On Aug. 31, NEIU’s Career Development Center held a virtual event where three individuals provided profound insight on their work history, experiences and strategies to overcome systemic/institutional...

Chicago has one of the worst recycling rates in the country. In fact, the percentage has dropped 1.5 percent in the last five years and now sits at a dismal 8.83 percent. In a time where everyone is becoming...

President Biden’s American Jobs Plan is an opportunity to tackle the climate crisis as well as invest in American infrastructure and innovation, according to Ali Zaidi, the first deputy White House National...

Patrisse Khan-Cullors, cofounder of the Black Lives Matter movement, has come under fire for buying a $1.4 million home in a predominantly white neighborhood in California. Cullors is being publicly shamed...

In Apr. 2021, Project Veritas released a 3 part video exposing technical director Charlie Chester admitting his network CNN was “creating stories” to get previous President Donald Trump out of the...

April represents election time for students at Northeastern Illinois University. To vote for the new candidates visit neiu.collegiatelink.net and sign in with your NEIUport login and password. The...

On Jan. 20, 2021, Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States and Kamala Harris took the oath of office as his Vice President. In the air, you could almost feel the collective sigh...

On Feb. 18, Michael Madigan resigned from the Illinois State government. The end of February will mark his last day in the office and unofficially retire the “real Governor of Illinois,” as he was...

On Feb. 17, The Oakley Union Elementary School District (OUESD) located east of San Francisco came under fire Wednesday following a leaked Zoom meeting. The board members of Oakley Union Elementary...

In December 2020, then President Elect Joe Biden promised to build “a cabinet that looks like America.” As the President, he seems to be delivering on the promise.  The Independent will highlight...

As we enter the year 2021, there is still hope for an end to the infamous COVID-19 pandemic. As of Jan. 23, 2021, there were 25,383,300 total cases of coronavirus worldwide, a total of 424,120 citizens...