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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


MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks speaks at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Tuesday. The event, hosted by Indivisible Evanston, focused on increasing civic engagement in the 2020 election.

MSNBC contributor, local activist push voter turnout in 2020

October 22, 2019

Ahead of the 2020 election, MSNBC contributor Jill Wine-Banks and the Evanston NAACP’s civic engagement chair Willie Shaw urged Evanston residents at a Tuesday event to get out the vote and stay engaged. Invisible...

Martinez: Dolezal documentary more damaging than helpful

Martinez: Dolezal documentary more damaging than helpful

May 2, 2018

Last week, Netflix released “The Rachel Divide,” its documentary about Rachel Dolezal, a former NAACP chapter president who made headlines in 2015 after being outed as a white woman presenting herself...

A man speaks at Evanston Public Library’s board meeting Wednesday. Members of the library’s board defended their commitment to diversity and inclusion at the meeting.

EPL board reiterates commitment to diversity, declines to discuss Williams’ suspension

May 18, 2017

Members of Evanston Public Library’s Board of Trustees reiterated their commitment to diversity while declining to address the cause of the recent suspension of popular librarian Lesley Williams at a...

Lesley Williams speaks to reporters after her disciplinary hearing on Thursday. The exact nature of the disciplinary charges has not been released, but decisions regarding further action are expected in about five days.

Protesters rally to support Evanston librarian who faces potential disciplinary charges

April 20, 2017

Evanston residents gathered at the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center on Thursday to protest a disciplinary hearing for Lesley Williams, a librarian at the Evanston Public Library. A crowd of about 100...

Cook County Commissioner Larry Suffredin, who represents Evanston, speaks at a town hall event Thursday. Suffredin urged attendees to continue to believe in the “integrity” of the current election process at the event.

Cook County officials discuss voter turnout issues in town hall meeting

February 24, 2017

Although suburban Cook County reached a historic voter turnout of more than 70 percent during the presidential election, voter participation is still hindered by issues such as voter suppression, said...

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