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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

Halloran: It’s time for police to own up

Halloran: It’s time for police to own up

April 24, 2015

A couple of months ago, directly after a grand jury released its decision not to indict New York Police Department officer Daniel Pantaleo for the choking death of Eric Garner, my immediate family members...

Students silently hold signs displaying quotes during a teach-in hosted by the Black People Making History Committee on Tuesday. The packed event featured discussions about the Black Lives Matter movement.

Committee hosts ‘Breathe-In,’ discusses concept of blackness

February 11, 2015

The Black People Making History Committee hosted “Breathe-In,” a teach-in Tuesday focused on the Black Lives Matter movement and blackness in America. Attendees crowded the McCormick Foundation Center...

Students, faculty form committee for Black Lives Matter movement

February 8, 2015

Students and faculty members have formed a new committee within Northwestern’s Center for African American History to create programming focused on the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black People...

Evanston police Sgt. Tracy Williams and officer Nathaniel Basner are shown attending the funeral for New York police officer Wenjian Liu on Jan. 4. The two Evanston officers joined thousands of others from around the nation in paying their respects to Liu, who was slain on the job last month.

Evanston police officers attend funeral of slain New York police detective

January 14, 2015

Two Evanston Police Department officers attended the funeral of New York police officer Wenjian Liu, who was ambushed and killed last month in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Though neither Sgt. Tracy Williams nor...

ETHS students participate in a demonstration Tuesday to protest grand jury decisions in the deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. Students sat in the hallways for four and a half minutes during the demonstration.

Evanston Township High School students protest Brown, Garner decisions

December 16, 2014

Students at Evanston Township High School demonstrated Tuesday in protest of recent grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in connection with the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. The...

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