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Yale Grad Student Labor Union

After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing After 3 Decades, Yale Graduate Workers Are Finally Unionizing

It’s been 34 years since grad students at Yale University first tried to organize. Now, these workers are on the cusp of forming a labor union.

Dec 5, 2022 / StudentNation / Yash Roy

International Students

Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US? Why Do So Many International Students Leave the US?

There are nearly 1 million international students in the United States. Most want to stay in the country after graduation, yet less than half are able to do so.

Dec 2, 2022 / StudentNation / Madeline Armstrong

Harvard Abortion Protest

Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified Young People Made It Clear: Abortion Rights Must Be Codified

Across the country, Gen Z and millennial voters prioritized abortion during the 2022 midterm elections. Will their historic turnout be rewarded?

Nov 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Zoe Sharif

Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me

Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me Getting Adopted Didn’t Save Me

Two years after I left foster care, my adoptive mother became physically and emotionally abusive. Now, I'm choosing kindness over guilt.

Nov 23, 2022 / StudentNation / George Romero

Cambridge Fossil Free Research Week of Action

Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research Students Tell Their Universities: Keep Fossil Fuel Companies Out of Climate Research

Amid COP27, members of the Fossil Free Research movement took action around the world, protesting the influence of Big Oil on crucial climate change studies.

Nov 22, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Title IX Protest

How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors

In 2014, an investigation by the Department of Education found that Princeton’s response to complaints of sexual violence violated Title IX. How much has changed since?

Nov 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Jessica Lambert

Union Collective Bargaining Illinois Amendment

Illinois Voters Just Made Collective Bargaining a Constitutional Right Illinois Voters Just Made Collective Bargaining a Constitutional Right

The state’s new Workers’ Rights Amendment is a historic victory for union organizers, shutting out the anti-labor “right-to-work” laws that have dominated in the Midwest.

Nov 17, 2022 / StudentNation / Tomas Miriti Pacheco

A poll worker

In the War Against Voting, Poll Workers Are on the Front Lines In the War Against Voting, Poll Workers Are on the Front Lines

During the 2022 midterms, election officials faced an unprecedented level of harassment. After the Republicans' poor performance, antidemocratic conspiracies will only become more ...

Nov 16, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

Asian Americans Affirmative Action

Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans

In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.

Nov 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Shin

Voter Turnout

Youth Turnout Will Decide the Fate of the Midterm Elections Youth Turnout Will Decide the Fate of the Midterm Elections

Young voters hold enormous influence as a demographic. A high level of participation in the midterms this year could swing the results in the Democrats favor.

Nov 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Porter Wheeler

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