Estado de emergencia: Residentes de Chicago alzan sus voces sobre el terremoto en Puerto Rico
Maria Guerrero, La DePaulia Managing Editor
January 20, 2020
Después de la magnitud del terremoto de 6.4 grados que sacudió a Puerto Rico el 7 de enero, unos 60.000 residentes se quedaron sin electricidad y más de 4.000 ahora viven en refugios - causando que la isla experimente el peor daño por un terremoto en décadas. Karina Cruz Pagán, puertorriqueña y estudiante de la Escuela de Psicología Profesion...
End of the decade: a decade in the White House
Joey Cahue, Contributing Writer
January 12, 2020
As we say goodbye to 2019 and hello to 2020, we reflect on everything that’s happened within the last 10 years. An entire decade has gone by in the blink of an eye. Makes you feel old, doesn’t it? Our world, specifically our country is full of history. Throughout the decade, two of the most def...
Impeachment inquiry week in review
Cailey Gleeson, Nation & World Editor
January 12, 2020
The impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump is set to move to trial in the Senate within the coming weeks following the House’s landmark Dec. 18 decision to adopt two articles of impeachment against Trump: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Mon. Jan. 6 – John Bolton, former national security advisor, said he is prepared to testify in the trial against Trump — to the surprise of Republicans. “Accor...
Trump impeached on charges of abuse of power, obstruction
December 19, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives, becoming only the third American chief executive to be formally charged under the Constitution’s ultimate remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors. The historic vote split along party lines Wednesday n...
Impeachment charges head to House; Trump cries anew: ‘Hoax’
December 13, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats propelled President Donald Trump’s impeachment toward a historic vote by the full U.S. House as the Judiciary Committee on Friday approved charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. It's the latest major step in the constitutional and political storm that has...
Democrats say Trump impeachment charges must come swiftly
December 5, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — House Democrats moved aggressively to draw up formal articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Thursday, with Speaker Nancy Pelosi saying he “leaves us no choice” but to act swiftly because he's likely to corrupt the system again unless removed before next year's...
On the Thanksgiving menu: Turkey, with a side of impeachment
Dan Sewall, Associated Press
November 28, 2019
CINCINNATI (AP) — Some people heading to Thanksgiving gatherings predict it’s not just the turkey that will get roasted. Already polarized over Republican Donald Trump’s presidency, Americans are deeply split on a looming historic impeachment. Many families reflect the nation’s divisions,...
Impeachment Inquiry Week in Review Nov. 11 thru Nov. 17
Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor
November 18, 2019
The impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump continued this week, with plenty of rancor and partisan rhetoric. Democrats say there is evidence that Trump held up military aid to Ukraine over a sought-after corruption investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter, the Democratic Party, and the o...
Sessions swears loyalty to Trump with Senate
Joey Cahue, Contributing Writer
November 18, 2019
Jeff Sessions, former attorney general and an early supporter of President Donald Trump, is gunning once again for the former Senate seat that he held for 20 years. Sessions, an Alabama native, previously held the position from 1997 until 2017. He left to serve as Trump’s attorney general, a position he ...
Trump pardons soldiers accused of war crimes
Brian Pearlman, Nation & World Editor
November 18, 2019
President Donald Trump on Friday issued two pardons for soldiers convicted of war crimes and issued an order reversing the demotion of acquitted Navy SEAL Edward Gallagher. Army 1st Lt. Clint Lorance was convicted in August 2013 of killing three unarmed Afghan civilians in Helmand Province in 2012....
Rough transcript of first Trump-Zelenskiy call released
November 15, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Friday released the summary transcript of his April congratulatory call with Ukraine’s president-elect, the latest salvo in the White House effort to blunt Democratic allegations that Trump abused his power by pressuring a foreign leader to get involved in U.S...
As impeachment hearings open, Trump downplays the moment
November 13, 2019
WASHINGTON (AP) — Professing disinterest, President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was “too busy” doing the people’s business to watch the impeachment hearings that imperil his presidency. But even as Trump tried to suggest he was above the fray, the president tweeted two dozen times before ...
Brita Hunegs, Staff Writer
January 20, 2020 • No Comments
Last Wednesday, the Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University released a new report, examining...
Illinois voter registration bill sparks controversy over implementation
January 20, 2020
Automatic voter registration seemed to be the only thing Illinois state Democrats...
Community theatre celebrates MLK Jr.’s legacy as civil servant and peace advocate
January 20, 2020
The Writers Theatre’s 14th tour of the MLK Project: Fight for Civil Rights...
Chicago reflects on King more than 50 years after Marquette Park violence
January 20, 2020
In an all-white Marquette Park on Aug. 5, 1966, Martin Luther King, Jr. was...