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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...