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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


The Evanston bookstore Bookends and Beginnings’ alley entrance.

Bookends & Beginnings files class-action suit against Amazon, becoming face of new antitrust battle

April 8, 2021

When Nina Barrett (Medill ‘87) expanded Bookends & Beginnings earlier this year, she hoped the bookstore’s new window on Sherman Avenue would increase its visibility. By late March, the window...

Defining Safe: Inside an Amazon Warehouse During a Global Pandemic

Defining Safe: Inside an Amazon Warehouse During a Global Pandemic

May 7, 2020

Washington-based online-shopping service Amazon is facing intense criticism and accusations that it’s not doing enough to protect its workers. One of these workers happens to be Weinberg freshman Joey...

Koster and Durudogan make earrings. The two SESP sophomores founded Friends Who Earring.

Friends Who Earring together, stay together

February 5, 2020

A&E When SESP sophomores Claire Koster and Cate Durudogan were developing their earring business, they went through a lot of potential names. Possibilities included Claire’s Ear Party, Smiling Ear...

Downtown Evanston. According to the city’s 2018 Economic Development Annual Report, small businesses continue to thrive, even as the retail industry continues to change.

Evanston business, government confident in economic prospects

April 25, 2019

Despite the rapidly changing retail industry, Evanston remains committed to fostering the success of small businesses, according to the city’s 2018 Economic Development Annual Report. More than 40...

Hundreds of protesters rally for a $15 an hour minimum wage on Sept. 4, 2014 in Chicago. On Tuesday, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill to increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 by 2025.

Illinois residents express concern over rollout of J.B. Pritzker’s minimum wage law

February 19, 2019

Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a bill Tuesday morning to increase the minimum wage in Illinois to $15 by 2025, but Illinois residents expressed concern over the rollout of his law. Illinois will be one of...

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