The energy in the city was unparalleled Saturday night when the Bears came from behind and beat their rivals in the fourth quarter. And from there, it was a chilly and wintery week with plenty of news. See photos by @blockclubchi.bsky.social 's team this week! blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/16/t...

Broadview is restricting the items people will be allowed to bring inside it’s designated protest area near the ICE facility — under threat of removal or arrest — ahead of a protest tomorrow, which the village said it expects to bring 2-5k people to Lexington and Beach Street.

Jesus. www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

My 2025 Photos of the year. - My full thoughts on this year are over on my instagram (@taliaspraguephoto), but TLDR: Working in media this year has been so weird, especially as a trans woman who's been impacted by some of the very policies that we're trying to do stories on.

Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:

"Before I was a creator, I was a Bulls fan." Kenny Beecham is staying true to his roots as his career soars with a new NBC partnership. Really enjoyed chatting with Kenny about his Chicago roots, his outlook on the NBA and the future of sports content.

NBA content creator Kenny Beecham found a new platform with an NBC partnership. But at his heart, he's still the same kid from Chicago who fell in love with the Bulls two decades ago. 📝 @juliapoe.bsky.social

Sorry guys universe is splitting open starting today

the cook county public defender's office not mincing words in its response to a plan to allow all chicago cops to directly file felony weapons possession charges. "This policy abandons prosectors’ duty to review felony charges and simply hands that responsibilities over to police."

A federal judge has blocked the IRS from sharing information to help ICE with deportations. https://cnn.it/4o6OssL

Being paid enough to support my friends, family and myself is all we ask for y'all.

In Illinois, 29 trans teens have died by suicide this year, per Trans Up Front, a trans youth advocacy group. Last year we lost four; six in 2023. “This administration is targeting our children, they’re trying to take the next generation… [But] we’re gonna be here forever. We’ve always been here.”

Just adding on to Gwen's thoughts here asking to give the trans people in your lives some grace, we're having to face our literal existence being slowly eroded away and that is exhausting to constantly hear about so please don't ask for our perspectives, instead ask about our happiness and joy.

Frames from High School Football coverage today.

I've moved to biking for exercise bc after running cross country and track in high school, I've done enough running for several lifetimes.

I don’t care if this offends you : Transwomen are real women ! 🏳️‍⚧️

that the left wing talks "only about identity" (he means trans people) is a right wing propaganda and demonization effort he and Newsom are actively choosing to validate and elevate because a six-figure consultant told them to it would be so easy to instead go on offense and focus on corruption

I hear myself say "ugh, straight people." at least once a day lately.

After @mandophotos.bsky.social photographed federal agents pointing rifles at 26th/Lawndale yesterday, I inquired with DHS about what threat had prompted them to pull weapons on a busy commercial strip (pictured). This is the response I got from a representative of the United States government.

Another week of being so grateful for the hard visual work from the @blockclubchi.bsky.social team and freelancers. Check out our photos here: This Week In Photos: 50 Years Of The Rink, A Father Returns From Federal Custody And More blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/t...

being trans in america is dangerous no matter where you go

someone went up to sarah mcbride in front of the u.s. congress, hurled her deadname at her loudly and called her a pedophile repeatedly, posted video of the exchange to x, and it is now going wildly viral i will not share the video but if you’re not speaking up about this, you’re hurting yourself

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the first ever to pitch the First and Final inning of an MLB season (I think). ⚾

so many runners left in scoring position that i'm shocked the astros aren't involved in this game

This game is gonna give me heart palpitations omfg.

The unauthorized use is “particularly egregious” because the “false implication that CSTM gave permission for its intellectual property to be used in connection with [DHS]’s publicity campaign damages CSTM’s credibility and interferes with its ability to report.” DHS has yet to respond.

Another week of being so proud of the great work by the @blockclubchi.bsky.social team: This Week In Photos: Bovino's Day In Court, Feds Continue To Tear Gas Neighbors blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/31/t...

The players are gonna need walkers for game four at this rate lmfao

this game is going to cause a measurable decrease in economic activity in Toronto tomorrow

I've washed, dried and folded and entire load of laundry since this game went to extras lmfao.

I need to buy a switch so I can play games with my queer besties. Especially so I can lose in Mario kart.

Realized I was trans at 20-21 during the pandemic and came out when I was 24. But I spent a good year of that time trying to deny that I was actually trans bc I thought it would be easier than coming out in today's world. I turn 26 in just over a month.

My favorite part of extra inning baseball is listening to the broadcast crew slowly lose their minds trying to find new and interesting things to talk about.

For contrast, this is the scene from around 6:30 last week. At the last Broadview village council meeting, protestors heckled Broadview Mayor Katrina Thompson - over the protest curfews and "free speech zones" - so hard she ended the meeting early. I wonder if that explains any of the difference.

With their city caught in the country’s largest immigration enforcement operation, as many as 250,000 Chicagoans flooded Downtown on Saturday to condemn Donald Trump’s administration as part of the second nationwide No Kings protest. Photos for Block Club Chicago alongside @colinbphoto.bsky.social

LET US LIVE 🏳️‍⚧️ ❤️

Images by myself and @taliaspraguephotography.com from today for @blockclubchi.bsky.social - Photos: No Kings Protest Draws Massive March Downtown to Decry Trump blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/18/p...

I’m back from vacation, and put together the past few days’ strong images from our @blockclubchi.bsky.social team. GALLERY: Two Weeks In Photos: Chicagoans Stand Up To ICE, Johnson's New Budget And Much More blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/17/t...

NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams

The @chicago.suntimes.com photographer who risked their personal health and safety to take this photograph is Anthony Vazquez. Please credit photographers and media outlets. In this age of misinformation, a photo with no context could be anything at all.

Incredible photo from @chicago.suntimes.com ‘s Anthony Vazquez. Pointing what looks to be a teargas launcher at someone’s head at nearly point blank range is incredibly dangerous. This is why I prefer a ballistic helmet in the field.

It’s impossible to overstate how much “abolish ice” is the normie position now here in chicago — just countless random moms at toddler soccer on a park district field asking me where I bought my anti-ice t-shirt. average people don’t like our neighborhoods being terrorized.

We are going to Win Moreover, ICE must be destroyed

Feds deploy tear gas in Albany Park as neighbors respond to them detaining people. One person was taken, though another was freed. “I was afraid to go over there. I got braver the more people came out. I know my neighbors have my back, and I have their back."

Based on all the social media reports, today may have been the busiest Friday for ICE activity that we’ve seen since this surge started. With hundreds of police now protecting ICE’s facility for them, presumably ICE is able to deploy more agents to snatch people.

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

It's not special treatment for reporters—it's critically important to maintain the ability to document police activities after they've ordered assemblies to disperse. Again and again, we've seen cops are most likely to get more violent with demonstrators when out of public view.

Fam, this is a challenging moment. We (as reporters) are trying to balance urgency of news & amplification of resistance narratives with not assisting in putting people in prison. It's tough for everyone right now with how fast videos go viral. There's a lot we are not sharing.