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

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

The Daily Northwestern

City

Armed NIPAS officers at an NU Community Not Cops protest. Human Services Committee members discussed the city’s relationship with NIPAS in a Monday meeting.

Evanston Fight for Black Lives decries police violence in statement about Saturday NUCNC protest

November 3, 2020

After law enforcement deployed chemical ammunition, including pepper spray, and arrested a Northwestern student at a Saturday protest, local activist organization Evanston Fight for Black Lives issued...

Blotter: Car theft, yard sign stolen

November 3, 2020

A 33-year-old Evanston woman had her belongings stolen from her car on Saturday afternoon. She parked her vehicle in the 400 block of Lee Street at around 7:30 p.m. on Friday. When she returned at noon...

A young non-voter speaks at a protest for the rights of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. The future of DACA hangs in the balance in this election, DACA recipient and Alianza Americas staff member Dulce Dominguez said.

Evanston, Chicago residents ineligible to vote work to mobilize peers and communities

November 3, 2020

As candidates and organizers push their “get out the vote” efforts in the final hours leading up to the 2020 election, Evanston and Chicago residents not eligible to vote are also working to mobilize...

On Election Day, Evanston polling locations were mostly quiet, which some attribute to an increased use in early voting and mail-in ballots.

Evanston poll workers, polling places express confidence in coronavirus precautions ahead of Tuesday’s election

November 3, 2020

As the doors of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center closed to early voters Monday night, Evanston’s 27 polling places and Cook County election judges geared up for a smooth and safe Election Day. Although...

Women sit behind a table with a sign reading “Headquarters Evanston League of Women Voters” in a photograph dated Oct. 24, 1928. The League, founded to educate and encourage women voters shortly after the 19th Amendment’s ratification, is still active in voter mobilization today.

The “very radical stance”: A history of women’s suffrage in Evanston

November 3, 2020

On Aug. 18, 1920, the 19th Amendment, which granted American women the right to vote, became the law of the land. The real timeline of women voting in Evanston is a little more complicated. Decades...

Load More Stories
Activate Search
Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881
City