A crowd of more than 50 clergy leaders and community members braved chilly winds to march outside Sherman Plaza on Sunday afternoon as part of a national campaign to prevent Chicago-based Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust from converting a vacant Colorado prison into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility. “We are here with our...
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About 450 community members and students volunteered to provide essential resources to Evanston families during a food drive and distribution event at Evanston Township High School over the weekend. This was the latest in a series of food drives hosted by the high school and organized by Evanston Community Cares, a local nonprofit focused on...
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Signs at the ready, thousands packed Dawes Park for a “No Kings” rally Saturday morning, joining the nationwide movement calling for accountability from the federal government. Protesters later marched around the lakefront, the temperature hovering near freezing. Several federal, state and local politicians were in attendance, including U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) and Illinois House...
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Latest draft pulls some controversial provisions.