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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


Members of Students Organized Against Racism at their conference last weekend. The group is looking to expand its impact on younger students.

ETHS student group promoting racial equality looks to expand impact

March 1, 2017

After five years of facilitating discussions on race at Evanston Township High School, Students Organized Against Racism is looking to expand its impact on younger students. ETHS junior Sofia Garcia...

Evanston school district officials said Thursday they intended to review local policy following a directive from the Trump administration. The directive revoked protections allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.

Evanston school officials respond to Trump’s revocation of transgender bathroom order

February 23, 2017

Board members from Evanston’s two school districts said Thursday that they intended to review local policy after President Donald Trump revoked protections allowing transgender students to use the bathrooms...

Letter to the Editor: In response to ‘ETHS indefinitely delays transgender policy to comply with federal guidance, avoid legal action’

February 21, 2017

To the editor: We are writing as individual members of the ETHS School Board, and attorneys, in response to your Feb. 19 article, "ETHS indefinitely delays transgender policy to comply with federal...

Demonstrators gather Sunday outside Terminal 5 of O'Hare International Airport to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigrants and refugees. Over the weekend, about 150 attorneys and at least 1,000 protesters gathered at the airport to help detainees gain entry.

Locals mobilize against Trump’s immigration actions

January 31, 2017

On Saturday morning, Suzanne Akhras Sahloul said she woke up depressed, crying and unable to comprehend the action taken by her new president. As a Syrian immigrant, she said Donald Trump’s executive...

Evanston city clerk candidate Devon Reid, 24, stands outside of Coffee Lab, 910 Noyes St. He is running on a platform to combat homelessness, increase government transparency and enhance voter participation.

City clerk candidate Devon Reid seeks to reinvent position

January 27, 2017

At 12 years old, Devon Reid left his life in Evanston for a homeless shelter on the South Side of Chicago after his mother was incarcerated. It was a “culture shock” for Reid, who lived with his...

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