Nell Salzman
Reporter at Chicago Tribune
Reporter @chicagotribune focused on education and immigration / originally from Denver
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2 days ago |
chicagotribune.com | Laura Rodriguez Presa |Nell Salzman
In another sign of escalating tension over President Donald Trump’s immigration policies, community organizers, protesters and several Chicago aldermen clashed with federal agents Wednesday as they detained immigrants outside a U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement office on the Near South Side. The office in the 2200 block of South Michigan Avenue operates the Intensive Supervision Appearance Program, or ISAP, which is run by ICE.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Nell Salzman
The Chicago Board of Education is split over whether the interim schools’ chief should come from City Hall or the school district. The appointment to the high-profile role is time-sensitive, as outgoing Chicago Public Schools’ CEO Pedro Martinez is set to leave his position on June 18. The interim chief will lead the district through the start of the next school year, after which a permanent replacement will step in.
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1 week ago |
chicagotribune.com | Nell Salzman
For a city with hundreds of shootings each year, the work that Pha’Tal Perkins does with kids in Chicago is quiet but significant. Perkins, 41, remembers that after a bullet went through a window and into the neck of an 11-year-old girl last year in the West Englewood neighborhood, for example, he spent long hours bringing food and making sure her mother and 16-year-old brother felt safe leaving the house.
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2 weeks ago |
gazettextra.com | Nell Salzman
By Nell Salzman - Chicago Tribune (TNS) Wednesday's attack was a marked display of antisemitism as Israel ramps up its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Federal authorities told police that the suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, shouted "Free, free Palestine" when he was taken into custody. Copyright 2025 Tribune Content Agency.
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2 weeks ago |
dailyitem.com | Nell Salzman
Wednesday’s attack was a marked display of antisemitism as Israel ramps up its offensive in the Gaza Strip. Federal authorities told police that the suspect, Elias Rodriguez, 31, of Chicago, shouted “Free, free Palestine” when he was taken into custody. kAms6>@?DEC2E:@?D 92G6 3F33=65 FA =@42==J :? r9:428@ D:?46 ~4E] f[ a_ab[ H96? E96 !2=6DE:?:2? >:=:E2?E 8C@FA w2>2D 42>6 @FE @7 v2K2 E@ <:== `[a__ A6@A=6 2?5 E2<6 ad_ 9@DE286D] {2DE DAC:?8[ &?:G6CD:EJ @7 r9:428@ DEF56?ED D6E FA 2?
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