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YouTube video by Craig Seymour Mary J. Blige - Let No Man Put Asunder (Steve "Silk" Hurley House Mix)

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BRING HIM HOME

The Real Story Behind the Midnight Immigration Raid on a Chicago Apartment Building The Trump administration has claimed the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua had taken over the building. But new documents make no mention of the gang and reveal federal agents had information about “ille...

BREAKING: The Trump administration repeatedly said the aggressive apartment raid in Chicago last fall was prompted by intel on a gang takeover.

New docs show the real motivation was to get alleged squatters. And the landlord and manager helped them.

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The usually cute and/or creepy face fountain in downtown Chicago, instead blue screening and shutting down

Shutting down

After Feds Denied Him Lifesaving Meds, Hyde Park Man Ordered Released From 'Unlawful' Detention Albeiro Ropero Remolina — who was arrested near his Hyde Park home in December and denied several doses of needed medication while in custody, according to his attorneys — was released on bond and ret...

After a month in ICE custody, Albeiro Ropero Remolina was released on bond to his Hyde Park home.

"1000s of immigrants who should be eligible for bond are forced to endure unlawful detainment [as they wait for habeas petitions] to be granted," an attorney said. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/03/a...

Historic Roseland Church, Once On Verge Of Demolition, To Become Black-Women-Led Medical Center Onyx Health Collective, led by Dr. Maya Green and pharmacists Tonya Payton-Campbell and Ramona Burress, assumed ownership of Reformation Lutheran Church in November with plans to convert it into a hea...

After a bit of a hiatus, I'm back to reporting! My latest for
@blockclubchi.bsky.social on the Black-women-led Oynx Health Collective, which acquired Roseland's historic Reformation Lutheran Church late last year to transform it into a community medical clinic. blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/02/h...

The King of All Cosmos

WE ❤️ KATAMARI
NAMCO 2005
PLAYSTATION 2

YouTube video by BoomBap4Life 11 - Glaciers Of Ice

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Prayer to God On championing a cause.

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Meet The Immigrant Seamstress Who Has Made Banners For United Center Legends For 40 Years Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant, made Derrick Rose’s newly retired No. 1 banner — and virtually all others hanging from the stadium’s rafters — alongside her coworkers at W.G.N...

When Derrick Rose's #1 was raised to the United Center rafters Saturday, it capped a months-long effort led by Maria Estela Parra, a South Sider and Mexican immigrant who's helped make nearly every honorary banner at the arena. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/29/m...

Hyde Park Neighborhood Club Finishes 1st Phase Of Renovation The century-old club for Hyde Park kids and families recently unveiled its culinary classroom, lounge and accessibility upgrades. A gym expansion, greenhouse and outdoor play areas are coming as leade...

The Hyde Park Neighborhood Club has a new culinary classroom, lounge and improvements to its home — originally designed by solar house pioneers Keck & Keck.

More upgrades are planned as fundraising continues. "We want to be around for 100 more years." blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/h...

Seahawks lift

Seahawks bus

SEAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I spent the whole runup to vacation complaining that my friends work schedule pushed us into Cascadia in mid January

Little did I know he was saving me from -30 windchills back home

42-storey hot tub view

Shakshuka and asiago scone from Twisted Fork

Mount Seymour trails at dusk

The light outside dying

It's Nardwuar from Vancouver British Columbia Canada

Mouse Arts and Letters, a new Bridgeport social club, is bringing artists and writers together. blockclubchi.co/4sKuuaS

Gleaming ferry ride

Painting of a sucker punch

Troll got me

Mt Rainier, which apparently isn't always there according to a lady who's lived there for one month

More from Bainbridge Island

Successful slam with sturdy stick

Persian Ceiling

Mille Fiori

Ahhh dang it I forget, maybe a detail of Mille Fiori?

Glasshouse installation wraps around the Space Needle

Chihuly Garden, I love colors but until the Persian Ceiling I don't think colors had ever made me tear up before

The Kingdome but without a dome

After finding a George Springer jersey imbued with magic prior to the Jays postseason run, I've evidently done the same with a Kenneth Walker III jersey

See you next week Bears

Former Resident Of South Shore Building Raided By Feds Is Now Missing, Police Say Samantha Stamps, 56, was last seen near the Central Park Pink Line stop. She's been experiencing homelessness since the building was vacated, and is known to frequent areas in North Lawndale, police s...

Samantha Stamps is missing. She has experienced homelessness since her old building — raided by feds in September — was ordered vacated by a judge due to unsafe conditions.

Stamps was last seen near the Central Park Pink Line and frequents areas in N. Lawndale. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/14/f...

Stricken families search for answers after mothers are accused of harming children

In four high-profile cases last year in Chicago, mothers are accused of taking the lives of four children and injuring five others in drownings, stabbings and an arson. Experts say the tragedies signal the need for better mental health care.

Woodlawn Central Developers Seek City Approval To To Build 230 Residences, Hotel, Shops The first phase of the megadevelopment near Apostolic Church of God would bring two 14-story towers to 63rd Street and Dorchester Avenue.

Developers have asked for city approvals for the first phase of Woodlawn Central, a development plan centered around and backed by Apostolic Church of God.

Phase 1, a two-tower structure at 63/Dorchester, would include 231 residences, a hotel and shops. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/12/w...

Abundant Perch, 'The Lobster Of Chicago,' Draw Anglers Near And Far To Old South Works With plenty of perch to catch and release or take home and fry, the fishing's good at the former South Chicago steel mill — and anglers hope it will stay that way amid major changes planned for the su...

At the old South Works — one of the best perch fishing sites around — it doesn’t take much more than bait, a patch of broken ice and a bit of luck for a successful winter haul, anglers said. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/08/a...

Old Loretto Academy School Building In Woodlawn Could Become Affordable Housing Greenline Communities is proposing a 55-unit, $43 million rehab of the former Catholic school. The project depends on Low-Income Housing Tax Credits.

A South Side company has proposed dozens of affordable apartments for the one-time home of Mount Carmel HS's sister school in Woodlawn. blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/05/o...

Until I Find You Again, by Chuquimamani-Condori from the album DJ E

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First spin of 2026 is the Velvet Rope

$5K on an initial $1K goal. You people are great. I'd love to see get it as high as it can go before it closes in the next few days. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/17/w...

A winning Chicago Bears season is driving crowds and dollars to this South Side Black-owned lounge • The TRiiBE Even after falling to Green Bay, The Family Den Lounge buzzed with optimism, music and decades of tradition as Bears fans embrace a season that finally feels different.

It’s game day and there is a bar on the south side preparing for Sunday Fun Day. Read about this community staple 🐻⬇️

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How Residents In Chicago And LA Are Building Multiracial Solidarity Against ICE Violent immigration crackdowns, looming safety-net cuts and arrests of street vendors are pushing Black and Latine residents in both cities to organize around their common ground.

We don't deal in who's "deserving" over here, but if we did, few could be more blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/24/h...