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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern

Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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50 Years of Queer Anger: Jussie Smollett and anti-blackness in the queer community

50 Years of Queer Anger: Jussie Smollett and anti-blackness in the queer community

February 7, 2019

This is the third column in “50 Years of Queer Anger,” a series examining LGBTQ+ issues in the United States since 1969. On January 29, Jussie Smollett, a black gay actor, was attacked in Chicago...

Martinez: Gifted education is systematically denied to minority students

Martinez: Gifted education is systematically denied to minority students

February 6, 2019

I was, without a doubt, a precocious child — one of my earliest memories is reading out loud to my fellow preschoolers who couldn’t yet. When my parents noticed I was still reading at an above-average...

Huang: Life should be an experiment, not a predestined package

Huang: Life should be an experiment, not a predestined package

February 4, 2019

Since the middle of last quarter, I started seeing my life as an experiment. I always thought of myself as a responsible and serious person, but realized I am more than that. I started to realize how incomplete...

Martinez: Stop silencing multilingual people

Martinez: Stop silencing multilingual people

January 29, 2019

According to the U.S. Census, foreign-born residents made up 13.5 percent of the population as of 2016, and that number is certainly higher considering potential survey methods. Their presence is incredibly...

Martinez: Deifying politicians will only hurt us more later

Martinez: Deifying politicians will only hurt us more later

January 23, 2019

Over the past few weeks, several Democrats have announced their exploratory committees, meaning they can begin to raise money and test the waters for their potential presidential campaigns. So far, eight...

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