“It’s Coming Here, As Blue As This State Is” Naperville’s Local Hate Group Calls For Trump Intervention On 7th Grade Sports At School Board Meeting

“Our great and esteemed president,” he paused and sighed, looking to the ceiling, “I can’t even say his name, it's so wonderful,” he admitted, to an outburst of laughter from both sides of the room.

May 22, 2025 0

Romeoville, Bolingbrook Locals Outnumber Out-Of-Town Hate Group At School Board Meeting

“These parents who are scared and worried, they should know that no matter what, we’re going to stand up with them and show up...When trans kids are under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back. Or we stand in the back and watch a school board meeting.”

April 16, 2025 0

Torrential Rain Energizes Trans Rights Marchers On Day Of Visibility

"Ignorance is longer an excuse. Fear is no longer an excuse. 'I didn't know' is no longer an option."

April 12, 2025 0

Kat Abughazaleh Kicks Off Her Campaign: “We Don’t Need To Be Less ‘Woke,’ We Don’t Need To Abandon Trans People”

According to one woman: “I like Jan Schakowsky, and I like the work that she’s done, particularly the work of her staff…but, I would also like her to be able to retire and have younger, more representative voices.”

March 30, 2025 0

Chicago Ukrainians Rally Less Than 48 Hours After Trump Berates Zelenskyy

"Thanks to all American supporters. Without them, we will probably be defeated in three days...but as we got help, we really appreciate that," a young, local chant leader told me. "When the conference [between Trump and Zelenskyy] happened...we couldn't stand aside. We will stand for our rights."

March 2, 2025 0

Little Village Protests ICE Raids With Rally And March

“The fight - it is in the [Chicago City] Council, it is in the courts, but it’s in the streets. It is in our neighborhoods to make sure that we don’t allow these cowards to come and terrorize us.”

February 9, 2025 0

Young Bolingbrook Residents Protest ICE Amid Local Raids

"[ICE is] targeting warehouses…‘Oh they’re just supporting criminals!’ But that’s very on the contrary…they’re also deporting a lot of families in very unjust ways."

February 2, 2025 0