After the release of a police video showing an officer fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, protesters marched through downtown Chicago late Tuesday. The dash-cam footage shows...
The familiar song of the Red Line sings, “This is Roosevelt” and invites DePaul junior Shelby Trkla and her sister onto the train. They travel north to Fullerton, and sit next to each...
“Welcome to Chi-Raq: land of pain, misery and strife.”
These are some of the first words uttered in the trailer for Spike Lee’s newest film, “Chi-Raq.” The film spotlights gang violence and...
It wasn’t business as usual Monday morning as hundreds showed up to march through Chicago’s Financial District for this week’s #MoralMonday protest, where demonstrators gathered to fight Gov....
Days after the Chicago City Council voted 35-15 in favor of the highest property tax hike in the city’s history, DePaul students and faculty living in Lincoln Park and elsewhere await their own fate...
The Maine South High School fight song plays in the hallways during passing periods. Teenagers squeeze down the crowded hallways with their heavy backpacks, walking past the school’s “Wall of Honor.”...
Steven Furmanek ground his bike to a halt on the planks and looked across the rust-colored Cortland Bridge to the Chicago River below. On the other side of him stood fences holding orange signs that...
Growing up in the city would seemingly be a huge advantage for DePaul senior Bobby Hawkes, who is taking classes just miles away from his home in the Jefferson Park neighborhood on the city’s Northwest...
The morning chill that welcomed more than 45,000 runners Sunday vanished under clear, sunny skies, making Chicago’s 38th annual marathon a heated race to the finish.
Placing 9,222nd overall and...
Follow as News Editor Brenden Moore, Print Managing Editor Megan Deppen and Multimedia Editor Mariah Woelfel cover the 2015 Chicago Marathon. Add "thedepaulia" on Snapchat for additional live coverage.
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Hours before the anticipated start of the Cubs wildcard playoff game against the Pirates, carts of canned beer are wheeled into Wrigleyville staple, Sluggers sports bar, where general manager David...
