StudentNation

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 5/9/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/9/2014?

This week: Questlove, Marx and an infamous Mexican drug kingpin.

May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying

We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying We Need to Talk About Cyberbullying

Close to 20 percent of high school students have admitted to being cyberbullied in the last year.

May 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Kumaran Chanthrakumar and StudentNation

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment As the School Year Ends, Students Force Out Condoleezza Rice, Walk Out on Fee Hikes and Stage a Sit-In for Divestment

From Richmond to Los Angeles, students take direct action for educational justice.

May 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/2/2014?

This week: Cliven Bundy, paranoia and a mysterious kidney disease.

May 2, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Will President Obama Address Free Speech at the University That Suppressed It?

Will President Obama Address Free Speech at the University That Suppressed It? Will President Obama Address Free Speech at the University That Suppressed It?

President Obama prepares to speak at UC-Irvine, where eleven student activists were suspended for interrupting a speech by the Israeli ambassador.

Apr 30, 2014 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy and StudentNation

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment Students File Federal Complaints Against Columbia for Failing to Address Sexual Harassment

The school would have to pay $35,000 per violation under the Clery Act.

Apr 29, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week

Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week Washington University Sit-In Against Peabody Enters Historic Third Week

Every day that the Washington University chancellor fails to answer questions and demands for the university to cut ties with the energy giant, he and his university remain on the ...

Apr 28, 2014 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers and StudentNation

Youth Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change

Youth Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change Youth Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change

With little precedent for climate change litigation, youth turn to the public trust doctrine.

Apr 25, 2014 / StudentNation / Simon Davis-Cohen and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014?

This week: the first Internet bill of rights, a prisoner strike in Alabama and remembering Gabriel García Márquez.

Apr 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change

Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change

President Faust’s statement only amplifies the moral inconsistency of Harvard’s continued investment in the fossil fuel companies that are devastating the planet and bl...

Apr 24, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Canyon Woodward, and StudentNation

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