Evanston resident Terri Shepard spots Black children waiting for a bus in her neighborhood early every morning — rain, snow or sunshine — in Evanston’s Fifth Ward. At 3 p.m. every weekday afternoon, ...

A man hangs Grand Marshal Jill Wine-Banks’ sign onto her carriage-like parade vehicle before the 2025 Evanston Fourth of July parade. Photo by Stella Bleiweis / North by Northwestern A father beckoned ...

Substitute teacher Gabriel Garcia sports gray “Mexicans Ain’t Going Anywhere” shirt at parade to protest ongoing discrimination and represent cultural heritage. Photo by Juliana Agudelo Ariza / North ...

A golden retriever accompanies its owner during the Evanston Fourth of July parade. Many dogs attended the event in costume, wearing bandanas, onesies, or tutus. Photo by Hailey Lloyd / ...

The Rotary International’s parade float, a U-Haul trailer filled with nearly every national flag where Rotary operates, drives down the Evanston streets during the 4th of July parade last Friday.

U.S. flags border the streets, hang from scaffolding and wave in the hands of participants at Evanston’s 2025 Fourth of July parade. The flags often represent American pride and unity, but can also be ...

In Northwestern’s ultra-competitive academic environment, in my opinion and experience talking with other students, a lot of them prefer to take classes that get them easy As and boost their GPAs over ...

Ethan is a second year from Nashville, Tennessee studying Math and Economics and writing for the entertainment section. He enjoys hiking, barbecuing, watching movies, and playing guitar!

Every week, the students of the creative writing MFA program at Vanderbilt University attend Professor Theodore Pratler’s monthly Luncheons, which always include arrays of hot teas and finger ...

Tom Cruise, the lead actor in the Mission: Impossible franchise. Image courtesy of IMDb. How does a relic from the 1960s become one of America’s biggest blockbuster franchises? Frankly, it still ...

Thanks to advances in AI technology, Spotify seems to have figured out that my mood is a rollercoaster, influenced by everything from the weather to the number of Canvas assignments due. The result?