Our Declaration has for some students touched a very specific nerve. And that nerve is representation.

Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico with a vengeance. What damage has it done to Northwestern students and their families?

Where does your free speech end and everyone else's begin?

For some college students, ramen jokes get old real quick.

One little dot can make a big difference. Or can it?

"I didn't think anybody actually thought like that."

Those first realizations of inequality--and how they linger.

"I didn't think anybody actually thought like that."

Those first realizations of inequality--and how they linger.

This year, Northwestern students will read Danielle Allen’s book Our Declaration. But the book is just the beginning. Listen along with us as Wildcats wrestle with one of our country’s most fundamental documents, the Declaration of Independence, and figure out what equality, and independence mean in the 21st century—for Northwestern, for the country, and for the world.

Support for One Book, One Northwestern: The Podcast is provided by the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, and One Book One Northwestern.

This year, Northwestern students will read Danielle Allen’s book Our Declaration. But the book is just the beginning. Listen along with us as Wildcats wrestle with one of our country’s most fundamental documents, the Declaration of Independence, and figure out what equality, and independence mean in the 21st century—for Northwestern, for the country, and for the world.

Support for One Book, One Northwestern: The Podcast is provided by the Northwestern Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications, and One Book One Northwestern.