StudentNation

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]

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

High School Students Demand Gun-Control High School Students Demand Gun-Control

Each time a major shooting occurs, anger swells for a few days and promptly disappears. We won’t let this happen again.

Jan 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt, Nick Barber, and StudentNation

Millennials and Guns

Millennials and Guns Millennials and Guns

The youth-driven Gun Violence Prevention Task Force aims to delineate reasonable but meaningful solutions.

Jan 14, 2013 / StudentNation / Ryan Dahrouge, Jamira Burley, and StudentNation

Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform?

SFER, a student network that has exploded on more than 100 college campuses across the country since it was started in 2009, is an “education reform” front for a lobbyi...

Jan 11, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US

Young people across the nation are using militant nonviolent tactics in an effort to spread the message that we can’t afford to continue down an unsustainable path for our cl...

Jan 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Candice Bernd and StudentNation

‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis

‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis ‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis

Featuring the stories of three university students, each experiencing different, yet broadly representative, personal and financial struggles, all sharing a common desire to pursue...

Jan 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Making Sense of Google Street Views

Making Sense of Google Street Views Making Sense of Google Street Views

Doug Rickard’s works serve an important purpose apart from commenting on inequality: they test a new understanding of what John Berger calls a “total view of reality&rd...

Jan 3, 2013 / StudentNation / Alexia Nader

The Untold History of the US: Part Three The Untold History of the US: Part Three

The third episode of the Showtime explores the birth of the American Empire by focusing on Harry Truman's presidency, his decision to inaugurate the nuclear age and unsung hero...

Jan 3, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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