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

The Daily Northwestern


Members of Unshackle NU present legislation Wednesday night at Associated Student Government Senate that would call on the University to divest from corporations they say benefit from the mass incarceration of people of color. The resolution, which will be voted on next week, was sponsored by 21 student groups.

Senate to vote on legislation supporting Unshackle NU divestment campaign

February 24, 2016

Unshackle NU introduced legislation Wednesday at Associated Student Government Senate to pressure the University to divest from companies the group says promote the prison-industrial complex and to create...

Students dressed in officer uniforms with “G4S” taped to their backs restrain other students acting as prisoners in a demonstration at The Rock on Tuesday. The demonstration was organized by student divestment campaigns Unshackle NU and NU Divest, which are both calling for the University to divest from security company G4S.

Divestment campaigns unite for detained prisoners demonstration

February 24, 2016

As people crowded near The Rock on Tuesday afternoon, two students dressed in officer uniforms with signs reading “G4S” taped to their backs held up ropes tying down two kneeling students who were...

Transgender activist Jennicet Gutiérrez discusses her experience as an undocumented trans woman of color. Gutierrez’s talk was the the fifth in a weekly series of educational events hosted by prison divestment advocacy movement Unshackle NU.

Activist Jennicet Gutiérrez discusses detainment of transgender women of color

February 18, 2016

Jennicet Gutiérrez claimed national attention when she heckled President Barack Obama’s speech nearly eight months ago. On Wednesday, she held a talk of her own at the McCormick Foundation Center...

Martha Biondi discusses the role police brutality plays in mass incarceration. Biondi spoke as part of a panel hosted by Unshackle NU.

Unshackle NU panel discusses mass incarceration, effects on communities

February 9, 2016

The United States’ mass incarceration illustrates the many ways racism persists in this country, panelists said at an event hosted by Unshackle NU on Monday night in Harris Hall. Panelists discussed...

Political science and legal studies Prof. Jacqueline Stevens discusses how private prisons profit from immigrant detainees’ labor at an event held by Unshackle NU on Tuesday night. Stevens was the second speaker in the group’s quarter-long series, which began last month with activist Mariame Kaba.

At Unshackle NU event, Northwestern professor talks prison profit from detainees’ cheap labor

February 3, 2016

Political science and legal studies Prof. Jacqueline Stevens highlighted the way private prisons profit from the labor of immigrant detainees at Unshackle NU's event Tuesday evening. About 45 students...

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