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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

A smiling Black man with dreadlocks and face and neck tattoos is wearing sunglasses and black clothing in front of a collage of the album cover of “american dream” by 21 Savage.

21 Savage elevates trap with ‘american dream’

January 18, 2024

“Hard-headed, you won't end up on a stretcher, huh? / Oh, you Usher now, you givin' out confessions, huh?” Clever lyrics like this are what make 21 Savage’s “american dream” an incredible...

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Fu: I see you drooling over Asian men now…

February 9, 2023

Content warning: This story includes mentions of body dysmorphia. Asian men are trending! During the 2022 FIFA World Cup, South Korean soccer player Cho Gue-sung garnered the unofficial title of...

Tang: On achieving the ‘American dream’ in 2015

November 4, 2015

Over the summer, I mentioned to a colleague that I, after a few too many trips to the Social Security Administration office, have finally gotten my social security number. “Oh, congratulations!” My...

Shin: Rauner too selective about his Illinois family

Shin: Rauner too selective about his Illinois ‘family’

April 26, 2015

In a recent speech addressing Illinois’ budget problems, Gov. Bruce Rauner compared his constituency to a family. “Like a family, we must come together to address the reality we face,” Rauner said....

Cohen: What about the moderates?

Cohen: What about the moderates?

April 21, 2015

In 2012, I worked in the New York headquarters of Organizing for America, the Democratic community-organizing group tasked with re-electing president Barack Obama. Just a year later, I called my hippie-liberal...

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