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A protestor holds out a peace sign over a sign while chanting about the needs for Iranian women’s rights.

Protesters line Chicago streets for abortion rights protest, Iranian women’s rights

Una Cleary, Focus Editor October 9, 2022

“It has been 106 days since the Supreme Court reversed 50 years of legal precedent and overturned Roe vs. Wade,” Dr. Allsion Cowett, an abortion provider, said. “The results have been devastating.”...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot makes remarks in Ukrainian Village at a rally in opposition of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 27, 2022.

Lightfoot unveils budget, aims to increase police spending, progressive program funding

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor October 5, 2022

Mayor Lori Lightfoot revealed her budget proposal for 2023 to Chicago’s City Council on Tuesday.  The $16.4 billion budget serves as her mayoral reelection platform and calls for investments to ease...

A child looks up at an older man holding multiple protest signs during the Chicago rally at Michigan Ave. and E. Van Buren St. on Saturday, Oct. 1.

Woman, life, freedom: Chicagoans march for Iranian rights

Erik Uebelacker October 2, 2022

Hundreds of protesters marched through downtown Chicago on Saturday as a part of the Global Day of Action for Iran. It was one of many rallies around the world sparked by the killing of Masha Amini,...

A police officer in Millennium Park speaks with park visitors. The Chicago Police Department (CPD) has already transitioned six of their nine radio zones to being digitally encrypted.

“The public [has] a right to know”: CPD transparency in question with switch to encrypted radio

Samantha Moilanen, Former Online Managing Editor October 2, 2022

Chicago reporters will no longer be relying on live police scanners to chase crime stories, but rather, a delayed broadcast that will be available to the public by the end of the year.  The scanner...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he is in support of the SAFE-T act, a law that features sweeping criminal justice reform and ending the cash bail in Illinois on Jan. 1, 2023. Proponents of the law say this law will help end systemic racism in the criminal justice system in Illinois. There is a large of response to this act as a result of propaganda from political groups.

SAFE-T slander: Misinformation surrounds Illinois’ new criminal justice reform law

Patrick Sloan-Turner and Erik Uebelacker September 25, 2022

Governor J.B. Pritzker signed the highly publicized SAFE-T Act into law last year. In recent weeks, the act has been the subject of countless headlines and a major talking point amongst Illinois politicians,...

Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was sworn into the Chicago City Council at a City Council meeting on Sept. 21. Knudson is the first openly gay alderman for the 43rd Ward.

Timmy Knudsen appointed new alderman for 43rd Ward

Erik Uebelacker September 25, 2022

Freshly appointed Ald. Timmy Knudsen (43rd) was confirmed by the Chicago City Council on Wednesday, putting him in charge of the ward he has called home since 2015. The 32-year-old is now Chicago’s youngest...

The Dax program’s new “Cecilia House” in Lincoln Square officially opens on Nov. 8. The unit will house 10 DePaul students in need of housing.

‘I would be homeless and [living] outside’: Dax program aids students facing homelessness

Samantha Moilanen and Patrick Sloan-Turner September 19, 2022

In DePaul sophomore Fiker Shimels' home country of Ethiopia, receiving an education comes with barriers foreign to U.S. students. An ongoing civil war makes attending school nearly impossible, which is...

A performer during Riot Fest crowd surfed with a keyboard during Riot Fest performance. The West Side residents are protesting against mega festivals, like Riot Fest, being held in Douglass Park

West Side residents hold People’s Fest in opposition to Riot Fest amid ongoing efforts to remove mega festival from Douglass Park

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief September 18, 2022

West Side residents hosted the People’s Music Fest at the corner of Cermak and Marshall Blvd. as a part of their ongoing efforts to remove Riot Fest and other mega festivals from Douglass Park. Residents...

Donations for migrants coming to Chicago from Texas are currently being collected in various aldermen’s offices. Some donations that have been collected are non-parishable foods and beverages, toys, clothing and housing items.

Chicago aldermen house location for donations for Texas migrants

Vanessa Lopez, Social Media Editor September 18, 2022

With busloads of immigrants being transported from Texas, Chicago officials are seeking volunteers and donations to help the migrants. Mayor Lori Lightfoot stated that the city is coordinating with...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about issues that will be contested come Election Day during a rally at the UIC Forum at the University of Illinois Chicago campus in Chicago on Sept. 16.

Vice President Kamala Harris visits Chicago ahead of November Midterm

Jake Cox, Digital Managing Editor September 18, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris made her way to the University of Illinois at Chicago in support of the Illinois Democrats Get Out The Vote campaign ahead of the November midterms 53 days ahead of the midterm. In...

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...

Texas Governor Greg Abbott answers questions during a press conference at the Texas Department of Public Safety Weslaco Regional Office on Wednesday, April 6, 2022, in Weslaco, Texas.

Over 70 migrants arrive to Chicago sent by Texas governor

Jacqueline Cardenas, La DePaulia Editor-in-Chief September 1, 2022

Over 70 Venezuelan migrants arrived at Chicago’s Union Station Wednesday night as a part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants to Democratic ‘sanctuary’ cities.  The...

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