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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

Black students listen to a presentation from a Black man in a room filled with filing cabinets and boxes.

Raising kings: Camp Kuumba invests in the future of Evanston’s young Black men

January 23, 2022

Content warning: This story contains mentions of gun violence. Founded in 2020 by Evanston Township High School educators in the wake of gun violence, Camp Kuumba seeks to enhance the futures of young...

The Weekly: Week Three Recap

The Weekly: Week Three Recap

October 5, 2020

Northwestern students and workers gather for a die-in protest on Sheridan Road to demand protections for University dining workers, Evanston explores alternatives to arresting minors and Sebastian Nalls,...

Sebastian Nalls. The 2018 ETHS graduate is running for Evanston mayor.

“That’s who we are as Evanston”: Mayoral candidate Sebastian Nalls hopes to build community, inclusivity if elected

October 1, 2020

Sebastian Nalls said the moment he knew he would run to be the Mayor of Evanston was last year, when the city was in the process of funding and rebuilding the Robert Crown Community Center. Nalls has...

The painted street in front of Evanston Township High School. On Tuesday, City Council voted to rename the portion of Dodge Avenue “Black Lives Matter Way.”

A weekend of youth-led street painting: “BLACK LIVES MATTER,” “DEFUND EPD” painted on major Evanston streets

July 5, 2020

More than five weeks after George Floyd’s death, which has spurred nationwide protests against racial injustice and calls to defund the police, the holiday weekend of July 4 was a weekend of anti-racist...

Junior Daeshawn Hemphill dribbles a basketball down the Beardsley Gym court as a Loyola Academy player runs beside him. Hemphill is part of the all-junior starting lineup on the Evanston Township High School boys varsity basketball team.

ETHS boys varsity basketball team emphasizes hard work, bonding

February 3, 2020

The huddle: it’s an old staple of team sports. But for the boys who don Evanston Township High School jerseys and play in Beardsley Gym, it’s a fairly new ritual. Junior Blake Peters, who has played...

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