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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...

A photo of a multi-story grey brick building, towering over a tree on Northwestern's campus.

“Another chapter in a very old, very long, very American story”: Scholars discuss Atlanta spa shootings

April 8, 2021

Northwestern’s Asian American Studies program co-hosted a panel Wednesday alongside Brandeis University and Dartmouth College to discuss the ways the recent Atlanta spa shootings reveal historically...

The Weekly: Week 5 Recap

The Weekly: Week 5 Recap

February 15, 2021

Evanston’s aldermen are discussing solutions to replace lead water pipes in private residences and a look into how Evanston’s small businesses are celebrating Valentine’s Day from hot chocolate bombs...

With the spread of coronavirus has come increased levels of racism directed toward Asian Pacific Islander Desi Americans.

Graffiti, handshakes and the “perpetual foreigner”: Asian Americans at Northwestern report alienation amid COVID-19

April 22, 2020

Soo La Kim was walking on the Lakefill with her two young children when she arrived at a rock painted with a Chinese character and the name, “Kurt Pei.” Overlapping the original paint, she said,...

Letter to the Editor: Yang’s truth is not my truth

Letter to the Editor: Yang’s truth is not my truth

February 11, 2020

In her op-ed titled, “Northwestern Asian Studies courses can marginalize students through microaggressions,” Mira Yang addresses some important issues. Two of these are microaggressions and the role...

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