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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


ETHS senior Milo Slevin speaks at an event before Monday’s board meeting celebrating a new sustainability policy for the school.

District 202 board passes sustainability policy at joint meeting with District 65

February 27, 2024

The Evanston Township High School District 202 Board of Education unanimously passed a new sustainability policy at its joint meeting with Evanston/Skokie School District 65 Monday.  The sustainability...

The planet Earth held in hands on a green background

Dawn breaks on Sunrise NU’s first year

October 4, 2021

In winter 2020, about 10 students planned an Earth Day strike in tandem with the national youth-led Sunrise Movement, an organization focused on advocating for climate change reform and education. When...

Smith: Down-ballot voting is more important than ever

Smith: Down-ballot voting is more important than ever

October 13, 2020

I have been to the polls twice in my life. The first time was November 2004, when I proudly pulled the lever on my dad's vote for John Kerry. Stepping into that voting booth was a triumphant introduction...

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 Chicago 400 Alliance is working to reform registration laws that require homeless convicted sex offenders to register every week in person.

Chicago air quality shows no striking difference amid shelter-in-place order

May 5, 2020

Lockdown restrictions around the world have brought about unprecedented reductions of air pollution and changes to the environment, but Chicago has yet to see any dramatic changes. Despite a consistency...

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