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]

Censoring Books in Arizona

Censoring Books in Arizona Censoring Books in Arizona

Massive backlash against the Ethnic Studies ban has been slow in coming but could prove politically disastrous for the powers that be.

Jan 30, 2012 / StudentNation / Habiba Alcindor

A Graphic History of Student Activism A Graphic History of Student Activism

A visual record of US student protests.

Jan 27, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (1/26) From Nation Interns: This Week’s Top Stories (1/26)

Every week, interns at The Nation try to cut through the echo chamber and select an important article in their area of interest that they feel deserves more attention.

Jan 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

An Open Letter to the UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White An Open Letter to the UC Riverside Chancellor Timothy White

The people beaten and shot at by the UCPD are our students; they are our colleagues. And they are our neighbors. We were all in it together. They are the public, and the public i...

Jan 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Jennifer Doyle

Meet the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Senior Fellows

Meet the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Senior Fellows Meet the Roosevelt Institute Campus Network Senior Fellows

From empowering students to fight back against the school-to-prison pipeline, to finding inspiration for new foreign policy ideas in the Arab Spring, to bringing new voices to th...

Jan 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

How To Make It in America: Manifesto by the Average American-Muslim How To Make It in America: Manifesto by the Average American-Muslim

The Crescent Directive is a nicely packaged story, stratagem, and vision of "how PTA meetings, Thanksgiving dinners, and Little League baseball can save the image of Islam ...

Jan 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Maria Kari

Baltimore Algebra Project Stops Juvenile Detention Center

Baltimore Algebra Project Stops Juvenile Detention Center Baltimore Algebra Project Stops Juvenile Detention Center

When Bob Moses brought his Algebra Project to Baltimore in 1990, he could hardly have imagined the impact his mathematics curriculum would have on the city’s youth two deca...

Jan 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Umar Farooq

Occupy Riverside Student Injured by Police Occupy Riverside Student Injured by Police

Students, many who believed the days of violent police actions were behind them, will continue to protest until officials get it right: students have the right to peacefully comm...

Jan 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Diana Delgado

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories (1/18) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories (1/18)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Jan 19, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

From Harvard to Wall Street: Recruiting at the Ivies

From Harvard to Wall Street: Recruiting at the Ivies From Harvard to Wall Street: Recruiting at the Ivies

Ivy League universities have institutionalized the culture that makes finance jobs so ubiquitous among graduates.

Jan 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Sandra Y.L. Korn

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