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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

A child detention center located in Rogers Park on the city’s Far North Side, one of five such properties managed by Heartland Alliance.

Revisiting Heartland Alliance a year after Covid outbreak sickened 42 detainees and staff

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor March 4, 2021

Activists are demanding answers surrounding Heartland Alliance’s Covid-19 protocols after an outbreak infected 42 people last April – reportedly the largest outbreak of the virus at any shelter for...

A snow covered truck sits outside the home of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, near Midway International Airport in Chicago. Madigan announced his resignation from the Illinois House Thursday, after representing a Southwest Side Chicago area district for a half-century. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Uber prices skyrocketed to inaccessible costs during Chicago snowstorm

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor March 2, 2021

As temperatures in Chicago plummeted last month, Uber and rideshare prices soared.  On Feb. 15, after a storm swept Illinois with a sheet of snow, Governor J.B. Pritzker issued a disaster proclamation,...

FILE-Residents out on the Lakefront Trail as temperatures reach 54 degrees in Chicago following weeks of bitter cold and heavy snowfall.

Chicagoans get outside for weekend warm up

Eric Henry, Photo Chief February 28, 2021

This weekend Chicago temperatures reached 54 degrees following weeks of bitter cold and heavy snowfall. In the weeks prior, some areas of Chicago got as much as 18 inches of snowfall.    The...

A Puerto Rican flag flies in front of a Walmart located at 4626 W Diversey Ave. that is conducting Covid-19 vaccines.

Covid-19 swept through communities of color. The vaccine has yet to do the same.

María Marta Guzmán, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2021

As Latino and Black Chicagoans continue to experience the highest Covid-19 death rates in the city, they are receiving vaccinations at the lowest rate.  The Chicago Public Health Department (CDPH)...

Chicago Police officers cross the street in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

CPD strips president of DePaul-partnered police union of pay

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor February 11, 2021

The Chicago Police Department suspended controversial union president John Catanzara from the city’s police force and stripped him of pay for at least the next 30 days. He is currently awaiting a decision...

Chicago Police officers cross the street in downtown Chicago, Wednesday, April 22, 2020.

Community organizations call for removal of president of DePaul-partnered police union

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor February 7, 2021

Seventy-eight local and national organizations wrote a letter on Feb. 1 to the Chicago Police Board and Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling for the removal of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police President...

llinois Governor JB Pritzker talks to journalism students, Thursday, Feb. 4, 2021, in the press room of the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. Journalism students and faculty attended the candid discussion about the governor’s career and Illinois politics, followed by a question and answer session from the universitys student media outlets.

Pritzker: College students ‘further back in line’ for Covid-19 vaccine

Governor J.B. Pritzker said at a DePaul student media press conference that college students will have to wait a while longer before receiving the Covid-19 vaccine.  The governor held the conference...

Cars in line at pharmacy drive through at Walgreens in River Forest, one of the few places to offer a Covid-19 vaccine in the area.

Chicago enters phase 1B of vaccine distribution—but college students will have to wait

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor January 31, 2021

Chicago is in phase 1B of vaccine distribution as of Jan. 25 — and unless included as a front-line essential worker, college students are not covered in the new phase. Phase 1B entails vaccination eligibility...

Sign outside Oak Park Kitchen + Bar signaling theyre open for business with indoor dining.

Indoor dining resumes in Chicago, suburban Cook County

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor January 31, 2021

Chicago and suburban areas of Cook County moved to Tier 1 mitigations on Jan. 23, allowing bars and restaurants to resume indoor dining.  Craig Klugman, head of DePaul’s Covid-19 Response Team and...

The Metropolitan Correctional Center, located in the Loop.

No cash bail law goes into effect Jan 1, creating a more equitable justice system for Illinois residents

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief January 24, 2021

Correction (1/25/2021): A previous version of this story listed the no cash bail law as going into effect in 2021. The story has since been updated to reflect that the law will go into effect in 2023.  Non-violent...

Crosbys Kitchen in Chicagos Lakeview neighborhood with added outdoor winter seating.

High Roads Kitchens to bring wage increases, free meals to select Chicago restaurants

Corey Schmidt, Copy Editor January 10, 2021

The High Roads Kitchens Program is coming to Chicago with goals to obtain higher wages for restaurant workers, bring meals to those in need and help stabilize restaurants from the Covid-19 pandemic.  The...

Signs targeting President Trump at a gathering outside Trump Tower held by Refuse Fascism.

Local organizers gather at Trump Tower to protest violence at U.S. Capitol

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor January 6, 2021

As Congress convened Wednesday to officially count the Electoral College votes and finalize president-elect Joe Biden’s win, President Donald Trump encouraged his supporters to aggressively storm the...

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