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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


Panelists discuss “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook” and the effects of voter disenfranchisement on upcoming elections.

“Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook” discusses voter disenfranchisement

January 24, 2020

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications hosted a screening and panel discussion of the documentary “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook,” Thursday in the McCormick...

Stacey Abrams speaks at Cahn Auditorium. Abrams discussed the importance of the 2020 Census and her plan for free and fair elections.

Abrams talks unfair elections, importance of Census

October 11, 2019

Former Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said though she knows she’s not the governor of Georgia, she still “won the election” — and now she needs the help of college Democrats across...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jahana Hayes and Lauren Underwood (left to right). Hayes and Underwood — who are both black — and Ocasio-Cortez who is Latina were among the myriad candidates of color who won office on November 6.

Despite Abrams disappointment, women of color make history in November elections

November 7, 2018

“On this night, we made history.” Lauren Underwood, elected Tuesday as the first black woman to represent Illinois’ 14th District, began her acceptance speech by harkening back to Shirley Chisholm’s...

 Students react to election results at a Harris Hall watch party. On campus, enthusiasm for politics and the impending midterm elections seemed infectious.

For some Democratic students, the elections delivered as promised. Others hoped for more

November 7, 2018

On both sides of the aisle, the 2018 midterms elections were an opportunity to grab control of government. But while both parties — and some liberal Northwestern students — hoped for better, the nation...

Buchaniec: This election season, remember those who can’t vote

October 23, 2018

We are a democratic republic — emphasis on the democratic. Despite the founding fathers’ fear of pure democracy, a concept they believed would ultimately lead to tyranny by “mob rule,” the notion...

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