Rally at University of Chicago in support of Columbia University pro-Palestine activist after ICE arrest
Dozens of University of Chicago students and faculty members rallied on Tuesday in support of a former Columbia University ...
Chicago’s storied U.S. attorney’s office at crossroads as indictments dip, search for leader underway
The search for Chicago’s 42nd U.S. attorney comes at a significant moment in history for an office long extolled as a model ...
Numerous Chicago employees let go in cuts to U.S. Dept. of Education Office of Civil Rights
Office of Civil Rights employees said this means students with open cases will have their claims backlogged even further.
Department of Justice to investigate antisemitism on Chicago area college campuses
This comes after the department began visiting ten university campuses that reported antisemitic incidents since October 2023 ...
Letters: Chicago woman’s group was ahead of its time in focusing on outcomes for the most vulnerable
Hopefully, Chicago and Illinois will remain at the forefront of creative efforts to improve outcomes for the most vulnerable.
Trump slashes environmental programs in Chicago that protect poor communities
The Environmental Protection Agency is closing offices across the country as part of a wider rollback of pollution ...
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University of Chicago Among Dozens of Schools Facing Federal Investigation Over DEI Programs
The department’s Office for Civil Rights on Friday announced it has begun investigating 45 universities for failing to follow ...
Chicago River goes green: Date, time and how to watch river dyeing for St. Patrick's Day
While St. Patrick's Day isn't until Monday, Chicago's iconic tradition dyeing the river green is happening Saturday. Here is ...
University students, professors fearful deportation threats will chill speech on campus: Report
Academics in Chicago worried that the threat of deportations and the Trump administration's crack down on student protesters ...
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How Much Sanctuary Can Chicago Really Offer?
Despite Chicago's determination to protect immigrants from Trump’s deportation efforts, the city is limited in what it can do ...
Think Chicago is the windiest city in the country? Recent data shows you're wrong
Redfin published a list ranking the top 10 windiest cities in the U.S. But one Illinois city is surprisingly missing.
Our Chicago: Possible impacts of cuts at Dept. of Education
The Federal Student Aid Office was impacted by the cuts at the DOE. "The federal student aid gives out $120,000,000,000 a year, to over 4,000 institutions and some foreign institutions. And they were ...