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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This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
February 9, 2026 at 11:21 AM
This is 18-mo-old Amalia waving to me when she was detained.
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
She was hospitalized with a respiratory infection while at ICE’s Dilley facility for immigrant families.
She’s one of dozens of detainees who I spoke to via video and phone calls, letters and an in-person visit. 🧵1/
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1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
February 9, 2026 at 12:25 PM
1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
Hundreds of kids are still detained.
We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧵
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People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.
February 9, 2026 at 2:46 AM
People cheer while watching Bad Bunny perform during Super Bowl 60 at a Benito bowl watch party at La Bruquena in the Humboldt Park neighborhood Sunday evening in Chicago.
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Freedom 250, the Trump-run group the NYT reports is offering big donors special access, has totally supplanted America250, the congressional org that had been organizing 250th events, as we reported last week .So Trump is turning 250th into a party for himself, with taxpayer $, but no oversight.
February 8, 2026 at 7:13 PM
Freedom 250, the Trump-run group the NYT reports is offering big donors special access, has totally supplanted America250, the congressional org that had been organizing 250th events, as we reported last week .So Trump is turning 250th into a party for himself, with taxpayer $, but no oversight.
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Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
Fear of ICE is keeping pregnant immigrants in Minnesota from critical care
Health care providers in Minnesota said pregnant patients are having more complications linked to stress. But fear of immigration agents is keeping them from prenatal care.
19thnews.org
January 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM
Citing fear of ICE, pregnant immigrants in Minnesota are
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
-skipping prenatal care
-requesting home births, even when not medically advised
-going w/o adequate food
Many are experiencing complications providers say can be stress-onset: diabetes, high blood pressure, and even water breaking early
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For the 40th anniversary, I interviewed six Black journalists who covered it in some capacity. BTW, the PPD dropped the bømb from a PA state helicopter.
www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
January 30, 2026 at 1:53 AM
For the 40th anniversary, I interviewed six Black journalists who covered it in some capacity. BTW, the PPD dropped the bømb from a PA state helicopter.
www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
www.phillytrib.com/news/local_n...
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Synthetic doctors are outperforming real ones on social media. I found more than 25 AI health accounts with +8.5 million followers.
The Canadian Medical Assoc runs a program featuring real doctors. Its prez told me: "I would say that our following is not as large." indicator.media/p/ai-generat...
The Canadian Medical Assoc runs a program featuring real doctors. Its prez told me: "I would say that our following is not as large." indicator.media/p/ai-generat...
AI-generated doctors are dispensing dubious health advice
Indicator identified more than two dozen social media accounts that feature synthetic doctors and medical professionals. They've racked up millions of views and engagements.
indicator.media
January 26, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Synthetic doctors are outperforming real ones on social media. I found more than 25 AI health accounts with +8.5 million followers.
The Canadian Medical Assoc runs a program featuring real doctors. Its prez told me: "I would say that our following is not as large." indicator.media/p/ai-generat...
The Canadian Medical Assoc runs a program featuring real doctors. Its prez told me: "I would say that our following is not as large." indicator.media/p/ai-generat...
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The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
January 25, 2026 at 8:46 PM
The march is now passing the Chicago city hall / Cook County hall building. The chant goes up,
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
"Minnesota don't you fear, we, the people, are right here"
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Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
Fearing ICE, parents make plans for their children’s care
Some families give legal authority to others to make key decisions about a child’s life if a parent is detained and deported.
bit.ly
January 25, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Some immigrant parents, fearful of their children facing similar uncertainty if they were to be arrested, detained or deported are taking the extreme step of legally transferring parental authority to teachers, co-workers, fellow parishioners and neighbors.
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"your children will ask what side you were on" - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sK...
January 24, 2026 Press conference
YouTube video by cityofminneapolis
www.youtube.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:04 PM
"your children will ask what side you were on" - Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_sK...
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just going to leave this here www.propublica.org/series/life-...
January 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
just going to leave this here www.propublica.org/series/life-...
Yes they have! Amazing.
January 23, 2026 at 2:42 PM
Yes they have! Amazing.
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You can also help preserve the signs (though many are hopefully backed up on multiple computers in diff depts cause it takes a lot of work to put these up) by taking photos and uploading them here: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...
January 23, 2026 at 12:27 PM
You can also help preserve the signs (though many are hopefully backed up on multiple computers in diff depts cause it takes a lot of work to put these up) by taking photos and uploading them here: sites.google.com/umn.edu/save...
Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
Here are the signs the Trump administration removed from Independence Park
Following last year’s review, every sign has been removed from the President’s House site.
www.inquirer.com
January 23, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Look at this: @inquirer.com has digitally preserved the interpretative signage removed by NPS, and used annotations to explain what specifically was flagged before removal. This keeps the content publicly accessible (for now) while doing newsworthy reporting
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
www.inquirer.com/news/philade...
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"Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history." Donald Trump, July 2020
January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
"Our nation is witnessing a merciless campaign to wipe out our history." Donald Trump, July 2020
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Imagine you're a scientist trying to publish a new study, and being told you can't, unless you do background checks on co-authors who aren't U.S. citizens and send their names to national security staff.
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
The new directive asks USDA workers in the agency’s research arm to use Google to check the backgrounds of all foreign nationals collaborating with its scientists.
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
The names of flagged scientists are being sent to national security experts at the agency, according to records reviewed by ProPublica.
Trump Administration Orders USDA Employees to Investigate Foreign Researchers They Work With
The new directive asks workers to check the backgrounds of foreign nationals collaborating with the department’s scientists for evidence of “subversive or criminal activity.” Their names are being sen...
www.propublica.org
January 20, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Imagine you're a scientist trying to publish a new study, and being told you can't, unless you do background checks on co-authors who aren't U.S. citizens and send their names to national security staff.
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
Also, studies about climate change or DEI written w/foreign scientists = rejected. ⬇️
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Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing
Civilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ...
www.propublica.org
January 13, 2026 at 1:38 PM
Immigration agents are choking people in America's streets & using tactics against their own policy/training. Many LEO agencies have banned their use
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
A Colombian TikToker. An ICU nurse. A father holding his child.
A 16-year-old citizen
DHS calls this "utmost professionalism"
w/ @mckenziefunk.com
White House: “We wish to be assured that none of the leadership of the Smithsonian museums is confused about the fact that the United States has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world.”
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology." n.pr/4583d8f
Today is the Smithsonian's deadline to give thousands of documents to the White House
The White House says the Smithsonian Institution must submit materials about current and upcoming exhibitions and events for a review that will determine whether they express "improper ideology."
n.pr
January 13, 2026 at 9:51 PM
White House: “We wish to be assured that none of the leadership of the Smithsonian museums is confused about the fact that the United States has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world.”
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Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
January 7, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Last week, we published a story detailing ICE's strategy for recruiting new officers, including targeting "gun rights" supporters and geo-fencing ads around gun shows.
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
Ex-ICE director told me: “That mentality you’re fostering tends to inculcate in people a certain aggressiveness"
wapo.st/3Ngmo9C
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This so reminds me of the work done by @brandkells on how Virginia universities expanded by dislodging Black communities. Worth reading and watching: www.propublica.org/series/uproo...
January 7, 2026 at 4:59 PM
This so reminds me of the work done by @brandkells on how Virginia universities expanded by dislodging Black communities. Worth reading and watching: www.propublica.org/series/uproo...
“It is chilling, but not impossible, to envision the signs screaming “Stop the steal!” picked up on the garbage-strewn National Mall on Jan. 7, 2021, treated one day as patriotic treasures, displayed alongside the writing desk Thomas Jefferson used to draft the Declaration of Independence ...”
Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
Opinion | It’s 2086. This Is What American History Could Look Like. (Published 2022)
www.nytimes.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:22 AM
“It is chilling, but not impossible, to envision the signs screaming “Stop the steal!” picked up on the garbage-strewn National Mall on Jan. 7, 2021, treated one day as patriotic treasures, displayed alongside the writing desk Thomas Jefferson used to draft the Declaration of Independence ...”
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Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
DOI cracks down on stickers covering Trump's face on national park passes
Park passes with protest stickers are facing new scrutiny.
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 PM
Department of Interior says if you put a sticker over Trump's face on your national park entrance pass, the pass will be invalidated.
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
Meanwhile Trump's decision to put his face on the passes is being challenged in court
This might seem trivial to some, but the context is for decades now historians have been pushing to tell the “fuller American story” which tries to correct white-centric history told since our nation’s founding. Trump admin is essentially saying: We’re sticking to the white version, thanks.
The Trump administration rejected recommendations from an advisory committee to honor Frederick Douglass and the woman suffrage and Civil Rights movements, replacing them with coins that feature pilgrims, the Revolutionary War and the Gettysburg Address.
New redesigned coins marking nation's 250th birthday begin circulating today
New coins marking the United States' 250th anniversary begin circulating this week. The Trump administration tweaked the design of some coins and is considering a dollar coin featuring the president.
www.npr.org
January 5, 2026 at 4:44 PM
This might seem trivial to some, but the context is for decades now historians have been pushing to tell the “fuller American story” which tries to correct white-centric history told since our nation’s founding. Trump admin is essentially saying: We’re sticking to the white version, thanks.
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I will never forgot the all-staff meeting after layoffs were announced where someone asked Moog whether he considered taking a pay cut himself (no, of course) — and why reporters and producers had to pay for CPM’s financial woes, instead of the people (ahem, him) who caused them. This is so gross.
The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining revenue.
Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 4:07 AM
I will never forgot the all-staff meeting after layoffs were announced where someone asked Moog whether he considered taking a pay cut himself (no, of course) — and why reporters and producers had to pay for CPM’s financial woes, instead of the people (ahem, him) who caused them. This is so gross.