Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates
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chronically indecisive Chicago Tribune reporter usually writing a mix of education, food and stories centering underrepresented groups ✉️ zsyed@chicagotribune.com
Almost 55,000 children in Gaza acutely malnourished, Lancet study estimates
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HAPPENING NOW — This morning, Mayor Brandon Johnson signed an executive order establishing “ICE-free zones.”
“That means that city property and unwilling private businesses will no longer serve as grounds for these raids,” Johnson said to applause.
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Forty Acres Fresh Market in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood is an expansion of Liz Abunaw’s community-focused effort to offer fresh produce via home deliveries and pop-up markets.
06.10.2025 16:57 — 👍 38 🔁 10 💬 0 📌 1Liz Abunaw, owner of Forty Acres, said her store is a business-driven approach, not an idealistic project to “solve hunger” in Austin. But it's addressing a gap in the market, intensified by the differences between Chicago neighborhoods and how those differences break down along racial lines.
06.10.2025 16:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This video of Chicagoans intervening to save a man from being abducted off the streets by ICE is making the rounds on Instagram.
Community action works.
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NEWS: Trump is federalizing 300 National Guard troops in Illinois, Gov. Pritzker announced.
04.10.2025 17:31 — 👍 94 🔁 67 💬 10 📌 1330% decline in international student enrollment at DePaul. The financial impact of that is staggering.
04.10.2025 01:21 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0He's one of a handful of local doctors, w/ Jewish Voice for Peace, calling on lawmakers to block bomb sales to Israel and speak out against famine in Gaza and settler violence in the West Bank.
Read the story, but most importantly, press play👂
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Chicago doctor Thaer Ahmad will never forget one of the 1st times he declared a patient dead in Gaza’s Nasser Hospital, after a father carried in his three lifeless daughters.
Those girls weigh heavy on Ahmad's mind as he demands action from Illinois politicians.
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It's not all investigations, politics and crime news. A good daily newspaper captures the flavor of its city. @zareensyed.bsky.social did that masterfully with her coverage of the craziness at the Wiener Circle yesterday www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/w...
24.09.2025 16:50 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Thank you for the kind words, Steve!
24.09.2025 17:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The Wieners Circle had promised free hot dogs if Bears QB Caleb Williams threw four TD passes Sunday vs. the Cowboys — which he did.
Now it was showtime behind the counter.
@zareensyed.bsky.social's story with photos by E. Jason Wambsgans.
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Don’t miss this fun story: @zareensyed.bsky.social filed a great dispatch from Weiner Circle’s free hot dog day @chicagotribune.com www.chicagotribune.com/2025/09/23/w...
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23.09.2025 04:11 — 👍 24521 🔁 6189 💬 684 📌 429ICE agents held a man’s five year old autistic daughter and taunted him with “Is that your daughter” in an attempt to get him to come out of the house.
They were rebuffed but two days later took him from his car.
A culture at risk: Chicago’s street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge
By @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social and @zareensyed.bsky.social
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Chicago's street vendors carry a cultural legacy that's slowly shrinking away from familiar city corners in the middle of the current ICE surge. "What they do is a dying art, born of love.” ✍️ An important story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social
21.09.2025 18:30 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0A culture at risk: Some Chicago street vendors quietly disappear from familiar corners during ICE surge. On the ground reporting @chicagotribune.com @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social @zareensyed.bsky.social t.co/Ngn42kEAPt
21.09.2025 14:18 — 👍 60 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 0Residents of a DuPage County town were worried about two escaped horses. Then they learned at least one of the animals was caring a highly contagious disease.
09.09.2025 12:02 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Today in things that should never be happening but especially now of all times:
09.09.2025 13:16 — 👍 208 🔁 68 💬 3 📌 1Black McDonald’s operators detail history of alleged racial discrimination in lawsuit. Story from Darcel Rockett
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Recent higher ed reporting ✍️
➡️ Some faculty members expressed sympathy for Schill, who heeded several unprecedented demands from the right toward the end of his troubled 3 year tenure as Northwestern's leader. Others on campus say they were glad to see him go.
Eeek! I'm so nervous to watch this because I know I'm going to compare every frame and every scene to the perfection that is The Office but I also want to like it in support of the office
05.09.2025 05:26 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0The life of displaced Gazans is the focal point of this free exhibit at the Walls Turned Sideways space in East Garfield Park. There's an ambient sound that plays overhead to supplement the viewing experience...drones, sounds of the sea, children. It's very moving.
Thurs-Saturdays through Aug. 23.
Air quality alerts issued Thursday in Illinois because of Canadian wildfire smoke marked the latest bout in an increasingly common summer occurrence. The alert covers 34 Illinois counties designated as having unhealthy air for all residents.
31.07.2025 19:48 — 👍 17 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 1Text reads: "What to Know About Starvation in Gaza and Deadly Violence Near Aid Sites" over a photo of people holding pans and other containers at a charity kitchen in western Gaza City. Photo by Saher Alghorra for The New York Times.
Palestinians have been forced to routinely choose between risking death by starvation or risking death by gunfire to reach food aid sites where Israeli soldiers have repeatedly fired at the crowds, killing hundreds of people over the last two months, according to the UN. nyti.ms/3GLjBCH
28.07.2025 19:10 — 👍 173 🔁 96 💬 39 📌 9Absolutely gutted. Our colleagues are the best and brightest and their incredible work speaks for itself. Heartbroken for them and for us having lost such unique voices in the newsroom
24.07.2025 21:26 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Pinar Istek anchored the night shift on the photo desk, directing after-hours visual coverage of breaking news. She is a proactive leader who looks out for the whole photo desk and was an essential part of dozens of breaking stories.
24.07.2025 18:01 — 👍 26 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Ahmed Ali Akbar went deep on all angles of Chicago’s vibrant food scene way beyond the plate — the economic, cultural and political winds that power it, but also the fun and community that springs up around it.
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