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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


A graphic with a blue background and stars, which reads “Evanston Decides: Municipal Elections 2021.”

Here is where Evanston’s 5th Ward aldermanic candidates stand on the issues

April 5, 2021

Candidates Carolyn Murray and Bobby Burns will face off for the 5th Ward aldermanic seat in Tuesday’s general election. Murray’s endorsements include the Community Alliance for Better Government and...

A drawing of a Black person’s hand holding a scale, with a house on one side and cash on the other. Text at the top says The Fight For Reparations.

In Focus: With the eyes of a nation on Evanston, the first step of the historic reparations program faces pushback

March 12, 2021

On a December day in 2019, hundreds of Evanston residents sang, cheered and cried together in the pews of the First Church of God in celebration of the first funded Black reparations program in the city...

A Facebook post by Evanston Rejects Racist Reparations says “Join us tonight at 6:30 for a community dialogue” above an invite to the conference scheduled for Thursday, March 4.

Residents, aldermen, candidates debate reparations program in public conference

March 5, 2021

Stakeholders from Evanston and across the country debated the city’s proposed reparations program Thursday night, questioning transparency, public input, and the practices falling under the reparations...

A map of Evanston showing the 5th ward shared on a Zoom screen with Dino Robinson speaking in the right hand corner.

ETHS Closet Committee hosts workshop on potential STEM school in 5th Ward

February 25, 2021

Community leaders discussed the possibility of opening a STEM school in the 5th Ward during an Evanston Township High School Closet Committee workshop Wednesday afternoon. Though the committee usually...

A wall in the Shorefront Legacy Center. Shorefront Legacy Center has been awarded a two-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Shorefront awarded two-year grant for its preservation of the city’s Black history

February 18, 2021

Shorefront Legacy Center was awarded a two-year grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Wednesday for its archives and local reparations research initiatives. “Shorefront’s two-year grant will...

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