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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


An EPD officer. The Illinois general assembly recently passed a bill that ended cash bail and included many other progressive police reforms.

Pretrial Fairness Act would make Illinois first state to abolish cash bail

January 21, 2021

The Illinois legislature of Representatives passed a bill spearheaded by the Illinois Legislative Black Caucus last Wednesday that would end cash bail. The Pretrial Fairness Act, which gives Illinois...

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 18, 2020

For over a month, a mask-shaped sign reading “We’re N This Together” hung from the Weber Arch. It was meant to symbolize a unified start to Northwestern’s academic year but was often mocked by...

Srivastava: Electronic monitoring isn’t positive prison reform for Cook County

March 7, 2018

On Feb. 22, Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart issued a letter to Cook County board president Toni Preckwinkle claiming that the recent increase in electronic monitoring programming for local defendants awaiting...

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