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]

A Message from Millennials to Millennials A Message from Millennials to Millennials

"Childish Things" features young activists speaking to their peers about what they see as the importance of President Obama's re-election for young people.

Oct 25, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election Give the Undocumented a Voice in the Election

STUDENT FINALIST: The harrowing irony of our current immigration system is that those who will be most affected by immigration policies can’t participate in the election process.

Oct 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone

An Energy Solution Cannot Wait An Energy Solution Cannot Wait

STUDENT FINALIST: America is growing weak and gaining a poor reputation because it is unable to provide power for its technology.

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Kathryn Davis

We Can’t Trust the Government We Can’t Trust the Government

STUDENT FINALIST: The most important issue of the 2012 Elections is renewing public trust in government to reinvigorate small businesses and self-employed people

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Kristy Hong

Selling the Supreme Court Selling the Supreme Court

STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election. 

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Alex Ritter

A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All

STUDENT FINALIST: What is really at stake this November is nothing less than the existence of an American republic.

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Guido Girgenti

NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him

When Daniel Straus's company locked out workers, they showed up at NYU to protest. It turns out the anti-labor protesters they encountered there were hired by the company.

Oct 22, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

For the Sake of Democracy, We Need Electoral Reform For the Sake of Democracy, We Need Electoral Reform

STUDENT FINALIST: We must choose to move towards a shared conception of justice and social solidarity that differentiates itself from Capitol Hill’s petty electoral games.

Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Erik Lampmann

Romney’s Recession Reaganomics Romney’s Recession Reaganomics

STUDENT FINALIST: With staggering unemployment, Romney’s trickle-down policies are the last thing the United States needs.

Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Audrey Yu

What I Owe to Radical Feminism What I Owe to Radical Feminism

STUDENT WINNER: American women can’t afford the Republican rollback of rights our forebears fought so hard to win. 

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Tess Saperstein

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