CHICAGO — Protesters marched for hours late into Tuesday night, decrying Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and President Donald Trump’s immigration policies in what highlighted a busy news week.
See what Block Club reporters captured while covering the city’s neighborhoods.
Chicago Police officers shove protesters at State and Washington streets as thousands of demonstrators packed Downtown on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, to protest recent ICE raids in Chicago and around the country. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago A tagger sprays graffiti on a police vehicle Tuesday night. Credit: Noah Asimow/Block Club Chicago Thousands of demonstrators march through River North on Tuesday, June 10, 2025, to protest recent ICE raids in Chicago and around the country. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more:_Thousands Of Chicagoans Take To The Streets To Protest ICE Raids, Trump Immigration Policies_
A young coyote puppy is seen at Graceland Cemetery in Uptown on June 9, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
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Helen Hunter brought her toddler Iris to a drag story time event at the Edgewater public library branch on June 9, 2025. Credit: Noah Asimow/Block Club Chicago Volunteers with Indivisible Chicago helped keep the sidewalks clear for families attending a drag story time event at the Edgewater public library branch on June 9, 2025. Credit: Noah Asimow/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Hundreds Of Edgewater Neighbors Come Out In A Sea Of Rainbow To Support Drag Story Time_
Felicia Slaton-Young, executive director of Englewood Chamber of Commerce, poses for a portrait in the ballroom inside the shuttered former South Side Swedish Lodge, 6855 S. Emerald Ave., in Englewood on May 29, 2025. The Greater Englewood Chamber purchased the building and plan to turn it into The Emerald. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago A heavily damaged room on the first floor inside the shuttered former South Side Swedish Lodge, 6855 S. Emerald Ave., in Englewood on May 29, 2025. The Greater Englewood Chamber purchased the building and plan to turn it into The Emerald. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Englewood’s Historical Swedish Lodge To Be Restored To ‘Former Glory’ As Community Hub_
Youth speak during the We Walk For Her march Friday, June 6, 2025, in Bronzeville. Credit: Reema Saleh/Block Club Chicago People drum along South King Drive during the We Walk For Her march Friday, June 6, 2025, in Bronzeville. Credit: Reema Saleh/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _At ‘We Walk For Her,’ Activists Call For New City Office Dedicated To Missing Black Women And Girls_
Felix Zepeda, chef and owner of Rosca, poses for a portrait as he delivers fresh bagels to Casa Cactus in Mayfair on June 5, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago Felix Zepeda, chef and owner of Rosca, poses for a portrait as he delivers fresh bagels to Casa Cactus in Mayfair on June 5, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Is Chicago’s Bagel Boom Back? You Butter Believe It_
Fasika Alem, programs director for United African Organization speaks out against Trump’s new travel ban during a rally at the Daley Plaza, 50 W. Washington St., as seen on June 9, 2025. Credit: Francia Garcia Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Immigrant Rights Groups Blast Trump’s Revived And Expanded Travel Ban: ‘Fear Is The Tactic’_
Tracy Baim, cofounder and longtime steward of Windy City Times, speaks at an event celebrating the paper’s 40th anniversary. Credit: Jake Cox Archived issues of Windy City Times hang on display at Gerber/Hart Library & Archives in Rogers Park. Credit: Jake Cox
Read more: _The Windy City Times Told LGBTQ+ Stories When No One Else Would. 40 Years Later, They’re Still At It_
Covet Oddities and Macabre Gallery owners Ben and Erica Santine show off their skull collection and Victorian mourning aesthetic inside their new oddity occult shop and museum, 3057 W. Diversey Ave. in Logan Square on June 2, 2025. Credit: Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Victorian Funeral Meets ’80s Vintage At Covet, Logan Square’s Horror-Themed Oddity Shop_
Mike Kaage poses at his newsstand on June 6, 2025. Credit: Molly DeVore/Block Club Chicago Mike Kaage looks at his parent’s obituaries on June 6, 2025. Credit: Molly DeVore/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Edison Park’s Kaage Family Newsstand Closing After 82 Years_
The Chicago flag waves behind Arja Sarkar, a student at Northside College Prep, as she poses for a portrait at the high school in North Park on June 3, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Meet The Talented Northside College Prep Student Fundraising To Hone Her Debate Skills_
Kosti Demos, owner of Forte Hospitality Group, poses for a portrait in the 300 block of South Halsted Street in Greektown on June 9, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _With Ithaki Restaurant, A Greektown Legacy Rises From The Ashes_
Speakers are silhouetted by windows in the 94th floor observation deck at 360 Chicago during a press unveiling of the former Signature Room space at 875 N Michigan Avenue on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Credit: Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago Scott Duncan, design partner at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, walks reporters through renderings of the new three-story observation deck at 360 Chicago during a press unveiling of the former Signature Room space at 875 N. Michigan Avenue on Wednesday, June 11, 2025. Credit: Talia Sprague/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Former Signature Room To Become Observation Deck, Private Event Venue_
A ceremony honoring Bob Dougherty, former Saint Leonard’s executive director, at 2120 W. Warren Blvd. on June 5. Credit: Michael Liptrot/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _West Side Campus For Formerly Incarcerated People To Add Housing, Community Spaces_
Andy Patel, the owner of Eastgate Wine & Spirits at 446 W Diversey Pkwy, poses for a portrait. Credit: Patrick Filbin/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _4 Armed Robberies In 30 Minutes Leave Lakeview And Lincoln Park Neighbors On Edge_
Johnny Nettesheim and Cheryl Carnevale, owners of Teddy Bear Lounge at 3513 N. Pulaski Road in Avondale, show off the revamped tavern on June 4, 2025. Credit: Ariel Parrella-Aureli/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Teddy Bear Lounge’s New Owners Add Cocktails, Wine And Rock ‘N’ Roll Energy_
Neighbors want to turn a portion of a Union Pacific freight line into a bike trail. Credit: Molly DeVore/ Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Failed Crosstown Expressway Could Become Bike Trail Connecting Bucktown To Botanic Gardens_
Flannery Thompson poses for a portrait amid her stained glass at Flan’s Glass, 2016 W. Armitage Ave., in Bucktown on June 5, 2025. Credit: Colin Boyle/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _Flan’s Glass Reopens In Bucktown With Larger Studio And Space For Stained Glass Classes_
The living room of a two-bedroom apartment at the new Roosevelt Square building at 1002 S. Racine, as seen on June 4, 2025. Credit: Francia Garcia Hernandez/Block Club Chicago
Read more: _More Than 200 Mixed-Income Apartments Now Leasing At Roosevelt Square_
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