Duckworth proposes increased funding for on-campus child care
Benjamin Conboy, Editor-in-Chief
May 13, 2019
Sen. Tammy Duckworth unveiled her plan to increase a federal grant for colleges to create child care programs for students with children Friday, and spoke directly to DePaul, which does not have child care facilities for students on campus. DePaul only offers daycare facilities at the Ray Meyer Fitnes...
Duckworth reports $4.1 million third quarter haul, polls ahead of Kirk
Brenden Moore
October 7, 2016
Rep. Tammy Duckworth’s campaign for U.S. Senate raised a solid $4.1 million in the third fundraising quarter, the campaign announced Thursday. Read More »...
WATCH: Kirk ad attacks Duckworth over lawsuit
Brenden Moore
September 19, 2016
Proving the issue is not dead yet, Sen. Mark Kirk is out with a new ad featuring two Illinois Dept. of Veterans Affairs employees at the center of a wrongful termination lawsuit against Rep. Tammy Duckworth. The ad features the two women who allege that Duckworth, then the director of the stat...
Duckworth hits Trump in DNC speech
Brenden Moore
July 29, 2016
Senate hopeful and incumbent U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D – 8th) described GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump as “not fit to be Commander-in-Chief” Thursday evening as she spoke to Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. Duckworth, a former U.S. Army helicopter pilot who lost ...
DePolitics: Obama, Clinton to campaign Tuesday; Duckworth, Kirk march
Brenden Moore
July 4, 2016
President Barack Obama will hit the campaign trail in North Carolina with presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton Tuesday, marking their first public appearance together this cycle and a move towards building momentum ahead of the Democratic convention later this month. The two were initially...
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...