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]

Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day

Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day

More than one hundred Columbia students congregated in the middle of campus to express solidarity with labor and their own personal frustrations with an economy that is run incre...

May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Janine Balekdjian

NYU Kicks Off May Day With Bobst Picket Against 2031 NYU Kicks Off May Day With Bobst Picket Against 2031

The group expressed their opposition to NYU’s 2031 plan, which its opponents characterize as aggressive real estate expansion that threatens the historic character of the Vi...

May 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/26/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/26/12)

Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition

Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition

This week, Cooper Union student organizers preparing for an Occupy Wall Street protest against student debt were infuriated by their school’s decision to introduce tuition ...

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin

Student Loan Debt vs. the American Dream Student Loan Debt vs. the American Dream

Robert Applebaum, founder of ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com, answers questions on student loan debt in this video segment.

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Occupy Student Debt Occupy Student Debt

Occupy Student Debt is staging several events today to commemorate the total amount of student debt passing $1 trillion.

Apr 25, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Congress Needs to Act on Stafford Loan Rate Congress Needs to Act on Stafford Loan Rate

The current system is by no means perfect. But to make college even less accessible for the poor would have a devastating effect on inequality and upward mobility in this countr...

Apr 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Braden Bernards

Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm Occupiers Take Over UC Land for Farm

Student and community activists cleared and tilled the ground and planted hundreds of vegetable starters before setting up tents on the Gill Tract, a plot of land at the corner o...

Apr 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Christopher Yee

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/18/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/18/12)

Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Apr 19, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose

Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose Student Activism as the Tip of the Spear: Raising the Minimum Wage in San Jose

A group of thirty San Jose State students recently put their studies into practice and launched a campaign that has gained the support of young labor activists, community group...

Apr 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Amy B. Dean

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