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Exciting: @BlockClubCHI is looking for our summer '26 interns! Block Club’s interns gain valuable experience — and clips — with a team that is dedicated to helping them grow and succeed during and after their internship. More info and application here: blockclubchicago.org/interns-2/.

Warlord chef Trevor Fleming has shared sexual photos of women without consent and berated staffers for years, witnesses said. It was an open secret in the industry — and it’s time for accountability, they said. From the amazing @ArielParrella: blockclubchicago.org/2026/02/19/war…

BREAKING: Fugitive Ex-Loretto Leader At Center Of $300 Million COVID Scandal Arrested In Serbia blockclubchicago.org/2026/01/28/fug…

NEW: @blockclubchi debuted “Chicago Under Siege: How Operation Midway Blitz Changed Our City.” The interactive project is part investigation, part analysis & part archive — a record of what happened when the federal govt used violence on its own people. blockclubchicago.org/2025/12/30/chi…

NEW: Our project, “Chicago Under Siege,” documents the fear people lived in, the ways they sought to organize and resist and the heartbreak they experienced under Operation Midway Blitz. blockclubchi.co/3Ye4GGa

How the feds used propaganda to frame their "war" on Chicago: "They’re lying constantly." blockclubchi.co/4iFGlm7

8 years ago, a billionaire laid us off + shuttered our newsroom. We had no funding + no idea what nonprofit news was. But we had a dream to build @blockclubchi. Today, we were named @EditorPublisher's Best Daily News Site. Never give up on your dream.✨ blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/17/blo…

🎁CHICAGO'S ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SHOPPING LOCAL🎁 Block Club highlighted 100+ shops across Chicago where you can get a perfect gift for everyone on your list — while supporting small businesses. Check out our neighborhood gift guides: blockclubchi.co/4r3hEnd

Pritzker: They have "plenty" of examples of protesters being peaceful; "some of them have been fired upon, tear gas thrown at them. These are things that are inciting ... to a crowd when the other side isn't following any rules at all."

Pritzker: The way the federal agents are behaving appears to be against the law, against protocols. "They are the ones who are causing the mayhem on the ground." ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker: Trump admin has been inflicting violence on Illinois. "It is now happening at a pace and at a scale that is wider & more intense than it was in previous weeks." Important that everyone knows what is happening here. "We cnanot let the Trump ...