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First-person accounts from student activists, organizers and journalists reporting on youth-oriented movements for social justice, economic equality and tolerance.

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/25/14?

Oct 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

For young people across the country, generational moments collide.

Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors

The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors

Students band together to combat sexual violence on Columbia’s campus through direct action. 

Sep 28, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Students in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class earlier this month in protest of the “One Newark” plan to privatize the district’s schools. A substitute teach...

Sep 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Nyle Fort

Okonto: Reality Check

Okonto: Reality Check Okonto: Reality Check

Yale University student Patricia Okonto delves into the intersection of race and student life. 

Sep 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/18/14?

Sep 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

How Art Inspires Change

How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change

The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...

Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel

To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’

To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’ To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’

Will Koch-allied trustees, state-appointed superintendents or President Obama ever listen to students?

Sep 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina

Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina

The release of a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate has opened up a bipartisan conversation around punitive justice in North Carolina.

Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/11/14?

Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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