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The Daily Northwestern

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) speaks Wednesday to more than 100 people at Northwestern’s School of Law in Chicago. The senator called on law students to support a human rights bill he plans to introduce to Congress.

Durbin seeks support from Northwestern law students for new human rights bill

April 8, 2015

CHICAGO — Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) said Tuesday he would introduce to Congress a law that would allow the U.S. government to prosecute people who commit international crimes against humanity — and...

Mexican lawyer Alejandra Ancheita speaks about the state of human rights in Mexico. Ancheita spoke during an event hosted by the Buffett Institute at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum on Thursday.

Lawyer discusses human rights violations in Mexico

February 27, 2015

More than 26,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico since 2005, said Alejandra Ancheita, a Mexican lawyer and human rights defender, Thursday night at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum. Ancheita,...

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

Kirkland: What would millennials fight for?

May 11, 2014

Whether sitting in the back of Harris 107 listening to political science professor Jonathan Caverley talk about the state of the U.S. Armed Forces or scanning CNN headlines, we’re constantly reminded...

Speakers selected for Northwestern’s first TEDx Conference

February 6, 2014

The lineup for TEDxNorthwesternU 2014 has been finalized. Though the event organizers initially planned to have nine speakers, the quantity and quality of the applications led them to select 12. Co-director...

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