Even after President Donald Trump signed an executive order restricting schools from providing gender-affirming care or teaching “anti-American” ideologies, one Evanston Township High School teacher pledged to continue teaching “honest science.” Bill Farmer, who teaches biology and chemistry,...
A bus full of senior citizens from The Merion senior living community arrived at Evanston’s Social Security Administration office Thursday. But they weren’t there to apply for benefits — they were there to protest. More than 70 people rallied on the sidewalks of Green Bay Road to support their local Social Security office and urge the federal government to keep field offices open amid growing worries of funding cuts and closures. “We can’t have a Social Security Administration without administrators,” Evanston resident Susan Clabby said. “It’s not waste, fraud and abuse to have people working to handle our benefits.” In March, the Associated Press reported that dozens...
