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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.

Plutocracy Is the Problem

Plutocracy Is the Problem Plutocracy Is the Problem

WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: It is up to the American people to insist that corporations are not people, money is not speech and elections are not up for sale.

Sep 26, 2013 / StudentNation / Nikhil Goyal and StudentNation

Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists

Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists Grinnell College Offers $100,000 Prize to Young Social Justice Activists

The Grinnell College Young Innovator Prize offers a $100,000 prize annually to activists under the age of 40 who have demonstrated leadership in the field of social justice.

Sep 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Allegra Kirkland and StudentNation

Dollars, Not Ballots Dollars, Not Ballots

WRITING CONTEST FINALIST: Money in politics not only corrodes policy; it has a pernicious impact on how citizens view and participate in their government.

Sep 19, 2013 / StudentNation / Suzanna Fritzberg and StudentNation

Inequality Makes Democracy Impossible

Inequality Makes Democracy Impossible Inequality Makes Democracy Impossible

WRITING CONTEST WINNER: Effectively addressing this country's vast inequality is the only way to repair this country's broken politics.

Sep 19, 2013 / StudentNation / Bryn Grunwald and StudentNation

Political Apathy Threatens Our Nation

Political Apathy Threatens Our Nation Political Apathy Threatens Our Nation

WRITING CONTEST WINNER: What dominoes fall as a result of our political indifference?

Sep 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Julia Di and StudentNation

Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh Students Demand End to NYU Ties With Deathtrap Factories in Bangladesh

By pressuring universities to cut their contracts, students can put meaningful pressure on international corporations to respond to the demands of workers.

Sep 17, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Thirty Years Late to a Class War Thirty Years Late to a Class War

WRITING CONTEST WINNER: We do not need a radical overthrow of political institutions, we need a radical reengagement by citizens into politics and a willingness to use means which ...

Sep 17, 2013 / StudentNation / Jim Nichols and StudentNation

Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes

Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes Bush, Petraeus and Napolitano Get Tough Student Welcomes

As students build new fronts against austerity, some older opponents meet campus uproar.

Sep 16, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 9/13/13

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 9/13/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 9/13/13

This week: the plight of Syrian refugees, the forgotten immigration bill, and a chance encounter with Donald Rumsfeld.

Sep 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

2013 Nation Student Writing Contest Winners

2013 Nation Student Writing Contest Winners 2013 Nation Student Writing Contest Winners

Meet the twelve winners!

Sep 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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