About 100 tents remained on Deering Meadow as of 4 p.m. Friday afternoon despite heavy rain and counterprotests as the "Northwestern Liberation Zone" encampment continued into its second day. Several hundred students slept on the lawn Thursday night despite a threat from the University to "move forward...
Evanston Township High School junior Jexa Edinberg said learning about climate change made them feel “hopeless” in fourth grade. “I was like – ‘Oh my god, the world is going to die,’” Edinberg said. “I didn't feel like there was anyone really doing much about that. Now I'm more involved in the action and it's a lot better.” Edinberg is a member of E-Town Sunrise, a student-led climate activism group that helped create Evanston Township High School District 202’s new sustainability policy in February. The policy outlines the district’s goals to improve water efficiency, reduce food waste, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and more. Nicknamed the “Green New Deal...
