No matter where you are on the political spectrum, odds are good that you are acutely aware of the precarious place our country is in. Prominent Republicans have formed the […]
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Evanston Reparations Subcommittee Will Have Three Aldermen as Members
On Jan. 13, City Council considered whether to add new members to the Evanston Reparations Subcommittee. Going into the meeting, Alderman Robin Rue-Simmons, 5th Ward, and Alderman Ann Rainey, 8th […]
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Letter to the Editor: Term ‘White Supremacist’ Hurts Evanston
Editor: The reparations issue has been much in the Evanston news lately. Directly related to the reparations issue is City Council Resolution 58-R-19, “A Commitment to End Structural Racism and […]
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Letter to the Editor: Reparations
Editor: I am a reparations skeptic. From reading various sources (NPR, Evanston Now, Evanston Roundtable), it appears the primary reasons for reparations in Evanston center around disproportionate arrests for marijuana, […]
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City’s Reparations Subcommittee Members Give Preliminary Views on Form of Reparations
On Jan. 10, the Evanston Reparation Sub-Committee held its first meeting at the Aldermanic Library of the Lorraine H. Morton Civic Center. At this point there are only two members: […]
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Indivisible Evanston Plans a No War With Iran Protest Near Davis Street El Station in Evanston on Jan. 9 at 5 p.m.
Submitted by Rosie Rees, Co-leader of Indivisible Evanston Today, Jan. 9, at 5 p.m. on Benson Ave. opposite the Davis Street El Station in Evanston, Indivisible Evanston will join Moveon […]
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Guest Essay: 2020 Year of Kindness and Nonviolent Action
The 2020 Year of Kindness and Nonviolent Action is a year-long Public Art and Community Engagement initiative that that uses the transformative power of the arts to bring people together […]
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The Things Occurring at the United States Border Are Unacceptable
Editor: The things occurring at the United States border are unacceptable. Migrant children are being taken away from their families and put into detention centers with poor conditions. They are […]
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Letter to Editor: Blindsided by Reparations Fund
Editor: I was blindsided when I read in the Nov. 27, 2019 Chicago Tribune that Evanston had added a Reparations Fund to its 2020 Budget. This fund will receive all […]
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Room for a View: Still
While visiting a friend in Tennessee, I saw cotton fields for the first time. I took photos. My friend was surprised that I had not seen cotton fields even though I […]