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]

Settler Colleges in Arizona and Palestine Settler Colleges in Arizona and Palestine

This summer, while a college in one of Israel’s largest US-funded colonies illegally built on Palestinian lands was upgraded to the status of public university, Arizona celeb...

Oct 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone

Arizona Students React to Anti-Muslim Video and Related Violence Arizona Students React to Anti-Muslim Video and Related Violence

Students at the University of Arizona fear recent riots may stir anti-Muslim sentiments on campus. 

Sep 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Amer Azzam Taleb

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (9/28/12) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (9/28/12)

 This week: development in Brazil, censorship in Burma, and much more. 

Sep 28, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

NYU Professors Sue Government Over 2031 Expansion NYU Professors Sue Government Over 2031 Expansion

NYU has refused to present any kind of business plan for its 2031 expansion plan.

Sep 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger

A Lesson for Arne Duncan A Lesson for Arne Duncan

 It’s one thing to stand for children, the ever-forgotten pawns of the so-called school wars. It’s another to take students seriously as interlocutors in poli...

Sep 26, 2012 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

Being Young at the DNC Being Young at the DNC

If the Democrats are serious about helping youth, then they can’t just listen because it’s a nice thing to do and it looks good, but because young people can contribute...

Sep 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not

The Chicago Teacher Strike was just the first step in a march against educational inequality.

Sep 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/21/2012) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/21/2012)

This week: Michigan labor laws, riots in China and much more.

Sep 21, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement? Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement?

The real victory in Quebec may be students realizing their own power in organizing.  

Sep 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

Video Contest Details Student Debt Experiences Video Contest Details Student Debt Experiences

 Student Debt Crisis is asking the public to choose the winner of its student debt story video contest.

Sep 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy

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