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, ...

Photo by Caroline Zeng / Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute As the marching band faded and the floats disappeared, a new sound took over: the steady hum of engines from the cleanup crew. Central ...

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 to his two young children, both ...

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 ...

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.

Gus Kohl arrived two hours early for Evanston’s Fourth of July parade. The 13-year-old set up his freezer and chair at a nearly empty Independence Park on Central Street, and he was ready. His goal ...

Evelyn Kraber is a student in the summer 2025 Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.

Maya Segal is a student in the summer 2025 Medill-Northwestern Journalism Institute.