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StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

No Human Being Is Illegal No Human Being Is Illegal

The radical proposition should be a clear and unequivocal demand: No human being is illegal.

Mar 19, 2013 / StudentNation / Luis Feliz and StudentNation

Dispatches From the US Student Movement: March 15

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

Across the country, universities are breaking their promises—on affordability, diversity and protection against rape. What do students have to say about it?

Mar 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/15/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/15/13)

Warrior cops, Massive Open Online Courses, mulling mullahs and a new Great Game in the Arctic.

Mar 14, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Columbia Students Come Out for Campus Workers’ Rights Columbia Students Come Out for Campus Workers’ Rights

It seems that students and workers united are finally building the “Columbia community” that the administration often talks about.

Mar 14, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment UVM Faculty Senate Vote to Support Divestment

If UVM commits to divestment, it will be the only public university and the largest university to do so.

Mar 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Maple Spring Part Deux?

Maple Spring Part Deux? Maple Spring Part Deux?

What's next for Quebec's student movement?

Mar 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell and StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/8/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/8/13)

This week witnessed widespread school closings in Philadelphia, the threat of war with Iran, the death of Hugo Chávez and the exploits of the Russian (and American) secret p...

Mar 9, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia? Anatomy of a Failed Campus: What Happened At NYU’s Tisch Asia?

Amid the university's rapid international expansion, there is a story of an NYU campus that failed. So what happened in Singapore? It depends who you ask. 

Mar 6, 2013 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger and StudentNation

Re-examining Divestment Re-examining Divestment

A Princeton undergraduate makes the case for fossil-fuel divestment.

Mar 5, 2013 / StudentNation / Isaac Lederman and StudentNation

Madrid’s Renaissance of Occupied Spaces

Madrid’s Renaissance of Occupied Spaces Madrid’s Renaissance of Occupied Spaces

In all societies, in some form or another, there are young people who live in abandoned properties without the consent of the property owner: A look inside the world of Spanis...

Mar 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Julia Ramírez Blanco and StudentNation

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