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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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Organizations like E-Town Sunrise, the League of Women Voters of Evanston, the Democratic Party of Evanston, Evanston Township Republicans and Evanston Community Fridges are working to make impacts at the local level.

Evanston organizations focus on local improvement, engagement in the aftermath of the election

November 19, 2024

Only about two months remain until President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn into office. As the beginning of his non-consecutive second term nears, Evanston organizations are continuing to work toward...

 Osama Iliwat and Rotem Levin share their personal stories of growing up amidst the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Israeli and Palestinian peace activists describe growing up amidst conflict

November 15, 2024

Living in a small town outside Tel Aviv, Israel, during the Second Intifada, Israeli peace activist Rotem Levin had only ever heard the word “Palestinian” next to “suicide bomber.” To Palestinian...

Several people standing in a church.

Interfaith service held for victim killed in alleged anti-Palestinian hate crime, rallies support for congressional resolution

May 19, 2024

Content warning: This story contains discussion of hate crime. A week after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, 6-year-old Palestinian-American Wadee Alfayoumi was stabbed 26 times in his home in Plainfield,...

The exterior of Lake Street Church, a marble building with foliage and steps outside.

Lake Street Church of Evanston, Second Baptist Church hold interfaith panel on reparations

June 20, 2021

Religious experts from across the country discussed reparations through an interfaith perspective in a Sunday panel hosted by Lake Street Church of Evanston and Second Baptist Church.  Rev. Michael...

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...

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