Gina Ramirez
@ginaramirez.bsky.social
Autism Mom.Frontline EJ activist. Southeast side Chicago. Opinions mine.
Train derailment in my neighborhood. Always a fear here www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Freight train derails in South Deering neighborhood on South Side of Chicago
Several tanker cars on a freight train derailed Friday afternoon in the South Deering neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago.
www.cbsnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Train derailment in my neighborhood. Always a fear here www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news...
Climate work isn’t only about floods & storms, it’s about trust, equity, and ensuring relief reaches EVERYONE, regardless of immigration status. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
FEMA workers pulled from Chicago storm damage surveys because of ICE
The decision to halt disaster assessment work came amid the immigration crackdown in Chicago. Officials worried FEMA’s efforts could put residents and surveyors at risk.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Climate work isn’t only about floods & storms, it’s about trust, equity, and ensuring relief reaches EVERYONE, regardless of immigration status. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
My beloved Crow Bar made the list blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/c...
Chicago's Essential Dive Bars Vol. 2: The History And Legacy Of 12 More Iconic Watering Holes
We asked: What are your favorite dive bars in the city? Here’s what Chicagoans said.
blockclubchicago.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
My beloved Crow Bar made the list blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/c...
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I will always make time for a Claire Danes cry.
November 16, 2025 at 3:23 AM
I will always make time for a Claire Danes cry.
Not going to lie the Hayley Williams and Jay Som records are getting me through these tough dark times 🤷🏻♀️#jams
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Not going to lie the Hayley Williams and Jay Som records are getting me through these tough dark times 🤷🏻♀️#jams
Teen Vogue featured young incredibly courageous teens from my neighborhood a few years ago standing up against environmental racism. So disappointed that these stories will no longer have a place there. www.teenvogue.com/story/enviro...
Chicago Teens Stand Up to Environmental Racism on the South Side
"We are tired of the city treating us like a garbage can.”
www.teenvogue.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Teen Vogue featured young incredibly courageous teens from my neighborhood a few years ago standing up against environmental racism. So disappointed that these stories will no longer have a place there. www.teenvogue.com/story/enviro...
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These local organizers resisting ICE in Los Angeles display a level of smarts and courage that is nothing short of inspiring. We should all be sharing with each other examples of powerful local organizing so we can all learn.
#MomSky
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
#MomSky
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The Volunteers Tracking ICE in Los Angeles
How a small group of activists dubbed the “Peace Patrol” stymie the deployment of federal agents in California.
www.newyorker.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
These local organizers resisting ICE in Los Angeles display a level of smarts and courage that is nothing short of inspiring. We should all be sharing with each other examples of powerful local organizing so we can all learn.
#MomSky
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
#MomSky
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
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In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#AZ #Arizona #Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Disease
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#AZ #Arizona #Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Disease
In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies
What one Arizona doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org
October 6, 2025 at 3:24 PM
In Arizona, a fight against a deadly fungus is under threat from Trump’s health policies.
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#AZ #Arizona #Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Disease
What one doctor’s quest to stop valley fever says about America’s preparedness for climate-driven disease.
grist.org/health/valle...
#AZ #Arizona #Climate #Health #PublicHealth #Disease
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My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
October 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
My husband was detained by ICE today
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
Juan Muñoz, an American citizen, father of 2, and local government official, was peacefully protesting w. other elected officials. He was assaulted and taken away
I have had zero contact or updates since
#SOS
@duckworth.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov
At city council now! Alders need to move this ordinance forward. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
Veteran activist pleads for City Council's help fighting pollution in Chicago neighborhoods
A vote advancing an ordinance that would give communities a say in the industries allowed around them could happen as soon as Thursday.
chicago.suntimes.com
September 25, 2025 at 9:15 PM
At city council now! Alders need to move this ordinance forward. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
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Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
September 2, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Illinois Gov. Pritzker ahead of Trump National Guard deployment:
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
"To Chicagoans... Look out for your communities and your neighbours. Know your rights. Film things that you see happening... Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America."
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I've spent the past several years covering two federal civil rights complaints in Chicago. Both affect vulnerable people and communities. Yesterday, Trump upended both of them, saying they aren't "real concerns." chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
Trump dismisses civil rights, fair housing cases in Chicago to focus on ‘real concerns’
HUD will stop monitoring a civil rights agreement over the General Iron matter and dropped a case alleging City Council members blocked affordable housing using "aldermanic prerogative" veto power.
chicago.suntimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I've spent the past several years covering two federal civil rights complaints in Chicago. Both affect vulnerable people and communities. Yesterday, Trump upended both of them, saying they aren't "real concerns." chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
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Using military style force against protesters in LA on Americans who are peacefully protesting is not American. What ICE did in LA should alarm every American. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
Agents Use Military-Style Force Against Protesters at L.A. Immigration Raid
www.nytimes.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Using military style force against protesters in LA on Americans who are peacefully protesting is not American. What ICE did in LA should alarm every American. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/06/u...
Regular day in the neighborhood
May 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Regular day in the neighborhood
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As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.
Some Los Angeles fires victims are rebuilding their homes without gas appliances
As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
As Los Angeles rebuilds from the Eaton and Palisades fires, climate activists want to retire the gas utility pipelines and and hope to persuade people to rebuild homes as all-electric.
What’s up with the air quality today 😵💫
April 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
What’s up with the air quality today 😵💫
The days are long and the years are short for us too. I don’t go to baseball games but I see his slinky rodeo show in my living room daily. His milestones are hard earned and he speaks to us in a language of eye and body movements. Sounds pretty amazing to me
April 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The days are long and the years are short for us too. I don’t go to baseball games but I see his slinky rodeo show in my living room daily. His milestones are hard earned and he speaks to us in a language of eye and body movements. Sounds pretty amazing to me
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Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
RFK Jr. said autistic people don’t work or play sports. They say he’s wrong.
The health and human services secretary on Wednesday suggested that autistic children would never play baseball or pay taxes, enraging those in the community.
wapo.st
April 17, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Autistic people and their loved ones have swiftly and publicly rejected statements by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the nation’s top health official, that people with autism will never play baseball, date, pay taxes or have a job.
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Two years after Chicago settled a federal complaint that alleged discriminatory placement of polluters in low-income communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a proposed law to change city practices. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
Mayor Johnson pushes environmental equity law after feds allege racist policies
An ordinance is expected to be introduced Wednesday. City Hall promised President Joe Biden’s administration that it would change its practice of dumping polluting businesses on low-income Black and L...
chicago.suntimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Two years after Chicago settled a federal complaint that alleged discriminatory placement of polluters in low-income communities, Mayor Brandon Johnson plans to introduce a proposed law to change city practices. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...
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A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate and health funding.
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
grist.org/politics/den...
#Health #Dengue #Disease #Climate #Mosquitos
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
grist.org/politics/den...
#Health #Dengue #Disease #Climate #Mosquitos
A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate and health funding
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
grist.org
April 3, 2025 at 1:38 PM
A deadly mosquito-borne illness rises as the US cuts all climate and health funding.
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
grist.org/politics/den...
#Health #Dengue #Disease #Climate #Mosquitos
Climate change is driving an explosion in dengue cases. Studying that connection is about to get much harder.
grist.org/politics/den...
#Health #Dengue #Disease #Climate #Mosquitos
Hazel Johnson is the Mother of Environmental Justice. She raised her family in Altgeld Gardens, just a few miles from where I live. Her husband died of cancer,homes there were built on toxic land. Countless generations, my children’s included are still living amongst the “toxic donut”.
March 13, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Hazel Johnson is the Mother of Environmental Justice. She raised her family in Altgeld Gardens, just a few miles from where I live. Her husband died of cancer,homes there were built on toxic land. Countless generations, my children’s included are still living amongst the “toxic donut”.