get you an alder like @anthonyjquezada.bsky.social who touts ZERO traffic fatalities. traffic violence is preventable! this whole speech a barnburner

Had a great time joining parents & students this morning for their weekly bike bus from Palmer Square to St. John Berchmans School! Alderman La Spata & I talked about our shared commitment to continue investing in pedestrian & cyclist infrastructure that keeps our neighborhoods safe for everyone.

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

Tax the rich and build more housing for the unhoused.

Thank you to the more than 50 neighbors who joined us for our 4th Annual Connecting Neighborhoods bike ride! It was a beautiful day to be together in community & solidarity. I’m proud of the work we’re doing in the 35th Ward to make our streets & public spaces safer & more accessible for everyone.

Spotted @anthonyjquezada.bsky.social and @gracielaforsenate.bsky.social doing a little ballroom dancing on the Milwaukee Avenue pedestrianized plaza today!

Want a better economy? Tax the rich.

Join us for our 4th Annual Connecting Neighborhoods bike ride on the northwest side 🚴 This year we will be riding through Logan Square, Hermosa, and Belmont Cragin and visiting some of our local parks. We will have food and light refreshments at the end of our ride! Don't have a bike? We got you!

Happy Opening Day to the Logan Square Farmers Market! When we make more space for people, people show up. The transformational redesign of Logan Square is helping strengthen our neighborhood’s cultural and civic life, support small businesses, and create safer, healthier public spaces for everyone.

Silverio Villegas González was killed in Franklin Park by an out-of-control secret police that has been kidnapping and harming families in our communities across the country. Illinois State Police has said it will launch an investigation into what happened. chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2026/0...

Happy May Day.

Proud to join tens of thousands of Chicagoans today in celebration of International Workers’ Day! We are taking action today demanding to tax the rich, abolish ICE, and end all wars. Solidarity with all workers of the world in our struggle for social, racial, economic, and environmental justice.

Solidarity with Brookfield Zoo workers! They care for our animals and uphold one of Cook County’s great cultural institutions. As a former commissioner and vice chair of the county’s labor committee, I saw their dedication firsthand. They deserve a fair contract.

In celebration of Earth Day festivities this month, we planted 20 trees in Hermosa this morning alongside Openlands volunteers and neighbors 🌳

Proud to join Palenque LSNA today for their 64th Congress! We are at Funston Elementary where last year, ICE deployed tear gas as they violently attacked our community. We are organizing our neighbors to fight the billionaire class, prepare for May Day, & strengthen our rapid response network.

2 Logan Square affordable housing projects got crucial funding assistance. blockclubchi.co/3PSOv05

Exciting news! 🥳 We are building ETOD affordable housing in Logan Square! On Wednesday, April 1, 2026, Mayor Johnson & the Department of Housing announced that the Metropolitan L Apartments proposal for 2525 N. Kedzie in the 35th Ward will receive city assistance & low-income housing tax credits.

When you encounter flooding in Chicago bike lanes, help the city track where this is happening. Bike lanes need to clear and safe no matter the weather! airtable.com/app2kZnzP9be...

Repeat after me: If they can overturn Roe v. Wade, we can overturn Citizens United.

Bernie Sanders to force disapproval votes over U.S. arms sales to Israel

I'm with over 100 volunteers & organizers from independent political organizations across Chicago’s northwest side this afternoon for our primary election debrief & celebration! We are reflecting on the influence of big $, strengthening our grassroots power, & gearing up for the municipal election.

Thank you to the dozens of volunteers with Trash People of Logan Square for partnering with my office to help pick up trash and clean storm/sewer drains in Logan Square and Avondale this morning. It was a timely event to celebrate the first full day of spring!

I joined David Miller from CDOT and Nilda Esparza from the Logan Square Chamber of Commerce for a “fireside chat” on the Milwaukee Avenue Streetscape Project. The new Milwaukee Plaza, along with part of Logan Boulevard, will host the Logan Square Farmers Market, which is set to open on May 10, 2026.

I will always defend workers. It's time we end the subminimum wage in Chicago and across the nation.

Biggest news from city council yesterday imo: borderlessmag.org/2026/03/18/c...

On Chicago’s Northwest Side, we are building a political movement—and a party—rooted in and led by the working class.

Our people-powered movement across Chicago’s northwest side is ready to elect leaders who will fight for our working-class communities, govern with us, and work to build the government and economy we deserve. Learn more about our progressive slate of candidates and where to vote: UN35.org/elections

Block Club has won Best Newspaper, Best Newsletter and Best Independent Website/Blog in the Chicago Reader’s 2025 Best Of Chicago Awards. 🎉 🎉 🎉 We do this work for our readers, not awards. But it's an honor to be recognized. blockclubchi.co/47ib97N

Over 100 community members attended the 40th District Candidate Forum hosted by Palenque LSNA Youth. Missing? Representative Jaime Andrade.

Tax the rich, fund our future, rebuild America.

DHS Secretary Noem’s days in public office are numbered. But as long as she holds office, and DHS exists, I will call out their bs. We will not be gaslit. DHS will be dismantled.

Go out and enjoy your newly restored historic globe light lamps, Logan Square! The finishing touches to our Milwaukee Avenue Streetscape Project are being added. Everything is almost complete. Stay tuned for information about a community ribbon cutting in the future!

Our 35th Ward is organized and committed to continue defending and uniting our neighbors. Today, United Neighbors of the 35th Ward hosted a community meeting with school watch and rapid response leaders to discuss how we can strengthen our network of care in the face of ICE activity and fascism.

Just got a pączki from the alderman, this is huge

Rep. Delia Ramirez to DHS officials: "I have as much respect for you as I do for the last white men who put on masks to terrorize communities of color. I have no respect for the inheritors of the Klanhood and the slave patrol. Those activities were criminal and so are yours."

From 1975 to 2023, $79 trillion in wealth was transferred from the bottom 90% to the top 1%. www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

Democratic Socialists of America — We are at 100,000 members! 🌹 dsausa.org/join

I hope Dems begin to see that moderate or progressive, AIPAC is not our friend. They endorse January 6th insurrectionists. Yet if you so much as suggest the US uphold its own Leahy laws, no matter your record, they will work against you.

Chicagoans and local leaders say ICE "must be abolished" after the killing of Minneapolis nurse Alex Pretti. Three emergency protests were called across the city Saturday after immigration agents shot and killed Pretti. blockclubchi.co/4jWf9Qm

ICE must be abolished. Its leadership, and any agents responsible for killings or documented abuses, must be held accountable through prosecution. Full, independent investigations into the agency’s systemic violations of human and civil rights must be conducted and made public.