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Margaret Atwood discusses modern day politics and the enduring power of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Margaret Atwood discusses modern day politics and the enduring power of “The Handmaid’s Tale”

October 31, 2018

Hulu’s take on “The Handmaid’s Tale” had already begun filming when the 2016 election season began. The day after Donald Trump was elected as president of the United States, the creative team for...

An all-female cast rehearses for an upcoming production of “1776.” The show is sponsored by One Book One Northwestern and opens Friday.

Communication junior puts signature spin on Declaration of Independence musical by featuring all-female cast

May 16, 2018

Not one of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence was a woman. But for an upcoming production of “1776,” Communication junior Kelsey Robins decided to reshape that history with one simple...

Communication junior talks directing all-female adaptation of ‘1776’ musical

May 16, 2018

Communication junior Kelsey Robins is directing an all-female adaptation of “1776,” the Tony Award-winning musical about the creation and signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Jackson: Realizing drinking isn’t for me — and owning it

April 26, 2018

Throughout high school, I didn’t drink. It was a small part of my ploy to be as counter-culture as possible. In middle school, for example, when I caught the whiff that Uggs were becoming chic, I never...

Philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey speaks at an Evanston Literary Festival event in May 2017. Lackey collaborated with One Book One Northwestern to lead a discussion event with inmates at Stateville Correctional Center on Wednesday.

One Book leads discussion on equality, freedom in maximum security prison

April 12, 2018

CREST HILL, Ill. — When 39-year-old Labron Neal-Bey reads the Declaration of Independence, he said he doesn’t see a document that was written with black Americans like himself in mind. Neal-Bey...

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