Chicago

Chicago (i/ʃˈkɑːɡ/ or /ʃˈkɔːɡ/) is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwest. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S. Chicago is the seat of Cook County.

Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century. The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; it also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight. In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.As of 2014, Chicago had the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States at US$610.5 billion.

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House education panel to grill Northwestern, Rutgers University presidents on campus antisemitism

New York Post 07 May 2024
A House education committee investigating antisemitism on college campuses will hear testimony from Northwestern and Rutgers University presidents on May 23 — with the panel’s chair citing “gravely concerning actions” that have enabled anti-Israel demonstrators....
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U. of C. faculty members gather to support pro-Palestinian student protesters

Chicago Tribune 06 May 2024
She said the encampment is in line with educators’ academic priorities at the school.The university is famous for its “Chicago Principles,” a set of guidelines intended to ensure to “free, robust and uninhibited debate.”. “This was and is an educational and political endeavor, protected by the First Amendment,” Mireshghi said....
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Tensions flare between DePaul pro-Palestine encampment and counterprotesters

Chicago Tribune 06 May 2024
A group of about 60 people organized by the Chicago Jewish Alliance gathered at Fullerton and Seminary avenues Sunday morning in response to an encampment set up Tuesday at DePaul University to protest the war in Gaza ... Education .. About 50 pro-Palestine protesters arrested from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Education . ... Education .....
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Chicago Teachers Union Demands Reach Cartoonish Levels

Hot Air 06 May 2024
The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is negotiating with the city for a renewal of their contract ... As noted above, it's not as if Chicago's public schools have been burning up the track in terms of performance to merit such a generous package ... The migrants were fed an expectation that the children they brought with them would be given an education....
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New senior rabbi at Young Israel of Northbrook brings his teaching passion to synagogue’s congregation

Chicago Tribune 06 May 2024
“But I also want to focus a lot on the education and get more classes going.” ... Before joining Young Israel of Northbrook, Fenton served as a Kollel Fellow (scholar) and educator since 2015 in Chicago, first at Telshe Yeshiva and then at Kollel Ateres Ami....
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University of Chicago faculty call on administration to resume negotiations with pro-Palestinian protesters

Chicago Sun-Times 06 May 2024
<img class="Image" alt="University of Chicago professor Faith Hillis speaks during a news conference on campus about the pro-Palestinian protest encampment in the university’s quad, Monday, May 6, 2024 ... <img class="Image" alt="Pro-Palestinian protesters on Monday at the encampment in the quad at the University of Chicago." ... La Voz Chicago....
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Faced with cuts under a new funding formula, several Chicago public schools are rejecting their budgets

Chicago Sun-Times 06 May 2024
CPS CEO Pedro Martinez defended this new approach “as an important milestone in the long, broad struggle to improve the quality of education for all of Chicago’s children, especially those farthest from opportunity.” At the same time, it is staring down a budget deficit of at ......
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Hamas accepts cease-fire proposal for Gaza after Israel orders Rafah evacuation ahead of attack

Chicago Sun-Times 06 May 2024
Pro-Palestinian camps remain at Chicago-area campuses after 68 arrested at School of the Art Institute ... Nearly 70 arrested as police clear pro-Palestinian encampment at Art Institute of Chicago ... University of Chicago officials, protesters hit 'impasse' over pro-Palestinian encampment ... La Voz Chicago ... La Voz Chicago ... Education ... Chicago Reps....
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Red Cross to laud women from Chicago Heights, Dolton, who have made a habit of helping

Chicago Tribune 05 May 2024
Back when Chez Smith was an administrator at Cook County’s Fantus Clinic near Stroger Hospital in Chicago, she encountered plenty of women and girls who needed help paying for basic necessities. They also could benefit from some >education about their sexuality and contraception, and advice about life in general, she thought....
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Chicago Teachers Union’s $50B demands include pay hikes, abortions, and migrant accommodations — at $2K ...

New York Post 05 May 2024
That figure would equate to more than double the median household income in Chicago, according to Census Bureau statistics ... “These demands read more like a political agenda than a serious contract intent on supporting teachers’ wages and benefits, and promoting the education of Chicago students,” Smith said in a statement last month....
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The ‘Crime of the Century,’ 100 years later.

Chicago Tribune 05 May 2024
(Chicago Tribune historical photo). Among the reporters was Maurine Watkins, who wrote a play that inspired the smash-hit musical “Chicago.” ... “For the people of that name are written in the book of Chicago history as builders, and leaders in philanthropy, charity and educational movements.” ... (Chicago Tribune historical photo)....
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Exhibit at Navy Pier celebrates 40 years of house music — in the city that ...

Chicago Sun-Times 05 May 2024
Lori Branch stands next to a photo of herself Saturday when she was involved in the early house scene at the new exhibit “Chicago ... The fruits of her labor can be seen in the “Chicago ... "Chicago ... The exhibit is presented by Branch and her partners at The Vintage House Show Collective , as well as the Design Museum of Chicago ... The goal of “Chicago....
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From COVID to campus protests: Ohio State's Class of 2024 is prepared for anything

The Columbus Dispatch 05 May 2024
"It's a little bit of both ... I think it's been very eye-opening," said Rangan, a Chicago-area native ... The class of 2024 has experienced one "national trauma" after another, said Demetri Morgan, an associate professor of higher education who studies activism at the University of Loyola Chicago ... "It's helped me realize exactly what I want to do."....
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