After more than 18 hours on Deering Meadow, several hundred pro-Palestine protesters prepared to spend the night in tents and on the grass as part of an ongoing encampment, despite threats of police escalation. Northwestern Divestment Coalition set up the ‘Northwestern Liberation Zone’ Thursday...
Evanston Township High School junior Jexa Edinberg said learning about climate change made them feel “hopeless” in fourth grade. “I was like – ‘Oh my god, the world is going to die,’” Edinberg said. “I didn't feel like there was anyone really doing much about that. Now I'm more involved in the action and it's a lot better.” Edinberg is a member of E-Town Sunrise, a student-led climate activism group that helped create Evanston Township High School District 202’s new sustainability policy in February. The policy outlines the district’s goals to improve water efficiency, reduce food waste, decrease greenhouse gas emissions and more. Nicknamed the “Green New Deal...
