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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

Zou: Why Be a Radical?

January 7, 2020

Martin Luther King Jr. was, without a doubt, a radical. Not only was King a socialist, desiring the “radical redistribution of economic and political power,” but King also recognized the role of violence...

Thuillier: Americans should be able to pass a citizenship test, too

Thuillier: Americans should be able to pass a citizenship test, too

April 2, 2019

According to a Wilson Foundation study, only 36 percent of American citizens would be able to pass a citizenship test. As I prepare myself to take this test in the future, I find the number to be rather...

Cao: Egalitarianism forgotten in turbulent presidential race

Cao: Egalitarianism forgotten in turbulent presidential race

April 26, 2016

There is a war between the establishment and populist wings of America’s major political parties. Indeed, the strong candidacies of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump show that maintaining a rigid partisan...

Balk: Northwestern’s search for who we are

Balk: Northwestern’s search for who we are

January 28, 2016

It seems like Simon & Garfunkel’s “America” is having a moment. Presidential candidate Bernie Sanders used the quasi-protest classic from 1968 in the 60-second commercial he released last...

U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his final State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016.

In his final State of the Union address, Obama heads into his last year with a few regrets and millennial outreach

January 13, 2016

President Obama unleashed Snapchats and hashtags in his last State of the Union address Tuesday night, showing attention to millennials and delivering an optimistic outlook on a political future without...

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