Claudia Stellar, PhD
@claudiastellar.bsky.social
Scholar of Race, Policing & Nat’l Security I 📕: Blackness & the US Nat’l Security Paradigm I💡Authoritarianism, Counterintelligence, Political Repression I Northwestern PhD I NASM I Sassy 💁🏻♀️I http://claudiagarciarojas.com
Cars are being repossessed at record rates. Pawn shops are booming. GoFundMes for groceries/rent keep rising. These aren’t isolated struggles -- they're flashing red warnings of a crisis that will push new families into instability and others into even deeper debt.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Cars are being repossessed at record rates. Pawn shops are booming. GoFundMes for groceries/rent keep rising. These aren’t isolated struggles -- they're flashing red warnings of a crisis that will push new families into instability and others into even deeper debt.
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Reminder:
CPD and CBP work hand in hand. People have been turned away by CPD when trying to report ICE abductions happening on private property. Whatever restrictions BJ or JBP impose, CPD has always protected power, not people.
CPD's actions tell a story of allegiance—to ICE, not to Chicagoans.
CPD and CBP work hand in hand. People have been turned away by CPD when trying to report ICE abductions happening on private property. Whatever restrictions BJ or JBP impose, CPD has always protected power, not people.
CPD's actions tell a story of allegiance—to ICE, not to Chicagoans.
November 9, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Reminder:
CPD and CBP work hand in hand. People have been turned away by CPD when trying to report ICE abductions happening on private property. Whatever restrictions BJ or JBP impose, CPD has always protected power, not people.
CPD's actions tell a story of allegiance—to ICE, not to Chicagoans.
CPD and CBP work hand in hand. People have been turned away by CPD when trying to report ICE abductions happening on private property. Whatever restrictions BJ or JBP impose, CPD has always protected power, not people.
CPD's actions tell a story of allegiance—to ICE, not to Chicagoans.
A man ran to the Broadview ICE facility, distraught and searching for his wife, who was taken by ICE at the courthouse despite following the legal process. He tracked her phone to Broadview before the signal cut off. Stopped by police, told only to “look her up,” he sat weeping, terrified, and lost.
November 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A man ran to the Broadview ICE facility, distraught and searching for his wife, who was taken by ICE at the courthouse despite following the legal process. He tracked her phone to Broadview before the signal cut off. Stopped by police, told only to “look her up,” he sat weeping, terrified, and lost.
Thank you, Pilsen.
Every effort counts.
Every effort counts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Thank you, Pilsen.
Every effort counts.
Every effort counts.
Thousands of community members lined the streets for the Emergency Food & Mutual Aid Drive organized by Evanston’s ETHS Community Service Office to support local families affected by the SNAP benefit freeze.
A powerful reminder of the way our community shows up for one another.
A powerful reminder of the way our community shows up for one another.
November 3, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Thousands of community members lined the streets for the Emergency Food & Mutual Aid Drive organized by Evanston’s ETHS Community Service Office to support local families affected by the SNAP benefit freeze.
A powerful reminder of the way our community shows up for one another.
A powerful reminder of the way our community shows up for one another.
For the next two years, I’ll be focused on building a strong fair housing advocacy base across Evanston, Skokie & Niles (& beyond) to take on affordability and eviction challenges.
If you’ve organized around housing justice, what’s one lesson you’ve learned about building power from the ground up?
If you’ve organized around housing justice, what’s one lesson you’ve learned about building power from the ground up?
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For the next two years, I’ll be focused on building a strong fair housing advocacy base across Evanston, Skokie & Niles (& beyond) to take on affordability and eviction challenges.
If you’ve organized around housing justice, what’s one lesson you’ve learned about building power from the ground up?
If you’ve organized around housing justice, what’s one lesson you’ve learned about building power from the ground up?
ICE detained a Virginia mom while she was driving her 16yo daughter to school bc she couldn’t recall her SS#.
“The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter.
ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status.
“I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”
“The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter.
ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status.
“I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”
November 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
ICE detained a Virginia mom while she was driving her 16yo daughter to school bc she couldn’t recall her SS#.
“The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter.
ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status.
“I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”
“The agent got flustered and lunged at her,” said her daughter.
ICE arrested her even after she showed proof of legal status.
“I want this video out there because I want my mother home.”
There is an Anti-Ice vigil taking place today in Evanston at 3PM.
People will meet in the Dr. Jorge and Luz Maria Prieto Community Center parking lot (formerly South End Community Center)
430 Asbury Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
People will meet in the Dr. Jorge and Luz Maria Prieto Community Center parking lot (formerly South End Community Center)
430 Asbury Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
November 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
There is an Anti-Ice vigil taking place today in Evanston at 3PM.
People will meet in the Dr. Jorge and Luz Maria Prieto Community Center parking lot (formerly South End Community Center)
430 Asbury Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
People will meet in the Dr. Jorge and Luz Maria Prieto Community Center parking lot (formerly South End Community Center)
430 Asbury Ave, Evanston, IL 60202
November 1, 2025 at 12:15 AM
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Several thousand people crowded into Evanston's downtown Fountain Square on Saturday for the #NoKings protest.
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/18/e...
Several thousand people crowded into Evanston's downtown Fountain Square on Saturday for the #NoKings protest.
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/18/e...
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Several thousand people crowded into Evanston's downtown Fountain Square on Saturday for the #NoKings protest.
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/18/e...
Several thousand people crowded into Evanston's downtown Fountain Square on Saturday for the #NoKings protest.
evanstonroundtable.com/2025/10/18/e...
October 18, 2025 at 9:13 PM
October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Oct 22 at Haymarket House.
Cell to Table uses food as a gateway to understanding the realities of incarceration & reentry. Over a shared meal, you’ll hear stories of creativity, resilience, & transformation from people who’ve lived it—brought to life by chefs & formerly incarcerated apprentices.
Cell to Table uses food as a gateway to understanding the realities of incarceration & reentry. Over a shared meal, you’ll hear stories of creativity, resilience, & transformation from people who’ve lived it—brought to life by chefs & formerly incarcerated apprentices.
October 17, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Oct 22 at Haymarket House.
Cell to Table uses food as a gateway to understanding the realities of incarceration & reentry. Over a shared meal, you’ll hear stories of creativity, resilience, & transformation from people who’ve lived it—brought to life by chefs & formerly incarcerated apprentices.
Cell to Table uses food as a gateway to understanding the realities of incarceration & reentry. Over a shared meal, you’ll hear stories of creativity, resilience, & transformation from people who’ve lived it—brought to life by chefs & formerly incarcerated apprentices.
As seen on the streets of Evanston. Thank you to those in this community keeping watch.
October 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
As seen on the streets of Evanston. Thank you to those in this community keeping watch.
Assata Shakur
September 28, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Assata Shakur
My friend Nan took her cat Tina to the groomer for the first time last week. Judging by the pictures, i think it’s fair to say Tina will be drafting a strongly worded Yelp review.
September 17, 2025 at 7:06 PM
My friend Nan took her cat Tina to the groomer for the first time last week. Judging by the pictures, i think it’s fair to say Tina will be drafting a strongly worded Yelp review.
When they were hoping to pin CK’s murder on a leftist, TPUSA started selling t-shirts w “Here I Am, Lord, Send Me, Isaiah 6:8,” as though he was killed for spreading the gospel.
This is the same scripture ICE is using in their recruitment videos.
All of these men think they are God’s messengers.
This is the same scripture ICE is using in their recruitment videos.
All of these men think they are God’s messengers.
September 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
When they were hoping to pin CK’s murder on a leftist, TPUSA started selling t-shirts w “Here I Am, Lord, Send Me, Isaiah 6:8,” as though he was killed for spreading the gospel.
This is the same scripture ICE is using in their recruitment videos.
All of these men think they are God’s messengers.
This is the same scripture ICE is using in their recruitment videos.
All of these men think they are God’s messengers.
I wrote briefly about how ‘balanced’ mourning isn’t compassion at all—it’s self-aggrandizement dressed up as virtue.
September 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I wrote briefly about how ‘balanced’ mourning isn’t compassion at all—it’s self-aggrandizement dressed up as virtue.
“I fooled myself. I had to. Everybody has to.” — An ex-Nazi.
A chilling reminder that ordinary people often choose comfort over conscience. Complicity isn’t always active—it’s the everyday refusal to truly see evil.
A chilling reminder that ordinary people often choose comfort over conscience. Complicity isn’t always active—it’s the everyday refusal to truly see evil.
September 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“I fooled myself. I had to. Everybody has to.” — An ex-Nazi.
A chilling reminder that ordinary people often choose comfort over conscience. Complicity isn’t always active—it’s the everyday refusal to truly see evil.
A chilling reminder that ordinary people often choose comfort over conscience. Complicity isn’t always active—it’s the everyday refusal to truly see evil.
Someone send this man flowers 💐
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September 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Someone send this man flowers 💐
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“Their level of fear and violence, the danger, the apologies – the entire cycle and years of power and control – it’s clear that homicide for many of these clients is going to be in the near future,” she said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 AM
“Their level of fear and violence, the danger, the apologies – the entire cycle and years of power and control – it’s clear that homicide for many of these clients is going to be in the near future,” she said.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...