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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


The Chicago skyline. 14 candidates will face off on Feb. 26 to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago.

Candidates face a crowded field in the Chicago mayoral Election

February 8, 2019

On Feb. 26, Chicago residents will cast their vote for one of 14 candidates seeking to replace Rahm Emanuel as mayor of Chicago. Emanuel announced he would not run for reelection in September 2018,...

Former Gov. Pat Quinn, center, signs into law a bill ending the death penalty in Illinois in March 2011 at the State Capitol in Springfield with Kwame Raoul beside him. The Chicago Teachers Union endorsed Raoul for attorney general Monday.

Chicago Teachers Union endorses former state Sen. Kwame Raoul for attorney general

January 22, 2018

Chicago Teachers Union announced its support of former state Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) for Illinois attorney general in a news release from Raoul’s campaign on Monday. The union represents about...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) speaks at a panel Sunday. Biss and six other Democratic gubernatorial candidates advocated for free college tuition and a single-payer health care system.

Democratic gubernatorial candidates push free tuition, single-payer health care

October 9, 2017

CHICAGO — Seven Democratic gubernatorial candidates advocated for free college tuition and a single-payer health care system at a Sunday panel event in Chicago. More than 500 people attended the event,...

People stand to support immigrant rights at a May Day event in Chicago. Thousands lined the streets in opposition of President Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Thousands join Chicago May Day rally in support of immigrant rights

May 2, 2017

CHICAGO — Despite President Donald Trump declaring Monday to be “Loyalty Day,” thousands of people marched through the rain to protest the president’s immigration policies. The Rally for Immigration...

Chicago Teachers Union, Fight For 15 to participate in Chicago strike Friday

March 31, 2016

As Illinois enters its 10th month without a budget, the Chicago Teachers Union and Fight For 15 Chicago workers, among other labor organizations, will join forces Friday in a citywide “Day of Action,"...

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