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Tiffany W
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EIC, @thetriibe.com
2024 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow
up, thinking about how devastating this is about to be
The Department of Education said Monday that the Trump administration will begin to garnish earnings from student loan borrowers in January.
Millions of student loan borrowers are about to see their paychecks shrink
The Trump administration will resume wage garnishment for people in default on student loans.
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December 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
i agree, football on Christmas is weird. this is the NBA’s day.

but i must watch the Vikings x Lions game. need Detroit to take that L
December 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
made my granny’s dressing. i am so so so so so so proud of myself and fulfilled!
December 25, 2025 at 4:53 AM
I CANT PUT MY ARMS DOWN!

put your arms down when you get to school.

😂😂😂😂😂
never fails lmaooo
December 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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NEW — Chicago’s 2026 budget cycle ended today.

This conversation between TRiiBE EIC Tiffany Walden and organizer Asha Ransby-Sporn helped us unpack some news gaps when it comes to covering grassroots organizing in Chicago.

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Chicago budget wins and losses: insights from Asha Ransby-Sporn • The TRiiBE
Exclusive Q&A with an organizer at the center of Chicago’s budget battle.
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December 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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NEW — Chicago’s 2026 budget cycle ended today.

This conversation between TRiiBE EIC Tiffany Walden and organizer Asha Ransby-Sporn helped us unpack some news gaps when it comes to covering grassroots organizing in Chicago.

Join RESHAPE to read.

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Chicago budget wins and losses: insights from Asha Ransby-Sporn • The TRiiBE
Exclusive Q&A with an organizer at the center of Chicago’s budget battle.
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December 24, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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HAPPENING NOW — Mayor Brandon Johnson is scheduled to sign an executive order around establishing responsible debt collection after Chicago City Council passed an alternate budget that includes selling city debt.

WATCH:

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LIVE: Mayor Brandon Johnson to sign executive order establishing responsible debt collection • The TRiiBE
This is a breaking news story. Come back for updates.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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@corli.thetriibe.com has worked diligently covering the budget season. Read her latest about lessons learned by local organizers who were pushing alders to tax the rich during this budget cycle.

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Chicago organizers who rallied to tax the rich reflect on lessons learned after city council passes alternate budget • The TRiiBE
"I think trust needs to be built between these alders and their constituents, especially if they want to run again," one organizer said.
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December 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
really thought i would have the laundry room in my building to myself this week…
December 22, 2025 at 5:21 PM
intention for winter solstice: returning to myself
December 22, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Coach said we needed 11 wins.

Playoff bound, baybeeeee 🐻⬇️
December 22, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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A completely drunk ass game and vv drunk ending but guess who TF is in playoffs?!?!?!??!
a man wearing a jersey that says williams 10
ALT: a man wearing a jersey that says williams 10
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December 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
idk what just happened at the end of this Lions-Steelers game but who even cares lol

let’s go Bears!
December 22, 2025 at 12:51 AM
just put my Christmas menu together ☺️
December 21, 2025 at 11:42 PM
can’t tell yall how many times i’ve watched that Caleb-DJ winner.

now Reddit has put the Titanic song to it 😩
December 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
!!!!!!!
Kusinski: Ben Johnson's first words to ESPN1000 in the postgame interview, “Are you not entertained?”
December 21, 2025 at 6:15 AM
OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGGG
December 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
now why they trying to fight. Commanders szn been washed lol
December 21, 2025 at 12:45 AM
what is this Eagles kicker on
December 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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NEW — Ahead of tonight's game, we wanted to know how Black Chicagoans can somehow choose the Green Bay Packers over the Bears.

These three men shared their origin stories with us.

"The Packers have mostly been better than the Bears in my lifetime," one fan said.

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‘I don’t hate the Bears. I just tease the fans’: why some Chicagoans root for the Green Bay Packers • The TRiiBE
Chicagoans call them traitors. These Packers fans share their origin stories.
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December 20, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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It's game day in Chicago.

Part two of the Bears vs. Green Bay Packers matchup will take place at Soldier Field tonight at 7:20 p.m.

Where will you be watching the game?

Here's a story about a local Black-owned lounge that gets pretty lit on game day.

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A winning Chicago Bears season is driving crowds and dollars to this South Side Black-owned lounge • The TRiiBE
Even after falling to Green Bay, The Family Den Lounge buzzed with optimism, music and decades of tradition as Bears fans embrace a season that finally feels different.
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December 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“if you keep retreating, your thoughts and feelings won’t be heard…”
December 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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December 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
ahh so that’s why TNT/TBS has played the Hunger Game series damn near every weekend this year.

they were prepping everybody lol
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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NEW — Organizers and progressive alders pushed back against the alternate budget, which includes plans to sell Chicagoans' unpaid debts.

"It can be devastating, especially when you have high property taxes in South and West Side,” Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.

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Alternate alder bloc propose selling unpaid debts, critics warn Chicago’s working people will pay the price • The TRiiBE
“It can be the reason why people just sell their homes,” Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez said.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:25 PM