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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Chicago hip-hop artist Jamila Woods performs at an event hosted by Northwestern Community Development Corps in Fisk Hall on Wednesday. Woods was part of a panel that discussed hip-hop and social activism.

Chicago hip-hop artists, activists discuss role of hip-hop music in activism

May 25, 2017

Prominent black Chicago hip-hop artists and activists said during an event Wednesday that black women should engage in activism through art as it promotes the liberation of people of color. The panelists...

Jasmine Rand, an attorney who represented Trayvon Martin’s family during George Zimmerman’s trial in 2013, speaks at Northwestern on Thursday. Rand discussed the trial, as well as her experiences as an attorney and professor.

Trayvon Martin’s attorney talks losing trial, overcoming hardship

November 14, 2014

An attorney who represented Trayvon Martin’s family spoke Thursday at Northwestern about the George Zimmerman trial and the not-guilty verdict. The event, titled “Hoodies and Hate Crimes,”...

Tom Breitsprecher, a cook at the Willard Residential College dining hall, and Rafael Marquez, a food service worker in 1835 Hinman dining hall, discuss their personal experiences as campus workers at an event held Tuesday as part of Social Justice Week. At the end of the event, a petition supporting campus workers was announced.

Northwestern employees, students discuss workers’ rights as part of Social Justice Week

May 13, 2014

Northwestern workers and students spoke Tuesday night about the increasingly corporate culture of universities like NU and announced a petition supporting the rights of campus workers. The talk,...

Social Justice Coalition plans second ‘Justice’ week

May 8, 2014

The second annual Social Justice Week will begin Monday and feature a number of different events, all centered around the theme “Oppression at the Academy.” Student groups applied to organize different...

Peace Project, multicultural groups host CTU activist for discussion of racism, school closings

May 28, 2013

On the heels of last week's controversial Chicago Board of Education vote to shutter 50 public schools across the city, several of Northwestern's social justice and multicultural student groups hosted...

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