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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


Northwestern’s Contemporary Thought Speaker Series hosted four prominent journalists and politicians Sunday night to chat about issues including election integrity and policing.

2020 election panel talks Biden candidacy, polling at CTSS event

October 11, 2020

From a progressive to a moderate Democrat to a Republican, all of Sunday’s panelists came to a similar conclusion — President Donald Trump is a “dangerous man” to have in the Oval Office. The...

John David Washington stars as Ron Stallworth in “BlacKkKlansman.”

A&O to host ‘BlacKkKlansman’ screenwriter, real life progratonist to campus

May 14, 2019

A&O Productions and the Contemporary Thought Speaker Series will host the screenwriter and author of “BlacKkKlansman,” a memoir adapted into an Academy Award-winning film, for a screening and conversation...

Samin Nosrat speaks in the McCormick Foundation Center auditorium. Her first cookbook, “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking,” has been adapted into a Netflix show.

Cookbook author and host Samin Nosrat aims to tell stories through food

May 2, 2019

Despite having a bestselling cookbook, New York Times Magazine food column and Netflix show under her belt, Samin Nosrat is still figuring out how to make lunch. “I never had that period of life...

New Yorker theatre critic Hilton Als speaks as part of Contemporary Thought Speaker Series. Als discussed the role of criticism in art.

New Yorker critic Hilton Als talks cultural criticism and representation at CTSS event

April 8, 2019

When asked how someone were to become a professional critic, New Yorker theater critic and Pulitzer Prize winner Hilton Als laughed and says it’s hard to give a simple answer. “That’s sort of...

Three prominent journalists to discuss #MeToo movement at CTSS event

May 6, 2018

Journalists Megan Twohey, Lauren Duca and Erika Allen — who’ve been leading coverage on the #MeToo movement — will speak at a Contemporary Thought Speaker Series event on Thursday, CTSS announced...

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