‘I’m really not safe’: A Venezuelan poet’s fight to stay and write in the US
A Venezuelan poet who came to Chicago on a student visa over a decade ago is left in an uncomfortable state of limbo due a string of President Trump's immigration...
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Chicago aldermen and protesters clash with ICE outside office over detentions
In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday.
CTU threatens to sue over proposed CPS budget cuts
The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to sue the Chicago Board of Education over budget plans it says constitute unfair labor practices and violations of the new teachers' contract.
CPS board eyes candidates for interim and permanent CEO
The Chicago Board of Education is split over whether the interim schools' chief should come from City Hall or the school district.
Robert Prevost era ‘el orgullo y la alegría de todos los sacerdotes y monjas’ de St. Mary, en el South Side de Chicago
Los católicos de toda la región celebraron el jueves 8 de mayo el histórico anuncio de que el primer papa estadounidense en los 2,000 años de historia de la Iglesia...
After years on the front lines of violence prevention, Englewood group faces layoffs as DOJ shifts priorities
The end of a U.S. Department of Justice federal grant yields layoffs at a local anti-violence program.
U. of C. students protest trustees’ ties to Israel as war in Gaza continues
The morning after the shooting of two members of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday night, university protests in Chicago against the Israel-Hamas war continued.
CTU report faults charter school oversight, cites abrupt closures and financial mismanagement
A new Chicago Teachers Union report released Thursday criticizes the lack of oversight of the district’s over 100 charter schools.
CTU President Stacy Davis Gates honored at U.S. Capitol by Illinois Congresswoman Delia Ramirez
Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates was honored by Rep. Delia Ramirez at the U.S. Capitol for her dedication to educational equity in Chicago.
CPS removes two Lincoln Park High School administrators from ‘do-not-hire’ list after five-year fight
Two former Lincoln Park High School administrators who were terminated and placed on Chicago Public Schools’ do-not-hire list had their names removed Wednesday after years of fighting for vindication.