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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

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A marker drawing of a student’s purple silhouette, sitting at a desk in front of a large black chalkboard.

Black and brown parents pressure D219 board to address racism

January 13, 2021

Black and brown parents from Niles Township High Schools District 219 demanded the superintendent and school board members address racism in the district and implement policy changes to create more equitable...

Local activist and third-generation Darlene Cannon. Cannon is running against incumbent Ald. Peter Braithwaite to represent the 2nd ward.

Activist and third-generation Evanstonian Darlene Cannon prioritizes housing equity in aldermanic campaign

January 13, 2021

As a child in the 2nd ward, local activist Darlene Cannon said she felt surrounded by a warm community.  “When I was growing up with all of my neighbors, we were more of a true village,” Cannon...

The photo shows Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Joseph E. Hill Education Center, a red-brick building with large, plated glass windows. Beneath one set of windows are a set of raised steel letters with the building name. A short green hedge borders the building, in front of a sidewalk.

Homophobic slur left in D65 vice president’s ransacked car

January 12, 2021

A person broke into, ransacked and vandalized Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board vice president Elisabeth “Biz” Lindsay-Ryan’s car over the weekend, leaving behind a card containing a homophobic...

Approximately 70 Evanston fire department members and paramedics were given first doses of the Moderna vaccine Dec. 31.

Evanston first responders receive COVID-19 vaccine; city prepares for next distribution phase

January 12, 2021

Within a month of the approval of  COVID-19 vaccines in the United States, Evanston first responders have been rolling up their sleeves to receive their first round of shots.  In compliance with Illinois’...

City manager Erika Storlie. City Council voted Monday to commit to increasing the reserve fund to 16.66 percent of expenses.

Council weighs reserve funding resolution residents fear could raise property taxes

January 12, 2021

Aldermen debated a resolution that would allocate $1.9 million of reserve funding into the general fund balance annually through 2025 at Monday’s City Council meeting, a measure some say could lead to...

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