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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

Australia cyber hack raises privacy concerns

Australia cyber hack raises privacy concerns

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor February 25, 2019

Australia’s Parliament House computer network suffered a “malicious intrusion” on Feb. 8, according to Prime Minister Scott Morrison; on Feb. 18, he revealed before the House of Representatives that...

Yellow Vest protestors stir conversations, controversy

Yellow Vest protestors stir conversations, controversy

Angelina Korniyenko February 25, 2019

When French President Emmanuel Macron announced a green tax on fuel as part of his environmental policy strategy in November, it caused people to start protesting around France. What started in French...

Measles outbreaks preventable, experts say

Richie Requena February 25, 2019

While the CDC declared measles eliminated in the U.S. in the year 2000 thanks to increased vaccination rates,  recent outbreaks of measles have been hitting the country once again. In the Northwest region...

Progressive Democrats tout Green New Deal: so what is it?

Progressive Democrats tout ‘Green New Deal’: so what is it?

Mikayla Price, Contributing Writer February 18, 2019

The last time anything major related to climate change hit the Senate floor was in 2009. Now, 10 years after the Clean Energy and Air Act, the “Green New Deal” is being touted as its successor. Unlike...

Jesús Ramos Rodríguez, a veteran radio broadcaster for Radio Oye 99.9 FM in southeastern Mexico, was murdered as he ate breakfast Saturday, Feb. 9. The country is among the worlds deadliest for members for the media.

In Latin America, a deadly job for journalists

Richie Requena February 18, 2019

He was a radio broadcaster who had run his talk show, “Our Region Today,” for nearly 20 years in the Mexican state of Tabasco. Then on Saturday, Feb. 9th, as Jesús Eugenio Ramos Rodríguez was eating...

President Donald Trump speaks about border security Friday, Feb. 15, 2019, in Washington. Transparency International says the U.S. is seeing an erosion of ethical norms at the highest levels of power.

Transparency International: World is facing ‘crisis in democracy’

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor February 18, 2019

For the first time since 2011, the U.S. has fallen out of the top 20 countries on anti-corruption group Transparency International’s latest Corruption Perception Index. With a score of 71, it sits between...

The Year of the Pig

The Year of the Pig

Luc Fougere February 13, 2019

A sniffily oink oink to commemorate the Lunar New Year as Chicago’s Chinatown hosts its annual Chinese New Year Day parade on Sunday. Snow began to fall as the celebrations kicked off for the Year of...

The end of the world as we know it?;  Doomsday clock at 2 minutes to midnight

The end of the world as we know it?; Doomsday clock at 2 minutes to midnight

Madi Garner February 11, 2019

The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists released their 2019 update to the Doomsday countdown late last month, revealing that there has been no change from last year, with the clock remaining at two...

State of the union address calls for unity; President also takes aim at ridiculous partisan investigations

State of the union address calls for unity; President also takes aim at ‘ridiculous partisan investigations’

Kevin Donahue February 11, 2019

President Donald Trump called the state of the union “strong” during his Tuesday address to Congress and the nation. In the 82-minute speech, which is the second longest in American history,...

Poland summit: What to expect at this weeks U.S.-sponsored Ministerial to promote Peace and Security in the Middle East

Poland summit: What to expect at this week’s U.S.-sponsored “Ministerial to promote Peace and Security in the Middle East”

Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor February 11, 2019

It was announced in early January: an international summit in Warsaw on February 13-14, sponsored by Poland and the U.S., with a focus on Iran and the Middle East. While the State Department said...

Opposition National Assembly President Juan Guaido, accompanied by his wife Fabiana Rosales and his 20-month-old daughter Miranda, listens to a reporters question during a news conference outside their apartment, in Caracas, Venezuela, Thursday, Jan. 31, 2019.

Struggle for control of Venezuela returning to the streets

Scott Smith, Associated Press February 4, 2019

Momentum is growing for Venezuela's opposition movement led by lawmaker Juan Guaido, who has called supporters back into the streets for nationwide protests Saturday, escalating pressure on embattled President...

Nation & World Briefs

Associated Press February 4, 2019

Vatican magazine denounces sexual abuse of nuns by priests Last year, after The Associated Press and other media reported on the scandal, the international association of women's religious orders...

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