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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


Journalist James Risen speaks at the McCormick Foundation Center Forum. Risen, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, criticized the media’s coverage of the Islamic State, saying it often amounts to “fear mongering.”

Journalist James Risen talks national security, CIA at Pulitzer celebration

May 8, 2016

Journalist James Risen, who said the FBI spied on him while he was writing a book about post-9/11 America, told journalism students Friday they should view the government skeptically. “Remember to...

South African court justice will visit Northwestern

January 12, 2016

South African Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron will visit Northwestern next week to speak about racial justice, democracy and media freedoms. Cameron, who has worked closely with the Medill...

Roger Goodell

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to speak at Northwestern

April 23, 2015

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell will speak at Northwestern on April 29. Goodell will speak with USA Today sports journalist Christine Brennan (Medill ‘80, ‘81). Brennan recently joined the faculty...

Rais Bhuiyan, who was shot in the face by a white supremacist in the wake of Sept. 11, speaks about forgiving his attacker Friday. The event was co-hosted by the Muslim-cultural Students Association and the South Asian Student Alliance.

Activist calls for compassion, forgiveness to achieve tolerance

March 1, 2015

Activist Rais Bhuiyan emphasized the importance of mercy, compassion and forgiveness to bridge religious and cultural divisions during a discussion co-hosted by the Muslim-cultural Students Association...

Jose Antonio Vargas

Immigration activist, journalist Jose Antonio Vargas to speak at Northwestern

February 24, 2015

Journalist and immigration activist Jose Antonio Vargas will speak at Northwestern on March 4 as College Democrats' winter speaker. Vargas, an advocate for immigration reform in the United States,...

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