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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


The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center, 2100 Ridge Ave. Residents signed a petition to support full funding for the city’s Youth and Young Adult division, which faces potential budget cuts.

Residents petition to protect Youth and Young Adult division from budget cuts

June 1, 2018

About 1,100 residents have signed a petition to support full funding for the Youth and Young Adult division as the program faces cuts during the city’s priority-based budgeting process, the division’s...

Jelani Pitcher and Rachel Shapiro in “A Home on the Lake.” The play, written by Evanston residents Stephen Fedo and Tim Rhoze, discusses race and housing discrimination in Evanston.

Local play explores race, housing discrimination in Evanston

April 25, 2018

The play “A Home on the Lake,” written by Stephen Fedo and Tim Rhoze, struck close to home for Evanston residents. Characters in the play referenced the familiar “special sauce” at Hecky’s Barbecue...

Rally participant Karla Thomas displays her sign, reading “enough is enough.” Evanston residents went to Springfield to join other protestors seeking gun control.

Evanston residents travel to Springfield for gun control rally

February 28, 2018

On Wednesday morning, more than 60 Evanston and Chicago residents hopped on a bus to the State Capitol in Springfield in response to recent gun violence, then watched the Illinois House of Representatives...

The capitol building in Springfield. An Evanston contingent will head to the state capital at the end of the month for an event on gun control.

Evanston contingent will head to Springfield for gun control event

February 15, 2018

In the wake of a devastating Florida shooting that left 17 people dead, a local group is organizing buses to send people to an event at the end of the month in Springfield focused on passing gun control...

Chicago community organizer Deon Patrick at a Saturday panel on gun violence. The event was sponsored by Action for a Better Tomorrow’s Evanston chapter and Dear Evanston, a Facebook group that examines race, inequality and youth gun violence.

Panelists discuss gun violence in Chicago area

October 29, 2017

In 1992, Deon Patrick was convicted in a double murder that he did not commit. Two decades later, he walked free. Patrick said because he was shot around the age of 17, he grew up with a false sense...

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