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“It literally is a new normal. There’s just far more violent antisemitism on these platforms than we’ve ever seen before."

To everyday passersby, the red brick building at 831 Chicago Ave. may not stand out. Standing at just two stories tall with a modest exterior, the abandoned property seems like any other vacant building. But, Melissa Raman Molitor, the founder and director of Evanston Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander Americans, has a vision —...

For the past two years, Environmental Justice Evanston has been working on a prototype of a map based on environmental equities data in partnership with the city. The geographic information system mapping tool, set in motion in October 2022 by Mayor Daniel Biss as part of the Environment Equity Investigation, will identify the places in...

There was a bombing at last week’s city council meeting in Evanston.

Starting this summer, community responders, instead of police officers, will respond to many low-risk Evanston 911 calls. On Monday, City Council unanimously approved the Alternative Community Response Initiative. Set to take effect by June, the plan will allow unarmed community responders to handle low-risk 911 calls, instead of delegating all calls to law enforcement. The...

Neo-Nazi Group Targets Evanston City Council, New Rules Considered - Evanston, IL - City officials are "exploring legal options" to prevent a reoccurrence of Thursday's racist and antisemitic remarks in person and over Zoom.

City officials issued a statement Monday reaffirming their stance against “offensive and dangerous rhetoric” and their commitment to an inclusive council meeting environment. The statement came after several speakers made public comments using antisemitic conspiracy theories and racial slurs at a special City Council meeting Thursday night. Only one of the speakers attended the meeting...

At a Evanston City Council meeting, a plan to send crisis responders, instead of the Evanston Police Department, to low-risk 911 calls was approved.

Last week, several people made antisemitic comments during the public comments portion of a City Council meeting. The speakers are affiliated with the Goyim Defense League, which the Anti-Defamation League calls a white supremacist hate group.

Piece by piece, Northwestern’s football stadium of 97 years is turning to rubble. Half of Ryan Field’s bleachers have disappeared since the full-scale demolition began last week. The press box side has sat largely untouched, biding its time as the four-month process continues.  Just beyond the stadium’s shadows, the co-owner of hot dog restaurant Mustard’s...