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]

Police Raid Clears Occupy Cal Encampment

Police Raid Clears Occupy Cal Encampment Police Raid Clears Occupy Cal Encampment

An early morning raid rousted the Occupy Cal camp resulting in two arrests.

Nov 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Jordan Bach-Lombardo

Students for a New American Politics Endorses Murphy & Griego for Congress Students for a New American Politics Endorses Murphy & Griego for Congress

The nation’s largest student-run political action committee just announced its first Congressional endorsements of the volatile upcoming election cycle.

Nov 17, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid Campuses React to Free Speech Violations at OWS Raid

News of the Occupy Wall Street “media blackout” sparked reactions from sympathetic students across the country.

Nov 16, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

Occupy Cal General Assembly Votes to Re-establish Encampment

Occupy Cal General Assembly Votes to Re-establish Encampment Occupy Cal General Assembly Votes to Re-establish Encampment

Last week's police violence in Berkeley has emboldened Occupy Cal campus activists.

Nov 16, 2011 / StudentNation / Victoria Pardini & Aaida Samad

Occupy Movement Slowly Growing on California Campuses Occupy Movement Slowly Growing on California Campuses

A survey of the Occupy Colleges movement in California.

Nov 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Brandon Hensley

Surprise Police Raid Clears Out Zuccotti Park

Surprise Police Raid Clears Out Zuccotti Park Surprise Police Raid Clears Out Zuccotti Park

An eyewitness report.

Nov 15, 2011 / StudentNation / Ari Lipsitz and Jocelyn Silver

Feminism and the 99 Percent Feminism and the 99 Percent

Takeaways from a discussion on gender and the Occupy movement at Syracuse University.

Nov 14, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

Occupy Cal Stands Its Ground

Occupy Cal Stands Its Ground Occupy Cal Stands Its Ground

A Berkeley undergraduate rebuts and rebukes the University of California Chancellor's criticism of Occupy Cal.

Nov 14, 2011 / StudentNation / Margaret Zhou

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/11)

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.

Nov 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement Harvard Joins the Occupy Movement

On November 9, hundreds of Harvard students put down tents to begin an occupation of Harvard Yard.

Nov 10, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

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