Gilbert Bailon

#morelatinosinnews | Gilbert Bailon My career has gone full circle. The National Association of Hispanic Journalists helped me land my first full-time job some 45 years ago. Latinos and journalists face intense challenges today. After d...

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Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show

The nonprofit owner of the Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ paid its outgoing CEO more than $900,000 in 2024, new tax filings show, as it engaged in staff cuts and other measures to deal with declining revenue.

Inside the media’s pressure-cooker year - Editor and Publisher In a year defined by legal threats, political hostility and sudden firings, contributing editor Gretchen A. Peck examines how a culture of fear is reshaping the American newsroom. Her reporting reveal...

Editor & Publisher details the pressure cooker year for the news media in 2025, including Chicago Public Media.

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Mexican president rejects Trump’s offer of military intervention against cartels

City leaders push back after DHS takes credit in Chicago’s crime drop DHS claims their agents’ actions led to a “historic drop” in crime, but a WBEZ analysis contradicts that claim.

City leaders push back after DHS takes credit in Chicago’s crime drop www.wbez.org/data/2025/11...

Two families, two responses to spiking Obamacare costs: ‘We can live only, maximum, 10 more years’ As Affordable Care Act premiums are expected to rise, a single mom expects to become uninsured. Meanwhile, a couple in their 70s plan to keep their insurance but say they can only afford 10 more years...

Two families, two responses to spiking Obamacare costs: ‘We can live only, maximum, 10 more years’ chicago.suntimes.com/health/2025/...

U.S. Border Patrol boss Greg Bovino, fellow agents expected to leave Chicago soon

The Trump administration’s deportation campaign in Chicago is expected to soon ramp down as U.S. Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino and many of his fellow agents prepare to move on to another city.

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 Sun-Times column: He worked hard to give me a home. ICE took his: How I lost my father to deportation chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...

Trump's claims about murder rates and illegal immigration fit red states more than blue states As federal immigration agents carry out the president's “Operation Midway Blitz” in Democrat-led Illinois — a "blue state" — a WBEZ and Sun-Times analysis shows other Republican-led "red states" have ...

President Trump's claims about murder rates and illegal immigration fit red states more than blue states chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

ICE agent facing DUI in Oak Brook after driving into tree line: 'This doesn't look good' Guillermo Diaz-Torres told police he couldn't account for the 90-minute period after his shift ended at the controversial ICE processing facility in Broadview and when the crash occurred, per the report obtained by the Sun-Times.

An ICE agent is facing DUI charges after his car hopped a curb and he drove into a tree line, according to bodycam footage and report obtained by the Sun-Times from Oak Brook police through Freedom of Information Act requests.
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Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz The judge previously forbade federal agents from using tear gas or other “riot control” weapons against people who pose no immediate threat and without two warnings during the immigration campaign. Ho...

Federal judge enters broader order governing feds' use of force during immigration blitz chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds The government’s social media storytelling doesn’t always match what’s happening in communities across the nation’s third-largest city and its suburbs. Nick Cull, a professor at USC's communications a...

Watch how government ‘propaganda’ techniques portray Chicago as a city at war with the feds chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Federal judge issues temporary restraining order governing conditions at Broadview ICE facility U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman is requiring officials at the de facto detention center run by Immigration and Customs Enforcement to provide detainees with sufficient hygiene and access to lawye...

Federal judge issues temporary restraining order governing conditions at Broadview ICE facility chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

In a precarious moment for the arts, Chicago’s cultural department could see funding decline Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposed budget decreases the department by 15%. DCASE is under new leadership after the previous commissioner resigned.

In a precarious moment for the arts, Chicago’s cultural department could see funding decline www.wbez.org/city-hall/20...

Day care teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side, video shows Video purportedly showed two federal agents pulling the woman out of Rayito de Sol Spanish Immersion Early Learning Center at 2550 W. Addison St. about 7 Wednesday morning.

Day care teacher detained by immigration agents on Northwest Side of Chicago, video shows chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Rep. 'Chuy' Garcia says health, family led to last-minute ballot switch: 'I followed the rules' Garcia is defending his decision to help his chief of staff, Patty Garcia, collect petitions to take his place.

Rep. 'Chuy' Garcia says health, family led to last-minute ballot switch: 'I followed the rules' chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...

City Hall gift room highlights Mayor Johnson’s ‘hostility to oversight,’ inspector general says The room was built only after city Inspector General Deborah Witzburg was denied an unannounced inspection, underlining the Johnson administration’s lack of transparency, she says.

Chicago City Hall gift room highlights Mayor Johnson’s ‘hostility to oversight,’ inspector general says chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/20...

Plaintiffs lawyers: Bovino views protesters as 'violent rioters,' tells officers to ‘go hard’ against them The allegation came in a late-night court filing Monday as attorneys representing media organizations seek a preliminary injunction restricting the feds' use of force during "Operation Midway Blitz."

Plaintiffs lawyers: Border Patrol's Gregory Bovino views protesters as 'violent rioters,' tells officers to ‘go hard’ against them chicago.suntimes.com/public-safet...

U.S. Rep Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff Garcia, 69, has been a fixture in Chicago politics for four decades as an alderperson, Cook County commissioner, state senator and two-time mayoral candidate.

U.S. Rep Jesus 'Chuy' Garcia won't seek reelection, leaves seat for chief of staff chicago.suntimes.com/elections/20...

Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained Federal agents arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants across the Indiana border with commercial driver’s licenses, including some with Illinois commercial driver's licenses, Noem claimed.

Despite evidence to the contrary, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem also said, "There's no American citizens that have been arrested or detained." trib.al/zhzGFGT

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 the ongoing immigration “blitz.”

Dozens of photographs of uniformed immigration agents shot by Chicago Sun-Times photojournalists in four separate locations since the court order show how the feds have fallen short. trib.al/XP5Wq9T

Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained Federal agents arrested dozens of undocumented immigrants across the Indiana border with commercial driver’s licenses, including some with Illinois commercial driver's licenses, Noem claimed.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem suggests Chicago immigration blitz includes 5 other states, claims no U.S. citizens detained chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Siblings shaken after feds raid Gary home, arrest family — 'They punched me in the eye' Agents took the entire family into custody: Arnoldo Carrillo, 26, Arnoldo’s 53-year-old father, Rosario; Arnoldo's 56-year-old mother, Martha; his 24-year-old sister, Sarai and their 14-year-old brother Eli.

Agents took the entire family into custody: Arnoldo Carrillo, 26, Arnoldo’s 53-year-old father, Rosario; Arnoldo’s 56-year-old mother, Martha; his 24-year-old sister, Sarai and their 14-year-old brother Eli.
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Where to find Chicago-area food pantries if SNAP goes away during the shutdown The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be cut off Nov. 1 unless Congress acts. Here’s a list of food pantries across Chicago and the suburbs.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program will be cut off Nov. 1 unless Congress acts. Here’s a list of food pantries across Chicago and the suburbs.
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Gov. Pritzker asks Noem to pause ICE enforcement for Halloween: 'Please let children be children' The request, obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, comes four days after ICE agents fired tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood as families and children walked to a Halloween parade.

The request, obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, comes four days after ICE agents fired tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood as families and children walked to a Halloween parade.
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Downstate jury finds ex-cop guilty of murdering Sonya Massey during fatal shooting in her home The second-degree murder conviction against former deputy sheriff Sean Grayson, who is white, carries a potential sentence of between four and 20 years.

Downstate Illinois jury finds ex-cop guilty of murdering Sonya Massey during fatal shooting in her home chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2025/1...

Feds charge Kat Abughazaleh, other political candidates in conspiracy indictment tied to Broadview protests The indictment alleges that the six were among a group who surrounded a government vehicle near the Broadview ICE facility Sept. 26 and tried to stop a federal agent from going there and “discharging ...

Feds charge Kat Abughazaleh, other political candidates in conspiracy indictment tied to Broadview ICE facility protests chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Border Patrol's Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk bodycams, tear gas, IDs The top U.S. Border Patrol commander spent an hour on the stand Tuesday, responding to U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis' concerns about how federal agents have handled themselves, people they’ve detaine...

Border Patrol's Bovino agrees to return to court daily, as he and federal judge talk bodycams, tear gas, IDs chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino in courtroom, live updates Gregory Bovino, the U.S. Border Patrol official who has emerged as the public face of President Donald Trump's immigration blitz in Chicago, is in federal court Tuesday.

Border Patrol boss Gregory Bovino is in federal court in Chicago. Follow Chicago Public Media live updates chicago.suntimes.com/live/10/28/2...