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The Daily Northwestern

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


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History Prof. Kate Masur’s book wins American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold Prize

November 21, 2022

History Prof. Kate Masur’s book, “Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction,” won the American Historical Association’s Littleton-Griswold...

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Gender and Sexuality Studies Program talks past, present and future of abortion rights

October 16, 2022

The Gender and Sexuality Studies Program and Center for Legal Studies discussed the historical context behind the reversal of Roe v. Wade at a Friday conversation. Led by legal studies Prof. Joanna...

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‘This story is not going to go away’: Panelists discuss the implications of Dobbs v. Jackson decision

July 12, 2022

Pritzker School of Law, Feinberg School of Medicine and Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications hosted an online panel to discuss the potential implications of the Dobbs...

Letter to the Editor: Shirola misses the mark on the 14th amendment

February 29, 2020

On February 24, Wesley Shirola wrote a groundless opinion piece criticizing the 14th amendment — the amendment that allowed slaves, my ancestors, to become naturalized citizens, and now, all individuals...

Shirola: It’s time to end birthright citizenship

February 24, 2020

In the final years of the Civil War and the subsequent Reconstruction Era, a debate was raging in Congress in regard to the rights of former slaves newly freed by the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation. The...

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