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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How Trump’s education plans might affect Illinois schools

Chicago Sun-Times 11 Feb 2025
The Trump administration is reportedly drafting an executive order aimed at curtailing many of the Education Department’s functions ... If Trump’s attempts to limit federal education funding were eventually successful in Congress or by other means, Illinois and Chicago wouldn’t lose the majority of their education revenue....
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Chicago restaurant workers prepare as ICE arrests cast fear, uncertainty over industry

Chicago Tribune 10 Feb 2025
For the first time in her 15 years working in a Chicago restaurant, Malena knows what to do if immigration officials come knocking at her workplace ... Arise Chicago trainings have empowered her to educate others, she said ... Jose Uribe, a workplace justice campaigns organizer, conducts a workers rights workshop at Arise Chicago on Feb....
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Dr. Mary Hope Underwood

Atchison Globe 10 Feb 2025
Dr ... Dr ... She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from the University of Kansas City on May 3, 1953, her Master’s of Arts degree in Education from University of Kansas City on June 3, 1956 and her Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Chicago on June 8, 1973 ... ....
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As Pakistan and India spar over basmati rice, some fear for its survival

News India Times 10 Feb 2025
Basmati rice before it is refined. MUST CREDIT. Saiyna Bashir for The Washington Post ... Yet its origins have never been more divisive or its future more uncertain ... Leading sustainable farming with educating women in farmers field school Hundreds in New York City, Chicago, and thousands in California demonstrate in support of Indian farmers Insight ... ....
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Community leaders speak out under Little Village arch, hundreds rally for ‘day of love and resistance’

Chicago Tribune 09 Feb 2025
8, 2025, along Little Village’s 26th Street in Chicago against attacks on immigrants. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune) ... 20, immigrant advocacy groups in Chicago have been trying to educate community members on their rights, for example that constitutional protections against self-incrimination apply to all people on U.S....
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Telling their own story: South Side bus tour delves into Chicago’s key role in America’s ...

Chicago Tribune 09 Feb 2025
Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune) ... Shermann “DillaThomas, an urban historian who last week was appointed brand ambassador and social media chief of Chicago’s DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, had not heard of the Chicago Black Muslim History Tour, but was encouraged when he learned about it ... Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)....
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Opinion: Investing in formative years of K-6 education should be a national priority

Citizen Times 09 Feb 2025
... a transcript then we need to own the responsibility for ensuring the white child in Appalachia, the brown child on the reservation in New Mexico, and the Black child in inner city Chicago have at least a fighting chance by investing in their most formative years of K-6 education....
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A Tale of Two Universities in Flyover Country and the Potential Downfall of Coastal Elite Schools

The American Spectator 08 Feb 2025
This perception can be effectively attacked on several levels, but here I would argue that Chicago — the de facto capital of flyover country — is a third academic powerhouse city ... News in their influential rankings, in the Bay region, Berkeley falls short (17th), but both Northwestern (tied for 6th) and Chicago (tied for 11th) make it....
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From Serbia To Prospect Heights: City’s New Police Chief Takes Oath

Journal Online Chicago 08 Feb 2025
3, 2025 ... 3) ... He went on to pursue higher education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where he earned a degree in psychology and criminal justice ... Growing up on the Northwest side of Chicago, Pufundt was inspired by his father, a 33-year veteran of the Chicago Police Department and retired U.S. Army major, to pursue a career in law enforcement ... ....
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Illinois SEIU passes resolution declaring itself ‘under attack’ by CTU

Chicago Tribune 07 Feb 2025
The teachers union has been negotiating its contract with Chicago Public Schools since April, and ... CTU said in a statement that both unions have a common goal “to provide the best public education for our students, their families and the entire educational community in Chicago.”....
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US DOJ sues Illinois over state laws conflicting with Trump’s immigration policies

Jurist 07 Feb 2025
Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, and other state officials Thursday over state laws that limit local law enforcement from aiding federal immigration authorities ... For instance, Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson launched a “Know Your Rights” campaign to educate those who may be targeted by the administration....
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Taking the kids: Considering the contributions of Black people\u2019s work during Black History Month

Journal Gazette 07 Feb 2025
Chicago is home to the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center, the nation’s first independent Black history museum and the Bronzeville Children’s Museum, the first and only African American children’s museum in the country ... (The Obama Presidential Center is scheduled to open next year in Chicago.)....
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Nationwide uprising demands an end to Musk coup

People's World 07 Feb 2025
CHICAGO–Thousands of demonstrators gathered in state capitals, cities, and towns across the country on Feb ... We have to shut it down!” declared Jason Rieger, a leader of the Indivisible Chicago Alliance ... The Chicago rally reflected those sentiments, including speakers from people of faith, immigrant justice, LGBTQ communities, and organized labor....

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