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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

Activist talks ‘school-to-prison pipeline’ at Unshackle NU’s first speaker event

January 22, 2016

Chicago-based organizer and educator Mariame Kaba said Thursday one of the driving forces behind the disproportionate incarceration of black people in the U.S. is an unfair education system. Kaba was the...

Soto: Proactivity should be President Schapiro’s next move

Soto: Proactivity should be President Schapiro’s next move

January 21, 2016

The morning of Jan. 15, the Washington Post published an opinion piece about safe spaces on college campuses written by our very own University President Morton Schapiro. While first reading the piece,­­...

Students present on Unshackle NU, a new divestment campaign aimed at private prison companies. The campaign calls on the University to divest from companies G4S, Corrections Corporation of America and The GEO Group, which the campaign says NU has holdings in.

Unshackle NU kicks off private prison divestment campaign

January 21, 2016

Students introduced a new private prison divestment campaign Wednesday night as part of an initiative to incite structural change to Northwestern’s investments. The campaign, Unshackle NU, calls for...

Admin says no knowledge of prison investments following debut of new divestment campaign

January 19, 2016

Students launched a divestment campaign Tuesday, calling for the University to remove its investments from private prison companies. Called “Unshackle NU,” the campaign is holding a launch event...

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