by Rashida James-Saadiya | Feb 4, 2026 | care, Collective Survival, Donald Trump, ICE, Liberation, Op-Ed, rapid-response network, Resistance, Trump Administration
The U.S.’s political landscape — and our daily lives — are increasingly shaped by repression and violence, amplified by a media cycle designed to keep us fearful in the present, uncertain about the future, and depleted. Exhaustion is not a side effect of this system. It is one of its core tools. Last year, I wrote that Donald Trump’s attacks were designed to exhaust us. Over the past year, I’…
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by Kelly Hayes | Oct 18, 2025 | Chicago, Community organizing, ICE, MOBILIZATION, Op-Ed, rapid-response network, Rogers Park
I was still groggy, drinking my morning tea, when my phone started buzzing with alerts about ICE hitting a corner within walking distance of my home. At first, it was unclear if they had taken a street vendor who was familiar to many of us. Soon, we learned that the vendor was still there, but that two other neighbors had been seized. That series of texts would soon activate a neighborhood.
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