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  • More Room: The Golden Age

    Our differences pale in comparison to the bonds of common experience and understanding –the bonds of humanity – that tie us together.

  • Editorial: We Think the Termination of Kevin Brown Is Unwarranted and Is a Grave Mistake

    Mr. Brown has provided a valuable service to Evanston youth and to this community for many years. 

  • Editorial: Make-Do Thursday

    As we were preparing the article on Evanston’s part in the September global climate strike, one interviewee commented that, although the City and several private local groups are working toward lowering Evanston’s carbon footprint, the community has no ongoing protests against climate change.

  • More Rome for a View: Goodbye to All That, Les Jacobson

    It seems we are living in such a time now. The rise and growing reach of the internet has radically altered the way we communicate, do business and manage our lives. Huge and increasing disparities of wealth challenge our idea of what a just and equitable society should be. The increasing power of China in the east and nativist populism in the United Kingdom, Europe and America are roiling national and global politics. Toxic social media and civic strife are on the rise.

  • Editorial: Make-Do Thursday

    As we were preparing the article on Evanston’s part in the September global climate strike, one interviewee commented that, although the City and several private local groups are working toward lowering Evanston’s carbon footprint, the community has no ongoing protests against climate change.

  • Room for a View: Me, Myself and I. Boo Who? By Peggy Tarr

    Me, myself and I may make humane and Constitution abiding people blue. “So what,” I say, “I could care less. They can always try to sue.”

     

  • Room for a View: evanstonroundtable.com, By Charles Wildkinson

    Evanstonroundtable.com is alive and well at your fingertips, if no longer on your doorstep. Check in often; add your voice.  And thank you for being the most important element of our efforts.

  • Editorial: Nov. 15 and Beyond

    In our Oct. 31 issue we said that our advertising revenues did not match our expenses. To keep the paper in print this long, senior editors have foregone any salary and employees reduced their hours and volunteered their time. It was time to call it quits.

  • Editorial Purple Reign

    The current Zoning Code expressly states that the requirements and conditions contained in the code to hold a special event are “to ensure that temporary [special] uses shall not impose an undue adverse effect on neighboring streets or property.”

  • More Room for a View: On Dying, By Les Jacobson

    There is an old saying: “Death tugs at my sleeve and says, ‘Live, I am coming.’” Very true. Live now, live fully. That is the point of life. And when the time comes, living fully will make the end easier.

  • Room for a View: Addiction and the Responsible Life, By Charles Wilkinson

    An overdose of caring can be as harmful as any addiction, disabling what is really needed – the toughest kind of love. Responsibility is rarely heavier than that.

  • Room for a View: A Memorable Day, By Peggy Tarr

    We all know that some days are memorable, good or bad.  I recently had a good memorable day from beginning to end.  I decided to try to relate it from end to beginning, just to be different.

  • Editorial: A Word About Reparations

    Our paper has published stories on Foster School, redlining in Evanston and redlining in Chicago. These stories are available on our website, evanstonroundtable.com. One story in our next magazine, which will be available on Nov. 14 with the publication of our paper, is titled “Developing a Segregated Town.”

  • Editorial Musings on the City's Proposed Budget

    Taxpayers not only footed the bill for that extra month, but also have received a budget balanced with a 10% increase in the combined City and Library property tax levies. This will amount to an increase in the City’s portion of the property tax bill, which is approximately 20% of residents’ total property tax bill.

  • Editorial and Analysis: In the Interest of Transparency, Meetings Between the Top Leaders of the School Board, the District, and the Teachers Union Should Be Open to the Public

    The President and Vice President of the District 65 School Board have partnered together and conducted meetings at which they, top administrators of the School District and top leaders of the District Educators Council (DEC, the teachers union) have met for the purpose of discussing important issues facing the School District and reaching shared solutions.
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