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Oct 31, 2024 | 
dailynorthwestern.com | Julian Andreone
Northwestern students perfectly encapsulate a significant element of the parasite eating away at the credibility of the progressive movement we are trying to advance in American politics. Too often, our generation of college students bites its tongue instead of speaking its mind. Too often, we walk on eggshells while rephrasing and parroting or “piggybacking off of,” the comments our classmates make before us. Too often, we hesitate to ask the questions at the forefront of our minds.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Juliann Ventura |Julian Andreone
TEXARKANA, Tex. — Kyra Rousseau remembers feeling trapped in her high school media center last fall when a phalanx of military personnel and faculty members shut the doors behind her and about 100 classmates before gathering everyone’s phones. Rousseau, 18, was a senior here at Liberty-Eylau High School.The service members were recruiters. She recalled asking to leave but being told to sit down — that her graduation hinged on completion of a military aptitude test. “They tricked us,” Rousseau said.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
stripes.com | Juliann Ventura |Julian Andreone
In an interview, Miller said a national service requirement should be “strongly considered.” He described the concept as a common “rite of passage,” one that would create a sense of “shared sacrifice” among America’s youth.
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May 1, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Aliyya Swaby |Debbie Cenziper |Michael Sallah |Julian Andreone
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Apr 30, 2024 | 
propublica.org | Debbie Cenziper |Michael Sallah |Julian Andreone |Patrick Rucker
Philips Respironics received thousands of complaints about a dangerous defect in its breathing machines but kept them secret for years as stock prices soared. The devices, including the popular DreamStation for sleep apnea, went to children, the elderly and veterans before the global giant announced a massive recall. ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published.
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Mar 4, 2024 | 
evanstonroundtable.com | Julian Andreone
Officials at the Maple Avenue and Sherman Plaza parking garages have received several complaints about electric vehicles occupying charging stations for hours on end, leading some Evanston City Council members and officials to discuss imposing hourly charging rates or issuing citations to electric vehicle owners.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
evanstonroundtable.com | Julian Andreone
The Evanston Parks and Recreation Board voted unanimously Thursday to approve the installation of an honorary street sign named after 95-year-old Civil Rights leader and native Evanstonian Bennett J. Johnson. If City Council approves, the street sign will be placed on Washington Street between Custer and Sherman avenues. Johnson, an educator and activist who worked with iconic Black American figures such as the Rev.
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Feb 7, 2024 | 
evanstonroundtable.com | Julian Andreone
Dozens of protesters marched into the Fourth Ward meeting at Robert Crown Community Center on Tuesday night demanding the adoption of a cease-fire resolution condemning violence in Gaza and the West Bank. As demonstrators sang “cease-fire now” and chanted “Free Palestine” and shouted “shame on you,” Fourth Ward Council Member Jonathan Nieuwsma attempted to calm the crowd but ultimately promised to “close this meeting” and “go home” if the interruption continued.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Julian Andreone
WASHINGTON — Congressman Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., an Iraq War veteran, former voting rights attorney and former labor union organizer, worked in election security for Pitt Cyber before entering Congress in 2022. Now, Deluzio joins Medill News Service for an exclusive interview from Capitol Hill to speak about his unique experience in assessing threats to American democracy and the institutions that uphold it.
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Dec 8, 2023 | 
medillonthehill.medill.northwestern.edu | Julian Andreone
Senators debate effects of regulating Wall Street and press corporate CEOs on exploitation of American consumers by | Dec 6, 2023 | Business, FeaturedWASHINGTON — Ordinarily, Chairman Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, begins each hearing in the Senate Banking Committee with an opening statement on the matter at hand, but he was beaten to the punch on Wednesday by JPMorgan Chase CEO and billionaire establishment Democrat...
