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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

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The Week Ahead: What’s coming up in Evanston the week of Feb. 20

February 20, 2022

Levy Lecture Series: When Women Invented Television Tuesday, Feb. 22, 1:00 p.m to 2:00 p.m.  In this Levy Senior Center Foundation lecture, writer Jennifer Armstrong will chronicle the history of...

An image of the memoir cover on the left, with the faces of Coates and Blazeon on the right.

From civil rights attorney to prosecutor: Laura Coates discusses advocacy in the courtroom

February 1, 2022

When former federal prosecutor Laura Coates learned the victim of her car theft case was an illegal immigrant, she said she didn’t know what to do. Some colleagues advised her to warn him. Others cautioned...

Yusef Salaam sits and smiles at a glass table in front of a brick wall.

Prison reform activist Yusef Salaam discusses incarceration and spirituality in Family Action Network event

May 21, 2021

Motivational speaker and prison reform activist Yusef Salaam discussed his time incarcerated and his spiritual motivation during a Family Action Network event Thursday. Salaam was wrongfully convicted...

A headshot of author and TIME National Correspondent Charlotte Alter. She is wearing a brown jacket with a white collared shirt. The background is black.

TIME National Correspondent discusses activism, youth in politics

May 19, 2021

TIME National Correspondent Charlotte Alter and Chicago-based campaign manager Eli Stone discussed Alter’s book about young politicians who are changing the American political landscape during a Tuesday...

Robin DiAngelo, author of “White Fragility.” DiAngelo said white people should acknowledge their implicit racism at a Friday Family Action Network Q&A.

“White Fragility” author talks systemic racism, white humility at Family Action Network Q&A

June 14, 2020

By denying their implicit racism, white progressives inflict the most daily harm upon black people, said “White Fragility” author Robin DiAngelo in a Friday Q&A. “Racism is the system,”...

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