Angela Massino

Trump deportation campaign will leave lasting mark on kids of detained parents, experts say Families told the Sun-Times they saw immediate changes in their children when their parents were detained, ranging from physical changes to emotional outbursts.

Trump deportation campaign will leave lasting mark on kids of detained parents, experts say

From @cindylu7.bsky.social and Mary Norkol via @chicago.suntimes.com: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

Other takeaways include:
💃 Confronting misinformation w/ vertical videos @davejorgenson.bsky.social

🤘Reddit’s rise in constructive community conversations

🌈 D*** pill display ads aren’t funny, but selling newspapers is @theonion.com #ONA25

I’m suffering the consequences of headbanging a little too hard to a coworker’s karaoke song. Anyone else have an #ONA25 takeaway?

Beyoncé — and her fans — weather stormy Chicago night for epic show at Soldier Field After a two-hour severe storm delay, the production finally got underway at 10:15 p.m., offering a complex, layered think piece worth every minute of the wait.

“It was Beyoncé, like the predecessors she pays tribute to, finding the beauty in ugly times and reminding us that we do still live in the home of the brave.” 👏👏👏 chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/0...

I feel like I’ve seen that same set multiple times at open mic nights where every basic bro thinks he’s funny. #smh

“So deliberate, so unhurried, so inexorable are the ways of nature …” Rachel Carson, The Sea Around Us

A good reminder …

The Funeral of Martin Luther King, Jr. His headstone said FREE AT LAST, FREE AT LAST But death is a slave’s freedom We seek the freedom of free men And the construction of a world Where Martin Luther King could have lived and preached non-violence. By Nikki Giovanni

I’ve been turning to poetry lately …

Cue @justinmyers.net to keep the puns rollin …

Egg prices are nuts, right?@suntimes.bsky.social is crowdsourcing egg prices around Chicago for a story and I’m egg-cited we’re getting yolks involved in helping us crack this case.

OK, OK, I can hear my team shaking their heads at me. Bye! (I’m fried anyways).

I have officially been at the Chicago Sun-Times for one year! This has been a life-changing career move for me, and I am so thankful. I'd like to share a thread of some of my favorite stories. Note: All of these articles are free, you just have to share your email address.

Chappell Roan! ... not seeing her at Lolla is still my greatest regret of the year ...

Ack. Should say "are NOT going ..."

And some people don't prefer to read their news, they prefer to watch a video summarizing it or giving them a different take. No judgement there! We all have different preferences, but I'm pretty sure short video people are going to a legacy media website or app to watch news videos. So who is?

Exactly.

News outlets push vertical video to the homepage "It's a much better experience if you're not turning your phone. And people don't turn their phones."

Real question: Has anyone ever watched a vertical video on the @nytimes.com app? www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/news...

Black cat on a hike in Illinois sticking her tongue out like a GD cutie.

Boop.

The GIF is very on brand.

I watched the original Ancient Aliens on VHS at an Airbnb once and love dropping a good “well, angels are just spacemen” comment if a Thanksgiving convo goes off the rails.

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Another great example of what the Sun-Times does best -> we’re here for the people.

The transit gods are finally smiling down on you.

48 hours aboard Amtrak’s new direct train from Chicago to Miami The Sun-Times sent a reporter and photographer on the first run of the Floridian from Chicago to Miami — on one condition. We have to ride the whole way in coach.

This is by far the best thing I've ever written.

Hope you'll give it a read (to make up for the harassment and microwaved food): chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...

Cat waterfall Illinois

Black cat on a leash

As promised: a cat on a hike.