once again encouraging you all to support independent, worker owned, billionaire free News media when and how you are able

Brooklyn. Have you seen this lady? Her family fears that she may have been picked up by ICE.

Important story: In Chicago, immigrants who thought they were following the legal path are also facing deportation under Trump crackdown. By @adrianaperez.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/05/i...

“It's like I'm living in two worlds. There's a world where Palestinians are getting killed, and there is you behind the screen, trying to figure out a way to report on it without getting shadowbanned and with actually reaching people.”

Plestia Alaqad in @teenvogue.com

Plestia Alaqad’s new book features her diary entries reporting on the ground in Gaza for 45 days after October 7. after a hospital is bombed on day 10, she uses the word genocide.

2 years later—as the UN has finally called it one—she says, “turns out, that's only the beginning.” @teenvogue.com

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

This was only possible because of @kathlanpher.bsky.social, eternally grateful to her and the @grist.org team for their encouragement on this story. I’d also be remiss if I didn’t mention my sources, especially folks from IMPACT in the Fifth Ward in Houston who took the time to speak to me.

Shoutout to @emorwee.bsky.social who is a fantastic editor!

My latest for HEATED is about the political nature of land defender killings and some of the people who did the tireless work of protecting their land from illegal resource extraction

heated.world/p/the-politi...

“Year after year, land and environmental defenders—those protecting our forests, rivers, and lands across the world—continue to be met with unspeakable violence.”

146 environmental and land defenders were murdered or disappeared in 2024

really proud that we get to publish this essential read by @yessfun.com. Yessenia's commitment to the people who face the most violence right now, both in the U.S. and outside of it, should guide us all as we report on climate change in this time.

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(Obviously so many other folks make this city incredible but I’m just feeling very emo rn)

I’m so incredibly proud of my colleagues at other indie and nonprofit media orgs across the city, when I say this city is extraordinary these are the folks I’m talking about

Worth noting that Khalil (and others) who have everything to lose, have shown more bravery and commitment to free speech than elites across academia, corporate America, culture and politics bsky.app/profile/josh...

NEW: Chicago taxpayers paid $295M between 2019 & 2024 to resolve lawsuits naming 272 officers whose alleged misconduct led more than once to payouts, according to an analysis of city data, I report with @jaredrutecki.bsky.social for @wttw.bsky.social

today is the last day to apply to be a 2026 Periplus Fellow! application closes at 11:59pm EST

outside the detention/“processing” facility in broadview, illinois:

a crowd of protesters, some of whom showed up before 5 am, is heckling ice agents arriving to work.

a few minutes ago, special response team agents came out to push protesters away from the driveway. pepper balls already flying.

Don’t miss this event, it’s important if you drink water in Chicago (p.s. even if your pipes aren’t lead, your neighbor or relatives could be!)

Gonna be talking about data centers, billionaire rhetoric, and outer space on Here and Now at 1:52pm eastern time grist.org/climate-ener...

As I wrote about for @motherjones.com, people are already crossing state lines to get the Covid vaccine—which may become more common if the CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends limiting them this week. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A source who knew Silverio said he was, ”a person who looks out for his children, takes care of them.”

“For him to be shot, how he was shot – I don’t think it’s justice.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...