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Elizabeth Todd-Breland
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Educator, Historian (US, Urban, Black Politics, Education, Policy, Chicago), Former CPS Board VP; Books: I Didn't Come Here to Lie (Haymarket, 2025); A Political Education (UNC Press, 2018); personal account; she/her
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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · Mar 10
I am forever honored that Karen Lewis entrusted me to co-author her memoir--I Didn’t Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education @haymarketbooks.org Karen was a powerful labor leader, formidable fighter & staunch defender of students, teachers & public education 1/ www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2444-i...
Alt text Cover of "I Didn't Come Here to Lie: My Life and Education," by Karen Lewis & Elizabeth Todd-Breland; Foreword by Angela Y. Davis, Afterword by Stacy Davis Gates. Image on cover of of Karen Lewis with her hands raised wearing a red CTU shirt. Title in Bold Black writing above image--author info. below image Alt text Back cover of Karen Lewis memoir, I Didn't Come Here to Lie, with blurbs by Eve L. Ewing, Bettina L. Love, Barbara Ransby, ad Jesse Hagopian
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Charles Ornstein @charlesornstein.bsky.social · 22h
NEW: “I Don’t Feel Safe.” Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force, by @wendicthomas.bsky.social @katieburgess.bsky.social w/ @mlk50.com
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 4d
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Ida B Wells' Winchester Rifle @dytsras.bsky.social · 4d
Wanna hear a scary story?

The first American vampire was Black.

Seriously.

78 years before Dracula appeared in American literature, there was "The Black Vampyre" by Uriah D'Arcy.

It was written in 1819 as an antislavery critique and the effect the Haitian Revolution had on the States
Text: "The Black Vampyre; Legend of St. Domingo" by Uriah Derick D'Arcy written in 1819. The story of an enslaved man in St Domingo (modern day Haiti) who was thrown overboard as his enslaver attempted to kill him. He not only survives, he lives forever, and marries one of his enslaver's descendants. Reminds me of "Sinners" in a way
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 6d
“Chicago is the future.“

@joseolivarez.bsky.social for @chicagomag.com
when we win the masked agents raid our neighborhoods. what do they cover up? (yesterday) is their promise & their charge. on 75th and South Shore they ram down our doors using (yesterday). they toss canisters of (yesterday) into our children’s lullabies. why? my people, we carry (today) & (tomorrow) in twin holsters. we plant (today) & (tomorrow) in our gardens. every day there are more sprouts. let it be known: Chicago will never cower. (yesterday) already died. (yesterday) is dying. (yesterday) will die again. there is no future in (yesterday). the agents in our neighborhoods hide their faces because they are losing. because they lost. when we win, there will be whistles from the gulls circling Lake Michigan. let them sing it: Chicago is a city of (today) & (tomorrow). Chicago is the future.
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Lynda Lopez @lyndab08.bsky.social · 9d
Organized Communities Against Deportations has launched a new mutual aid fund to support immigrant families in Chicago impacted by ICE raids

Link to donate: donorbox.org/mutualaid2025
New: mutual aid fund supporting immigrant families impacted All donations support families in Chicago IL who have been directly impacted by detention, deportation, and ICE raids
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Haymarket Books @haymarketbooks.org · 11d
Rahm Emanuel covered up the murder of Laquan McDonald by Chicago police
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Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday a decision on whether to pursue the 2028 Democratic presidential nomination comes down to whether he thinks he can meet “both the challenge and the promise of tomorrow” and execute on it.
Rahm Emanuel points to record, trust with Republicans as he considers presidential bid
Former Chicago mayor and Japan ambassador Rahm Emanuel said at a City Club of Chicago luncheon he needs to have something unique to say and know he can execute on it to run for president.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · 14d
In 1968, as a summer intern for Newsweek magazine, Monroe Anderson was one of the reporters covering the anti-war protests in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention.

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The TRiiBE goes to 'No Kings' protest with veteran reporter Monroe Anderson • The TRiiBE
On Oct. 18, an estimated 250,000 people attended the "No Kings" rally and march in Chicago; millions joined nationwide.
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In These Times @inthesetimes.com · 14d
Willian Giménez González, a known advocate for the rights of day laborers who was abducted by federal agents on September 12, is speaking out from ICE detention.

@sarahlazare.bsky.social reporting in our latest joint publication with @workdaymagazine.bsky.social

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Chicago Day Laborer, in ICE Detention, Says He’s Facing Retaliation Because Supporters Are Protesting His Abduction
“I was targeted for transfer to prevent my supporters from helping me.”
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shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · 25d
sixty-eight chicago community, faith, + social service organizations are calling on cook county commissioners to “protect and increase social service spending” amid drastic cuts nationally from the trump admin.

they suggest freezing all law enforcement spending, which has “unjustifiably increased.”
In the last year, the Trump administration has taken unprecedented action to dismantle institutions and programs benefiting marginalized communities, cut funding for essential social services, and pull back funds allocated to states and local jurisdictions. These cuts jeopardize public safety and risk reversing the incredible progress Cook County has made in reducing community violence. The undersigned 68 community, faith, policy, and service-providing organizations write to call on you and your fellow commissioners to protect funding for essential services like violence prevention, behavioral health, and community investment to reduce intra-community violence. You can support these services by freezing law enforcement spending, which is already far above the levels set when there were many more people in jail and many more criminal cases being processed by our court system. Over the last decade, Cook County has made tremendous progress in reducing pretrial jailing and improving community safety. This has been a byproduct of both moving away from racist policies promoting mass incarceration and strategically investing in expansions to the social safety net and community-based violence prevention programs. With the Trump administration gutting many of the federal programs aimed at supporting the neighborhoods most at risk of community violence, it is essential that Cook County not only avoid cutting budgets for these programs but also increase investments. We believe that Cook County can protect and increase essential health and human service spending by freezing all spending for law enforcement. Despite the nearly 40% decrease in the number of people incarcerated in the Cook County Jail, the Cook County Department of Corrections budget has not seen a reduction that coincides with that change in responsibility. Similarly, the budget for the State's Attorney's Office grew tremendously over the last decade, even as both the number of case filings and crime rates … … continued to decrease. It is important to note that while the federal government has cut hundreds of millions of dollars in funding for essential social services, law enforcement spending has unjustifiably increased. We would be remiss if we did not acknowledge President Trump's authoritarian attacks on residents of Cook County. Over the last several weeks, there have been repeated threats to the safety of our community members through executive orders targeting people without homes or who have mental health needs. Numerous federal law enforcement agencies have been dispatched to make arrests and deport our neighbors. It is essential at this moment that Cook County expand investments to ensure adequate support of community members targeted by the actions of the Trump administration and everyone impacted by its reduced funding for resources that allow marginalized people to live safe and healthy lives. The County's investment must include increasing the budget of the Public Defender's Office, which is responsible for defending increasing numbers of Cook County residents facing both criminal charges and immigration removal proceedings. Cook County must protect its important progress increasing community safety and reducing pretrial jailing from a federal administration that has made clear that it does not care about our most vulnerable residents. Please stand strong for community safety by freezing law enforcement spending to protect essential health and human service investments and expand support for Public Defense. Sincerely, The Cook County members of the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice and supporting organizations: A Just Harvest A Midwest Movement Project Access Living Alliance of Filipinos for Immigrant Rights and Empowerment | AFIRE Apna Ghar, Inc. Asian Americans Advancing Justice || Chicago Beyond Legal Aid BlackRoots Alliance Brighton Park Neighborhood Council Cannabis Equity IL Coalition Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation | CAASE Chicago Appleseed Center for Fair Courts Chicago Community Bond Fund Chicago Therapy Collective Chicago Torture Justice Center Chicago United for Equity Chicago United Solidarity Project | CUSP Chicago Urban League Chicago Votes Children's Best Interest Project Circles & Ciphers Color Of Change Community Renewal Society Farmworker and Landscaper Advocacy Project | FLAP First Defense Legal Aid HANA Center Illinois Alliance for Reentry and Justice Illinois National Organization for Women Illinois Prison Project Illinois Social Justice Alliance Impact for Equity Indivisible Chicago-South Side Inside Out Network Jewish Council on Urban Affairs KAN-WIN Legal Council for Health Justice Liberation Library Lucy Parsons Labs Mamas Activating Movements for Abolition & Solidarity | MAMAS Muslim Civic Coalition NAMI Cook County North Suburban National Lawyers Guild Chicago Nehemiah Trinity Rising Nikkei Uprising Northwestern University Graduate Workers Pretrial Justice Institute Restore Justice Revolution Workshop Sana Healing Collective Saving Our Urban Leaders Sentencing Advocacy Group of Evanston She Votes Illinois Shriver Center on Poverty Law SisterReach Illinois Southsiders Organizing for Unity and Liberation | SOUL Stick Talk TASC, Inc. The People's Lobby The Puerto Rico Project To Defend If Necessary Trinity United Church of Christ Unitarian Universalist Advocacy Network of Illinois Unitarian Universalist Prison Ministry of Ilinois Uptown People's Law Center West Town Law Office Wolf Pack Therapy Youth Empowerment Performance Project
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Oct 3
NEW — A lot happened today.

• Multiple protesters were arrested outside the ICE “processing” facility in Broadview.

• Chicago Ald. Jesse Fuentes was handcuffed and detained by ICE agents inside a hospital ER.

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Illinois State Police assist feds in Broadview protest, Chicago alderperson cuffed at hospital, rapid responders tear gassed in Logan Square • The TRiiBE
A roundup of ICE activity in the Chicagoland area on Oct. 3.
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Jim Daley @jimdaleywrites.bsky.social · Oct 3
In case you're wondering whether the TRUST Act will protect anyone: Border patrol just attacked press and protesters inside ISP's designated "free speech zone" and the state police reacted by immediately establishing a protective perimeter for the feds
mulchy.bsky.social shawn @mulchy.bsky.social · Oct 3
moments ago: pandemonium.

a huge mass of border patrol agents, led by greg bovino, pushed the crowd of protesters and started grabbing people at random.

leading up to this, folks were just calmly standing in the grass, following isp’s orders.

multiple people detained. no clue how many.
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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · Oct 3
“if any of these universities cave, it’s hard to imagine any limit to what the administration might try to demand next. We all learned long ago on the playground that trying to appease a bully only makes things worse”
dem8z.bsky.social Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social · Oct 3
“the government cannot condition a benefit on a recipient having to give up a constitutional right.”

Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/o...
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Compact’ With Universities Is Just Extortion
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Oct 2
NEW — Video shows feds escorting a Black man — with his hands behind his back — down an alley beside a nearby gas station.

The man appears to be the same Black man who is in the earlier reported video being choked by federal agents on Chicago’s West Side.

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New details emerge surrounding incident that led to a Black man being ‘choked’ by the feds in Chicago • The TRiiBE
Chicago Police are still investigating this incident.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Oct 1
HAPPENING NOW — Video obtained by The TRiiBE shows a federal agent with his hands around the neck of a Black man following an apparent car crash on the West Side near California Avenue and Congress Parkway.

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Video shows feds ‘choking’ a Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE
“Why is you choking him, man? Why is he choking him, man?” a man says at the scene.
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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · Oct 1
Bronzeville homeless shelter residents are "traumatized" after federal agents chased and arrested 4 people. blockclubchi.co/474l9Sq
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Oct 1
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations are petitioning Chief Judge Tim Evans to enter a general order prohibiting warrantless immigration arrests in or around courthouses.
Public defender, legal groups ask chief judge to prohibit warrantless immigration arrests at courthouses
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell, Jr., and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations on Wednesday petitioned Chief Judge Tim Evans to enter a general order prohibitin…
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Dave Byrnes @djbyrnes1.bsky.social · Sep 30
State Sen. Robert Peters accuses Trump of engaging in a "propaganda campaign of terror."
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · Oct 1
Chants of “No ICE, no troops!” rang out Tuesday evening as hundreds marched against President Donald Trump’s recent surge in immigration enforcement locally.
Hundreds gather to protest ICE, federal push to deploy military to Illinois
Chants of “No ICE, no troops!” rang out Tuesday evening as hundreds marched against President Donald Trump’s recent surge in immigration enforcement locally.
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David Dayen @ddayen.bsky.social · Oct 1
We have an on-the-ground report from Chicago, where the ICE blitz has been met with a community response to protect residents. But some employers are using the abduction campaign to retaliate against and silence worker organizing. From @sarahlazare.bsky.social and @workdaymagazine.bsky.social:
How ICE Terror Campaigns Are Used to Discipline Labor
While Chicago sees a surge of ICE detentions, workers are facing retaliation as immigrants when they advocate for their rights.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Oct 1
NEW — An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in an overnight raid in South Shore, a predominantly-Black neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side.

A couple who live nearby said they were shocked to see the enormous militarized raid in their community.

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Feds detain dozens of immigrants in 'massive' South Shore apartment building raid in Chicago • The TRiiBE
An estimated 40 people were taken by federal agents in the course of the overnight raid in the predominately-Black neighborhood.
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Sep 21
My weekly must-reads list and my thoughts on witnessing care and courage amid clouds of tear gas Friday night. "Almost 550 people across Chicagoland have been arrested by ICE during Operation Midway Blitz. It is a campaign of terror focused on a city that our president feels profound contempt for."
Must-Reads and Some Thoughts on Care and Courage Amid Clouds of Tear Gas
We can embody our refusal and fiercely declare that our love and empathy will not be destroyed.
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Morgan Elise J @morganelisej.thetriibe.com · Sep 20
The Feds were extremely violent towards protestors today, including public officials and the media. thetriibe.com/2025/09/and-...
And then came the tear gas: Federal agents use excessive force against protestors outside Broadview ICE facility • The TRiiBE
During a Friday protest outside the ICE processing facility in a Chicago suburb, federal agents deployed tear gas and pepper balls against protestors, press and elected officials.
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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social · Sep 17
“whether it’s police killing Black people or now ICE shooting someone they believe is an immigrant, any loss of life should be cause for us to rethink the most militarized approaches to safety. These approaches do not stop violence; they simply add to it” @thetriibe.com thetriibe.com/2025/09/stat...
STATEMENT: Black communities know that every police killing is a tragedy • The TRiiBE
Three Chicago organizers on standing together against Trump’s attempts to militarize and divide us.
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The TRiiBE @thetriibe.com · Sep 15
NEW — “We are alarmed to hear that, weeks into Trump threatening Black and brown communities in Chicago with military invasion and weeks into calls from community leaders across the city opposing these threats, ICE agents have shot and killed a man in the suburbs.”

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STATEMENT: Black communities know that every police killing is a tragedy • The TRiiBE
Three Chicago organizers on standing together against Trump’s attempts to militarize and divide us.
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Preorder Read This When Things Fall Apart @mskellymhayes.bsky.social · Sep 15
Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.
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