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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


A blue sky over the water with trees and snow in the distance.

Grassroot organizations fill gaps in Evanston’s media landscape

May 3, 2022

Our Evanston, Dear Evanston and Evanston Rules are three local media organizations that aim to engage the immediate community through resident-first reporting. These emerging outlets have been established...

A yard sign from Connections for the Homeless that shows a person holding a baby and reads “LOVE DON’T PAY THE RENT.” There is a large pale building in the background.

“This virus isn’t going to go away” — Evanston organizations rush to assist the city’s vulnerable homeless population

March 30, 2020

As Illinois residents shelter in place and businesses close their doors, the city’s homeless population is left particularly vulnerable to the threat of COVID-19. In response, some Evanston organizations...

Evanston residents with the group Dear Evanston taking a picture before crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. Residents joined Dear Evanston on an "uncomfortable journey" to Montgomery, Alabama.

Dear Evanston organizes trip to engage with the history of slavery

September 29, 2019

Nearly 100 Evanston residents boarded busses to take “An Uncomfortable Journey” to Montgomery, Alabama in order to learn about and confront the history of racial injustice in the United States. During...

Part of the “Up from Down Home” series by local artist Jevoid Simmons. The new exhibit opened at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on May 10.

Local artist tells family migration story from Alabama to Evanston in ‘Up from Down Home’ exhibit

May 22, 2019

Local artist Jevoid Simmons’ family was forced to flee Alabama in the early 1950s because of threats from the KKK. Today, through his exhibit “Up from Down Home,” Simmons tells the story of his family’s...

Nina Kavin attends a meeting. Kavin is the co-founder of the community activism group Dear Evanston.

Evanston Organizes: 8,000 likes later, social media campaign now a central source of community activism

October 19, 2018

This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. Nina Kavin’s computer is full of unpublished interviews. She estimates there are currently 20 to 25...

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