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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

Protesters gather together in the Chicago Loop on Saturday, Oct. 1, to raise awareness for injustices against women in Iran.

Behind one woman, stands hundreds more

Giana Aguilar-Valencia, Contributing Writer October 9, 2022

Mahsa Amini, 22, was a Kurdish woman. On Sept. 13, she took a train to Tehran, Iran visiting her uncle. During her train ride, her hijab slipped from her head and she was arrested by the morality police...

High school students in McLean, Va., staged a walk out on Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022 after Gov. Youngkin’s proposed changes, students all over the state are protesting.

Virginia Governor seeks to limit protection to transgender students

Lilly Keller, Editor in Chief October 2, 2022

Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin rewrote Virginia’s model policies, targeting transgender students. The policy, which offers guidance and instructions for handling tasks, operations and actions concerning...

Energy crisis leaves countries insecure

Energy crisis leaves countries insecure

Anthony Maggio, Contributing Writer October 2, 2022

Since late 2021, the world fossil fuels market has seen unprecedented hikes in the costs of oil and natural gas. Across Europe, the impact of the crisis is being felt in real time by the common citizen...

Governer Newsom has passed legislation in recent months, including bills regarding fast food labor, prison and climate reform.

Governor Newsom passes new legislation for California’s fast food industry

Yazen Barakat, Contributing Writer September 25, 2022

California welcomed a new law that brought a significant amount of controversy this past Labor Day. Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed new legislation A.B. 257 that he believes will empower more than half a...

An Amtrak passenger train leaves Chicago headed south on Sept. 14. Union Station in Downtown Chicago hosts Amtrak and Metra lines that would have been impacted.

Railroads strikes averted, workers pay increase

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief September 18, 2022

Amtrak workers reached an agreement with railroad workers on Sept. 15, averting the impending strike.  The agreement includes a 24% wage increase over a five-year period from 2020 to 2024, according...

The U.S. Supreme Court has heard many landmark cases in recent months, and their next case could impact thousands of universities nationwide, including DePaul.

Supreme Court to hear affirmative action lawsuits against top universities

Una Cleary, Focus Editor September 18, 2022

he U.S. Supreme Court is set to hear two cases against Harvard and University of North Carolina in an affirmative action lawsuit on Oct. 31. These two lawsuits are brought by the anti-affirmative action...

Panic! At The Crypto: Investors hold onto high hopes

Panic! At The Crypto: Investors hold onto high hopes

Ruchi Nawathe, Nation & World Editor September 11, 2022

In the last several years, cryptocurrency has become a massive platform for investors and is much more popular with young investors and students than other forms of investing. Cryptocurrency is a form...

Former president Trump spoke at a rally in Wilkes-barre Pennsylvania on Sept. 3, weeks after his resident was searched. The DOJ looks to indict Trump for his possession of documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Possible Trump indictment looms following FBI’s seizure of classified material at Mar-a-Lago

Erik Uebelacker September 11, 2022

Documents containing information about foreign country’s nuclear capabilities have been identified at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence. FBI agents executed a search warrant at...

Abortion rights organizers march down the streets holding a green We WONT Go Back! making their stance against the end of nearly 50 years of abortion rights.

Advocates for abortion rights protest in downtown

The Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe V. Wade on Friday put an end to federal abortion protections across the country and sparked abortion rights protesters to rally in downtown Federal Plaza over...

Abortion-rights activists react after hearing the Supreme Court decision on abortion outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Friday, June 24, 2022.TheSupreme Courthas ended constitutional protections for abortion that had been in place nearly 50 years in a decision by its conservative majority to overturn Roe v. Wade.

Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade in 6-3 decision

Kiersten Riedford, News Editor June 24, 2022

After constant protests on behalf of DePaul students, Chicagoans and Americans at large, the Supreme Court stuck with their draft opinion from early May.  The court, in a 6-3 decision on Friday, overturned...

Monkey mayhem: Rare monkeypox outbreak sparks unease during pandemic

Monkey mayhem: Rare monkeypox outbreak sparks unease during pandemic

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor June 6, 2022

As at least 919 monkeypox cases have swept the globe in just over a month amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, many Americans have been left wondering what threat monkeypox poses for them. Endemic...

People pay their respect at a memorial set up outside of the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022. Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed the Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)

School shootings are a rarity in most developed countries. Why are they so prevalent in America?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor May 29, 2022

In the wake of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that killed two teachers and 19 students aged 9 to 11, legislators, activists and the public at large are once again left wondering...

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