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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


Nielsen: Democracy in peril — a call to action for Northwestern and beyond

Nielsen: Democracy in peril — a call to action for Northwestern and beyond

March 19, 2025

Silence and acquiescence will not protect Northwestern and other universities from the Trump administration’s authoritarian attacks on democracy. The University must speak out now — or watch liberty...

Landgraff: Don’t hang onto bipartisanship

Landgraff: Don’t hang onto bipartisanship

April 19, 2022

Bipartisanship is often held as a lofty standard all legislative action must meet. Elected officials like U.S. Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) reference bipartisanship as something...

Tekriwal: The price of peace in Afghanistan

Tekriwal: The price of peace in Afghanistan

March 3, 2020

The weekend brought many important developments: two Democratic candidates shockingly dropped their presidential bids, the coronavirus spread, and the Afghanistan Peace Talks held in Doha over a period...

Tekriwal: There Are No Democracies

Tekriwal: There Are No Democracies

November 24, 2019

The “Taiwan Independence” banner featured in Northwestern’s official Instagram post for March of the Flags — comprising national and regional flags — already seems to be fading from “recent”...

Thuillier: American people’s disconnect with their government is unlikely to change

Thuillier: American people’s disconnect with their government is unlikely to change

February 12, 2019

Politics happen all the time in Washington, yet we the people — well, most of us — know nothing about it. I, like many Americans, feel disconnected from the government and that feeling is unlikely...

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