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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


Hands in the air holding red and blue signs that read “Vote” and have headshots of White people. In the middle, a white sign with the headshot of a Latina woman.

As Evanston’s first Latinx elected official takes the dais, community members discuss the impact of municipal representation

April 29, 2021

When Alejandra Ibanez immigrated to the United States from Chile in 1979, she didn’t know the language or the culture. She came to Evanston as a high school sophomore, but she never felt it was her...

Citizens' Network of Protection. The nonprofit organization held a discussion about alternatives to policing in which Evanston residents discussed the role community-building plays in reimagining public safety.

Evanston residents discussed alternatives to policing in CNP meeting

January 20, 2021

Evanston residents discussed building community, properly assessing situations and designating mediators as potential alternatives to policing during a Citizens’ Network of Protection meeting on Tuesday. CNP...

The Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. City Council is slated to vote on the creation of a proposed aid fund for undocumented residents.

As undocumented residents struggle without government aid, organizers call on City Council to help

November 18, 2020

After months without government help amid a pandemic, there might be a light at the end of the tunnel for Evanston’s undocumented residents.  Undocumented residents are ineligible to receive federal...

'A dark cloud': Evanston leaders concerned with disproportionate rates of coronavirus among black and Latino residents

‘A dark cloud’: Evanston leaders concerned with disproportionate rates of coronavirus among black and Latino residents

May 22, 2020

For weeks, preliminary data showed black Americans in Illinois, among other states, were disproportionately contracting and dying from COVID-19. Not only has that trend continued in cities like Evanston,...

District 65 board president Suni Kartha.

D65 board members talk e-learning, food distribution

March 24, 2020

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 board members discussed e-learning, distributing free or reduced meals and disinfecting schools at a Monday board meeting. In accordance with Illinois’ stay-at-home...

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