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@jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com Public defender for 10 years. Prof. for 20. The system was broken then. It's broken now. Wrongful convictions | Death penalty | Second chances. Smoke but No Fire (UC Press 2020)| Book on second chances (UC Press, forthcoming). Host: Just Justice podcast.
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Matt Topic @mvtopic.bsky.social Fighting FOIA denials to a soundtrack of thrash metal and avant garde jazz since 2007. Time Magazine 100 Most Influential People in (anti!) AI. Co-host of Disclosure podcast.
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Arthur Delaney @delaneyrules.bsky.social Senior politics reporter covering Congress and the economy for HuffPost. arthur@huffpost.com.
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Evan F. Moore @evanfmoore.bsky.social Dad|Writer|co-author,Game Misconduct:Hockey's Toxic Culture and How To Fix It| 1911👌🏾|fmr bouncer|South Side Chicagoan
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Crystal Paul @cplhouse.bsky.social Investigative Editor, Block Club Chicago - The Watch
Formerly Seattle Times, Illinois Answers Project.
Raised on the road. Found home in South Side Chicago.
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Jason Concepcion @netw3rk.bsky.social Writer, host. WAIT A SECOND POD, X-RAY VISION, THE OFFICIAL GAME OF THRONES HOTD, KOTSK POD
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Phil Williams @philinvestigates.com Defending democracy. Confronting hate. Speaking truth to power - and the angry mob. NewsChannel 5 chief investigative reporter. Chancellor, duPont, Peabody awards. RTDNA Lifetime Achievement. Pulitzer finalist. Per John Oliver: “Nashville’s Nosiest Bitch.”
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saraannb @saraannb.bsky.social Democracy dies in complacency
Bolts @boltsmag.org A publication that covers the nuts and bolts of political change: Boltsmag.org
violet ikonomova @violetikon.bsky.social detroit investigative reporter planning to start using this site soon
Patrick Monaghan @pkmonaghan.bsky.social Allies needn’t be perfect. They just need to be in the fight.
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Heartland Signal @heartlandsignal.com Covering politics and policy from the Midwest. Newsroom for WCPT820
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Your affable newsroom curmudgeon.
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Chuck Sanders @chucksanders.org Love to find period correct items for my 1889 Victorian house. Interested in indie music, dogs, cats, art, fashion, and technology. I’m a behavioral psychologist who finds a way to make positive change in other’s lives but who’s own life is a mess. 
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David Sims @davidlsims.bsky.social blank check // the atlantic // hits different let’s go mets
Mark Caro @markcaro.bsky.social Caropop podcast host, Medill Local News Initiative editor, The Foie Gras Wars author, former Chicago Tribune long-timer, dedicated vinyl listener
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Vanessa Miller @vanessamiller.bsky.social Assistant Professor at FIU Law. Writing at the intersection of education and policing. Weightlifting at the intersection of metal and reggeaton. Miami born and raised.
Elliott Ramos @chicagoel.bsky.social Investigative data reporter for @CBSNews.com Chicago is home. 🏳️🌈
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@SZReports @szreports.bsky.social *Investigative journalist at Chicago Sun-Times
*Expert in consumer issues; also have reported extensively on the intersection of mental health and criminal legal system
*Previously with ABC News Investigative Unit
*Medill School of Journalism
Ben Gulker @brgulker.bsky.social Pistons fanalyst and retired podcaster. Politically progressive. Exvangelical and post-Christian but I’m a fan of Jesus. Talking social justice, progressive theology, and why the Pistons are still a couple pieces away from a 2027 title. Lansing-based. ✋
Ari Berman @ariberman.bsky.social National voting rights correspondent Mother Jones. Author of Minority Rule: The Right-Wing Attack on the Will of the People—and the Fight to Resist It and Give Us the Ballot: The Modern Struggle for Voting Rights in America https://www.aribermanauthor.com/
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
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Elvia Malagón @elviamalagon.bsky.social Journalist/Periodista for the Chicago Sun-Times
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Francia Garcia Hernandez @franciagarciah.bsky.social Reporter covering Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards for Block Club Chicago | Host of ¡Presente! | Hablo español | Mexicana
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Alex Nelson @aenelson4.bsky.social Board President @bscactionfund.org
The real infrastructure is the friends we make along the way. Free Palestine. She/Her.
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Keith Langlois @kml7.bsky.social Pistons.com editor
Jodi Cohen @jodiscohen.bsky.social Reporter, @propublica.org
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Chris Perfett @perfett.bsky.social News Anchor @ Fox Sports Radio. Formerly 10 years @ SB Nation podcasting the Detroit Lions. USC Annenberg alum. "Go Loins." Ask me about my very big cat. Thinking too much about TTRPGs
Metropolitan Planning Council @metroplanning.bsky.social Metropolitan Planning Council (MPC) is a planning and policy organization addressing regional built environment issues through a racial and economic justice lens. We work to create Thriving Communities, Equitable Infrastructure and Just Public Systems.
Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
A.A. Dowd @aadowd.bsky.social Writer/editor. Past lives: The A.V. Club, Chron, Time Out Chicago. He/him/his. https://letterboxd.com/AADowd/
https://authory.com/AADowd
Lisa WBEZ @lbez.bsky.social Midday Anchor @WBEZ
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María Inés Zamudio @mizamudio.bsky.social Professional chismosa. award-winning investigative reporter with Invisible Institute/ProPublica. FOIA enthusiast. Professional Chismosa. Past @wbez @apmreports @publicintegrity @ChicagoReporter.
Runner and aspiring fiction writer.
Aquilino A. Gonell @sergeantaqgo.bsky.social Fr. United States Capitol Police and U.S. Army Sergeant. Presidential Citizen/ Congressional Gold Medal recipient. https://www.gofundme.com/f/sgt-gonell Author of American Shield:
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Kelly McEvers @kellymcevers.bsky.social Founding host, NPR's Embedded. Former host, All Things Considered. Former NPR Middle East correspondent. Teacher/trainer, Uncuffed. Dodger fan with the zeal of a convert.
http://www.npr.org/people/131876588/kelly-mcevers
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Pam Pearson 🦋💙🦋💙🦋🇺🇦 @pmpearson.bsky.social Feminist | Activist | Ally | Lawyer
Leader at a national voting rights organization, ensuring every eligible citizen can vote. This is no time to sit on the sidelines- choose your path. #Resist #ProChoice #SlavaUkraini
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Mina Bloom @minabloom.bsky.social investigations @blockclubchi.bsky.social
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hope—and the humanity found where most people never look.
Sean Casten @seancasten.bsky.social U.S. Representative, IL-06. Personal account. Dad. Husband. Trained as an engineer, 16 years as a clean energy CEO, now in middle management. For official stuff see @casten.house.gov
Rich Ferrando 🏳️🌈⚽🎥 @richferrando.bsky.social Film Composer + Filmmaker, Animator, Soccer Newbie. Gay but not very good at it. (He/Him/His) - Los Angeles
http://youtube.com/@birdlingbrains
Creator of Doug The Travel Log:
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latimesphotos @latimesphotos.bsky.social Photography staff of the Los Angeles Times
Meha Ahmad @mehaahmad.bsky.social I make radio and strong coffee.
Senior producer at @wbez.
Hari Kunzru @harikunzru.bsky.social My library was dukedom enough. Novels: Red Pill, White Tears, Blue Ruin, Gods Without Men, My Revolutions, Transmission, The Impressionist. Essays in NYRB, Harper’s etc. Abolish ICE, demolish the arch.
ProPublica @propublica.org Investigative journalism in the public interest. Headlines and (sometimes literal) receipts.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com Cosmologist, pilot, author, connoisseur of cosmic catastrophes. TEDFellow, CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar. Domain verified through my personal astrokatie.com website. She/her. Dr.
Personal account; not speaking for employer or anyone else.
darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social not the darth u are looking for
Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social Host of the Fast politics podcast, contributing Writer at The New York Times opinion and MSNBC. Subscribe to fast politics YouTube channel