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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.

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts University declines to divest and students respond.

Mar 5, 2014 / StudentNation / Ben Weilerstein, Devyn Powell, and StudentNation

Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots

Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots

Changes in how internships are regulated can’t come fast enough for unpaid interns.

Mar 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Jessie Lau and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/28/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/28/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/28/2014?

This week: Walmart’s manipulative tactics, Venezuela’s protests and printing our way out of poverty.

Feb 28, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Swarthmore’s Hillel Opens up Voices on Israel-Palestine

Swarthmore’s Hillel Opens up Voices on Israel-Palestine Swarthmore’s Hillel Opens up Voices on Israel-Palestine

Until now, most Jewish college students assumed that open dialogue on Israel was a taboo topic in Hillel—Swarthmore debunked that myth.

Feb 27, 2014 / StudentNation / Aryeh Younger and StudentNation

Yale Close to a Decision on Fossil Fuel Divestment

Yale Close to a Decision on Fossil Fuel Divestment Yale Close to a Decision on Fossil Fuel Divestment

This past weekend, the two highest university bodies on investor action met to formally discuss the possibility of Yale’s divestment from fossil fuels.

Feb 27, 2014 / StudentNation / Adrian Rodrigues and StudentNation

Students Protest Napolitano, Occupy Michigan and Strike With Faculty

Students Protest Napolitano, Occupy Michigan and Strike With Faculty Students Protest Napolitano, Occupy Michigan and Strike With Faculty

Across the country, the last two weeks have seen major student protests against racism and austerity.

Feb 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Youth and students around the country are mobilizing, preparing to return to the White House to demand action in what could be the most crucial environmental decision of Obama&rsqu...

Feb 22, 2014 / StudentNation / Adam Greenberg and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?

This week: Colombian military scandals, academics on strike and da Vinci the robot.

Feb 20, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014?

This week: fanfiction, advice for de Blasio and a history of CIA involvement in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Feb 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm

UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm

There are thirty-three black students in the UCLA School of Law student body of 1,100.

Feb 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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