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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

Illinois State Senator Napoleon Harris speaks Tuesday night in the McCormick Foundation Center on his transition from pro-football to politics. The event featured a lengthy Q&A in which students asked questions about education inequality, police brutality and campus protests.

U.S. Senate candidate, NU alumnus addresses students about racial inequality, police brutality

January 20, 2016

State senator and former NFL linebacker Napoleon Harris (Communication ’02) spoke to students about police brutality in Chicago, college campus protests and his transition to politics Tuesday night in...

Folmsbee: Mental illness not to blame for gun violence

Folmsbee: Mental illness not to blame for gun violence

October 18, 2015

As mass shootings in the United States remain the uncomfortable status quo, gun control remains an unquestionably divisive topic. However, there is one thing both gun-control and gun-rights advocates appear...

Tang: Reflections from France on American gun culture

October 8, 2015

I was talking to my friends when I tried to open the library doors, so I didn’t notice that they weren’t budging. It wasn’t until my second try that I realized the exit to the library wouldn’t...

Letter to the Editor: Response to Barr and Johnson

October 4, 2015

As someone living in one of the "hotspots" and carefully following local court cases involving violence, I think this letter, too, is a simplistic view of the issues. I agree that redlining and access...

Letter to the Editor: To curtail Evanston gun violence, we must look at root causes

September 30, 2015

The city’s response to a recent shooting in Evanston reminds us of this parable: “Once upon a time there was a small village on the edge of a river. The people there were good and life in the village...

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