Chicago police clear DePaul’s pro-Palestinian encampment
Chicago police dismantled DePaul University’s pro-Palestine encampment Thursday morning after administrators signed a complaint alleging trespassing by the protestors.
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This year’s Israel Independence Day ‘tinged with sorrow,’ say Chicago Jews
Hundreds milled around in the Loop waving blue Israeli flags, while the chants of a few dozen counterprotesters could be heard from the corner of North Clark and North Dearborn...
Migrant mourns death of child, one of the many unaccounted for in Chicago: ‘Without money, you’re nobody’
Karis Calderon, 25, walked across seven countries to make it to Chicago for a stable job. Four weeks later, she couldn’t even afford to pay for the funeral services of...
U. of C. police clear protest encampment early Tuesday, days after president announces intention to intervene
University of Chicago Police cleared a pro-Palestine protest encampment in a brief raid at the South Side university early Tuesday morning, organizers said.
Activists sue Johnson administration over DNC protests, say city isn’t ready
The lawsuit against Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration comes as protests are surging months before the Democratic National Convention in August.
Northwestern University reaches agreement with protesters
The deal — believed to be the first between a major U.S. university and Pro-Palestinian protesters —comes five days after demonstrators established an encampment in Deering Meadow, a popular common...
Migrant arrests are up, but they’re rarely accused of violent felonies
As 40,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago in less than two years, a Tribune analysis of crime data shows the impact of migrants has been mostly felt in nonviolent offenses,...
Pro-Palestine protests sweep across Chicago’s college campuses, as students demand schools divest from Israel
A wave of pro-Palestine protests swept across Chicago’s college campuses Friday, with hundreds of students calling for their schools to divest from funds connected to Israel or those that profit...
Northwestern students set up pro-Palestinian encampment as university changes protest policy
Hundreds of Northwestern students joined nationwide protests against Israel’s war in Gaza on Thursday, prompting school administrators to abruptly change campus policies and ban tents or other temporary structures in...
Chicago to have one unified system for homeless and migrants, city and state officials say
The city and state are in the planning stages to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with its system for migrants and turn it into a unified shelter structure that...