Nell Salzman – Page 25

Activists hug after Northwestern University officials announced Monday that they have reached an agreement with students and faculty protesting against Israel-Hamas war on April 29, 2024, in Evanston. The deal comes five days after demonstrators established an encampment in Deering Meadow, a popular common area on the Evanston campus. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Northwestern University reaches agreement with protesters

May 2, 2024 at 8:35 a.m.

The deal — believed to be the first between a major U.S. university and Pro-Palestinian protesters —comes five days after demonstrators established an encampment in Deering Meadow, a popular common...

A Chicago police officer detains a migrant near a shelter at the former Standard Club in Chicago on April 16, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Migrant arrests are up, but they’re rarely accused of violent felonies

April 27, 2024 at 1:37 p.m.

As 40,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in Chicago in less than two years, a Tribune analysis of crime data shows the impact of migrants has been mostly felt in nonviolent offenses,...

Students and activists attend a pro-Palestinian rally at the University of Chicago on April 26, 2024, in Chicago. Attendees talked about the importance of divesting university funds from institutions with ties to Israel. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Pro-Palestine protests sweep across Chicago’s college campuses, as students demand schools divest from Israel

April 26, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.

A wave of pro-Palestine protests swept across Chicago’s college campuses Friday, with hundreds of students calling for their schools to divest from funds connected to Israel or those that profit...

Messages are seen on signs attached to a fence as Northwestern students rally in their pro-Palestinian encampment at Northwestern University’s Deering Meadow in Evanston on April 25, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Northwestern students set up pro-Palestinian encampment as university changes protest policy

April 29, 2024 at 3:31 p.m.

Hundreds of Northwestern students joined nationwide protests against Israel’s war in Gaza on Thursday, prompting school administrators to abruptly change campus policies and ban tents or other temporary structures in...

Migrants attend a religious service before eating outside a shelter in Chicago's Lower West Side on March 4, 2024. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Chicago to have one unified system for homeless and migrants, city and state officials say

April 22, 2024 at 4:03 p.m.

The city and state are in the planning stages to combine Chicago’s legacy homeless shelter system with its system for migrants and turn it into a unified shelter structure that...

Stefania Rengifo, de 23 años, y su hija, Lismar Ruiz, de 6 años, ambas de Venezuela, se dan un beso mientras viajan en un tren Metra de Wilmette a Chicago después de viajar en autobús desde El Paso, Texas, el 3 de abril de 2024. La familia dijo que viajó durante más de un año para llegar a los EEUU. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Cientos de inmigrantes siguen llegando a los suburbios mientras Chicago consolida los refugios

April 15, 2024 at 3:36 p.m.

Tras una pausa a principios de año, el número de autobuses que traen inmigrantes a Chicago ha vuelto a aumentar a medida que se han incrementado los cruces fronterizos.

Stefania Rengifo, 23, and her daughter, Lismar Ruiz, 6, both of Venezuela, exchange a kiss while they ride a Metra train from Wilmette to Chicago after traveling by bus from El Paso, Texas, April 3, 2024. The family said they traveled for over a year to get to the U.S. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Hundreds of migrants still arriving in the suburbs as Chicago consolidates shelters

April 9, 2024 at 9:49 a.m.

After a lull at the beginning of this year, the number of buses bringing migrants to Chicago is back on the rise as border crossings have increased.

Two children play with an umbrella as their mother, Alejandra Hernandez, left, carries containers of food outside a migrant shelter in the 2200 block of South Halsted Street on Thursday, April 4, 2024, in Chicago.

Girl, 5, at migrant shelter recovering from tuberculosis, her father says, as city officials confirm ‘small number’ of cases

April 5, 2024 at 6:12 a.m.

In shelters, migrants who have active cases of tuberculosis are assigned a nurse case manager who conducts a contact tracing investigation.

El estudiante de segundo año de Farragut Career Academy, Yoel Guerra, de 16 años, de Venezuela, anota una carrera durante un juego contra Mather High School en La Villita Park, el viernes 29 de marzo de 2024 en Chicago. (Armando L. Sánchez/baiduhai)

Refugio en el campo de juego: jovencito migrante encuentra hogar en el béisbol

April 15, 2024 at 3:36 p.m.

De izquierda a derecha, Glorneilys Liendo, de 14 años, Carolina Escobar, de 31, y sus hijos Yervis Espinoza, de 9, y Yorkis Guerra, de 14, todos venezolanos. (Armando L. Sánchez/Chicago...

Refuge on the field: A migrant teen finds home in baseball

April 1, 2024 at 4:08 p.m.

A 16-year-old Venezuelan migrant turned Little Village resident adjusts to new life finding friends and home in baseball with Farragut Career Academy Admirals.

All Stories