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

The Daily Northwestern


David Axelrod

Former senior Obama aides to speak at Northwestern

October 13, 2015

Northwestern College Democrats is bringing former top Obama aides — David Axelrod, Jon Favreau and Jeremy Bird — to speak Nov. 6, the three-year anniversary of President Barack Obama’s re-election. All...

Jose Antonio Vargas, activist and Pulitzer-prize winning journalist, discusses “Define America,” his non-profit organization that aims to open a discussion about the state of undocumented people in the United States. Vargas came to Northwestern as this year’s College Democrats’ winter speaker.

Jose Antonio Vargas discusses undocumented immigration

March 5, 2015

Activist Jose Antonio Vargas spoke Wednesday night about the role the media and the government have in defining the lives of undocumented people who consider themselves American, but don't have the right...

Hayes: Register to vote, gain a voice

Hayes: Register to vote, gain a voice

September 24, 2014

Throughout my young life, whenever my friends or classmates began to argue about politics, I backed away. Whenever I came across an online political argument while innocently scrolling through Facebook,...

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) spoke about youth involvement in politics at Northwestern on Tuesday. She encouraged students to vote in off-season elections and spoke about a new initiative to register voters.

Schakowsky talks voter suppression, youth political engagement

May 13, 2014

Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Evanston) spoke Tuesday at Northwestern about the Voting Rights Act and how college students can become more politically engaged. More than 20 individuals attended the talk,...

Wealthy elite influence government policy more than average voters, study finds

April 17, 2014

A Northwestern professor co-authored a study quantifying the disparity between the influence of affluent and average voters on U.S. government policy. The study, scheduled to be published later...

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