The Maricopa County School Superintendent’s Office is up for grabs this fall. It holds huge power over the makeup of school boards in the Valley.

Should those appointments be political? How much education experience should appointees have? From Nick Sullivan: azcentral.com/story/news/loc…

Forgive me for bragging but, our little news org, Investigative Project on Race and Equity, & WBEZ took home the two most prestigious investigative reporting awards in town this week, the Watchdog and Driehaus awards. It goes to show that if you believe in something & fight for it, anything is possible

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Invisible now as they were when they were part of Israel's migrant labor force, the fate of the remaining Thai hostages in Gaza has disappeared from global view. New Timothy McLaughlin feature in The Nation on the political origins of this labor force
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Excited to announce we are now open for pitches at The Sick Times, and also hiring for two part-time roles, an engagement editor and podcast producer! More info here: thesicktimes.org/write-for-us-p…

BREAKING: ASU Police Chief Michael Thompson is on paid leave pending an investigation into his handling of last month's pro-Palestinian encampment
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We won! “Profiled: The State of Traffic Stops in Illinois,” our collab with WBEZ just won the Richard H. Driehaus Award for Investigative Reporting, presented by Illinois Answers Project!

Bill is also a stellar human! Congrats Bill Healy

All our guild members deserve a seat at the table and to be able to observe our bargaining sessions as we negotiate a fair contract.

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Join gina chua, Katie Barnes, Lex McMenamin (they/them) and myself tomorrow for a discussion on covering trans and LGBTQ+ issues! pressclubinstitute.org/event/covering…

'As co-founders we wrote, 'We don’t believe in heroes,' because our work here is not about a single person, it’s about collective effort. To me, that means it’s not just OK, it’s beautiful, for other people to carry the work onward.'

Beautifully said by Bettina Chang.

Make time for this story this week. It’s an excellent look at a trend we’ve seen all too much across the West in recent years: An over-reliance on a community to fuel your city’s growth, and no resources for them once their job is done

'There’s work building houses for the millionaires.' On Bozeman's hidden class of immigrant workers. Drawn by the construction jobs, they are met with wage theft, bad housing and discrimination. For the May issues of High Country News and The Nation

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Disgraced former CPD Detective Reynaldo Guevara is set to collect an annual pension of $91K for the rest of his life, even as taxpayers have already paid $62.5M to resolve 6 lawsuits alleging he framed Chicagoans.
33 more lawsuits are pending. WTTW - Chicago PBS news.wttw.com/2024/05/08/dis…