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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 Is XL Dissent?

What Is XL Dissent? What Is XL Dissent?

Activists from more than fifty universities issue an open invitation to a March 2 Keystone XL protest in DC.

Feb 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Raleigh's first Moral Monday march of the year draws a diverse group of activists including teachers, and members of the NAACP and Planned Parenthood.

Feb 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Tara Jeffries and StudentNation

This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig

This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig

From Raleigh to Olympia, students mobilize for worker justice, prison abolition and educational equity.

Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia

Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia

Students are asking Columbia to disclose sexual assault statistics and make the process easier for survivors.

Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Austin Ryan Heyroth and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014?

This week: Philip Seymour Hoffman and addiction, gentrification's aesthetics and a GMO battle in Hawaii.

Feb 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Addressing Class at Yale

Addressing Class at Yale Addressing Class at Yale

A new Tumblr at Yale opens up a conversation about class, but what will it take to turn discussion into action?

Feb 4, 2014 / StudentNation / Diana Rosen and StudentNation

Students Rethink How to Build Community

Students Rethink How to Build Community Students Rethink How to Build Community

Student activists work to build stronger community networks.

Feb 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Erik Lampmann and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014?

This week: Northwestern football players attempt to unionize, NYSUT renounces the Common Core and Nigeria experiments with climate apartheid.

Jan 31, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan

Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan

The university’s approach to conservation is better than California Governor Brown’s, and students should be proud that their system’s leadership has adopted thes...

Jan 31, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On

Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On

The founder of StudentDebtCrisis.org reflects on the state of the student debt crisis.

Jan 30, 2014 / StudentNation / Robert Applebaum and StudentNation

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