Marissa Martinez, Opinion Editor
October 15, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
As soon as I saw the poster announcing Dolores Huerta’s Thursday night speech, I immediately entered the event into my calendar. I had learned about Huerta’s work as a labor leader and civil rights leader, but did not know...
April 29, 2018
Filed under Latest Stories, Opinion
In his Earth Day piece, Alex Schwartz remarks that, “Environmentalism … requires political action.” He provides data to support the idea that no amount of individual environmental activism will solve the immediate and dire...
Wesley Shirola, Columnist
March 5, 2018
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
The world seems more divided right now than at any other time in recent history, possibly since the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin Wall. Conflicts, both within countries and between them, threaten democracy and civil...
Rachel Holtzman, Op-Ed Contributor
January 22, 2018
Filed under Contributors, Latest Stories, Opinion
According to recent estimates, more than 1 million people in Los Angeles, New York City and Chicago alone attended the second annual Women’s March this Saturday, with hundreds of thousands more rallying in cities around the...
Troy Closson, Opinion Editor
November 14, 2017
Filed under Columns, Opinion
Growing up, my parents consistently talked to my younger brother and me about the realities of being black men in this country and the importance of being aware of our actions. I still remember in eighth grade when they sat us...
Alani Vargas, Columnist
February 8, 2017
Filed under Columns, Latest Stories, Opinion
Today’s political climate is anything but civil. President Donald Trump is hell-bent on keeping campaign promises based on his xenophobic rhetoric. So it should come as no surprise that many are speaking out and protesting against...
February 5, 2017
Filed under Letters to Editor, Opinion
I write in response to the recent letter in The Daily written by Prof. Mark Sheldon, entitled “The walkout’s purpose was derailed by anti-Israel sentiment.” His letter expressed dismay that the #NoMuslimBanNU demonstration incl...
February 2, 2017
Madeleine Fernando, Reporter
January 16, 2017
Filed under Campus, Events, Latest Stories
Venezuelan artist and activist Daniel Arzola said the world needs “more artists and less martyrs” at an event hosted by the Northwestern University Community for Human Rights on Saturday.
The talk was the closing keynote...
January 13, 2017
Danny Cooper, Assistant Opinion Editor
November 3, 2016
Filed under Columns, Opinion
On Monday after class, I opened up my laptop to see many of my Facebook friends had checked into the page for the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, the site of a massive protest against the proposed Dakota Access Pipeline. I was...
August 30, 2016
