Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement Why Divestment is Changing the Climate Movement
Divestment is engaging more students than any similar campaign in the past twenty years. Why is it so successful?
Jan 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
Syracuse Faculty Group to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Syracuse Faculty Group to Support Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
A letter in Syracuse University's Daily Orange by Political Science professor Sarah Pralle details why she is leading a faculty group in support of student organizing pushing t...
Jan 23, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
First Generation Soviet-Jewry Descendants: Bad Jews? First Generation Soviet-Jewry Descendants: Bad Jews?
Reflections on identity by the founder of the Rutgers University Hillel Russian-Jewish Club.
Jan 22, 2013 / StudentNation / Jonathan Levin and StudentNation
Bill McKibben Webcast From Middlebury College Tonight Bill McKibben Webcast From Middlebury College Tonight
A debate over whether environmental and social concerns should influence investment policies of college and university endowments.
Jan 22, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (1/18/2013)
This week: Standardized testing and armed guards in schools, the story behind Facebook Graph Search and questions of black female agency in Django Unchained.
Jan 20, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Dispatches From the US Student Movement Dispatches From the US Student Movement
A space for students to share news about the wide range of social and political struggles in which they're involved.
Jan 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle Movement to End High-Stakes Testing Steps Up in Seattle
Teachers at two Seattle high schools violate district policy and their union contracts by refusing to administer a mandatory test. And signs abound that teachers around the nation ...
Jan 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Dean Paton and StudentNation
NYC School Bus Drivers Strike in Defense of Job Security NYC School Bus Drivers Strike in Defense of Job Security
Should decent wage jobs be considered an unnecessary burden or a critical part of a civilized urban metropolis?
Jan 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Matthew Cunningham-Cook and StudentNation
What CUNY Pathways Means for Undergraduates What CUNY Pathways Means for Undergraduates
Pathways has less to do with protecting the interests of students than it does with meeting the needs of an administration seeking to cut costs at the bottom and consolidate power ...
Jan 16, 2013 / StudentNation / Michael Busch and StudentNation
Fighting Education Shock Therapy Fighting Education Shock Therapy
With tools from 1964, community activists are pushing the White House to turn federal education policy around.
Jan 15, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation
