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Binah Schatsky

Binah Schatsky, Assistant Campus Editor

Binah is a junior studying journalism and history. She writes primarily about campus activism and policing, but dabbles in policy, education and social justice. She is currently serving her second quarter as Assistant Campus Editor. Outside of The Daily, Binah is a research assistant with the Medill Investigative Lab and spends the mornings working at Bagel Art Cafe in Evanston. You can reach her via email or Twitter.

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A graphic combining American flag imagery with a close-up image of Evanston, Illinois on a map. The shape of Evanston is outlined in tan with a red grid, with Lake Michigan in blue to the east and other areas of Illinois, colored in red with white stars, to the west.

District 65, District 202 elect new school boards

April 7, 2021
An illustration of a student hunched over a desk with their head in their palm.

D65 school board candidates discuss support for special education students in virtual forum

March 31, 2021
A line of police, fully armed in riot gear, faces off with protesters who are protecting their faces with umbrellas.

NUCNC met with heavy NIPAS presence in first in-person action since Nov. 2020

March 15, 2021
A rainbow stole held in front of the Supreme Court building on June 15, 2020, the day the Court extended civil rights protections to LGBTQ employees. Research shows LGBTQ individuals are disproportionately targeted by incarceration and the criminal legal system.

‘We are disproportionately abused’: Formerly incarcerated activist, scholars discuss queer incarceration at NPEP roundtable

March 3, 2021
A white cartoon illustration of the SARS-CoV-2 virus against a purple background with The Daily Northwestern’s logo letter “D” in the center of the cartoon image.

Northwestern approved to administer vaccines when supplies allow

February 23, 2021
A sign on the Donald P. Jacobs Center that reads “Welcome Wildcats! Testing Entry Ahead”

Northwestern temporarily halts Color COVID-19 testing, students must test twice a week

February 22, 2021
560 Lincoln and Kemper Hall. The residency policy, requiring freshmen to spend their first two years living on campus and transfer students one year, will be reinstated this fall.

Two-year campus residency requirement to be reinstated this fall

February 11, 2021
Robin Means Coleman, Northwestern’s new chief diversity officer. In Wednesday’s Faculty Senate Meeting, Coleman presented her vision for the role which she assumed last week.

Faculty Senate welcomes new chief diversity officer Robin Means Coleman

February 10, 2021
Ann Drake (Kellogg ‘84). Drake grew her family business into the leading national enterprise DSC Logistics. With this gift, she hopes to expand future opportunities for women in business.

Kellogg alumna funds women in business, expands programming

February 3, 2021
University Christian Ministry at 1834 Chicago Ave. The virtual event explored queerness and faith and the journeys of the panelists in reconciling the two.

Rainbow Alliance, UCM host interfaith LGBTQ+ panel on queerness and faith

January 29, 2021
In the January meeting between NU Community Not Cops and central administration, NUCNC members changed their Zoom backgrounds to feature this graphic which they said reflects collected responses from Black students after Schapiro’s Oct. 19 email.

NUCNC is continuing to press Northwestern to abolish NUPD

January 28, 2021
Rebecca Crown Center, which includes the office of the Provost. The new hiring policy aims to increase diversity in University staffing.

New policy to mandate diversity in the hiring process is now up for community review

January 22, 2021
Keith LaMar. LaMar has been in solitary confinement for 27 years. He is scheduled to be executed by the state of Ohio in Nov. 2023.

Keith LaMar addresses Northwestern community from solitary confinement on death row

January 20, 2021
Mariame Kaba is an activist and prison-industrial complex abolitionist. On Wednesday she addressed an audience of over 1,000, supporting student organizers and the campaign against University Police.

Activist Mariame Kaba talks abolition and mutual aid, condemns campus police in Dream Week keynote

January 14, 2021
Police officers responding to a protest (left) and President Morton Schapiro. Schapiro and other administrators responded to police presence at student protests at a Tuesday live webinar with NU Community Not Cops.

NUCNC, central administration meet publicly for first time

January 12, 2021
Political science Prof. Jacqueline Stevens. Stevens chaired the NU-AAUP committee that wrote the report criticizing the administration’s COVID-19 response.

Northwestern faculty condemn administration’s “corporate approach to education” in AAUP report

January 11, 2021
protest-meets-twerk session. Photo: Binah Schatsky/The Daily Northwestern Photo caption:

NUCNC, B. Burlesque twerk in front of Tech, protest NUPD

November 17, 2020
Evanston Police officers block off Sherman Avenue as students disperse following the conclusion of the march.

NUCNC celebrates Black love on day 33 of actions to abolish NUPD

November 15, 2020
Students led by NU Community Not Cops gathered at Fountain Square in October demanding the abolition of University Police.

Northwestern forms new Community Safety Advisory Board chaired by Prof. Clyde Yancy

November 13, 2020
Wednesday’s action sought to continue the tradition of Black and Asian solidarity in mobilizing for the abolition of prisons and policing.

Kaibigan, APAC join NUCNC, stand in solidarity with movement to abolish NUPD

November 12, 2020
Police officers at a Nov. 10 NUCNC protest. The group released an open letter to Evanston residents Wednesday explaining the movement’s motivations and history.

NUCNC, student protesters eating “breakfast” and reading abolitionist literature met with unprecedented police presence

November 10, 2020
The recent study showed nearly one-third of study respondents nationally identified COVID-19 as a top issue, topping the list in every state except Alaska, where climate change came out ahead. Other top issues included racism, the economy, healthcare, and crime and violence

Recent study finds COVID-19 to be top issue among voters

November 4, 2020
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.

Students pepper-sprayed, one arrested during Halloween action to abolish NUPD

November 2, 2020
While some progressive voters are not satisfied with Biden’s policies, they see Trump as a dangerous alternative.

Biden supporters weigh in on policies, Trump alternative

October 29, 2020
Wednesday marks the 17th consecutive day of action led by NUCNC demanding the abolition of University Police. When the group paused outside the EPD precinct, one car issued a warning over the intercom saying “local law will be enforced by citation or arrest.”

NUCNC marches in honor of Walter Wallace Jr., stands with Philadelphia protests

October 28, 2020
Police officers in riot gear form a barricade on the east side of Ryan Field during the Maryland vs. Northwestern game Saturday.

NUCNC protests police outside football season opener, stands with Black athletes

October 26, 2020
On Thursday, Student Organizing for Labor Rights paired with NU Community Not Cops, emphasizing that abolition and mutual aid are linked.

SOLR, NUCNC demand divestment from police, investment in service workers and Black lives

October 23, 2020
A sign from a previous NU Community Not Cops demonstration, reading “Fund Communities Not Police.” Students reimagined justice in a Wednesday discussion led by FMO and NUCNC.

President Schapiro stands by controversial email condemning protestors in Community Dialogue

October 21, 2020
Disarm, defund, disband: Students are marching every day until Northwestern abolishes NUPD

Disarm, defund, disband: Students are marching every day until Northwestern abolishes NUPD

October 19, 2020
The Evanston Water Plant, 555 Lincoln St. The City Council discussed making replacing lead water pipes more affordable after only 7 percent of applicable residents took advantage of the program.

Lane closures on North Campus Drive, Evanston reservoir replacement enters final stages

October 7, 2020
Dr. Steven Thrasher is the inaugural Daniel H. Renberg Chair of social justice in reporting. His new class provides a space for students to think and learn about how viruses intersect with issues such as race, sexuality, disability, economics and the news media.

Viruses are a tool for understanding systemic racism in Medill Prof. Steven Thrasher’s new course

October 7, 2020
Susan Page (second from the left) on a panel at Medill in 2017. The NU alumna will moderate the vice presidential debate on Oct. 7.

Medill alumni Steve Scully and Susan Page to moderate 2020 presidential and vice presidential debates

October 6, 2020
560 Lincoln and Kemper Hall. When students hurried home in March in response to the COVID-19 outbreak, many left most of their belongings behind in hopes that they would be back for Spring Quarter.

Students lose belongings in coronavirus shipping and storage accommodations

October 1, 2020
A protester holds up a sign on June 14, 2020 on S Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Chicago. Protests calling for racial justice and an end to abusive policing have spread nationwide in response to the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and many others at the hands of the police.

“A badly broken system”: Northwestern professors respond to Breonna Taylor ruling

September 25, 2020
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who passed away on Friday, was famous for both her decisions and dissents which notoriously defended gender equality and LGBTQ+ rights, including voting in favor of same-sex marriage in 2015.

“The fiercest of fighters”: Northwestern professors remember Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg

September 23, 2020
Chicago has 77 “community areas,” each made up of several neighborhoods. Very broadly, the city is divided into the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. The Northwestern Evanston Campus is bordering the far North Side of Chicago, specifically the community area Rogers Park.

Chicago: Your starter pack to living, studying and working next to the country’s third-largest city

August 16, 2020
The Northwestern Arch. Students said they have experienced racism and exclusion at every level of the Northwestern theatre department, from department and student shows to curriculum.

Northwestern theatre students demand anti-racist action, accountability from department

August 9, 2020
The Loop. Protestors painting the street at the intersection of State Street and Jackson Boulevard at 10 p.m. Saturday.

Solidarity Street: Students take Millennium Park, the Loop calling for an end to university-police contracts

August 3, 2020
The capitol building in Springfield. House Bill 4954 passed before the Illinois House Committee in March with 14 in favor and 7 opposed.

State Rep. calls for a diverse history curriculum and the suspension of Illinois history classes until that is achieved

August 2, 2020
In April, the national unemployment rate rose 10.3 percentage points to 14.7 percent.

Gender gap in COVID-19 unemployment may exacerbate gender inequality

July 12, 2020
The painted street in front of Evanston Township High School. On Tuesday, City Council voted to rename the portion of Dodge Avenue “Black Lives Matter Way.”

A weekend of youth-led street painting: “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” “DEFUND EPD” painted on major Evanston streets

July 5, 2020
State Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-Chicago) in front of the war memorial at Fountain Square in Evanston at 11am Thursday. The press conference raised awareness for his bill addressing systemic racism in Illinois K-12 education, which emphasizes teaching black history as vibrant and essential to American history.

State Rep. La Shawn Ford, Evanston community discuss anti-racism in K-12 education

June 25, 2020
Protesters hold up signs during a rally supporting Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, outside the White House on Sept. 5, 2017. The Supreme Court blocked the Trump administration’s rescission of the program Thursday.

Students, professors discuss Supreme Court decision to block DACA rescission

June 23, 2020
Los manifestantes sostienen carteles durante un rally en soporte de Acción Diferida para los Llegados en la Infancia, o DACA en inglés, fuera de la Casa Blanca en 5 de septiembre de 2017. La Corte Suprema bloqueó la rescisión de la administración Trump del programa el jueves.

Estudiantes, profesores discutir decisión de Corte Suprema bloquear DACA rescisión

June 23, 2020
EPD vehicles. On Monday, multiple claims against police chief Demitrous Cook and the city were dismissed.

Defunding 101: What does it mean to “defund the police” and why is it gaining traction?

June 19, 2020
The Women Behind Evanston Fight For Black Lives

The Women Behind Evanston Fight For Black Lives

June 19, 2020
Studies show millennial despair to be on the rise. While secularism is increasing, a 21st-century version of astrology is filling a spirituality void through social media and memes, as well as through professional chart readings.

Astrology: An unexpected and uniquely modern anchor during times of crisis

June 17, 2020
Searle Hall, home to the Counseling and Psychological Services. CAPS employees one staff psychiatrist with a speciality in autism, but generally refers students to outside services for specialized care.

“I’m never myself”: Northwestern theatre major navigates campus life, remote learning and autism

May 27, 2020
As in 2008, humanities majors are a potential casualty of the imminent recession

As in 2008, humanities majors are a potential casualty of the imminent recession

May 26, 2020
Defining Safe: The Path to a Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

Defining Safe: The Path to a Minor in Native American and Indigenous Studies

May 15, 2020
While progressive insurgent candidates may struggle to gain traction amid social distancing guidelines, incumbent performance may be a more relevant factor in election outcomes as officials mobilize their coronavirus response.

“Uncharted territory”: While COVID-19 may halt momentum, insurgent campaigns could gain from increased scrutiny on incumbents

May 10, 2020
Sanders’ campaign suspension left his progressive voter base conflicted about voting for a moderate candidate. With former Vice President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic nominee, many supporters have mixed feelings.

Sanders supporters weigh in on campaign suspension, Biden endorsement

April 27, 2020
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