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The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia

Voters use booths to mark their ballots for the general election at a polling center set up at the Rafael Labra School in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

Puerto Rican organizations in Chicago call for self-determination of Puerto Rico

Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor May 9, 2021

The future status of Puerto Rico has been an ongoing debate in Congress. Puerto Rico has conducted six non-binding referendums with the goal to address their political status. Puerto Rico has been a territorial...

FILE - In this April 5, 2021, file photo, Leanne Montenegro, 21, covers her eyes as she doesnt like the sight of needles, while she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College in Miami. In the U.S, meanwhile, more than one-fourth of the population — nearly 90 million people — has been fully vaccinated and supplies are so robust that some states are turning down planned shipments from the federal government. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

‘By not slaying the beast, we’re letting it grow stronger’: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy complicates attempts at herd immunity

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor April 25, 2021

For most Americans, the possibility of contributing to the more-than 565,000 Covid-19 deaths in the U.S. is more than enough to instill fear of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. For many others though,...

FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin address Judge Peter Cahill at the courthouse in Minneapolis during Chauvins trial in the death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

Associated Press April 20, 2021

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Former Minneapolis Officer Derek Chauvin was convicted Tuesday of murder and manslaughter for pinning George Floyd to the pavement with his knee on the Black man’s neck in a case...

An artistic rendition of Victoria Esperanza Salazar Arriaza, a  36-year-old woman killed by Mexican police.

‘She did not deserve to die like this’: Salvadoran migrant’s murder by police sparks outrage in Mexico

Fatima Zaidi April 19, 2021

A disturbing video that showed a 36-year-old migrant woman from El Salvador struggling and crying out on the pavement as a female police officer knelt on her head and neck surfaced March 31. The death...

Demonstrators march during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Police shooting of Daunte Wright reignites national outcry over killings

Erik Uebelacker April 18, 2021

Protests are again sweeping the nation following the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Wright’s April 11 killing is the latest in what many Americans see...

Monarch butterflies embark on continent-wide journey yearly

Monarch butterflies embark on continent-wide journey yearly

Bailey Donovan, Contributing Writer April 18, 2021

Two little wings flutter north as the monarch continues migration. These tiny, 4-inch-wide insects will make a journey that lasts over 3,000 miles, spanning multiple generations. The monarch butterfly,...

Bill Gates in conversation with The Times of India.

Green meat: The next climate-safe proposal facilitated by Bill Gates

Jason Grapenthin April 13, 2021

In 2021, progressive ideas that push the limits of the perception of practicality regarding climate-safe practices are a dime-a-dozen. When a bonafide billionaire and tech-giant takes a jab at one though,...

Three-bladed wind turbines at one of Asias largest wind farms are seen in the backdrop of Western Ghats at Aralvaimozhi, southern Tamil Nadu state, India, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

Offshore wind energy is rapidly growing along the coasts. Can the Midwest follow suit?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor April 12, 2021

How does the United States shift towards a more sustainable future centered around clean energy while creating lucrative employment opportunities in the process? The answer  is blowing in the wind. On...

FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

College students who are dependents can now receive stimulus payments

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor March 14, 2021

President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion Covid-19 stimulus package was signed into law Thursday afternoon, providing for direct payments of up to $1,400 for Americans.  The stimulus checks were one of...

President Donald Trump speaks before he signs the coronavirus stimulus relief package in the Oval Office at the White House, Friday, March 27, 2020, in Washington. Listening are from left, Larry Kudlow, White House chief economic adviser, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarty of Calif.

OPINION: America was woefully unprepared for the pandemic

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor March 14, 2021

The pride embedded in American culture has made it significantly easier for the collective to ignore the underlying issues plaguing its society. The Covid-19 pandemic, which has persisted and ravaged the...

President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark International Womens Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden to review Trump-era Title IX policies

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor March 8, 2021

Update (3/9/2021): This story has been updated to include comment from university representatives. President Joe Biden will order the Department of Education (DOE) to reexamine policy changes made to...

Supporters of President Donald Trump climb the west wall of the the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

‘One big team working together’: Federal charges loom over Illinoisans who participated in Capitol breach

CHICAGO — A Chicago HVAC worker, a real estate agent, a downstate married couple and a suburban tech company CEO all have one thing in common: they participated in the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan....

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