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Constitutional Issues, Midwest

Opinion: Federal tactics in Chicago ignite fears over First Amendment, due process rights

  • By Jackie Spinner
  • October 17, 2025

A 15-year-old U.S. citizen was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on the East Side of Chicago in.

Media News, News

Vulture hedge fund can’t stop Chicago’s media ecosystem from thriving

  • By Kathleen Hayes
  • November 29, 2023

When Alden Global Capital bought Tribune Publishing in May 2021 and slashed Chicago Tribune newsroom staff to bare bones,.

Media News, Midwest, News

News Analysis: Illinois protects library books; Missouri removes them

  • By Jane Wiertel
  • September 14, 2023

Illinois became the first state to ban the removal of books from school and public libraries this summer. But.

News, Opinion

A student reporter gets the first look at Illinois’ struggling media literacy law

  • By Emily Cooper
  • April 13, 2023

Illinois enacted the nation’s first public school media literacy law just shy of two years ago. Since then the.

Media News, Midwest

After COVID-19, media literacy was on a ‘back burner’

  • By Emily Cooper
  • April 6, 2023

Teachers came out of the COVID-19 pandemic, then they heard about the Illinois’ media literacy requirement. Raquel Bliffen, an.

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