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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


A drawing of a Black person’s hand holding a scale, with a house on one side and cash on the other. Text at the top says The Fight For Reparations.

In Focus: With the eyes of a nation on Evanston, the first step of the historic reparations program faces pushback

March 12, 2021

On a December day in 2019, hundreds of Evanston residents sang, cheered and cried together in the pews of the First Church of God in celebration of the first funded Black reparations program in the city...

A Facebook post by Evanston Rejects Racist Reparations says “Join us tonight at 6:30 for a community dialogue” above an invite to the conference scheduled for Thursday, March 4.

Residents, aldermen, candidates debate reparations program in public conference

March 5, 2021

Stakeholders from Evanston and across the country debated the city’s proposed reparations program Thursday night, questioning transparency, public input, and the practices falling under the reparations...

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons sitting at a City Council meeting.

Ald. Rue Simmons speaks at national reparations forum following Congressional hearing on H.R. 40

February 18, 2021

Ald. Robin Rue Simmons (5th) spoke at a national reparations forum Wednesday to share details on Evanston’s reparations efforts, which will act as a model for other municipalities. The forum was hosted...

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