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Lyft follows Uber with new pilot program to increase safety for drivers

Lyft follows Uber with new pilot program to increase safety for drivers

Sarah Hendry, Current Events Beat Writer September 16, 2024

Lyft became the second rideshare service to roll out a rider verification program in cities across America in an attempt to improve driver safety. In Chicago, the process began Sept. 5, 2024. Rider verification,...

Customers at Foxtrot Market and Cafe enjoy the weather on the outdoor patio on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Foxtrot reopened its first location in Chicago's Gold Coast months after abruptly closing all of its locations across the US.

Foxtrot reopens first store in Chicago’s Gold Coast months after sudden nationwide closure

Avery Schoenhals, Campus News Editor September 15, 2024

Foxtrot reopened its first store on Thursday, Sept. 5 in Chicago’s Gold Coast neighborhood. The reopening comes several months after Outfox Hospitality, then-parent company of the upscale corner store...

Treatment Not Trauma: Brandon Johnson's mental health plans

Treatment Not Trauma: Brandon Johnson’s mental health plans

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief January 28, 2024
Six closed clinics later, Chicago residents continue to lack accessible mental health resources. Four of the closed clinics were in neighborhoods on the South Side.
A temporary encampment sits outside the 19th District police station on Chicago’s North Side on Oct. 21, 2023. Several police stations are helping provide space for migrants and asylum-seekers, until more permanent solutions can be found.

New York City and Chicago’s competing migrant crisis approaches

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief October 22, 2023
As two of America’s largest cities take in vast numbers of newly arrived migrants every day
Mayor Brandon Johnson's history with Chicago Public Schools sparks hope to foster better relationship between the Teacher's Union and the Mayor's Office.

Unpacking Mayor Johnson’s environmental goals and transition report

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor October 22, 2023
Brandon Johnson enacts new environmental policy.
Protesters march at the Chicago Coalition for Justice in Palestine’s "Stop the U.S. Backed Genocide against Gaza" rally on Oct. 21, 2023, in Chicago.

BREAKING: Protest in downtown Chicago calls for cease-fire and support for Palestine

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief October 21, 2023

Editor’s Note: The DePaulia’s fundamental commitment to truth means it must report without fear or favor. We are dedicated to reporting stories that affect the lives of DePaul community members and...

Migrants sleep outside in tents outside of the Addison Police Station on Oct. 19. Chicago is among several democratic led cities that have seen in influx in migrants since August last year.

DePaul professor provides resources for lawyers and caseworkers representing migrants in Chicago

Alyssa N. Salcedo and Cary Robbins October 21, 2023

Kathleen Arnold, a professor at DePaul University, is helping lawyers and case workers representing migrants in Illinois by drafting materials for them to use in their asylum case applications.  Arnold,...

Federal investigation binds Chicago to environmental justice

Federal investigation binds Chicago to environmental justice

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief October 15, 2023
Federal investigation pushes Chicago Mayor Johnson to implement environmental justice policy
Chief Larry Snelling, center, and interim Chicago Police Department Supt. Fred Waller look on as Mayor Brandon Johnson speaks during a news conference at City Hall to announce Snelling will be the next CPD superintendent, Monday, Aug. 14, 2023.

Mayor Brandon Johnson announces 2024 budget

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief October 13, 2023

Mayor Brandon Johnson announced the “People’s Budget” Thursday, allocating $16.6 billion to city funding without raising property taxes.  Johnson’s proposed budget invests in expanding mental...

File - Organizers and volunteers for Brandon Johnson’s campaign cheer as Johnson and U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders takes the stage at a rally at UIC Credit Union 1 Arena ahead of the runoff election on April 4, 2023.

Optimism and trust prevail between Chicago teachers and Mayor Brandon Johnson

Meghan Lajewski, Contributing Writer October 8, 2023

With the current contract for Chicago teachers expiring in June 2024, teachers hope Mayor Brandon Johnson’s educational background will foster better communication and build trust that will avert the...

The Red Line serves DePaul students through stations at both their Lincoln Park and Loop campuses.

Red Line project to end transit inequity on Far South Side

Lucia Preziosi, Editor in Chief October 1, 2023

A promise that was introduced by former Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley in 1969 to extend the Red Line is coming to fruition. The federal government recently awarded the Chicago Transit Authority $2 billion...

Demonstrators protest outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 29, 2023, after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action in college admissions, saying race cannot be a factor.

DePaul President Manuel responds to SCOTUS striking down affirmative action

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor June 30, 2023

In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) ruled that explicitly using race as a factor in admissions for colleges and universities violated the equal protections clause of the...

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