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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

Ald. Devon Reid (8th) sits at his desk at City Council.

Reparations Committee approves direct cash payment option for Restorative Housing Program recipients

March 16, 2023

The Reparations Committee approved a direct cash payment option for all recipients of the city’s Restorative Housing Program Thursday morning.  This decision adds another option to the program’s...

Headshot of Rose Cannon in a black velvet dress in front of a blue background.

Q&A: Rose Cannon of Cannon Fine Art Gallery talks art, reparations

May 18, 2021

After retiring from government service in 2016, Rose Cannon wanted to make her days meaningful. In June 2019, she created Cannon Fine Art Gallery, Evanston’s first and only art gallery dedicated entirely...

A scene depicts a group of Black boys running across the canvas. The background is blue with smudges of white. The ground is golden. The boys are wearing clothing in tones of gold.

Evanston artist David Niari communicates resiliency through his work

May 5, 2021

Evanston artist David Niari wants his art to function as a time machine for his generation. Niari, who is also a musician, tells stories through a combination of technology and traditional mediums,...

A white hand and a black hand exchange a yellow piece of paper against a blue background.

National nonprofit offers cash payments to Evanston reparations qualifiers

March 30, 2021

A national nonprofit is offering Evanston residents direct cash payments in an effort to prove it is an effective form of reparations. The program comes after the city approved the nation’s first reparations...

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...

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