Wanna catch up on all the drama between United Airlines and @americanair.bsky.social at O'Hare? Watch my interview w/Paris Schutz here: www.youtube.com/live/33-UNOx...

Heated executive rivalries. Trolling CEOs. Gate fights. The United Airlines vs. American Airlines battle at O’Hare International Airport has everything. Catch up on the drama with my latest for @chicagomag.com www.chicagomag.com/chicago-maga...

The cold has simply not let up. Nor has the news. See what @blockclubchi.bsky.social reporters captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods this week. This Week In Photos: Chicagoans Honor Alex Pretti, City Battles Subzero Temps And More blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/30/t... via @BlockClubChi

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago Nurses Honor Alex Pretti At Vigil, Outraged Over Minneapolis Nurse’s Killing blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/29/c...

Just straight up not even funny, @theonion.com . Do better

My latest for @southsideweekly.bsky.social City Council Pauses on Curfew, Bans Some Hemp Products southsideweekly.com/city-council...

As a Buffalonian who moved to Chicago, I ask myself this daily.

A Long Wait for Flooding Help in Chicago May Be Nearing an End. My latest for @insideclimatenews.org insideclimatenews.org/news/1812202...

In honor of the 35th anniversary of HOME ALONE, please enjoy my @washingtonpost.com story from 2021 on the iconic house in Winnetka. www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2021/...

This story has been corrected to reflect that a meeting between CPS and Ald. Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez will discuss alternatives for finding space for Haugan students, not co-location

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Despite Teachers In Closets And Classes In Hallways, CPS Says NW Side School Isn't Overcrowded blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/11/d...

Scammers Are Trying To Extort Chicago Restaurants With ‘Bomb’ Of Fake Negative Reviews. My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/05/s...

When feds involved in “Operation Midway Blitz" arrested Chicago's Laugh Factory manager in October, it triggered a "NATO response" from local comedians. For @bloomberg.com Citylab , I write about how stand-up comedians are stepping up as ICE clamps down on Chicago www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Cartoonists are insane — this is a totally recognizable portrait and sharp comment with like three lines

Boeing will have to pay $28.45 million to the widower of a victim. My latest for @afp.com www.lapresse.ca/affaires/ent...

If the sandwich don’t split, you must acquit

Boeing has reached a settlement with 3 families in the first civil trial against US aviation giant over the 2019 crash of an Ethiopian Airlines 737 MAX aircraft. My latest reporting for @afp.com www.zonebourse.com/actualite-bo...

CTA logs 14,000 smoking complaints in 14 months, with nearly 5,500 complaints on the Red Line alone. My latest for the Chicago Sun Times chicago.suntimes.com/transportati...

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Hiroshima Survivor, In Visit To Chicago, Slams Trump's Call To Resume Nuclear Weapons Testing blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/02/h...

A judge ordered agents involved in the Chicago deportation blitz to have "visible identification … prominently displayed." But they've been missing in dozens of @chicago.suntimes.com photographs. From @bylaurenfitz.bsky.social, Anthony Vazquez and Ashlee Rezin: chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

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"U.S. District Judge Jeffrey Cummings [..] suggested that he would begin ordering the release of some of the 3,000 people detained this year in Chicago since June." "Those released could be placed on ankle monitoring." #Illinois #USA #Incarceration #Deportation #EthnicCleansing

and they’re all cozying up to the president

Needs Heat!

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Judge Extends Immigration Arrest Restrictions, May Order Detainees Released On Monitoring blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/24/j...

I contributed to @nytimes.com ongoing coverage this week What Courts Have Said in Challenges to Trump’s National Guard Deployments www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/u...

Is the mysterious man in the fedora a detective? Is he French? English? Or is he AI? Matt Groh, a professor at Northwestern U, whose research focuses on A.I. generated images, weighs in www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/s...

Update — hearing that it has survived, as far as we know.

A reader emailed to point out to me that the White House movie theater is/was? in the East Wing.

Walking along the lakefront always fixes me

Featuring my first contributing byline to @nytimes.com ‘No More Trump!’: Protesters Denouncing the President Unite Across the Country www.nytimes.com/2025/10/18/u...

Attending a "No Kings" protest this weekend? @leighgiangreco.bsky.social's explainer on how to prepare and how to protest safely can help.

Illinois State Police arrested 4 people protesting in Broadview around 11:05am on Oct. 17 www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5m9XWP/

Cycling x Solidarity’s latest mutual aid effort takes cyclists on group rides through Pilsen and other neighborhoods to buy out tamale vendors so they can stay home as ICE agents swarm the city. blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c... per @leighgiangreco.bsky.social for @blockclubchi.bsky.social

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Chicago Cyclists Are Buying Out Tamale Carts To Keep Vendors Home And Safe From ICE blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/c...

And when I’m back in Chicago, I feel it

Freelance reporter @leighgiangreco.bsky.social was on assignment for @blockclubchi.bsky.social, covering Sept. 19 protests outside the ICE facility in Broadview, IL, when federal officers shot her with pepper balls. The newsroom has since filed suit and won a temporary restraining order.

“It’s honest. It’s true. It’s from Chicago. It’s messy. It’s full of all the stuff that was in the clay. They didn’t try to make it look nice. They just scooped it up as it was.” Bravo @leighgiangreco.bsky.social @bloomberg.com!!!! 🧱🤩🌆 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

And he has written a book due out soon from @uchicagopress.bsky.social. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

In my latest for @bloomberg.com Citylab , I sat down with Brick of Chicago’s Will Quam. Meet a man who really loves the bricks of Chicago www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

My latest for @southsideweekly.bsky.social in which I, a Chicago Giangreco, touch on the problem of nepotism in Chicago. City Council Confirms Ald. Burnett III and Approves Obama Center Set-Asides, ADUs. southsideweekly.com/city-council...

My latest for @blockclubchi.bsky.social Leo High School Choir Nabs 4th Place In 'America's Got Talent' blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/25/l...

The #ChicagoRiver used to be so polluted that it fueled fires. This week, 250+ swimmers took the first open-water dip in nearly 100 years thanks to decades of advocacy and investments in clean water. 🏊 📰 @leighgiangreco.bsky.social in @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...

On Thursday, @aldknudsen.bsky.social will introduce an ordinance allowing ppl to bring dogs inside Chicago restaurants. It’s a good time to listen to my @citycastchicago.bsky.social piece from last month on whether Chicagoans should bring their dogs out to eat open.spotify.com/episode/6DSG...

Reminder for Chicagoans, especially transit-minded folks: There are two CTA budget town halls this Thursday, Sept. 18 and Sept. 25 www.transitchicago.com/2026budget/

Nexstar has also used News Nation as a Trump mouthpiece www.nytimes.com/2021/03/07/b...

ICYMI: Chicago hosted its first open water swim in nearly a century. I covered the historic event for @insideclimatenews.org

My latest for @insideclimatenews.org A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...

My latest for @insideclimatenews.org A Really Monumental Day’ for Chicago River: Clean Enough for Hundreds to Swim In insideclimatenews.org/news/2109202...