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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


A photo of Crowe Hall, where the Council for Race and Ethnic Studies is situated, behind a cloudy blue sky. There is a tree with no leaves, bushes and a plot of green grass in front of the building that consists of light beige bricks and dark windows.

Activists and scholars imagine a world without police and prisons at “Abolitionist Futures” speaker event

May 6, 2021

On the sixth anniversary of Chicago’s reparations ordinance, local activists and scholars discussed police abolition, collective approaches to community organizing and healing from state violence in...

Mariame Kaba. The abolition activist will give the keynote address during Northwestern’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week in January.

Abolition activist Mariame Kaba to deliver MLK keynote address

December 18, 2020

Abolition activist Mariame Kaba will give the keynote address during Northwestern’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Dream Week in January. Kaba, who studied sociology at Northwestern and has taught...

One protestor holds up a sign that reads “Abolish NUPD.” NU Community Not Cops’ Sunday teach-in focused on distinguishing between reformist and abolitionist ideas.

NUCNC explains differences between police reform and abolition

November 8, 2020

Northwestern Community Not Cops discussed the differences between police reform and abolition at a Sunday teach-in in collaboration with For Members Only. NUCNC has called for the abolition of University...

Crowe Hall, home of the African American Studies department. Faculty and affiliates sent an email to President Schapiro following his condemnation of student protests on Monday afternoon.

African American Studies faculty members send response to Schapiro email

October 20, 2020

A day after President Morton Schapiro wrote a community email condemning the protests about abolishing University Police, African American Studies department members sent a letter in response. In an...

EPD vehicles. On Monday, multiple claims against police chief Demitrous Cook and the city were dismissed.

Defunding 101: What does it mean to “defund the police” and why is it gaining traction?

June 18, 2020

In the wake of George Floyd’s death at the hands of Minneapolis police, the Black Lives Matter movement and calls to address systemic racism and police brutality have taken center stage in nationwide...

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