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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

The DePaulia
The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

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The Student Newspaper of DePaul University

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is pictured at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

[Photo] Trump triumphs: Former president set to take back the White House

The DePaulia Management Team
November 6, 2024
Left: Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during a campaign event at the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) Right: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Lee's Family Forum, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024, in Henderson, Nev. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

[Photo] Live Updates: Harris and Trump face off in a race too close to call

The DePaulia Staff
November 5, 2024
Richard Wallace, founder and director of Equity and Transformation, poses for a portrait at the Westside Justice Center, Friday, March 29, 2024, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley)

[Photo] Chicago’s response to migrant influx stirs longstanding frustrations among Black residents

Matt Brown, Associated Press
April 21, 2024
Ohio State head coach Chris Holtmann watches against Michigan in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, Jan. 15, 2024. Holtmann will come to Chicago as DePaul's head coach after seven seasons in Columbus. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

[Photo] BREAKING: DePaul hires Chris Holtmann as next head coach of Blue Demons

Ryan Hinske, Sports Editor
March 14, 2024
Un grupo de presos identificados como pandilleros sentados en el piso del Centro de Confinamiento de Terrorismo en Tecoluca, El Salvador en Marzo.

[Photo] Entre prisiones y pandillas: El Salvador busca salidas a una historia de violencia

April 23, 2023
DePaul's Jalen Terry (3) drives against Xavier's Souley Boum (0) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game during the quarterfinals of the Big East conference tournament, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

[Photo] Playing possessed: Demons leave it all on the floor with valiant effort in Big East Tourney

Tom Gorski, Men's Basketball Beat Reporter
March 12, 2023
Rihanna performs during the halftime show at the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

[Photo] Rihanna’s stunning halftime show makes waves after Super Bowl

Sam Gutterman, Contributing Writer
February 19, 2023
Police investigate the scene of a shooting at Berkey Hall on the campus of Michigan State University, late Monday, Feb. 13, 2023, in East Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

[Photo] AP: 3 people killed at Michigan State University; gunman dead

Joey Cappelleti and Ken Kusmer, Associated Press
February 14, 2023
Gov. J.B. Pritzker hugs gun control advocate Maria Pike after he signed comprehensive legislation to ban military-style firearms on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill. Pike lost her son, Ricky, to gun violence. Advocate Delphine Cherry, third from right, who lost her children Tyesa and Tyler to gun violence, wipes away tears. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune via AP)

[Photo] AP: Illinois bans semiautomatic weapons, critics vow court test

John O'Connor, AP Political Writer
January 11, 2023
An undated photo released bu the Al Jazeera network shows Shireen Abu Akleh, a journalist for Al Jazeera network. Abu Akle. the well-known Palestinian reporter for the broadcaster's Arabic language, channel was shot and killed while covering an Israeli raid in the occupied West Bank town of Jenin early Wednesday, May 11, 2022, the Palestinian health ministry said. (Al Jazeera via AP)

[Photo] Independent probe points to Israeli fire in journalist death

Josef Federman Associated Press
May 15, 2022
Kyle Rittenhouse, center, enters the courtroom with his attorneys Mark Richards, left, and Corey Chirafisi for a meeting called by Judge Bruce Schroeder at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis., on Thursday, Nov. 18, 2021. (Sean Krajacic/The Kenosha News via AP, Pool)

[Photo] Kyle Rittenhouse cleared of all charges in Kenosha shootings

Associated Press
November 19, 2021
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[Photo] OPINION: Andrew Yang’s “Forward Party”: The Problems With The Two-Party System

Michael Boland and Erik Uebelacker
October 17, 2021
FILE - In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. There’s no single policy or action that will alleviate America’s $1.74 trillion student loan debt crisis while simultaneously preventing students from taking on unaffordable amounts of future debt. Higher education financing experts are divided on the exact combination of solutions, but all agree it will require a multipronged approach. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

[Photo] Debt, loans plague graduating college students

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
June 7, 2021
Illinois State Rep. Jehan Gordon-Booth, D-Peoria, right, hugs Illinois State Rep. Camille Lilly, D-Chicago, as they celebrate the passage of Senate Bill 818, the bill to update sex education standards in Illinois,on the floor of the Illinois House of Representatives at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Friday, May 28, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

[Photo] Illinois bill to create more expansive sex education curriculum in state schools

Amber Stoutenborough, Managing Multimedia Editor
June 7, 2021
The exterior of the First Baptist Church in Cameron, La., on Sunday, May 23, 2021 shows how it was heavily damaged during Hurricane Laura last year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Santana)

[Photo] Religion falters as more Americans reject traditional institutions

Hayley DeSilva, Staff Writer
May 31, 2021
A relative of a person who died of COVID-19 reacts during cremation in Jammu, India, Monday, May 24, 2021. India crossed another grim milestone Monday of more than 300,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of infections appeared to be easing in big cities but was swamping the poorer countryside. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

[Photo] Covid-19 crisis in India exacerbated by cyclone

Alayne Trinko, Focus Editor
May 31, 2021
This image provided by HBO Max shows Matt LeBlanc, from left, Matthew Perry, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox and Lisa Kudrow in a scene from the "Friends" reunion special. (Terence Patrick/HBO Max via AP)

[Photo] REVIEW: ‘Friends: The Reunion’ fails to address the show’s history with racist, homophobic comments

Lawrence Kreymer, Editor in Chief
May 31, 2021
Illinois State Rep. Tim Butler, R-Springfield, makes the case that new legislative maps are partisan as he joins Illinois House and Senate Republicans outside Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's office to urge him to veto the redrawn Illinois legislative maps during a press conference at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Saturday, May 29, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

[Photo] Redistricting process goes to bipartisan commission after June 30

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
May 31, 2021
Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa makes a pitching change during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees on Saturday, May 22, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

[Photo] COLUMN: Reaction following Yermin Mercedes home run proves La Russa not right fit for White Sox

Ernesto Hernandez, Assistant Sports Editor
May 23, 2021
Pedestrians walk along a shopping district on Michigan Avenue in downtown Chicago on Saturday, May 22, 2021. Chicago will no longer require masks for fully vaccinated people in most settings following similar changes from the state of Illinois and new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

[Photo] COLUMN: Thanks, but I’m keeping my mask on

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
May 23, 2021
A man wearing the word "Resistance" takes part in anti-government march in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Colombians have taken to the streets for weeks across the country after the government proposed tax increases on public services, fuel, wages and pensions. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)

[Photo] Protests, police brutality erupt in Colombia

Josephine Stratman, Focus Editor
May 23, 2021
FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2021 file photo, the Bitcoin logo appears on the display screen of a crypto currency ATM at the Smoker's Choice store in Salem, N.H. The price of Bitcoin fell as much as 29% Wednesday, May 19 after the China Banking Association warned members of risks associated with digital currencies. Other digital currencies suffered sharp declines as well. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

[Photo] Cryptocurrency might be the future of money – if it can shed its emissions problem

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 23, 2021
Olivia Rodrigo performs during the Brit Awards 2021 at the O2 Arena, London, Tuesday, May 11, 2021. (Ian West/PA via AP)

[Photo] REVIEW: Olivia Rodrigo lets it all out with ‘SOUR’

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
May 23, 2021
Two people takes a photograph on a stair case as others pass by, Friday, May 14, 2021 in Navy Pier, Chicago. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

[Photo] DePaul: No current plan to drop mask mandate despite new CDC guidelines

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
May 16, 2021
Chicago Bears quarterback Justin Fields (1) looks to hand off the ball during the NFL football team's rookie minicamp Friday, May, 14, 2021, in Lake Forest Ill. (AP Photo/David Banks, Pool)

[Photo] Bullish on the Bears: 2021 Draft sparks optimism for the future

Jason Grapenthin
May 16, 2021
A pump at a gas station in Silver Spring, Md., is out of service, notifying customers they are out of fuel, Thursday, May 13, 2021. Motorists found gas pumps shrouded in plastic bags at tapped-out service stations across more than a dozen U.S. states Thursday while the operator of the nation's largest gasoline pipeline reported making "substantial progress" in resolving the computer hack-induced shutdown responsible for the empty tanks. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

[Photo] Chicago commuters feel effects of increasing gas prices

Jason Grapenthin
May 16, 2021
FILE - In this April 19, 2021, file photo, Keidy Ventura, 17, receives her first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in West New York, N.J. States across the country are dramatically scaling back their COVID-19 vaccine orders as interest in the shots wanes, putting the goal of herd immunity further out of reach. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

[Photo] OPINION: Vaccine skepticism isn’t surprising given America’s lack of unity

Erik Uebelacker
May 16, 2021
FILE - Signage promoting the 77th annual Golden Globe Awards and NBC appears in Beverly Hills, Calif. on Jan. 5, 2020. NBC said Monday that will not air the Golden Globes in 2022. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

[Photo] NBC to pull Golden Globes in 2022 over concerns of ethics and diversity

Hayley DeSilva, Staff Writer
May 16, 2021
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, pharmacy technician Sochi Evans fills a syringe with a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Texas Southern University in Houston. Coronavirus cases are continuing to decline in the U.S. after a winter surge. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in the country dropped below 100,000 on Friday, Feb. 12 for the first time since November 4. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

[Photo] Chicago public health commissioner discussed life after Covid-19 at student media press conference

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
May 13, 2021
A police officer walks past a barricade displaying a signage informing about the restrictions in a containment zone in Gauhati, India, Saturday, May 8, 2021. Two southern states in India became the latest to declare lockdowns, as coronavirus cases surge at breakneck speed across the country and pressure mounts on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government to implement a nationwide shutdown. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

[Photo] OPINION: The pandemic is far from over in India and abroad

Sonal Soni, Assistant News Editor
May 9, 2021
Lucius Giannini stands for a portrait Thursday, April 15, 2021, in San Diego. Giannini graduated from the University of California at San Diego at the end of last summer with a degree in political science. He had hoped to find work with the Peace Corps, or maybe teaching English overseas. But the Peace Corps was bringing all its volunteers home, and no one was hiring for overseas teaching. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

[Photo] Job market for new grads: Much hiring but much competition

Associated Press
May 9, 2021
Voters use booths to mark their ballots for the general election at a polling center set up at the Rafael Labra School in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)

[Photo] Puerto Rican organizations in Chicago call for self-determination of Puerto Rico

Erika Pérez, La DePaulia Managing Editor
May 9, 2021
People gather with their dogs in Chicago's Montrose Dog Beach, Tuesday, April 27, 2021. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention eased its guidelines Tuesday on the wearing of masks outdoors, saying fully vaccinated Americans don't need to cover their faces anymore unless they are in a big crowd of strangers. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

[Photo] Chicago plans summer reopening as COVID-19 vaccinations tank

Kalia Butler, Contributing Writer
May 9, 2021
Fans attend the UFC 261 mixed martial arts event Saturday, April 24, 2021, in Jacksonville, Fla. The sold-out event touted as the first full-capacity sporting event held indoors in more than a year drew a star-studded crowd. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)

[Photo] UFC holds controversial indoor event at full capacity

Erik Uebelacker
May 2, 2021
Chloe Zhao, winner of the awards for best picture and director for "Nomadland," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)

[Photo] From ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ to ‘Minari’: How Asian representation has changed in film and TV

Lucas Madlangbayan, Contributing Writer
May 2, 2021
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., center, is joined by U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., third from left, at a news conference to discuss an Asian-American hate crime bill, Monday, April 19, 2021, in New York. Schumer is pushing for passage of the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the Senate. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

[Photo] TEAACH Act will address comprehensive Asian American, Pacific Islander history in Illinois public schools

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
May 2, 2021
FILE - In this image from video, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin listens as the verdict is read in his trial for the 2020 death of George Floyd, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. On Friday, April 30, The Associated Press reported on social media posts sharing a fabricated screenshot last weekend that purported to show the Chicago Police Department tweeting in support of Chauvin, who was convicted for the murder of Floyd. The department sent no such tweet. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

[Photo] OPINION: Indicting a law enforcement officer does not equate to indicting law enforcement

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
May 2, 2021
Producers Peter Spears, from left, Frances McDormand, Chloe Zhao, Mollye Asher and Dan Janvey, winners of the award for best picture for "Nomadland," pose in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, April 25, 2021, at Union Station in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, Pool)

[Photo] Oscars Recap: Nomadland nabs top prizes in a night of surprises

Lauren Coates
April 26, 2021
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., questions witnesses during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, April 14, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

[Photo] OPINION: Political ambition and sex crimes often go hand-in-hand

Lauren Uhlrich, Contributing Writer
April 25, 2021
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., listens as his panel holds a markup of a bill to create a commission to study and address social disparities in the African American community today. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

[Photo] What to know about H.R. 40: The House Reparations Bill

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 25, 2021
FILE - In this April 5, 2021, file photo, Leanne Montenegro, 21, covers her eyes as she doesn't like the sight of needles, while she receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a FEMA vaccination center at Miami Dade College in Miami. In the U.S, meanwhile, more than one-fourth of the population — nearly 90 million people — has been fully vaccinated and supplies are so robust that some states are turning down planned shipments from the federal government. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

[Photo] ‘By not slaying the beast, we’re letting it grow stronger’: COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy complicates attempts at herd immunity

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 25, 2021
Protesters march near Mayor Lori Lightfoot's home in Logan Square to protest the fatal shooting by Chicago police of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, Friday, April 16, 2021. Video of last month's encounter was released Thursday and provoked an outpouring of grief and outrage. (Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

[Photo] COLUMN: Societal dehumanization of people of color is deadly

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
April 25, 2021
FILE - In this April 15, 2021, file image from video, defense attorney Eric Nelson, left, and former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin address Judge Peter Cahill at the courthouse in Minneapolis during Chauvin's trial in the death of George Floyd. (Court TV via AP, Pool, File)

[Photo] Ex-cop guilty of murder and manslaughter in Floyd case

Associated Press
April 20, 2021
Demonstrators march during a protest over the fatal shooting of Daunte Wright during a traffic stop, outside the Brooklyn Center Police Department, Friday, April 16, 2021, in Brooklyn Center, Minn. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

[Photo] Police shooting of Daunte Wright reignites national outcry over killings

Erik Uebelacker
April 18, 2021
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, center, listens as Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Tex., right, chair of the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, attends a markup in the House Judiciary Committee of a bill to create a commission to study and address social disparities in the African American community today. Rep. Jackson-Lee is the sponsor of that legislation. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

[Photo] Local organizers criticize Evanston’s reparations proposal

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
April 18, 2021
A memorial for 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who had his hands up when he was shot by police, is seen in an alley near the 2300 block of South Sawyer Avenue Friday afternoon, April 16, 2021, in Chicago. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

[Photo] What happened the night of March 29? COPA releases videos the night Adam Toledo was shot and killed by a Chicago Police Officer

Erika Pérez and María Marta Guzmán
April 16, 2021
President Joe Biden waves as he departs after attending Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, April 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

[Photo] The climate crisis is embedded in Biden’s American Jobs Plan

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 12, 2021
Three-bladed wind turbines at one of Asia's largest wind farms are seen in the backdrop of Western Ghats at Aralvaimozhi, southern Tamil Nadu state, India, Friday, April 2, 2021. (AP Photo/R S Iyer)

[Photo] Offshore wind energy is rapidly growing along the coasts. Can the Midwest follow suit?

Jackson Healy, Nation and World Editor
April 12, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp listens to a question during a news conference at the State Capitol on Saturday, April 3, 2021, in Atlanta, about Major League Baseball's decision to pull the 2021 All-Star Game from Atlanta over the league's objection to a new Georgia voting law. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

[Photo] Georgia remains central in voting rights debate, raises questions about the Senate filibuster

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
April 11, 2021
Jennifer Chan, organizer of Stop Asian Hate of Chicago, and Sara Sadat, Lisle village trustee speaks at the DuPage Rally Against Hate on Tuesday, March 23, 2021, in Naperville, Ill., to stand in remembrance of the victim's of last week's fatal shooting against the Asian community. (Mark Welsh/Daily Herald via AP)

[Photo] Anti-Asian ideologies allow Asian hate in Chicago to persist

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
April 4, 2021
Manuwara Begun, 46, sorts out garbage collected from households in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Begun lives in a cardboard hut behind a five-star hotel in the heart of New Delhi and feels the inequity keenly. Trash pickers often find it hard to get vaccines because they are not considered by the government to be essential workers or cannot afford to wait at overburdened public hospitals for free shots. Chintan estimates that each year, those like her save the local government over $50 million and eliminate over 900,000 tons of carbon dioxide by diverting waste away from landfills. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

[Photo] Pandemic showcases how corporations take advantage of their ‘essential workers’

Hayley DeSilva, Staff Writer
April 4, 2021
Pedestrians cross a busy intersection of Main Street in Flushing, a largely Asian American neighborhood, Tuesday, March 30, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. Police have stepped up patrols in similar neighborhoods across the city in the wake of Monday's vicious attack on an Asian American woman during which no bystanders intervened to help. There has also been a rash of anti-Asian violence across the U.S., recently, including a deadly mass shooting in the Atlanta area that left multiple people dead, most of them of Asian descent. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

[Photo] OPINION: The rise in mass shootings is a grim sign we are returning to normal

Josephine Stratman, Focus Editor
April 4, 2021
FILE - Chicago Cubs fans stand outside of Wrigley Field before a baseball game against the Minnesota Twins in Chicago, in this Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, file photo. Thousands of fans of the Chicago Cubs and the Chicago White Sox will get to see their teams play in person this season, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced on Monday, March 9, 2021. In a news release, Lightfoot said each team will be limited to 20% capacity. (AP Photo/Matt Marton, File)

[Photo] Fans react to news that Chicago will allow fans at baseball games by April

Ernesto Hernandez, Assistant Sports Editor
March 14, 2021
FILE - This May 8, 2008, file photo shows blank checks on an idle press at the Philadelphia Regional Financial Center, which disburses payments on behalf of federal agencies in Philadelphia. Officials at the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service said Friday, March 12, 2021 that processing the new round of stimulus payments has already begun, with the aim of having the first payments start showing up in bank accounts this weekend. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

[Photo] College students who are dependents can now receive stimulus payments

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 14, 2021
Police officers are shown arresting Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri after a Black Lives Matter protest she was covering on May 31, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa, was dispersed by tear gas. Sahouri is set to stand trial on Monday, March 8, 2021, on misdemeanor charges, a case that prosecutors have pursued despite international condemnation from advocates for press freedom. (Photo courtesy Katie Akin via AP)

[Photo] Journalists detail their work during the pandemic

Chinyere Ibeh, Music and Film Critic
March 14, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks during an event to mark International Women's Day, Monday, March 8, 2021, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

[Photo] Biden to review Trump-era Title IX policies

Emma Oxnevad, Online Managing Editor
March 8, 2021
President Joe Biden waves as he arrives for Mass at Holy Trinity Catholic Church in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, Saturday, March 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

[Photo] Biden’s American Rescue Plan approved in the Senate

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
March 7, 2021
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021 file photo, Trump supporters gather outside the Capitol in Washington. A faction of local, county and state Republican officials across the country is pushing lies, misinformation and conspiracy theories online that echo those that helped inspire the violent Capitol insurrection, forcing the GOP into an internal reckoning. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

[Photo] ‘One big team working together’: Federal charges loom over Illinoisans who participated in Capitol breach

Analisa Trofimuk, Ernesto Herndandez, and Hayley DeSilva
March 7, 2021
In this video grab issued Sunday, Feb. 28, 2021, by NBC, nominees in the category for best supporting actor in a motion picture react as Daniel Kaluuya, top center, is announced as the winner for his role in "Judas and the Black Messiah" at the Golden Globe Awards. (NBC via AP)

[Photo] Virtual award shows highlight failures in diversity, entertainment value

Olivia Wootton
March 7, 2021
A snow covered truck sits outside the home of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, near Midway International Airport in Chicago. Madigan announced his resignation from the Illinois House Thursday, after representing a Southwest Side Chicago area district for a half-century. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

[Photo] Uber prices skyrocketed to inaccessible costs during Chicago snowstorm

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
March 2, 2021
FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020 file photo, former candidate for Georgia Governor Stacey Abrams speaks during a rally for then Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., in Duluth, Ga. Belarusian opposition figures, Hong Kong-pro-democracy activists, the global Black Lives Matter movement, a jailed Russian opposition leader and two former White House senior advisers are among this year's nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

[Photo] Nomination of activists for Nobel Peace Prize highlights importance of their work

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
February 16, 2021
FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, Amanda Gorman delivers a poem after Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joseph Biden, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country’s biggest stages, the Super Bowl. Gorman read an original poem Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021, during the pregame festivities in Tampa, Fla. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

[Photo] The role of Black storytelling in poetry

Hayley DeSilva, Contributing Writer
February 15, 2021
FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021 file photo, pharmacy technician Sochi Evans fills a syringe with a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Texas Southern University in Houston. Coronavirus cases are continuing to decline in the U.S. after a winter surge. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University say the seven-day average of new coronavirus cases in the country dropped below 100,000 on Friday, Feb. 12 for the first time since November 4. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

[Photo] Covid-19 leaves student nurses anxious about the future

Kennedy Curtis, Contributing Writer
February 14, 2021
: Chicago White Sox first baseman Jose Abreu, center, celebrates with his teammates after they defeated the Detroit Tigers in a baseball game, Saturday, Sept.12, 2020, in Chicago.

[Photo] PECOTA kind to Cubs, less so on White Sox

Ernesto Hernandez, Assistant Sports Editor
February 14, 2021
Megan Dewitt inoculates Alice Collins with the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a Walmart in the Austin neighborhood, of Chicago, Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021. (Pat Nabong/Chicago Sun-Times via AP)

[Photo] OPINION: Chicago’s vaccine distribution plan is organized chaos—with dire consequences

Hayley DeSilva, Contributing Writer
February 7, 2021
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters after stepping off Air Force One at New Castle Airport in New Castle, Del., Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Biden is spending the weekend at his home in Delaware. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

[Photo] Biden’s executive orders lay a foundation for racial equity

Nadia Carolina Hernandez, Former Editor in Chief
February 7, 2021
FILE - In this June 6, 2019, file photo Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos speaks at the the Amazon re:MARS convention in Las Vegas. Washington state's richest residents, including Bezos and Bill Gates, would pay a wealth tax on certain financial assets worth more than $1 billion under a proposed bill whose sponsor says she is seeking a fair and equitable tax code. Under the bill, starting Jan. 1, 2022, for taxes due in 2023, a 1% tax would be levied on "extraordinary" assets ranging from cash, publicly traded options, futures contracts, and stocks and bonds. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

[Photo] Jeff Bezos, Amazon’s founder, will step down as CEO

Associated Press
February 2, 2021
Former MLB pitcher Curt Schilling fell short of the 75 percent needed to make the MLB Hall of Fame this year.

[Photo] Character clause in focus after no new inductees to baseball’s hall of fame

Ernesto Hernandez, Assistant Sports Editor
January 31, 2021
Patrons enjoy drinks and lunch in the semi-open area of Pilsen Yards restaurant in Chicago after Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker allowed restaurants to open for indoor dining, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. (Abel Uribe/Chicago Tribune via AP)

[Photo] OPINION: Chicago just took the lead over Covid-19. We are turning it over to indoor dining.

Rebecca Meluch, News Editor
January 26, 2021
Former President Donald Trump waves as he disembarks from his final flight on Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

[Photo] Political Science Department discusses impeachment, inauguration in virtual panel

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 21, 2021
Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)

[Photo] The Latest: Biden sworn in as nation’s 46th president

Associated Press
January 20, 2021
FILE-Illinois State Rep. Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, casts his vote for Illinois State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, to be Illinois Speaker of the House as lawmakers cast their votes for the 102nd General Assembly for the Illinois House of Representatives at the Bank of Springfield Center, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, in Springfield, Ill. (Justin L. Fowler/The State Journal-Register via AP)

[Photo] Emmanuel ‘Chris’ Welch tasked with bringing Illinois into a new era as Speaker of the House

Nika Schoonover, Print Managing Editor
January 18, 2021
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