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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


Jazzma Pryor and Jasmine “Jaz” Robertson perform in “Until the Flood” at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre.

‘Until the Flood,’ told through individual monologues, premieres at Evanston’s Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre

October 27, 2024

Playwright Dael Orlandersmith’s “Until the Flood” premiered on Saturday at the Fleetwood-Jourdain Theatre, exploring the 2014 social uprising in Ferguson, Missouri, after a police officer shot 18-year-old...

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at an April council meeting. Fleming was reappointed to the National League of Cities Council for Race, Equity and Leadership.

Ald. Cicely Fleming reappointed to National League of Cities REAL Council

February 26, 2019

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) was reappointed to the National League of Cities Council for Race, Equity and Leadership, according to a Tuesday news release. She was originally appointed to the 2018 council....

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) speaks at an April council meeting. Fleming was reappointed to the National League of Cities Council for Race, Equity and Leadership.

Ald. Cicely Fleming reappointed to National League of Cities REAL Council

February 26, 2019

Ald. Cicely Fleming (9th) was reappointed to the National League of Cities Council for Race, Equity and Leadership, according to a Tuesday news release. She was originally appointed to the 2018 council....

Former Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke enters the courtroom to attend a post-conviction hearing at the Leighton Criminal Court Building Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Chicago. Van Dyke was sentenced on Friday to just under 7 years in prison for second-degree murder and 16 counts of aggravated battery

Northwestern community grapples with Van Dyke sentencing

January 21, 2019

CHICAGO — As a citizen of Chicago and the adoring aunt of black children, Paula Hooper felt a mix of emotions — fear, disappointment, anger — when she heard former police officer Jason Van Dyke...

Provost Jonathan Holloway in his office in November. Holloway, a scholar in African American history, discussed in his speech the history of black student activism and his role as a professor and dean.

Black organizers share experiences, strategies on campus activism

February 11, 2018

After the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in 2014, Sarah Oberholtzer (Communication ’17) said she wanted a space for black students to express grief and anger. So she organized a demonstration as a “space...

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