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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

Rebecca Crown Center. Northwestern announced commitments to develop strategies addressing racism and bias on its campuses.

University administrators commit to racial and social justice policies in the wake of Black Lives Matter

June 14, 2020

University President Morton Schapiro and other administrators sent an email to the Northwestern community Sunday outlining new strategies toward racial and social justice on campus. The email came two...

 A quote from the letter written by black student organizers. Within four days of the publication, the letter had over 300 signatures from student and local organizations and about 6,700 signatures from students, alumni, staff, faculty and community members.

Students call on University to divest from police forces and invest in Black communities

June 10, 2020

Black undergraduate and graduate students jointly released a June 3 petition calling on the University to sever ties with all affiliated policing and military entities and to redirect the funds to institutions...

David A. Marin, a director of enforcement and removal operations with Immigration and Customs, in Bell Gardens, Calif., on March 16, 2020. Illinois civil rights organizations have pushed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to release detainees at risk for complications from COVID-19.

Organizations fight to release immigrants facing COVID-19 risks in detention centers

May 27, 2020

As crowded conditions and personal protective equipment shortages threaten immigrants held in detention centers, Illinois legal groups and local advocates are pressing for their release. Over 1,300...

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...

Chicago homicide rate decreases for 3rd straight year

Chicago homicide rate decreases for 3rd straight year

January 29, 2020

The number of people killed in Chicago dropped from 567 in 2018 to 492 in 2019, marking a 13 percent decrease and the third year in a row where homicides have declined in Chicago.  The drop in homicides...

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