this is one of my favorite assignments, because I get to revisit all the incredible work the @injusticewatch.org team did this year. Check it out in case you missed any of it: www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
Injustice Watch’s best work of 2025
Revisit some of our team’s outstanding reporting from this past year, including our investigations into tax foreclosures, a rogue forensics lab, juvenile detention, wrongful convictions, and the count...
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December 26, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Writing this is one of my favorite assignments, because I get to revisit all the incredible work the @injusticewatch.org team did this year. Check it out in case you missed any of it: www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
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At least one answer is in @injusticewatch.org’s Best of 2025, if you want to cram before you take the test. www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
December 26, 2025 at 9:04 PM
At least one answer is in @injusticewatch.org’s Best of 2025, if you want to cram before you take the test. www.injusticewatch.org/staff-news/2...
Revisit some of our team’s outstanding reporting from this past year, including our investigations into tax foreclosures, a rogue forensics lab, juvenile detention, wrongful convictions, and more. buff.ly/0HeVrdE
Injustice Watch’s best work of 2025
Revisit some of our team’s outstanding reporting from this past year, including our investigations into tax foreclosures, a rogue forensics lab, juvenile detention, wrongful convictions, and the…
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December 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Revisit some of our team’s outstanding reporting from this past year, including our investigations into tax foreclosures, a rogue forensics lab, juvenile detention, wrongful convictions, and more. buff.ly/0HeVrdE
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In case you missed it, down below is a story I put out early this year on the many people denied by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit. You can also read my follow-up on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke further weakening her office's system to figure out who they've wrongfully convicted.
December 23, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In case you missed it, down below is a story I put out early this year on the many people denied by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit. You can also read my follow-up on State's Attorney Eileen O'Neill Burke further weakening her office's system to figure out who they've wrongfully convicted.
Despite its celebrated record of exonerating more people than any comparable unit nationwide, we found 21 people who were denied relief by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit before flawed evidence later led to their exonerations.
Cook County’s conviction integrity unit repeatedly denied freedom to incarcerated people who were later cleared
Still in prison after 18 years despite the flimsy evidence of his guilt, Kevin Jackson tore open the letter from the Cook County conviction integrity unit
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December 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Despite its celebrated record of exonerating more people than any comparable unit nationwide, we found 21 people who were denied relief by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit before flawed evidence later led to their exonerations.
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Interesting 180° difference in how the Illinois AG handles wage theft versus, say, “organized retail theft,” which includes a multi-agency “task force,” $5 million per year to cops for spy tools, a PR machine, & tons of low-level arrests for property crimes, while biz owners stiff workers & walk.
We observed lawyers from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office who showed up to wage theft court hearings unprepared. Since 1993, more than 300 cases were initially dismissed because no one from the Attorney General’s Office showed up at all. (with @crainschicago.bsky.social) buff.ly/WJHXcax
December 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Interesting 180° difference in how the Illinois AG handles wage theft versus, say, “organized retail theft,” which includes a multi-agency “task force,” $5 million per year to cops for spy tools, a PR machine, & tons of low-level arrests for property crimes, while biz owners stiff workers & walk.
We observed lawyers from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office who showed up to wage theft court hearings unprepared. Since 1993, more than 300 cases were initially dismissed because no one from the Attorney General’s Office showed up at all. (with @crainschicago.bsky.social) buff.ly/WJHXcax
December 22, 2025 at 9:02 PM
We observed lawyers from the Illinois Attorney General’s Office who showed up to wage theft court hearings unprepared. Since 1993, more than 300 cases were initially dismissed because no one from the Attorney General’s Office showed up at all. (with @crainschicago.bsky.social) buff.ly/WJHXcax
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What happens when employers refuse to pay workers? To answer that question, we looked at 3,000+ lawsuits filed in Cook County against employers accused of stealing wages. Despite the state's strong laws, workers wait years for payday. Some never see a penny.
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Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 16, 2025 at 12:58 PM
What happens when employers refuse to pay workers? To answer that question, we looked at 3,000+ lawsuits filed in Cook County against employers accused of stealing wages. Despite the state's strong laws, workers wait years for payday. Some never see a penny.
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“This is the saddest part about being an immigrant — that one strives to do the best job you can … and then we don’t get paid,” the worker said in between sobs.
Gut-wrenching new investigation from @writeralejandra.bsky.social Wage theft in Illinois is rampant
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Gut-wrenching new investigation from @writeralejandra.bsky.social Wage theft in Illinois is rampant
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Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 17, 2025 at 11:12 PM
“This is the saddest part about being an immigrant — that one strives to do the best job you can … and then we don’t get paid,” the worker said in between sobs.
Gut-wrenching new investigation from @writeralejandra.bsky.social Wage theft in Illinois is rampant
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Gut-wrenching new investigation from @writeralejandra.bsky.social Wage theft in Illinois is rampant
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December 19, 2025 at 5:13 PM
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Illinois determined their wages were stolen. For hundreds of Cook County workers, it can take years to receive the payment they’re owed. buff.ly/WJHXcax
December 19, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Illinois determined their wages were stolen. For hundreds of Cook County workers, it can take years to receive the payment they’re owed. buff.ly/WJHXcax
“The problem is the system itself,” said Jorge Mújica, an organizer with Arise Chicago who has advocated for workers’ rights for more than 50 years. “The state has created a system that’s not user-friendly.” (with @crainschicago.bsky.social)
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 18, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“The problem is the system itself,” said Jorge Mújica, an organizer with Arise Chicago who has advocated for workers’ rights for more than 50 years. “The state has created a system that’s not user-friendly.” (with @crainschicago.bsky.social)
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 AM
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Senior reporter @writeralejandra.bsky.social analyzed more than 3,000 wage theft cases filed in Cook County by the attorney general since 1993 and found workers wait, on average, about five years for their cases to be settled or dismissed. (with @crainschicago.bsky.social)
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 17, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Senior reporter @writeralejandra.bsky.social analyzed more than 3,000 wage theft cases filed in Cook County by the attorney general since 1993 and found workers wait, on average, about five years for their cases to be settled or dismissed. (with @crainschicago.bsky.social)
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So cool to see our investigation on @crainschicago.bsky.social's front page today:
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December 16, 2025 at 4:34 PM
So cool to see our investigation on @crainschicago.bsky.social's front page today:
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NEW from us and @crainschicago.bsky.social: Hundreds of Cook County workers have waited years to recover stolen wages — even after the Illinois Department of Labor ruled they were owed money. buff.ly/WJHXcax
Illinois fails to collect wages owed to workers in Cook County
Wage theft cases get stalled out in Cook County Court, where it can take years for workers to receive payment they're owed — if they receive it at all.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:03 PM
NEW from us and @crainschicago.bsky.social: Hundreds of Cook County workers have waited years to recover stolen wages — even after the Illinois Department of Labor ruled they were owed money. buff.ly/WJHXcax
Senior reporter Maya Dukmasova is a guest on the Ben Joravsky Show discussing her profile of former Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans and where his legacy leaves the courts. buff.ly/vgM15Wr
Maya Dukmasova--The Evans Legacy
A federal grand jury says sorry, Donnie when it comes to prosecuting Letitia James. Ben riffs. And Maya returns! To talk about her epic profile of Cook County Judge…
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December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Senior reporter Maya Dukmasova is a guest on the Ben Joravsky Show discussing her profile of former Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans and where his legacy leaves the courts. buff.ly/vgM15Wr
📻 Senior reporter Carlos Ballesteros will be a guest on the David Seaton Show on WVON 1690 today at 3:30 p.m. He'll be discussing the recent ruling by a federal judge who found Illinois illegally stripped homeowners of their equity. Tune in: buff.ly/tarWIaW
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December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
📻 Senior reporter Carlos Ballesteros will be a guest on the David Seaton Show on WVON 1690 today at 3:30 p.m. He'll be discussing the recent ruling by a federal judge who found Illinois illegally stripped homeowners of their equity. Tune in: buff.ly/tarWIaW
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ICYM the Cook County court Friday night news dump: at the end of his first week in office Chief Judge Beach axed three presiding judges:
December 6, 2025 at 1:51 PM
ICYM the Cook County court Friday night news dump: at the end of his first week in office Chief Judge Beach axed three presiding judges: