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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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University of Chicago lecturer Mary Bunn (left) and Leena Zahra (right) speak Tuesday on a UNICEF NU panel, held during Syrian Refugee Week. Bunn and Zahra emphasized the need to raise awareness about the extent of the civil war and refugee crisis.

Panelists talk about raising awareness of civil war, refugee crisis in Syria

May 15, 2018

The Syrian Civil War and refugee crisis are emergencies unlike any other in the world today, and cannot be ignored, said University of Chicago lecturer Mary Bunn during a Tuesday panel. Speaking at...

Bannister: Divesting from Israel is counterproductive, simplistic, biased

Bannister: Divesting from Israel is counterproductive, simplistic, biased

April 25, 2016

When I first arrived at Northwestern this September, I was intrigued by the NU divestment movement. As a student interested in foreign affairs, I had always followed the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and...

Former terrorism analyst discusses US response to ISIS

March 12, 2015

Jonathan Schanzer, the vice president for research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies spoke at Northwestern on Tuesday about the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS, and his suggestions for...

Guest Column: What I learned from James Foley

August 23, 2014

When I was a freshman reporter for The Daily Northwestern, a Medill alum by the name of James Foley was detained in Libya while covering the uprising. I was assigned to write about it for The Daily, given...

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

May 11, 2014

Whether sitting in the back of Harris 107 listening to political science professor Jonathan Caverley talk about the state of the U.S. Armed Forces or scanning CNN headlines, we’re constantly reminded...

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