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]

With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies? With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies?

Mexican American Studies co-founder Sean Arce talks about the future of multicultural education in Arizona.

Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012)

This week: the ongoing fight against Citizens United, Obama's trip to Southeast Asia, and much more. 

Nov 26, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The vote made Harvard College the first school in the nation to pass a student referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment.

Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Alli Welton

Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference

In university admissions, why are we preferencing the already-privileged? 

Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Scott Stern

Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment

Student activists at Middlebury College in Vermont are challenging the otherwise liberal school to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. 

Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley

Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest

The President's choice of venue--where the former military dictator massacred students in 1962--is a nod to his administration's careful non-endorsement of the Myanmar gove...

Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger

Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents

It appears that the UC Regents leveraged the California dream to make the UC system a player in Wall Street’s casino economy. As with any casino, the game was fixed.

Nov 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Leighton Akio Woodhouse

DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement

DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement

A report from the front-lines of the climate change movement.

Nov 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia

Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own

A conversation with Mark Binelli, author of Detroit City Is the Place to Be.

Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / Claire Lambrecht

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12)

This week: a debate on debt forgiveness, Burma's Rohingya crisis, and the War on Drugs' latest victims.

Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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