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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


An October Political Union meeting with the back of someone’s head at the end of the table facing a conglomerate of masked students.

Northwestern Political Union votes in favor of canceling student loan debt

January 11, 2022

Students at Northwestern’s Political Union narrowly voted in favor of canceling student loan debt by any theoretical amount at Monday night’s debate.  SESP sophomore Yasmeen Rafee led the argument...

After an emotional closing statement, the Northwestern University Political Union voted that the Democratic party should nominate a progressive candidate.

Northwestern Political Union debates electability, stances of Democratic candidates

February 11, 2020

Northwestern University Political Union debated whether the Democratic Party should nominate a centrist over a progressive candidate at its Monday session. Meeting attendees narrowly voted against the...

Political Union met Monday to discuss whether or not news organizations should endorse political candidates. The majority of participants voted that it’s okay for newspapers to make endorsements.

Political Union supports news outlets endorsement of political candidates

January 28, 2020

Northwestern Political Union voted that it is acceptable for news outlets to endorse political candidates at their weekly meeting on Monday. The discussions delved into newspapers’ roles in political...

David Oks and Henry Williams speak to students in Seabury Hall. Topics ranged from Gravel’s bid for president to their new progressive nonprofit, The Gravel Institute.

Former teenage campaign managers of Mike Gravel talk progressive advocacy

January 15, 2020

In the back of a Kresge Centennial Hall classroom, teenage political organizers David Oks and Henry Williams watched the seventh Democratic presidential debate alongside Northwestern students, cheering...

Students at a Political Union meeting. The group narrowly voted in favor of condemning the United States’ assassination of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani.

Political Union debates assasination of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani

January 14, 2020

In its first debate of Winter Quarter, Northwestern Political Union narrowly voted that the United States was wrong to assassinate Iranian general Qassim Suleimani. The debate comes a week after President...

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