StudentNation

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

Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns

Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns

As the semester ends, direct action rages on.

Jun 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet?

Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet? Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet?

Former UC-Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau characterizes words as violent but shrugs his shoulders at the very real violence committed against his own students and faculty.

Jun 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Sam Warren and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/6/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/6/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/6/2014?

This week: nerdfighters, mansplainers, and defenders of the Internet.

Jun 1, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014?

This week: Wildfires, deadly misogyny and the world cup's dark side.

May 30, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014?

Get ready to open some tabs. This week from our interns: Queen B, shiny data and how to fight poverty (with money).

May 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus

To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...

May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation

What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests

What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests What the Media Get Wrong About Commencement Speaker Protests

Commencement isn’t a debate forum.

May 19, 2014 / StudentNation / Corinne Grinapol and StudentNation

Students Kick Out the IMF, March for Af-Am Studies and Make Sallie Mae Pay. What’s Next?

Students Kick Out the IMF, March for Af-Am Studies and Make Sallie Mae Pay. What’s Next? Students Kick Out the IMF, March for Af-Am Studies and Make Sallie Mae Pay. What’s Next?

As the semester ends, students add “diversity of opinion” to campus policymaking—and win.

May 19, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/16/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/16/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/16/2014?

This week: parasites, pill pushers and public parks.

May 16, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College The Fight to Save San Francisco’s Public College

Why is an accrediting commission targeting a well-performing college serving underprivileged communities?

May 15, 2014 / StudentNation / Justine Drennan and StudentNation

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