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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

Ortiz: Analyzing key races in the upcoming Chicago municipal elections

Ortiz: Analyzing key races in the upcoming Chicago municipal elections

February 2, 2023

Chicago is gearing up for the upcoming municipal elections, with various candidates vying for seats across the city. We'll focus on some candidates endorsed by the Democratic Socialists of America. The...

Aislinn Pulley, co-executive director of the CTJC, and panelist La Tanya Jenifor Sublett.

Chicago Torture Justice Center works to expand reparations for police violence

February 9, 2020

Northwestern students traveled to the Chicago Torture Justice Center on Saturday to attend a panel on the history of police torture in Chicago and the future of the reparations ordinance in the city. In...

City clerk’s office hosts Democratic Socialists panel. Participants discussed the ideology and its implementation at the local level.

Democratic Socialists discuss local implementation of ideology

May 16, 2019

With a new Chicago City Council set to take office next week, Democratic Socialists hosted a panel at the Levy Senior Center on Wednesday where they discussed their platform and its local implementation. Hosted...

Illinois, Cook County lawmakers move to nix ‘tampon tax’

March 31, 2016

Evanston women will likely pay less for tampons and other feminine hygiene products starting next year, but just how much less is now up to state lawmakers. In Illinois and most other states, feminine...

McDonald’s, pictured here at 1919 Dempster St., employs people at the minimum wage. Recent efforts on a statewide and Chicago level to raise the minimum wage have raised questions of a possible wage hike among some Evanston residents.

After Chicago action, discussion of minimum wage hike reaches Evanston

March 6, 2015

Elliot Zashin, a retired Evanston resident and former job coach at Interfaith Action of Evanston, has been working on gathering information about low-wage employment in Evanston since the fall of 2013. After...

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