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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

With less than a week left until the census response deadline, several census tracts in Evanston risk undercount.

Shifted census response deadline causes difficulties reaching hard-to-count communities

September 24, 2020

With less than a week to go until the Sept. 30 census response deadline, five Evanston census tracts remain below their 2010 census response rate and risk being undercounted, according to Sarah Flax, the...

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

Evanston awarded more than $4 million in grants to help fight COVID-19

August 30, 2020

The city of Evanston received more than $4 million in grants from the local, state and federal level to support residents that have been impacted by COVID-19. This money is being used to provide housing,...

Legal aid attorneys anticipate eviction avalanche

Legal aid attorneys anticipate eviction avalanche

May 20, 2020

Tenants’ rights lawyer Megan McClung hasn’t been getting a lot of calls from tenants about eviction lately. Starting March 17, the Circuit Court of Cook County postponed most civil and criminal proceedings...

Amid COVID-19, local organizations are working to prevent an undercount, especially within ‘hard-to-reach’ communities.

As census self-response period opens, local organizations evaluate outreach methods during COVID-19

April 8, 2020

In the 2020 census, every response counts. However, the methods the U.S. Census Bureau typically employs to ensure accuracy have been complicated by the COVID-19 outbreak and social distancing protocols....

April 1 is Census Day, the day that determines who and where people are counted in the 2020 census. The Constitution mandates a census of the population every 10 years.

A Northwestern student’s guide to filling out the 2020 Census

April 3, 2020

During the month of March, homes across the United States received an invitation to fill out the decennial, which every U.S. resident has a constitutional mandate to complete. Given the COVID-19 pandemic...

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