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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

Borrok: There’s a problem with political fandoms

Borrok: There’s a problem with political fandoms

October 14, 2019

We live in a national nightmare. Political discourse on social media is a virulent pool that perfectly captures the toxicity of the environment in which the people of this country live. Democrats and...

Social media continues to limit us, writes columnist Alexandra Huang.

Huang: Social media continues to limit us

April 14, 2019

Social media has made the concept of friendship ever more confusing. Sure, 560 people follow me on Instagram. Sure, I have 700 friends on WeChat. But how many of them do I actually care about, and how...

Bian: It took us too long to acknowledge the humanitarian crisis in Yemen

October 30, 2018

On Friday, The New York Times website featured a harrowing image on its homepage of a malnourished child, accompanied by an emphatic, all-caps headline: “The Tragedy of Saudi Arabia’s War.” Obviously...

Jackson: Pressing ‘delete’ on social media isn’t always a loss

October 2, 2018

This June, I caved under the weight of my extreme FOMO and downloaded Instagram and essentially… I came, I saw and I left. Just two months after signing up, I pressed the “permanently delete” button....

Martinez: Students’ lack of reading shouldn’t be shamed

Martinez: Students’ lack of reading shouldn’t be shamed

May 16, 2018

In a recent column titled “Literature is burning out with devastating consequences,” the writer argues that our current generation’s general disdain for reading is alarming. While I share some of...

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