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FILE - In this Nov. 7, 2020, file photo Vice President-elect Kamala Harris holds hands with President-elect Joe Biden and her husband Doug Emhoff as they celebrate in Wilmington, Del. Black policy leaders will play a pivotal role in President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team, marking one of the most diverse presidential agency review teams in history. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

World leaders respond to election results

Corey Schmidt, Copy Editor November 15, 2020

As President Donald Trump continues to declare victory despite vote tallies showing President-elect Joe Biden as the winner of the 2020 election, foreign leaders are responding to America’s election...

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks at The Queen theater, Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

California governor faces pressure to fill Harris’ empty Senate seat

Theodora Koulouvaris November 15, 2020

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris made history last week as the first woman of color to be elected vice president, shattering a glass ceiling for women and people of color.  With Harris set to take...

	
Gloria Steinem speaking with supporters at the Women Together Arizona Summit at Carpenters Local Union in Phoenix, Arizona.

Gloria Steinem, notable feminist leaders discuss the future of U.S. foreign policy

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor November 12, 2020

After Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were elected the new president and vice president of the United States, feminist leaders wanted to discuss how the new leadership has the opportunity to reshape U.S. foreign...

A Qanon believer speaks to a crowd of President Donald Trump supporters outside of the Maricopa County Recorder's Office where votes in the general election are being counted, in Phoenix, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-MIlls)

QAnon creates troubling presence within Republican Party

Cole Bursch November 8, 2020

Dozens of United States congressional candidates in the 2020 elections openly ran on the platform of conspiracy theories that coincide with a group called QAnon.  QAnon’s core theories state that...

In this March 10, 2020, file photo Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to members of the press at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

Election 2020: Biden wins presidential election

JOUR 325 Political Reporting November 3, 2020

Follow along for live coverage of the Presidential Election, State's Attorney's race, Senate races, and more. Presidential election: Results by state First reported by Associated Press Chart by...

Protesters rally on the Federal Plaza inside the Loop during a global climate change march Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in Chicago.

Climate change weighs heavily on voters as election nears

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor November 2, 2020

In the decades since climate change has been realized as a pertinent and time-sensitive issue, the discourse on the topic has often been reduced to a partisan deadlock. Abundantly clear in the 2020 presidential...

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden's running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and Biden receive a virtual briefing on COVID-19 from public health experts in Wilmington, Del., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Harris’ past prosecutorial record raises questions in some voters

Cailey Gleeson, News Editor November 1, 2020

When former Vice President Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate for the 2020 election, her past prosecutorial record quickly became a source of controversy for prospective voters.  The...

Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, uses a face mask meanwhile waiting to speak at a press conference outside of USPS Jamaica station in Queens, New York. Democratic National Convention | AP Photo

OPINION: Congresswomen of color deserve better

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief November 1, 2020

“A f***ing bitch,” “send her back” and “an insult to our country” are all verbal attacks varying from state representatives to President Donald Trump who have specifically said these examples...

An inmate at the Cook County Department of Corrections casts a ballot Oct. 17, the first day of early voting at the facility.

Law co-written by DePaul students provides inmates voting access, education

Lacey Latch, Editor-in-Chief November 1, 2020

In a tweet sent out to his nearly 20 million followers on Oct. 13, Snoop Dogg announced that after looking into the law, he is in fact eligible to vote in his home state of California, despite his 1990...

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., speaks to supporters during a campaign stop at the University of Houston Friday, Oct. 30, 2020, in Houston. (AP Photo/Michael Wyke)

OPINION: Purposefully mispronouncing Kamala Harris’ name is racist, plain and simple

Duaa Israr November 1, 2020

There are two stages in a name for people of color. First, it begins when you change your name to fit the mouths of others. It’s easier to let people pronounce your name the way they want to instead...

FILE-Elizabeth Quirmbach, right, registers Ayuka Sinanoglu, center, a Sophomore at the UW on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2020  outside of the UW Memorial Union in Madison, Wis.  A small but steady stream of masked UW-Madison students stopped by voter registration tables outside the unions last week to perform their civic duty. Madison City Clerk’s office employees helped them through the paperwork, sanitized their used pens and talked among themselves as they waited for the next students to filter into the fairly empty tents.(Steve Apps/Wisconsin State Journal via AP)

Biden leads in swing states as election nears

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor October 25, 2020

As Election Day draws near, voters are keeping their eyes on polls for swing states.  While states like Illinois and Wyoming can typically be depended on to be overwhelmingly “blue” or “red,”...

In this Thursday, Jan. 8, 2015 photo, Illinois Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, listens to lawmakers while on the House floor during special session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield Ill. Illinois House Democrats are trying to build momentum for a vote this week to defy Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner on legislation they say could prevent labor unrest. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman)

Davis increasing spending on healthcare, Madigan Ads countering Londrigan

Damita Menezes October 25, 2020

Rodney Davis, a four-term Republican incumbent, is hoping to keep his 13th Congressional House seat with ads that criticize Betsy Londrigan’s close connection to Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan...

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