What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves
Millennial icon Lena Dunham’s relationship to unpaid labour is explored, contextualized and reframed by youth activists and media workers.
Oct 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Isabelle Nastasia
CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back
On Sunday, October 20, NYPD officers and CUNY security marched into the main academic center at CUNY City College unannounced, put the campus on lockdown and seized files, document...
Oct 25, 2013 / StudentNation / Shawn Carrie, Isabelle Nastasia, and StudentNation
Ohio Students Fight Back Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws Ohio Students Fight Back Against ‘Stand Your Ground’ Laws
The battle against Stand Your Ground has migrated to the Midwest and students are in the trenches.
Oct 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation
Student Organizations Under Assault Student Organizations Under Assault
State legislatures across the US are proposing bills that serve to debilitate statewide student associations and other student advocacy organizations.
May 29, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation
Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition
As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.
Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation
Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision
Founder Peter Cooper's insistence that the institution should be as “free as air and water” is being challenged by an administration intent on starting to charge un...
Dec 4, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement
A report from the front-lines of the climate change movement.
Nov 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
The Rise of 99Rise The Rise of 99Rise
A new youth group plans direct action to challenge the influence of money on politics.
Nov 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York
How a “beautiful, noble, naïve movement" can be transformed into a "beautiful, noble, effective movement."
Oct 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Building a Student Movement in the US Building a Student Movement in the US
The critical importance of student unions.
Sep 10, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and Biola Jeje