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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


U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) at an event in October. Schakowsky introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit airlines from involuntarily bumping ticketed passengers.

Schakowsky introduces bill prohibiting involuntary bumping following United Airlines incident

April 27, 2017

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would prohibit airlines from involuntarily bumping ticketed passengers from flights, following the violent removal of a United Airlines...

U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) speaks to a crowd at Indivisible Evanston’s kickoff event Wednesday. Schakowsky said she has noticed an uptick in activism groups since the election of Republican President Donald Trump.

Local representatives encourage political engagement in residents

April 20, 2017

Local representatives encouraged Evanston residents in their political engagement at the kickoff event for activist group Indivisible Evanston on Wednesday. U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), state...

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin speaks at Northwestern’s Pritzker School of Law in 2015. Durbin joined U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) and other politicians at a town hall on Monday to discuss health care and immigration.

Durbin, Schakowsky discuss health care, immigration policy at town hall

April 17, 2017

CHICAGO — U.S. Sen Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and U.S. Rep Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) discussed health care, immigration and the investigation of President Donald Trump’s ties to Russia during a town hall in...

State Sen. Daniel Biss (D-Evanston) and U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) walk in the Chicago Tax March on Saturday. The two politicians were among a number of speakers calling on President Donald Trump to release his tax returns.

Thousands of Chicago protesters call for Trump tax returns

April 16, 2017

CHICAGO — Large protests rarely begin with the Chicken Dance, but Saturday’s Tax March in Chicago’s Richard J. Daley plaza was an exception. The march — attended by thousands of protesters —...

Protesters at a rally at O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday. Various Chicago organizations gathered to demand accountability from United Airlines after a passenger was forcibly removed from a flight last weekend.

Chicago groups demand changes for United, aviation officers after viral video portrays violent removal

April 11, 2017

Organizations representing Asian Americans and immigrants in Chicago gathered at O’Hare International Airport on Tuesday to demand accountability from United Airlines after a viral video showed a passenger...

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