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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

Closson: Being a black journalist is hard — but necessary

January 15, 2019

I didn’t want to write a story about the 50th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover last spring, but I wanted one to be written. When I first pitched my vision for the story, I basically said...

Srivastava: Amazon pushing facial recognition technology to police only empowers racist institutions

May 22, 2018

Facial recognition technology has been developing since the 1960s and has taken off over the last 20 years. From tagging people on Facebook to searching faces in iCloud’s photo library, the technology...

Martinez: Don’t call Glover a genius yet

Martinez: Don’t call Glover a genius yet

May 9, 2018

“Gripping.” “Masterful.” “Beautiful.” “Genius.” These are just a few of the descriptors that have been applied to Childish Gambino’s new music video accompanying his song, “This...

Closson: Why we need people of color in the room

October 10, 2017

I was talking with a friend this weekend when he showed me a Facebook post — a Dove ad depicting a black woman being replaced by a white woman seemingly as a result of using Dove body wash, appearing...

Letter to the Editor: Give writers like Ta-Nehisi Coates respect they deserve, don’t miss the point of their work

September 25, 2017

Recently, The Daily published an op-ed by Jake Gordon about how people should criticize Ta-Nehisi Coates more. Looking at a variety of prominent black intellectual writers, NONE of them, including Coates,...

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