Jewél Jackson
Investigative and Education Reporter at Better Government Association
Investigative and Education Reporter at Illinois Answers Project
Thinking and writing about youth, culture and society • [email protected]
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Jewél Jackson
1 hour ago‘I Run the Country and the World’Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show. efore we begin, a primer on the science of arranging an interview with a sitting American president: In ordinary times, reporters seeking an on-the-record encounter with the commander in chief first write an elaborate …NowA ‘Citizen Lawyer’ Gets a Standing Ovation at the Supreme CourtIn a remarkable scene, the justices applauded Edwin S.
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1 month ago |
edsurge.com | Jewél Jackson
Health leaders, educators and farmers throughout the country are growing increasingly concerned about the impact to children’s nutrition after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut two programs — totaling more than $600 million in funding — that helped to put fresh farm food in schools.
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2 months ago |
southsideweekly.com | Jewél Jackson
At the Chicago Justice Gallery, over one hundred names of Black Americans who have died from police brutality since the 1980s are listed on a wall as part of an ongoing photo exhibition, Echoes of Ferguson, at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Last Thursday, that wall was projected with pictures of Breonna Taylor, a twenty-six-year-old Black woman who was killed in her sleep after Louisville Metro police executed a no-knock warrant on her apartment.
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Feb 18, 2025 |
capitalbnews.org | Jewél Jackson
It had been over a year since Carla and Byron Scott’s 10-year-old son, Tyler, was diagnosed with ADHD, autism, and adjustment disorder. The couple questioned whether Tyler’s teachers in Portsmouth, Virginia, knew how to care for his disabilities, or if they would simply pass him through grades even if he performed poorly in school. Then, the couple came across a social media post, and their world changed.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
thetriibe.com | Jewél Jackson
On Tuesday, students gathered at Malcolm X College on the Near West Side to discuss the importance of local labor movements with alders from the 4th, 33rd, 46th and 49th wards. “Where capitalism has run unchecked, labor ends up being such a key component to a fair democratic process,” Ald Maria Hadden (49th Ward) said.
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Farmers and school leaders warn that the recent USDA cuts in local food programs can impact the nutrition of all students, especially early childhood kids. Many said that they are confused about the goal of these cuts @EdSurge https://t.co/NVgKoZK0ak
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