Jonah Newman
@jonahshai.bsky.social
Managing editor at Injustice Watch, a nonprofit newsroom focused on issues of equity and justice in the courts.
"While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back"
The way they're relishing in the pain they're causing is just awful.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back"
The way they're relishing in the pain they're causing is just awful.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
Border Patrol Agents Pose At The Bean For Apparent Photo Op
The photo op came after agents tear-gassed a Little Village street and were spotted in the area numerous times. At the Bean, one agent shouted, "Everyone say, 'Little Village!'"
blockclubchicago.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:29 AM
"While Border Patrol photographers snapped photos, one agent shouted, “Everyone say, ‘Little Village!’”
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back"
The way they're relishing in the pain they're causing is just awful.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
“Little Village!” the crowd shouted back"
The way they're relishing in the pain they're causing is just awful.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/10/b...
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Chicago's largest buildings are breaking emissions laws, costing the city nearly $35 million in uncollected fines! Buildings over 50,000 sqft are required to report their emissions, but thousands haven't, and have faced none of the penalties.
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Chicago's largest buildings are breaking emissions laws, costing the city nearly $35 million in uncollected fines! Buildings over 50,000 sqft are required to report their emissions, but thousands haven't, and have faced none of the penalties.
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
Contact your alder to help at electrifychicago.net/act
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"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
From @vanessalop.bsky.social: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
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chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation
Deportation has taken away the father I once knew and given me back a person I no longer recognize.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 PM
"My father remained at the Texas detention center until October. During those six months, he went completely blind in one eye and lost most of the vision in the other, because he wasn’t receiving adequate medical care for his Type 2 diabetes."
It’s not often you see good news on the labor front for journalists these days. Congrats to the workers who made this happen!
BREAKING: We won!
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
Today the 3rd Circuit Court ordered the @post-gazette.com to restore our contract it illegally tore up 5 years ago. That’s our health care, PTO, right to a 40-hr. work week, short-term disability and so much more we’ve struck for 3+ years.
pghguild.com/2025/11/10/p...
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It’s not often you see good news on the labor front for journalists these days. Congrats to the workers who made this happen!
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this weather map is truly unhinged.
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
this weather map is truly unhinged.
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🚨 Winter Storm Watch issued November 8 at 1:06PM CST until November 10 at 12:00PM CST by NWS Chicago IL 🚨
Additional Details Here.
Additional Details Here.
November 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Attendance has dropped at Chicago schools in communities with increased immigration enforcement.
Chalkbeat reports: blockclubchi.co/43hlTBr
Chalkbeat reports: blockclubchi.co/43hlTBr
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Attendance has dropped at Chicago schools in communities with increased immigration enforcement.
Chalkbeat reports: blockclubchi.co/43hlTBr
Chalkbeat reports: blockclubchi.co/43hlTBr
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“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer”
Judge Ellis today not only denounced the Trump administration’s immigration action, but had biting remarks on its clumsy views of Chicago itself
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
Judge Ellis today not only denounced the Trump administration’s immigration action, but had biting remarks on its clumsy views of Chicago itself
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
‘The use of force shocks the conscience’: Judge issues sweeping injunction on Chicago tactics of immigration agents
The incoming preliminary injunction replaces a temporary restraining order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis in early October that was set to expire at 11:30 a.m.
www.chicagotribune.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:48 PM
“And having answered so I turn once more to those who sneer at this my city, and I give them back the sneer”
Judge Ellis today not only denounced the Trump administration’s immigration action, but had biting remarks on its clumsy views of Chicago itself
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
Judge Ellis today not only denounced the Trump administration’s immigration action, but had biting remarks on its clumsy views of Chicago itself
UPDATE: www.chicagotribune.com/2025/11/06/o...
A December 2023 incident. Not 2024.
A Cook County judge acquitted a former juvenile jail guard in a trial that lasted just 2.5 hours. “I don’t even think it’s close,” the judge said, about whether the state had met its burden of proof. The case involved a 2024 incident that left a 15-year-old unconscious and bruised.
NEW: On Friday, a judge found a former Cook County youth jail employee not guilty on charges related to an incident that left a boy unconscious. The verdict highlights the challenges of holding detention center staff accountable for alleged abuse, advocates say. buff.ly/Isrf22P
November 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
A December 2023 incident. Not 2024.
A Cook County judge acquitted a former juvenile jail guard in a trial that lasted just 2.5 hours. “I don’t even think it’s close,” the judge said, about whether the state had met its burden of proof. The case involved a 2024 incident that left a 15-year-old unconscious and bruised.
NEW: On Friday, a judge found a former Cook County youth jail employee not guilty on charges related to an incident that left a boy unconscious. The verdict highlights the challenges of holding detention center staff accountable for alleged abuse, advocates say. buff.ly/Isrf22P
Rare trial of Chicago juvenile jail guard ends in acquittal
A Cook County judge found Kevin Walker not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct in a 2023 incident involving a 15-year-old at the juvenile jail.
www.injusticewatch.org
November 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
A Cook County judge acquitted a former juvenile jail guard in a trial that lasted just 2.5 hours. “I don’t even think it’s close,” the judge said, about whether the state had met its burden of proof. The case involved a 2024 incident that left a 15-year-old unconscious and bruised.
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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.
There’s no way that was an interception. At best they both had the ball.
November 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
There’s no way that was an interception. At best they both had the ball.
Games like this are what the chronological timeline was made for.
November 2, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Games like this are what the chronological timeline was made for.
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Border Patrol officers detained several people while conducting immigration enforcement actions in Niles, Skokie, and the Edison Park neighborhood in Chicago Friday on Halloween.
October 31, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Border Patrol officers detained several people while conducting immigration enforcement actions in Niles, Skokie, and the Edison Park neighborhood in Chicago Friday on Halloween.
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Kevin Walker was acquitted on charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct today. In handing down the verdict, Judge Kenneth Wadas said the state didn’t meet its burden.
Story tk.
Story tk.
NEW: For decades, allegations of abuse and misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. On Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of a former employee accused of physically harming a child at the facility.
Rare criminal trial of former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee expected to start Thursday
Key takeaways from this investigation A former rapid response team specialist at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is facing felony
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Kevin Walker was acquitted on charges of aggravated battery and official misconduct today. In handing down the verdict, Judge Kenneth Wadas said the state didn’t meet its burden.
Story tk.
Story tk.
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BREAKING: Former Cook County juvenile jail employee Kevin Walker was found not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct Friday after a short bench trial before Judge Kenneth Wadas. Story to come.
Reporter Kelly Garcia will be covering today's trial from the courthouse. Stay tuned for updates.
Rare criminal trial of former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee expected to start Thursday
The former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee is charged with two felonies for allegedly throwing a boy to the ground.
buff.ly
October 31, 2025 at 8:07 PM
BREAKING: Former Cook County juvenile jail employee Kevin Walker was found not guilty of aggravated battery and official misconduct Friday after a short bench trial before Judge Kenneth Wadas. Story to come.
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A judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed."
But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs.
From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs.
From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
IDs are mismatched, illegible or still missing 3 weeks after judge’s order to immigration officers
In dozens of photographs at four locations, Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists documented federal officers failing to wear the “visible identification” needed to hold individuals accountable during th...
chicago.suntimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:51 PM
A judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed."
But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs.
From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs.
From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...
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Update: Kevin Walker’s trial has been postponed until Friday, Oct. 31.
Reporter Kelly Garcia will be covering today's trial from the courthouse. Stay tuned for updates.
Rare criminal trial of former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee expected to start Thursday
The former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee is charged with two felonies for allegedly throwing a boy to the ground.
buff.ly
October 30, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Update: Kevin Walker’s trial has been postponed until Friday, Oct. 31.
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In Illinois, juvenile detention centers are exempt from FOIA meaning the public can't access employee disciplinary records, confinement data, and policy manuals.
As my editor @jonahshai.bsky.social once put it, it's much harder to get information about the youth jail than it is about the adult jail
As my editor @jonahshai.bsky.social once put it, it's much harder to get information about the youth jail than it is about the adult jail
October 29, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In Illinois, juvenile detention centers are exempt from FOIA meaning the public can't access employee disciplinary records, confinement data, and policy manuals.
As my editor @jonahshai.bsky.social once put it, it's much harder to get information about the youth jail than it is about the adult jail
As my editor @jonahshai.bsky.social once put it, it's much harder to get information about the youth jail than it is about the adult jail
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NEW: For decades, allegations of abuse and misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. On Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of a former employee accused of physically harming a child at the facility.
Rare criminal trial of former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee expected to start Thursday
Key takeaways from this investigation A former rapid response team specialist at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is facing felony
buff.ly
October 29, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: For decades, allegations of abuse and misconduct have swirled around Chicago’s juvenile detention center. On Thursday, a Cook County judge will begin proceedings in a rare trial of a former employee accused of physically harming a child at the facility.
Tomorrow, a rare trial is expected to begin in the case of a former staffer accused of hurting a child at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. @kellygarcia.bsky.social has details on the case and what it means. www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-cou...
Rare criminal trial of former Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center employee expected to start Thursday
Key takeaways from this investigation A former rapid response team specialist at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center is facing felony
www.injusticewatch.org
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Tomorrow, a rare trial is expected to begin in the case of a former staffer accused of hurting a child at the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center. @kellygarcia.bsky.social has details on the case and what it means. www.injusticewatch.org/juvenile-cou...
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A broad group of people seem to be taking bold (sometimes risky) actions. And it doesn't seem to be stopping. I wonder how it will change the overall political landscape.
October 26, 2025 at 1:19 AM
A broad group of people seem to be taking bold (sometimes risky) actions. And it doesn't seem to be stopping. I wonder how it will change the overall political landscape.
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NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...
Despite Illinois Sanctuary Laws, At Least 17 County Sheriffs Have Contracts to Hold People in ICE Custody
To ascertain if county jails are complying with the state’s TRUST Act, WTTW News sent Freedom of Information Act requests to each of the 90 county jails in Illinois to obtain copies of intergovernment...
news.wttw.com
October 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
NEW: I found 17 sheriffs in Illinois that have contracts to detain people for ICE through U.S. Marshals Service contracts. IL law explicitly prohibits these types of intergovernmental service agreements. news.wttw.com/2025/10/22/d...