Sophia Kalakailo (she/they)
@sophiakalakailo.bsky.social
accountability + solutions journalist for chicago’s south & west sides @citybureau.bsky.social via @reportforamerica.bsky.social
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How Chicagoans Can Get Help and Help Others During ICE Raids — City Bureau
Local community groups are providing hotlines, trainings, legal support, community canvassing and other resources to keep people informed.
www.citybureau.org
latest from @citybureau.bsky.social: tips from Chicago community groups, Know Your Rights trainings, how you can take action and other resources:
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
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CTA Saved From Massive Cuts As State Lawmakers Pass $1.5 Billion Funding Bill For Local Transit
The $1.5 billion funding package also creates a new regional governing body for the system: the Northern Illinois Transit Authority.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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ICE's detention of a Chicago father to a teenage daughter battling cancer is illegal, a federal judge ruled.
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October 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICE's detention of a Chicago father to a teenage daughter battling cancer is illegal, a federal judge ruled.
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/i...
blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/26/i...
when did we as a society decide that house music is the vibe for cafes on a weekday afternoon
October 22, 2025 at 5:54 PM
when did we as a society decide that house music is the vibe for cafes on a weekday afternoon
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Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
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October 21, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Look for the helpers: Here's how Chicagoans are supporting their neighbors amid ICE raids.
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
In collaboration w/ @city_bureau: blockclubchi.co/3WcaPl8
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🧐From the #Newswire: How you can get involved amid ICE crackdowns. Plus, Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response teams and more ⬇️
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
October 8, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🧐From the #Newswire: How you can get involved amid ICE crackdowns. Plus, Know Your Rights trainings, rapid response teams and more ⬇️
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
I visited his church last night for a vigil held in solidarity with Willian and immigrant communities. Congregation members have visited him at North Lake. Dozens of people came to the service and called for his release.
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
ICE Arrests Chicago Day Laborer who Sued Off-Duty Cops — City Bureau
Willian Alberto Gimenez Gonzalez was detained Sept. 12. Advocates believe he was targeted because of an ongoing lawsuit alleging he and four other day laborers were assaulted outside a Chicago Home De...
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October 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I visited his church last night for a vigil held in solidarity with Willian and immigrant communities. Congregation members have visited him at North Lake. Dozens of people came to the service and called for his release.
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
we updated our resource guide with the latest headlines and more ways to protect yourself and others— like how to get updates from your local rapid response teams, how you can run errands for your neighbors afraid to leave their homes and more 👇🏻👇🏻
latest from @citybureau.bsky.social: tips from Chicago community groups, Know Your Rights trainings, how you can take action and other resources:
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
How Chicagoans Can Get Help and Help Others During ICE Raids — City Bureau
Local community groups are providing hotlines, trainings, legal support, community canvassing and other resources to keep people informed.
www.citybureau.org
October 8, 2025 at 3:22 PM
we updated our resource guide with the latest headlines and more ways to protect yourself and others— like how to get updates from your local rapid response teams, how you can run errands for your neighbors afraid to leave their homes and more 👇🏻👇🏻
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CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.
Chaos in Brighton Park. This is representative of the amount / direction of pepper and smoke sent into the neighborhood, in this case, for no reason I can discern other than because they were leaving. Feds had a clear path out in a different direction, and residents were vocal but not violent here.
October 5, 2025 at 1:26 AM
CPD has 20+ injured on duty this afternoon, most/all from federal use of gas. Related: no arrests by CPD, no documented uses of force by CPD. (I wasn't everywhere / didn't see every skirmish. And possibly some late-entry TRR forms to come.) Saw two federal arrests, saw one on video didn't witness.
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Protesters have decorated this parking lot fence on Beach with flyers for Silverio Villegas González. Two ICE agents shot and killed him in his car in neighboring Franklin Park three weeks ago. He leaves behind two sons he was caring for.
October 4, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Protesters have decorated this parking lot fence on Beach with flyers for Silverio Villegas González. Two ICE agents shot and killed him in his car in neighboring Franklin Park three weeks ago. He leaves behind two sons he was caring for.
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Words and actions, compare and contrast
October 3, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Words and actions, compare and contrast
this video is so obviously AI lmao. like he’s one of my favorite artists and this isn’t even remotely how he talks 💀
October 2, 2025 at 11:14 PM
this video is so obviously AI lmao. like he’s one of my favorite artists and this isn’t even remotely how he talks 💀
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Eileen O'Neill Burke made it harder for people to have their innocence claims investigated by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit — one of several ways her office is weakening review of wrongful convictions. Read the latest from us and @boltsmag.org:
Cook County’s new prosecutor has weakened an already broken system for freeing the innocent
State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s Conviction Integrity Unit hasn’t exonerated anyone in her 10 months on the job, and she has done little to confront more than a dozen coercion allegations…
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October 1, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Eileen O'Neill Burke made it harder for people to have their innocence claims investigated by the Cook County Conviction Integrity Unit — one of several ways her office is weakening review of wrongful convictions. Read the latest from us and @boltsmag.org:
come thru!!
🗣️ Join City Bureau & PUÑO for a #PublicNewsroom on how to document & report ICE activity in your neighborhood. 🧊📹
Get trained, stay informed, and protect your community.
RSVP for free! We’ll see you October 9 at 6pm: www.citybureau.org/events/publi...
Get trained, stay informed, and protect your community.
RSVP for free! We’ll see you October 9 at 6pm: www.citybureau.org/events/publi...
Public Newsroom 161: Migra Watch training with PUÑO — City Bureau
Join City Bureau and PUÑO for a Public Newsroom on how to document and report ICE activity in your neighborhood! PUÑO has been building collective power to protect Chicago’s immigrant communities thro...
www.citybureau.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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“Noemi Chavez and her two children are now confined to a room at O’Hare International Airport, awaiting transfer to a detention facility in Texas before deportation to Guatemala,“ reports the @chicagotribune.com
Mother, children detained by ICE at Millennium Park Sunday held at O’Hare with other families: ‘We never imagined’
The mother said she felt her family was targeted because of their appearance. “There were a lot more people there, but the agents came directly to us because of how we look,” she said.
www.chicagotribune.com
September 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
“Noemi Chavez and her two children are now confined to a room at O’Hare International Airport, awaiting transfer to a detention facility in Texas before deportation to Guatemala,“ reports the @chicagotribune.com
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NSF unexpectedly changed (at the last minute) who is eligible to apply for the Grad Research Fellowship, dropping 2nd year students. We started a petition to reverse this unfair change, Sign here:
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
laurenkuehne.github.io/grfpChanges/
and please spread the word!!!!
Petition to NSF to Restore Eligibility for the 2026 Graduate Research Fellowship Program Competition
laurenkuehne.github.io
September 29, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I'm constantly reminded that most people are completely disinterested in genuinely listening to gun violence survivors and are more interested in winning an imaginary debate competition. like wow, you really owned MAGA by plastering a mass murderer's photo everywhere. good job guys.
September 29, 2025 at 5:11 PM
I'm constantly reminded that most people are completely disinterested in genuinely listening to gun violence survivors and are more interested in winning an imaginary debate competition. like wow, you really owned MAGA by plastering a mass murderer's photo everywhere. good job guys.
u know i had to bring this one back
September 26, 2025 at 11:03 PM
u know i had to bring this one back
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This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence
NATIONAL SECURITY PRESIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM/NSPM-7 MEMORANDUM FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
www.whitehouse.gov
September 25, 2025 at 10:29 PM
This is really bad. It won’t get the popular opposition the Kimmel incident did, but it’s way more sweeping and authoritarian. This is an effort to bring the full force of government down on any and all opposition to this administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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BREAKING: Body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows the scene after an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González. The ICE agent said his injuries were "nothing major," video shows, but DHS reported the agent was “seriously injured.” trib.al/6UcvUU7
September 23, 2025 at 4:01 AM
BREAKING: Body camera footage obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows the scene after an ICE agent fatally shot Silverio Villegas González. The ICE agent said his injuries were "nothing major," video shows, but DHS reported the agent was “seriously injured.” trib.al/6UcvUU7
come to our next public newsroom in bronzeville! it's free and there will be food + beverages :D
Does your home have lead pipes? We'll help you find out.
WBEZ, Grist & Inside Climate News have mapped the lead pipes in the city, giving Chicagoans key info to track how the toxic material affects our water.
RSVP for free and join us for our #PublicNewsroom! www.citybureau.org/events/publi...
WBEZ, Grist & Inside Climate News have mapped the lead pipes in the city, giving Chicagoans key info to track how the toxic material affects our water.
RSVP for free and join us for our #PublicNewsroom! www.citybureau.org/events/publi...
Public Newsroom 160: What’s in our water? — City Bureau
Join us for our next Public Newsroom on “What’s in our water” where you will explore an interactive map produced by WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. See if your water service lines contain lead.
www.citybureau.org
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
come to our next public newsroom in bronzeville! it's free and there will be food + beverages :D
School-shooting survivors won’t remember your think-pieces but they will remember being forgotten. I remember how quickly news media and the public turned their backs on my university after a mass shooting in my senior year.
September 16, 2025 at 4:54 PM
School-shooting survivors won’t remember your think-pieces but they will remember being forgotten. I remember how quickly news media and the public turned their backs on my university after a mass shooting in my senior year.
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video from west chicago posted to facebook this morning shows agents breaking a person’s rear driver’s side window, forcing them from their car, and handcuffing them.
September 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
video from west chicago posted to facebook this morning shows agents breaking a person’s rear driver’s side window, forcing them from their car, and handcuffing them.
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one day the masses will understand the monumental value of my online ramblings, but until that day i will bide my time and continue my screaming into the void
September 8, 2025 at 8:18 PM
one day the masses will understand the monumental value of my online ramblings, but until that day i will bide my time and continue my screaming into the void
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Las redadas de ICE podrían comenzar en Chicago tan pronto como este fin de semana. Aquí hay recursos con líneas directas de apoyo, enlaces a servicios legales y materiales multilingües sobre Conozca sus Derechos. www.citybureau.org/newswire/2025/9/5/como-obtener-ayuda-redadas-de-ice-en-chicago
Cómo obtener ayuda — y ayudar a otros — en medio de las redadas de ICE en Chicago — City Bureau
Ante las supuestas redadas de inmigración, aquí hay consejos de grupos comunitarios de Chicago.
www.citybureau.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Las redadas de ICE podrían comenzar en Chicago tan pronto como este fin de semana. Aquí hay recursos con líneas directas de apoyo, enlaces a servicios legales y materiales multilingües sobre Conozca sus Derechos. www.citybureau.org/newswire/2025/9/5/como-obtener-ayuda-redadas-de-ice-en-chicago
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Officials warn that ICE raids could begin in Chicago as soon as this weekend. We created a resource list with support hotlines, links to legal services, & multilingual Know Your Rights materials to help inform our communities. Access the guide in English: www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...
How Chicagoans Can Get Help and Help Others During ICE Raids — City Bureau
Local community groups are providing hotlines, trainings, legal support, community canvassing and other resources to keep people informed.
www.citybureau.org
September 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Officials warn that ICE raids could begin in Chicago as soon as this weekend. We created a resource list with support hotlines, links to legal services, & multilingual Know Your Rights materials to help inform our communities. Access the guide in English: www.citybureau.org/newswire/202...