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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]

Student Protest Roe

What’s At Stake for Young Voters What’s At Stake for Young Voters

Young people coast to coast detail the most critical issues in the 2022 midterms, from student debt to abortion to climate change.

Jul 26, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Biden Climate Emergency

It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency It’s Time for Biden to Declare a Climate Emergency

The president has an opportunity to address the partisan failures of Congress and the Supreme Court by taking real actions to combat the crisis at hand.

Jul 21, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds

Joe Biden

Joe Biden’s Age Isn’t the Problem Joe Biden’s Age Isn’t the Problem

Rather than substantively critiquing the president's policies or priorities, even Democrats are now criticizing Biden for being “too old.”

Jul 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Andrew V. Lorenzen

LGBTQ Flag Supreme Court

Young LGBTQ People Aren’t Waiting for Democrats to Protect Them Young LGBTQ People Aren’t Waiting for Democrats to Protect Them

After the Biden administration failed to adequately respond to Roe’s being overturned, queer people worry that their rights will be next.

Jul 13, 2022 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

Harvard University

Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money Dear Harvard, It’s Time to Reject Fossil Fuel Money

The university’s recently announced Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability will need to ban oil and gas companies from funding its research.

Jul 12, 2022 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

A mask hanging on a school locker

How Masks Changed My School Experience How Masks Changed My School Experience

Wearing a mask in high school is annoying, but it makes me feel safe. My biggest fear is reliving the nightmare that began in March 2020.

Jul 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Marylene Bioh

Chesa Boudin Recall

What Chesa Boudin’s Recall Means for Children With Incarcerated Parents What Chesa Boudin’s Recall Means for Children With Incarcerated Parents

If we want to seriously reform our criminal justice system, we need to listen to those who have felt the human costs of incarceration.

Jul 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Owen Mortner

March for Our Lives

Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence Militarizing Schools Isn’t the Answer to Gun Violence

We’ll soon graduate a generation of young people who may have trouble reading and writing and adding but will be experts at ducking and covering.

Jul 1, 2022 / StudentNation / William Astore

Abortion Protest

What Young People Face Without “Roe” What Young People Face Without “Roe”

With power in the hands of the states after Dobbs v. Jackson, college students are ready to continue the decades-long fight for abortion rights.

Jun 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Sofia Andrade

Harvard Ivy League

We Need Less Harvard, Not More We Need Less Harvard, Not More

Expanding enrollment at Ivy League institutions won’t solve inequality or fix our broken education system.

Jun 28, 2022 / StudentNation / John Monkovic

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