Evanston Year in Review: Reparations, City Hall, District 65 woes, Ryan Field, protests

2024 was an eventful year for Evanston, and things that happened were in national headlines at some points. A recap of the bigger things that occurred: Protests at Northwestern University Waves of pro-Palestine protests erupted throughout colleges and universities across the country in the Spring months of 2024. Amid a war between Israel and Hamas that was reignited after an attack by Hamas on October 7, 2023, that killed more than 1,200 in Israel and subsequently saw 45,000 killed in Gaza, student protestors demanded their schools disclose and disinvest their alleged economic interest in the war. Hundreds of protestors descended […]