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news
  • by david hall
DePaul University cancels FEST 2024, cites campus 'environment'

The cancellation of the end-of-school-year music festival comes days after the university said it has reached a stalemate in negotiations with organizers of a pro-Palestinian encampment.

news
  • by david hall
Chicago Jewish community celebrating Israel Independence Day is met by pro-Palestinian protesters in Daley Plaza

On Tuesday, Chicago's Jewish community celebrated Israel declaring its independence 76 years ago, on May 14, 1948. Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gathered across the plaza. There were a few altercations, but no arrests were made.

entertainment-and-culture
  • by david hall
MSI to rebrand as Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry — named after big donor who fled Chicago

Once the richest person in Illinois, Ken Griffin pulled out in 2022, months after complaining about the city’s crime, saying “there is nowhere, where you can feel safe.”

education
  • by david hall
School choice divides Chicagoans, poll shows

Chicago residents are divided over whether parents should be able to choose a school other than the one in their neighborhood, and two-thirds think the priority should be on funding the local school.