WSU Winter Session ad
The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen
WSU Winter Session ad
The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen
WSU Winter Session ad
The student voice of Washington State University since 1895

The Daily Evergreen

‘Say her name, Mahsa Amini’

MIKAYLA FINNERTY, Editor-in-chief • September 27, 2022

Editor's Note, Oct. 2, 2023: Two sources in this article has since asked for their name and image to be removed and remain anonymous for their own safety, their quotes remain in the article under the pseudonym...

Activists walk across Reaney Park to join a small group of other activists for a rally supporting First Amendment rights Saturday afternoon.

Political group hosts First Amendment rally in Pullman

EMMA LEDBETTER, Evergreen news editor • September 20, 2020

About 20 individuals gathered for a First Amendment rally hosted by the political group Patriot Prayer on Saturday afternoon at Reaney Park.  Participants gathered to object to the Pullman Police Department’s...

Protesters gathered at Martin Stadium and marched to Pullman City Hall where they held a rally in support of the Black Lives Matter movement Friday evening.

Demonstrators march against systemic racism

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter • June 13, 2020

Around 200 people marched and chanted from Martin Stadium to Pullman City Hall on Friday in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and the fight against systemic racism. Ivy Ndambuki, co-organizer...

Samantha Fulgham, organizer of the march through Pullman on May 30, said organizing a demonstration is about building a safe, open platform.

Alerting police can help keep demonstrations peaceful, local organizers say

LUKE HUDSON, Evergreen reporter • June 12, 2020

Activists and city officials recommend demonstration organizers contact police if they are planning a demonstration. Pullman Police Chief Gary Jenkins said the department wants to work with organizers...

Demonstrators kneel for 8 minutes and 46 seconds, which was how long former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin pinned down George Floyd's neck.

‘We’re tired of being silent’

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter • June 4, 2020

Editor's note: Some sources asked to go under a pseudonym to protect themselves from retaliation.  A crowd repeated the phrase, “I can’t breathe,” after the name of each Black person killed by...

Community members met Sunday evening at the Gladish Community & Cultural Center to protest the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old man who was killed by police officers in Minneapolis.

‘I shouldn’t have to put it on a sign for people to know that I’m worthy of life’

JAYCE CARRAL and ANGELICA RELENTE • May 31, 2020

A demonstrator waved a pole with the American flag hung upside-down. People waved posters that read “I can’t breathe” and “A riot is the language of the unheard” in the air. About 100 demonstrators...

Pullman community members protest the death of George Floyd on Saturday evening at Cougar Plaza.

‘We won’t have that in our community’

SYDNEY BROWN and LUKE HUDSON • May 30, 2020

Pouring rain and strikes of lightning did not deter protesters from Cougar Plaza during an anti-police-violence demonstration organized by local activists Saturday evening.  Several Pullman residents...

Chief of Police Gary Jenkins said a commander reads use-of-force reports and look at footage from body cameras to make sure the force was necessary and within policy.

Pullman police, city council officials condemn actions of Minneapolis officer

ALANA LACKNER, Evergreen managing editor • May 30, 2020

The Pullman Police Department condemned the actions of a police officer in Minneapolis who killed 46-year-old George Floyd, as well as the officers who were complicit with the murder.  Chief of Police...

Protestors hold signs reading "ALL JOBS ARE ESSENTIAL" and "Goverments are institited among men deriving their just powers from the consent of the goverened" next to a van that reads "CRUSH COVID" outside of Moscow City Hall on Monday night.

Moscow peaceful protesters call for an end to stay-at-home order

JAYCE CARRAL, Evergreen reporter • April 21, 2020

A white van with the words “CRUSH COVID” written on its windows parked outside Moscow City Hall as part of a demonstration against Idaho’s statewide stay-home order.  Around 100 people gathered...

Load More Stories