Legal sports betting on the horizon, but money may not follow
Kevin Donahue, Contributing Writer
March 4, 2019
The DePaul Blue Demons took on the Creighton Bluejays on Feb. 20 in a basketball game that didn’t go DePaul’s way. However, in sporting events across the country, there is a game within the game. Billions of dollars a year are bet on sporting events around the world. In the past, the way to place ...
Preckwinkle brings ambition, experience to mayoral race
Bianca Cseke, Copy Editor
February 25, 2019
Filed under 2019 Mayoral Race, News, Politics
When Toni Preckwinkle was a teacher with Chicago Public Schools, one of her students was killed in a drive-by shooting while standing on their front porch. It’s moments like these that Preckwinkle says have influenced her decision to go into public service, including alderman of the 4th Ward, Cook...
Candidates court college voters: As politicians turn to social media to expand their reach, some are proving more successful than others
Bianca Cseke, Copy Editor
February 18, 2019
Filed under Arts/Life, Lifestyle, Music, Politics
When Sen. Kamala Harris’ communications director, Lily Adams, posted a video of Harris dancing to Cardi B’s “I Like It” about two weeks ago, she probably thought it would help make the 2020 Democratic presidential candidate more relatable to young voters. It didn’t. In fact, most of the responses ...
In Latin America, a deadly job for journalists
Richie Requena, Contributing Writer
February 18, 2019
Filed under Nation & World, Politics
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 breakfast at the Hotel Ramos with former Emiliano Zapata mayor Armín Marín Sauri and two others, h...
Transparency International: World is facing ‘crisis in democracy’
Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor
February 18, 2019
Filed under Nation & World, Politics
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 France, which scored 72, and the United Arab Emirates, which scored 70. The lowest-scoring count...
State of the union address calls for unity; President also takes aim at ‘ridiculous partisan investigations’
Kevin Donahue, Contributing Writer
February 11, 2019
Filed under Nation & World, Politics
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, President Trump reiterated familiar talking points including the defense of American jobs, improving in...
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
Filed under Nation & World, Politics
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 in a press release the "Ministerial to Promote a Future of Peace and Security in the Middle East" w...
‘We never, ever punted a problem,’ Emanuel tells DePaul
Doug Klain, Contributing Writer
February 4, 2019
The City of Chicago was battening down the hatches in preparation for record-freezing temperatures, but Mayor Rahm Emanuel wasn’t afraid to crack a joke. “Is anybody cold?” he chuckled as he entered an event for journalism students at DePaul University. With three months left as mayor, Emanu...
Venezuelans abroad anxiously watch events unfolding at home
Vincente Marquez, Associated Press
January 28, 2019
Filed under Nation & World, Politics
When Maria Eugenia Pirona moved from Venezuela to Spain over six months ago she had lost hope that things would get better in her homeland. A lawyer and former civil servant, Pirona had seen her comfortable life ruined by the deepening political and economic strife. Her pension was cut and, ...
Casten and Underwood defeat Republican incumbents
Natalia Cardenas, Jakob Emerson, Mikayla Price & Heather Stone, Contributing Writers
November 12, 2018
In two closely watched suburban Congressional districts, Democrats unseated Republicans in seats critical to their takeover of the House of Representatives. In the Illinois 6th District, covering the suburbs west of Chicago, veteran Republican Rep. Peter Roskam lost to Democratic businessman and political...
Primary elections are on March 20 – Who are you voting for?
Benjamin Conboy, News Editor
March 12, 2018
DePaul’s political groups hit the ground running
September 18, 2017
Filed under Campus News, News, Politics
As DePaul’s political student groups hold their first meetings of the year, they are all beginning to decide how best to engage the DePaul community with their groups’ messages. Read More »...