Ivan Moreno

I went for a walk in the Discount Mall yesterday after the tear gassing outside. It was empty. A bunch of vendors didn’t even bother showing up. No customers. Security watching a door, keeping others padlocked and only letting people in one by one. The immigration raids are a local recession.

Opinion: Illinois faces an insurability crisis — not just an insurance crisis Rising premiums show Illinois faces an insurability crisis fueled by climate risk — and price regulation alone won’t keep coverage affordable.

My op-ed was published today in @crainschicago.bsky.social re: whyt Illinois must do more on risk reduction and climate resilience in order to keep homeowners insurance prices stable. One need only look to LA, CA, and FL for what happens if you don't. www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/illi...

Three people and a child play music from a bullhorn and others dance in the driveway of the ICE facility at 1930 Beach St, in Broadview, IL, Sunday Sept. 21.

The scene at Broadview today is calm, no sights of federal agents other than the occasional car going in the front gate. A UHaul truck was backed into the side garage earlier.

About a dozen protesters are holding signs, dancing to Mexican music and yelling “shame” when agents enter/exit.

What happened to Silverio Villegas-Gonzalez An immigration agent killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago. The initial narrative was quickly disproven by witnesses.

An immigration agent shot and killed an unarmed 38-year-old father outside Chicago on Friday—and their initial narrative of events was quickly disproven by videos captured by witnesses. https://bit.ly/3IbeDjf

Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he’d still have a job.

Smart Development Needs Clear Rules Milton Pinsky of Banner Real Estate Group urges Chicago developers to support the Hazel M. Johnson Ordinance, advocating for clear zoning rules to foster sustainable development and long-term economic...

Great read on why clear, consistent environmental protections are key to smart development in Chicago. www.thedailyline.com/smart-develo...

Go Local to Save the Environment As the Trump Administration guts climate programs and rolls back environmental regulations, local governments must lead the way.

Great opinion piece by @ginaramirez.bsky.social why Chicago needs to pass the Hazel M. Johnson cumulative impacts ordinance progressive.org/op-eds/go-lo...

Concerned teachers and community members are rallying together to help a Southern California fourth grader after he was detained by immigration officials.
ktla.com/news/local-n...

Help This Garden Grow — Respair

I have sort of been trying to do something like this, and I just did a formal one hosted by @respairmedia.bsky.social for their Hazel Johnson podcast -- thought it was so cool that they did an official club with the hosts

www.respairmedia.com/help-this-ga...

US banana giant Chiquita fires thousands over Panama strike President Jose Raul Mulino, whose changes to social security laws prompted the protest, called the strike ‘illegal’.

The United States-owned banana giant said on Friday it was letting “all” daily labourers go for the “unjustified abandonment of work at our plantations”.

www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/...

Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies

An Israeli airstrike on Gaza hit the home of a doctor, killing nine of her 10 children while she was on duty at her hospital. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Opinion | There Is a Way Forward: How to Defeat Trump’s Power Grab The patriotic response to today’s threat to American democracy is to oppose Trump soberly and strategically.

Holy shit. I knew this @nytimes.com editorial would be bad, but it's so much worse than I could have imagined. I mean, it is indistinguishable from a parody of reactionary centrism. This is every center-left pathology, laid out for your examination.

US prepares for deadly floods with many National Weather Service offices understaffed Dangerous weather comes after Trump administration job cuts left nearly half of offices with 20% vacancy rates

The weather service this week has logged at least 75 tornado and 1,277 severe weather preliminary reports as the center of the US has been hit by extreme weather conditions. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped I was stuck in a freezing cell without explanation despite eventually having lawyers and media attention. Yet, compared with others, I was lucky

I’m the Canadian who was detained by Ice for two weeks. It felt like I had been kidnapped

Climate Change, Real Estate, and Adaptation: Why Flood Disclosure Matters with NRDC — AMERICA ADAPTS The Climate Change Podcast Climate Change, Real Estate, and Adaptation: Why Flood Disclosure Matters with NRDC. Ep. 225.

Latest #podcast, I've partnered with @nrdc.org. Flood risk disclosure might not sound flashy, but it’s a powerful tool for keeping homebuyers out of harm’s way. Baking #climate adaptation into modern life means using existing systems to make smarter climate decisions...like buying a home!

We're at Navy Pier today telling the CPM board to keep their promise of finding non-labor cuts to save public media and the people who make it.

We’ve already seen so many talented colleagues let go. We say no more.

Hazel Johnson launched an environmental movement in Chicago that Trump is trying to end Cheryl Johnson, who took charge of People for Community Recovery in 2010 just before her mother’s death, says MAGA can’t end a decades-long fight that began in Altgeld Gardens on the Far South Side.

As President Trump dismantles environmental justice at the EPA, Hazel Johnson's daughter vows to keep fighting. My story on Cheryl Johnson, whose mother birthed a movement in Chicago. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

Chicagoans Ditch Their Teslas To Protest Elon Musk: 'Nobody Wants To Buy Them' Several protests have popped up outside a Chicago Tesla dealership, and one Cybertruck owner says he's flipped off regularly. Those looking to ditch the vehicles are out of luck as well — car sellers ...

Chicagoans are dumping Tesla: blockclubchicago.org/2025/03/13/c...

Opinion: With the feds disintegrating, Chicago must step up to address health hazards This is our opportunity to redefine the foundational rules of how Chicago’s neighborhoods develop.

As federal protections are put at risk, Chicago must stand up for our health. Great piece by @ginaramirez.bsky.social
www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chic...

City drinking water closeness to sewer lines poses concerns, watchdog warns Chicago’s Inspector General says that sewer lines are too close to water mains, a problem the city has known about since 2019.

Chicago watchdog warns that many of the city's drinking water pipes run too close to sewer lines, creating a contamination risk and violating the law. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

Elon Musk Was Raised Under Racist Apartheid Laws in South Africa. What Does He Believe Now? Watch Part 2 of our interview with reporter Chris McGreal, who was Johannesburg correspondent for The Guardian during the last years of apartheid through 2002.

Great interview by Democracy Now on Musk and his history with South Africa
www.democracynow.org/2025/2/11/el...

Jewish people say NO to ethnic cleansing

Proud to be one of the 350 rabbis signing this statement — an ad in the NYT today and a declaration of our values.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For more—and to sign— go to

saynotoethniccleansing.org

Trump threatens to fire more than 100 Chicago EPA workers An email tells new employees that the agency can “immediately terminate you.”

Trump threatens to fire more than 100 Chicago EPA workers. chicago.suntimes.com/environment/...

Trump, Musk move to oust EPA staff in the Great Lakes region, including dozens responsible for protecting drinking water for 30 million in U.S. and Canada The Trump administration is moving to fire or force out more than 20% of the agency’s Chicago staff.

The impacts of this will be felt for a long time
www.chicagotribune.com/2025/02/06/t...

Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.

BREAKING: An attorney representing two federal workers has filed a motion arguing that an illegal server installed by Musk cronies at OPM violates federal law and is potentially exposing government staffers’ personal information.

Via @dell.bsky.social: www.wired.com/story/federa...

‘Why him?’ Undocumented father gets swept up, turned over to ICE during operation targeting someone else An undocumented Elgin father who has been in the country for more than two decades was swept up in a fugitive investigation targeting his stepson, a scene that was captured in a harrowing video tha…

‘Why him?’ Undocumented father gets swept up, turned over to ICE during operation targeting someone else. Story in @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/01/30/w...

What to Know When Interacting With ICE – Borderless Magazine NFP With Know Your Rights workshops happening ahead of Trump's inauguration, here is a breakdown of your rights regardless of immigration status.

All immigrants in the U.S. have rights, including the right to remain silent. Here’s what you should know if you encounter federal immigration agents. borderlessmag.org/2025/01/17/k...

Race also threads through many of Kennedy’s comments unearthed by The Post, with several misleading claims about Black Americans, including false claims about Black children’s autism rates after vaccination and comments on their immune systems. “Now we know that, you know, we should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that’s given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours,” Kennedy said in a 2021 appearance posted on the website of Children’s Health Defense.

RFK Jr's whole deal is just Progressive-era eugenics and I'm continually shocked at how many people don't see it

Flooding Can Put Unsuspecting Home Buyers Financially Underwater A new study from Milliman found that a home buyer can incur tens of thousands of dollars in flood damage costs over the course of their mortgage, if they purchase a previously flooded home. The study ...

Undisclosed flooding can lead unsuspecting home buyers to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars throughout the life of a mortgage according to a new NRDC report. www.nrdc.org/bio/joel-sca...

EPA warns of toxic forever chemicals in sewage sludge used on farmland, including thousands of acres near the Chicago area In northeast Illinois, more than 777,000 tons of sludge from Chicago and Cook County have been spread on farmland — in many cases near residential areas.

Update from me: More than 777K tons of PFAS-contaminated sludge from Chicago and Cook Co. have been spread on farmland during the past 8 years — in many cases near residential areas.

Only LA gave more sludge to farmers.

EPA confirms cancer risks for farmers and neighbors. Unclear about gen pop.