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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


Perry: The News Needs Jesus

July 13, 2021

Although Northwestern isn’t a religious institution, religion is a key dynamic and power structure within our community, and it’s worth dedicating newsroom resources to educating our reporters on it.  Gaps...

Sayyid and Hesse say they have been friends and colleagues for over 20 years, working on and discussing these types of issues.

Professors discuss institutional and gendered Islamophobia

November 18, 2020

Salman Sayyid, professor of Social Theory and Decolonial Thought at the University of Leeds spoke with African American Studies Prof. Barnor Hesse in a Tuesday webinar hosted by the Buffett Institute for...

Tekriwal: The improbable language barrier

Tekriwal: The improbable language barrier

February 6, 2020

Filling out forms where I have to list race always makes me anxious. I tick Asian, but always hesitate, sometimes adding a small note saying “Indian” in the empty space below. This is not because I’m...

Northwestern community members celebrate the first day of Ramadan Monday evening. More than 150 people gathered in Parkes Hall to break their fast together.

Muslims, non-Muslims break fast during community iftar

May 7, 2019

More than 150 people gathered in Parkes Hall Monday to celebrate the first day of Ramadan and break fast together during the Muslim-cultural Students Association’s annual community iftar. The event was...

Demonstrators gather Sunday outside Terminal 5 of O'Hare International Airport to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigrants and refugees. Over the weekend, about 150 attorneys and at least 1,000 protesters gathered at the airport to help detainees gain entry.

Locals mobilize against Trump’s immigration actions

January 31, 2017

On Saturday morning, Suzanne Akhras Sahloul said she woke up depressed, crying and unable to comprehend the action taken by her new president. As a Syrian immigrant, she said Donald Trump’s executive...

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