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Reema Saleh ✨

@reemasabrina.bsky.social

journo, producer & comms whiz kid. she/her ✨ www.reemasaleh.com 💼 @peopleslobbyusa.bsky.social 🖋️ @chicagoreader.com @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social and elsewhere 📚 policy trained at uchicago

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Reema Saleh ✨@reemasabrina.bsky.social · 2mo ago

When Mildred Jenkins found a home at Deborah's Place, it was one of the best things that ever happened to her. After a year in the shelter, she got her own furnished apartment through the nonprofit's Permanent Supportive Housing program — a bed, a dining table, access to food and health services.

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Alex V. Hernandez@avhndz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

by @reemasabrina.bsky.social. Protesters Want ICE Out After Chaotic Albany Park Arrest: ‘Midway Blitz Is Over, But ICE Has Not Left’ blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/04/a... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Protesters Want ICE Out After Chaotic Albany Park Arrest: 'Midway Blitz Is Over, But ICE Has Not Left'

Agents crashed their car into a bystander's Tuesday before wrestling a man to the ground while frightened neighbors implored them to stop.

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Alex V. Hernandez@avhndz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An emergency protest will be held Wednesday night at Horner Park a day after federal immigration agents crashed into a woman’s car, dropped a loaded magazine in the street and confronted neighbors with weapons while arresting a man. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/03/i... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

Alex V. Hernandez@avhndz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

An emergency protest will be held Wednesday night at Horner Park a day after federal immigration agents crashed into a woman’s car, dropped a loaded magazine in the street and confronted neighbors with weapons while arresting a man. blockclubchicago.org/2026/06/03/i... via @blockclubchi.bsky.social

ICE Crash And Arrest In Albany Park Leaves Neighbors Furious: 'We Should Not Have To Live Like This'

An emergency protest will be held Wednesday after agents crashed into a woman's car, dropped a loaded magazine in the street and confronted neighbors with weapons while arresting a man Tuesday.

blockclubchicago.org

Reema Saleh ✨@reemasabrina.bsky.social · 4mo ago

i indie book crawled (and biked 🚲) my way through chicago, somehow did a shift at work, and got my 10/10 book stores for my 10% off 📖 next time, a 15% discount will hate to see me coming 🙌🏽

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Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"In an era dominated by short-form videos, rapidly declining attention spans and instant gratification, Brennan’s slow, steady approach to publishing is a welcome anomaly." Read @rachellayown.bsky.social's interview w/ @tortoisebooks.bsky.social's Gerald Brennan! chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/20/i...

Interview with an Editor: Gerald Brennan of Tortoise Books - Chicago Review of Books

Our interview with Gerald Brennan at Tortoise Books

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@joeengleman.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I wrote about Project 2052, the new lit journal from writers @genderhorizon.com & @emanabdelhadi.bsky.social, which opens up the world they created in their novel Everything for Everyone. Check it out via @chicagoreader.com chicagoreader.com/books/lit-fe...

Imagining a world where the people win - Chicago Reader

The new digital literary journal Project 2052 invites writers, poets, and artists to help expand the universe of Everything for Everyone.

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Casey Toner@ctoner.bsky.social · 6mo ago

illinoisanswers.org/2026/03/13/p... My latest about the Polymarket CEO giving a UChicago freshman $20k to start a campus prediction market club, Coinbase suing Illinois while donating $20k to House and Senate Dems, and the prediction markets running wild in defiance of state gambling regulators

Illinois Regulators Say Prediction Markets Are Illegal Gambling, But Bettors — and the Trump Family — Love Them

Prediction markets rake in millions from wagers on sports but pay nothing in state betting taxes and ignore other state regulations.

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Katie Prout@katieprout.bsky.social · 6mo ago

2.5 weeks ago, I emailed the proposal to Parks Superintendent Ramirez-Rosa, Chief Homelessness Officer Soto, and Department of Family & Support Services Commissioner Green and asked for comment. After a nudge, I received the attached. "The closure will proceed on March 17 as planned."

The City of Chicago is always open to conversations with the community regarding how we can best serve all residents. It is clear a great deal of thought and care went into the creation of the alternative proposal to the closure of the Legion Park encampment, which has the backing of many of our unhoused community’s strongest supporters, whose work we respect. However, the decision to close the Legion Park encampment was made with significant consideration, and the closure will proceed on March 17 as planned. We remain grateful for the strong network of advocates looking out for the interests of our unhoused community -- their work is vital as together we continue to navigate the challenge of homelessness. A Feb. 25, 2026, Accelerated Moving Event (AME) led by the Department of Family and Support Services successfully matched 16 Legion Park encampment residents with affordable housing units. Two other encampment residents who registered for the AME but did not attend have also been connected with housing providers and can still choose a unit. All encampment residents, regardless of whether they were part of the AME, continue to be offered shelter placement ahead of the encampment closure; DFSS has secured ample bed availability and a range of shelter options and locations for this purpose.Anyone experiencing or at risk of homelessness is welcome to call the city’s 3-1-1 service line for shelter placement or 2-1-1 service line to learn about other available support options. These options include food; connection to housing; substance abuse evaluation for treatment; mental health support and connections for treatment; verification of disability; and assistance with securing vital documents, including State ID cards.
Chicago Review of Books@chicagorevbooks.bsky.social · 6mo ago

"There’s something about being in nature and being alongside something that feels so much bigger than you that makes you turn inward." Out now: @celldeathvic.bsky.social's interview with @mbwwelch.bsky.social on "On an Inland Sea” (@beltpublishing.bsky.social). chireviewofbooks.com/2026/03/10/g...

Going Full Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Conversation with Michael Welch - Chicago Review of Books

A conversation with Michael Welch, editor of "On an Inland Sea"

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