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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.

How the Honor Roll Cheats Students and Divides Schools How the Honor Roll Cheats Students and Divides Schools

The honor roll is an indefensible obstacle to student progress.

Apr 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Tommy Raskin and StudentNation

Oberlin Students Speak Out Against Hate

Oberlin Students Speak Out Against Hate Oberlin Students Speak Out Against Hate

Testimonies by Aaron Braun, Tiesha Cassel, Amber Marie Felton, Chinwe Okona.

Apr 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Andrea Jones and StudentNation

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition

As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.

Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation

NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice

NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice NYU Divest Meets With Senior Administrators, Calls For Climate Justice

NYU’s Divest campaign met with senior university administrators, providing a faint glimpse of hope for a movement that’s been spreading quickly at other unive...

Apr 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Melissa Cronin and StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/19/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/19/2013)

As Glenn Greenwald and others have written, this week is a time for checking racial stereotypes. Elsewhere from Boston, as this week's Nation intern roundup indicates...

Apr 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress Kent State Students Demand Debt Redress

Kent State students are mobilizing today against excessive costs and bleak job prospects.

Apr 17, 2013 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy and StudentNation

Student Labor Action Movement Calls Foul On NYU Law Trustee Daniel Straus Student Labor Action Movement Calls Foul On NYU Law Trustee Daniel Straus

Students have repeatedly appealed to the dean of the Law School and John Sexton for Strauss to be removed, but to no avail.

Apr 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Paul Pastore and StudentNation

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 15

This week, Newark walks out, Arizona kneecaps its students and UNC rape survivors create a national underground network. And more!

Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust An Open Letter to Harvard President Drew Faust

"It is intellectually inconsistent for Harvard to invest in fossil fuel companies while our faculty publicize the consequences of inaction on climate change and continued foss...

Apr 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students

Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students Arizona’s Unprecedented Assault on Students

With HB 2169, which prohibits the use of student fees for political advocacy, students are the new victims of Arizona's right-wing regime. 

Apr 12, 2013 / StudentNation / Maxwell Love and StudentNation

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