Growing up, City Clerk Stephanie Mendoza remembers missing school to help her parents translate essential tasks. After serving as an unofficial translator for years, Mendoza prioritizes expanding language...

City Council confirmed four new appointees to Evanston’s Equity and Empowerment Commission on Monday. The commission was created in 2018 to address systemic inequities around the city. Former 2nd...

When Alejandra Ibanez immigrated to the United States from Chile in 1979, she didn’t know the language or the culture. She came to Evanston as a high school sophomore, but she never felt it was her...

During Monday’s council meeting, Evanston residents expressed concern regarding a Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management van seen at the annual Custer Fair on June 15. The van bore...

The Evanston Equity and Empowerment Commission established a subcommittee on Thursday to begin work on possible forms of reparations to black residents. Proposed by Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th), the...