Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education
Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have have taken over university campuses demanding accessible education for all of...
Aug 18, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation and Brittany Peterson
Teaching Sexuality Education Teaching Sexuality Education
Our country’s inability to untangle matters of religion, politics and public health puts sexuality education teachers and their programs at an enormous risk.
Aug 17, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller
The Newest Avenger: Superhero to Challenge Race Politics The Newest Avenger: Superhero to Challenge Race Politics
When he makes his comeback this fall, Spiderman will ditch Peter Parker’s persona as scrawny, awkward, white, science-nerd and adopt a new one as the half-black, half-Latino ...
Aug 16, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Maria Kari
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories
Every week, Nation interns cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Sex, Lies and Michael Bloomberg Sex, Lies and Michael Bloomberg
New York City's mandate to provide sex education in public schools is the perfect manifesto for comprehensive sexuality education—but will it be held accountable?
Aug 11, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller
Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Crisis Should Matter to All Educators: Interview With Dr. Rudy Acuna Why Arizona’s Ethnic Studies Crisis Should Matter to All Educators: Interview With Dr. Rudy Acuna
Award-winning historian and educator Dr. Rodolfo “Rudy” Acuña discusses the Tea Party’s chilling attack on his work.
Aug 10, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers
20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide 20 Percent of Veterans in College Have Planned to Commit Suicide
A new study says colleges are unprepared to educate the more than one million veterans expected to enter institutions of higher learning in the next decade.
Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe
Chilean Students Strike for Education Reform Chilean Students Strike for Education Reform
A national strike by university and high school students is currently under way in Chile to press their demands for reform of the education system.
Aug 9, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Inspiring Students to Enter Federal Service Inspiring Students to Enter Federal Service
Aug 8, 2011 / StudentNation / Zachary Newkirk
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories
Every week, Nation interns cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Aug 4, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation