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The Daily Northwestern

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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Northwestern students tour Chicago Torture Justice Center, learning the history of police torture in Chicago

April 9, 2023

Content warning: This article contains mentions of torture and police violence.  About 15 Northwestern undergraduate and graduate students traveled to the Chicago Torture Justice Center to learn about...

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Asian American Studies Program senior symposium spotlights student projects

May 24, 2022

More than 40 people gathered to view the Asian American Studies Program thesis presentations at the annual Senior Symposium on Tuesday evening. Seniors presented their work and answered questions at...

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Activists and scholars imagine a world without police and prisons at “Abolitionist Futures” speaker event

May 6, 2021

On the sixth anniversary of Chicago’s reparations ordinance, local activists and scholars discussed police abolition, collective approaches to community organizing and healing from state violence in...

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Panelists discuss intersectionality, abolition at Axis Lab teach-in

April 29, 2021

Different communities’ struggles for liberation are interconnected, Chicago-based organizer Janessa Juntilla said at a Thursday night teach-in about anti-Black and anti-Asian violence. The teach-in,...

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Axis Lab interprets intersectionality, Asian American identity through arts and mutual aid

April 25, 2021

When Asian American studies Prof. Patricia Nguyen co-founded Axis Lab in 2015, she felt as though she inherited the organization.  Even though the Argyle-based mutual aid and arts group is less than...

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