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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

The Daily Northwestern

Dion-Kirschner: Climate change is more than a national threat, will affect each of us as individuals

May 9, 2017

The Yale Program on Climate Change Communication recently published striking new data on how Americans view climate issues. You may have run into the results, which are summarized in arresting map graphics,...

Lamps: America should lower its voting age

March 30, 2016

Throughout the country’s history, voting rights have been extended to an increasing number of Americans: non-land owners, minorities, women and people age 18-21. Most of us appear now to believe that...

Lamps: Adopt a long-term view on politics

Lamps: Adopt a long-term view on politics

February 29, 2016

When the 2016 candidates debate their policies, short-term consequences are prioritized over long-term effects in American political discourse. This is harmful: If one shifts from a short-term view...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) speaks Wednesday at the Buffett Center at a Political Union event. Schakowsky answered questions about the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act and climate change at the event.

Schakowsky talks Obamacare, climate change at Political Union Q-and-A

November 7, 2013

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) said Wednesday at Northwestern she is "livid" over the flawed rollout of the Affordable Care Act's website. Schakowsky, whose district includes Evanston, Skokie and...

Kamel: Its time for a carbon tax

Kamel: It’s time for a carbon tax

April 23, 2013

Recently, I have been thinking about the state of our country and how to make it more secure. We are not on a path for sustainable growth in our economic, fiscal or environmental sectors. As The New York...

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