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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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Buchaniec: Laws should match our present, not our history

May 15, 2019

In a letter to James Madison, Thomas Jefferson said that he believed the Constitution ought to have a deadline — 19 years, to be exact. At the time Jefferson’s letter was penned, a generational...

David Hogg speaks at Beth Emet The Free Synagogue. Hogg described his experience over the past year since the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

Activist, Parkland survivor David Hogg advocates for gun reform

February 22, 2019

David Hogg said nobody should ever hear the “unconscionable” screams from a school shooting again. Just over a year ago, Hogg survived one of the largest school shootings in American history at...

Emma Stein, Evanston Township High School alumna and SESP student, discusses gun control. In March, Stein helped organize ETHS’ walkout in response to the Stoneman-Douglas Shooting.

Evanston Organizes: ETHS youth step up in pursuit of social justice

February 3, 2019

This story is part of a series of profiles of activist and community groups across Evanston. Liana Wallace, 18, thinks a lot about the future — not just hers, but what she wants the world to look...

Evanston/Skokie School District 65 signals opposition to federal recommendation to arm teachers

January 31, 2019

Despite a federal commission’s recommendation to arm teachers, Evanston/Skokie School District 65 reinforced its opposition to the presence of guns in schools as a means of protecting students. The...

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students Samantha Fuentes and Jaclyn Corin shared stories about advocating for gun violence prevention since the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida with fellow activist DeRay McKesson.

Survivors of Parkland shooting say gun activism has ‘awoke a generation’

December 10, 2018

March For Our Lives activist Samantha Fuentes does not look injured — she wears boots with heels and makeup like other women her age, and speaks sarcastically with a sense of humor. But Fuentes,...

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