Logan Jaffe
@loganjaffe.bsky.social
Reporter, newsletters @ProPublica.org. Public History grad student @loyolahistdept.bsky.social. Fellow, New America US@250 initiative. Floridian in the Midwest.
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Logan Jaffe
@loganjaffe.bsky.social
· Nov 11
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What's up! Excited to be on here and reconnect. I'm a journalist with ProPublica, based in Chicago. I write newsletters and stories. I also study and write about public history.
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Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Wrote about the complex process of building a 7-color print from metal type & ornament. www.starshaped.com/blog/2025/11...
“There were about seven other day laborers on the corner there that scattered, and [the agents] seemed to just grab the first person they could get their hands on,” a witness told @katieprout.bsky.social.
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared
Abductions by federal immigration agents follow recent city-sponsored evictions of homeless residents from public parks.
chicagoreader.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:13 PM
“There were about seven other day laborers on the corner there that scattered, and [the agents] seemed to just grab the first person they could get their hands on,” a witness told @katieprout.bsky.social.
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
Horrifying reporting on unhoused people disappearing: chicagoreader.com/news/reader-...
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At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...
Many unhoused Chicagoans uncounted among the disappeared - Chicago Reader
The Latino Union of Chicago, via its Adopt a Corner initiative, organizes patrols to watch for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other federal agents at intersections and landmarks wh...
chicagoreader.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 PM
At least 26 unhoused Chicagoans have been kidnapped by federal agents since September, including a man I'm calling Theo, a quiet day laborer who lived near Gompers Park. Two other people were also recently taken from this community. chicagoreader.com/news/ice-bor...
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A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
November 7, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.
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Denver Post confirms what we’ve been hearing: nearly all federal HSI agents with expertise on cultural property crimes have been reassigned to immigration duties in recent months.
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Denver Post confirms what we’ve been hearing: nearly all federal HSI agents with expertise on cultural property crimes have been reassigned to immigration duties in recent months.
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
Major loss of law enforcement capabilities in the world’s largest art market.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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Foreign Food Safety Inspections Hit Historic Low After Trump Cuts
The dramatic shift in oversight comes at a time when the U.S. has never been more reliant on foreign food, which accounts for the vast majority of the nation’s seafood and more than half its fresh fru...
www.propublica.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
NEW: Billions of pounds of food are imported to the U.S. each year.
The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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The FDA inspects foreign producers to ensure what we're eating is safe from pathogens and dangerous manufacturing practices.
But now, after Trump's drastic staff cuts, these inspections have plummeted to a historic low.
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NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
The U.S. was a leader in cultural heritage investigations. Now those agents are working immigration enforcement.
Homeland Security Investigations, the department’s investigative arm, once had as many as eight agents in its New York office investigating cultural property cases.
www.denverpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
NEW - The Trump admin has disbanded its federal cultural property investigations team and reassigned the agents to immigration enforcement, delivering a blow to one of the world’s leaders in heritage protection, according to multiple ppl familiar with the changes.
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.denverpost.com/2025/11/06/u...
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Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
November 6, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Ellis is concluding, with John Adams words to his wife in 1775 about the need to fight for the nascent American democracy.
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
"Liberty once lost is lost forever."
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It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
It’s been a pleasure working with Lex and everyone in the politics vertical at Teen Vogue. I’m heartbroken that my column, Disability Visibility, is gone. Teen Vogue was one of the few places that published disabled journalists regularly. I just spent the last 2 months working on my next column
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Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
November 5, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Lawyers play a video that was played for Bovino. In it, he tells agents "everybody fucking gets it if they touch you."
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
"This is OUR fucking city," Bovino tells them.
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if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
if there was a rich person with the will, you could build the most incredible news organization that has ever existed just from the wreckage of this year alone.
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Some airlines are stepping in to help feed air traffic controllers and other unpaid federal aviation workers who missed their first full paycheck on Tuesday, Day 28 of the government shutdown.
Airlines are feeding air traffic controllers as they miss their first full paychecks
Airlines are donating meals to unpaid federal aviation workers during the government shutdown as air traffic controllers missed their first paychecks.
cbsn.ws
October 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Some airlines are stepping in to help feed air traffic controllers and other unpaid federal aviation workers who missed their first full paycheck on Tuesday, Day 28 of the government shutdown.
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Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in charge of operations in Chicago, told a judge today the government needs more time to submit use-of-force reports to the court because of the "sheer volume" of reports
Ellis orders Border Patrol to submit, under seal, all of the use of force incidents in Chicago by the end of the day.
She also wants all of the body-worn camera footage.
Bovino says the "sheer volume" of the reports makes that impossible.
She also wants all of the body-worn camera footage.
Bovino says the "sheer volume" of the reports makes that impossible.
October 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Greg Bovino, the Border Patrol chief in charge of operations in Chicago, told a judge today the government needs more time to submit use-of-force reports to the court because of the "sheer volume" of reports
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The judge is now walking Bovino through the TRO.
Ellis: "Section 1A means, essentially, that you've got to leave journalists alone. If they're doing their job, they need to be left alone to do their job."
Ellis: "Section 1A means, essentially, that you've got to leave journalists alone. If they're doing their job, they need to be left alone to do their job."
October 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The judge is now walking Bovino through the TRO.
Ellis: "Section 1A means, essentially, that you've got to leave journalists alone. If they're doing their job, they need to be left alone to do their job."
Ellis: "Section 1A means, essentially, that you've got to leave journalists alone. If they're doing their job, they need to be left alone to do their job."
This morning’s Big Story newsletter from @propublica.org:
📌 Oklahoma’s shift toward conservatism and Christianity in public schools has come amid abysmal test scores and high dropout rates.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
📌 Oklahoma’s shift toward conservatism and Christianity in public schools has come amid abysmal test scores and high dropout rates.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 1:31 PM
This morning’s Big Story newsletter from @propublica.org:
📌 Oklahoma’s shift toward conservatism and Christianity in public schools has come amid abysmal test scores and high dropout rates.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
📌 Oklahoma’s shift toward conservatism and Christianity in public schools has come amid abysmal test scores and high dropout rates.
www.propublica.org/article/trum... by @jsmithrichards.bsky.social
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FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social
Illinois State Rep. Says Border Patrol Agent Pointed a Gun as He Was Warning Residents About Immigration Raids
State Rep. Hoan Huynh, a candidate to represent Illinois’ 9th District in Congress, said he was in Albany Park when he was confronted by six Border Patrol agents.
news.wttw.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 PM
FULL STORY: A Border Patrol agent pointed a gun at state Rep. Hoan Huynh while he warned North Side residents that immigration agents were conducting enforcement operations, said Huynh, a Vietnam refugee who is running to represent Illinois' 9th District in Congress. @wttw.bsky.social
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In 1861, abolitionists in Chicago claimed no “fugitive slave” had been arrested in Chicago in 8 years. But after Lincoln was inaugurated, the new U.S. Marshal for the territory started making arrests. The more progressive papers howled and a vigilance committee was formed:
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October 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
In 1861, abolitionists in Chicago claimed no “fugitive slave” had been arrested in Chicago in 8 years. But after Lincoln was inaugurated, the new U.S. Marshal for the territory started making arrests. The more progressive papers howled and a vigilance committee was formed:
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“They don’t tell us a lot of things, man,” said an officer in a marked Chicago police SUV. “We’re just little pawns.”
Unmarked officers at Calumet Park station aren't immigration agents, Coast Guard officials said. blockclubchi.co/3KT4TLv
October 17, 2025 at 7:15 PM
“They don’t tell us a lot of things, man,” said an officer in a marked Chicago police SUV. “We’re just little pawns.”
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People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇
(Published Dec. 2024)
If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life
Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...
www.propublica.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:00 AM
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇
(Published Dec. 2024)
We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: 'We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today'
A federal judge’s temporary restraining order requires federal agents to issue two warnings before using riot control weapons such as tear gas. Witnesses says they didn't get any warning.
chicago.suntimes.com
October 12, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed.
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
“I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."
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If anyone has additional information they want to share with me, anonymous or otherwise, my email is kprout@chicagoreader.com. Signal katie.507!
October 8, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If anyone has additional information they want to share with me, anonymous or otherwise, my email is kprout@chicagoreader.com. Signal katie.507!
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At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
Make It Make Sense: ICE targets Chicago’s homeless community
Plus: state and local leaders crack down on anti-ICE protesters and advocates ask the chief judge to keep ICE out of county courthouses.
chicagoreader.com
October 8, 2025 at 4:06 PM
At least 6 unhoused Chicagoans have been abducted by federal agents since September: 2 have been released, while the status of the remaining 4 is unknown. But the Chicago Coalition to End Homelessness is investigating reports of an additional 19 people disappeared.
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
chicagoreader.com/news/make-it...
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New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution
The Founders were inspired—and threatened—by the independence and self-governance of nations like the Iroquois Confederacy.
www.theatlantic.com
October 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
New essay in the Atlantic today: How Native Nations Shaped the Revolution by Ned Blackhawk (with many lessons on how we ended up where we are as a nation, and a gift link) www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Crucial read
NEW — Rod Johnson will never forget federal agents zip-tying his hands behind his back.
The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.
“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
The night of the South Shore raid in Chicago, Johnson said he was detained for two hours.
“I’m an American citizen with no warrants,” Johnson said.
thetriibe.com/2025/10/sout...
South Shore raid triggers past traumas and sparks new conversations about divisions between Black and Latino communities • The TRiiBE
Federal agent activity on Chicago’s South and West sides put Black people in the crosshairs.
thetriibe.com
October 9, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Crucial read