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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

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Evanston Police Chief Demitrous Cook. Cook said accountability within police departments has become more of a priority in recent years.

Mayor Hagerty, Cook County police force members discuss police training

July 6, 2020

Evanston Police Department officers and Mitchell Davis III, the incoming president of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, discussed police training in a Monday discussion. The event was the first...

The city of Evanston under the stay-at-home order. Evanston, along with the rest of the state, is now set to enter Phase 4 on Friday. “We’ve been able to make it to Phase 4 and we want to stay in Phase 4,” said Olsen. “I beg you to remain diligent.. remind your staff and your guests.”

Here’s what Phase 4 of the coronavirus reopening plan will look like in Evanston

June 24, 2020

The state will enter the fourth stage of its coronavirus reopening plan Friday.  Phase 4 permits bars, fitness centers, museums, zoos, performance venues and theatres to reopen with limited capacity,...

Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

Activists, nonprofits, black businesses, politicians, dancers, musicians and poets unite to celebrate Juneteenth

June 21, 2020

Local politicians, community activists, poets, dancers and musicians joined together Friday to celebrate Juneteenth. The virtual event was streamed by over 3,000 people.  Kemone Hendricks planned...

A protestor writes in chalk in front of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. Some 70 protestors gathered Friday to call on Mayor Steve Hagerty to defund the police.

Evanston residents call on mayor to defund EPD in Friday protest

June 21, 2020

Evanston residents gathered Friday afternoon to call for Mayor Steve Hagerty to defund the Evanston Police Department. A crowd that began at 3 p.m. as two dozen high school students gathered on the...

The Reparations Ambassadors program is made up of white and non-black people of color who will take on the responsibility of educating others and fundraising.

“Generations of pain”: The road to reparations in Evanston

May 29, 2020

Maria Murray was 15 years old in 1855 when she was purchased out of slavery by a white family and brought to work as an indentured servant in their Evanston home. She was one of Evanston’s first black...

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