On May 1, 1886, thousands of workers across the U.S. organized a strike to demand an 8-hour work day.  Three years later, a federation of labor unions and socialist parties designated May 1 as a day...

Students gathered in Parkes Hall Tuesday with the Undergraduate Prison Education Program to learn about the history of discipline, justice systems and abolition activism at Northwestern. The event was...

One of Northwestern’s core values is social justice, a principle built upon a long history of student activism. This year marks the 55th anniversary of the Bursar’s Office Takeover, in which over 100...