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Sofia Leal, Contributing Writer|April 25, 2021
FILE-A clerk picks up items for customer orders at the Amazon Prime warehouse in New York in this Dec. 20, 2017 photo. Amazon announced it has narrowed down the list for potential sites for a second headquarters in 20 U.S. and Canadian cities. (Mark Lennihan | AP)
Yet, they received $3.5 billion in tax refunds.
On top of that, in April of last year when the Covid-19 pandemic reached its first peak, the government provided $500 billion in emergency aid to large corporations. The awarded relief did not guarantee job preservation, nor did it place a cap on executive pay.
February 28, 2021
In the wake of last summerâs protests against police brutality and amid the ongoing calls for DePaul to divest from the Chicago Police Department (CPD), the university community remains starkly divided on the schoolâs partnership with Chicagoâs Fraternal Order of Police (FOP).Â
DePaulâs relationship with the FOP, Chicago Lodge 7, originated in 2016 to encourage members of law enforcement to pursue higher education at a convenient pace and discounted rate. The cohort program offers multiple degree options specifically tailored to members of law enforcement. Through the city of Chicago, officers in the program can receive up to a 100 percent tuition reimbursement, contingent on their final grade and other factors.Â
Community organizations call for removal of president of DePaul-partnered police union
Cailey Gleeson, News Editor|February 7, 2021
Seventy-eight local and national organizations wrote a letter on Feb. 1 to the Chicago Police Board and Mayor Lori Lightfoot calling for the removal of the city’s Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara in light of his possible dismissal from CPD for racist comments.
The letter has been getting national attention, said CAIR Deputy Director Sufyan Sohel.
“I think the George Floyd murder really brought to issue of who are police officers,” Sohel said. “Why are Black and Brown communities treated differently? And what is this disconnect between our law enforcement and the communities that they are tasked to serve? And officer Catanzara just exemplifies some of that.”
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John Catanzara, president of the Fraternal Order of Police, defended pro-Trump extremists that participated in the attempted coup of the Capitol Building in an interview with WBEZ that aired Thursday morning. “There was no arson, there was no burning of anything, there was no looting, there was very little destruction of property,” Catanzara said. “It.