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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


The probes allege NU and other colleges violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which bars discrimination based on “race, color or national origin.”

Federal investigation of NU sparks academic censorship concerns

March 11, 2025

WASHINGTON — Political science lecturer emeritus Jeff Rice (Weinberg ’72) was a sophomore at Northwestern at the height of anti-Vietnam War protests. The day after students voted to end a schoolwide...

On Tuesday, Trump threatened on Truth Social to withhold federal funding from universities that allow “illegal protests.”

NU professors denounce Trump’s threat to cut federal funding for universities with ‘illegal protests’

March 10, 2025

Immediately after taking office, President Donald Trump launched a deluge of executive actions against universities, particularly in response to alleged antisemitism. Northwestern professors condemned...

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Kronenberg: Voting Biden is a moral imperative

April 10, 2024

On Jan. 20, 2025, either Joe Biden or Donald Trump will be sworn in as President of the United States. The difference between those two outcomes will have colossal ramifications on the lives of Americans...

6-year-old Palestinian American boy killed in hate crime in Plainfield Township

October 17, 2023

Content Warning: This story contains mentions of death, violence and Islamophobia. Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy, was killed in Chicago suburb Plainfield Township Saturday...

Prof. Anthony Chen spoke on the 2023 Supreme Court affirmative action decision.

Anthony Chen talks affirmative action at first Institute for Policy Research Colloquium

October 2, 2023

Sociology and political science Prof. Anthony Chen kicked off the Institute for Policy Research’s Fay Lomax Cook fall colloquium series with a talk Monday.   In the discussion, he contextualized...

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