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Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels Climate Justice Is About More Than Just Fossil Fuels

A true commitment to climate justice is much broader: It necessarily entails building local resilience to climate impacts.

May 7, 2021 / StudentNation / Matthew Sehrsweeney

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Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How Student Debt Is Devastating American Families—Here’s How

Advocates collected thousands of responses from borrowers across the country, and their stories show just how debilitating student debt has become.

May 5, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Whitney Barkley-Denney

¿Quiere arreglar la brecha racial de riqueza? Comience cancelando la deuda estudiantil.

¿Quiere arreglar la brecha racial de riqueza? Comience cancelando la deuda estudiantil. ¿Quiere arreglar la brecha racial de riqueza? Comience cancelando la deuda estudiantil.

Quiero imaginar un futuro mejor, al igual que lo hicieron mis padres. Pero no debería venir con ataduras abrumadoras.

Apr 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Sabrina Calazans

Want to Fix the Racial Wealth Gap? Start By Canceling Student Debt.

Want to Fix the Racial Wealth Gap? Start By Canceling Student Debt. Want to Fix the Racial Wealth Gap? Start By Canceling Student Debt.

I want to imagine a better future, just as my parents did. But it shouldn’t come with overwhelming strings attached.

Apr 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Sabrina Calazans

A young student sits in front of a laptop, attending an online class.

Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data Platforms Like Canvas Play Fast and Loose With Students’ Data

Many universities have yet to reckon with the data justice implications of learning technologies—now, with online learning the norm, these practices deserve more scrutiny.

Apr 22, 2021 / StudentNation / Britt Paris, Rebecca Reynolds, and Catherine McGowan

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American Universities Are Buried Under a Mountain of Debt American Universities Are Buried Under a Mountain of Debt

How deep in debt is your university? Find out today on Debt Reveal Day!

Apr 15, 2021 / StudentNation / Eleni Schirmer, Jason Thomas Wozniak, Dana Morrison, Rich Levy, and Joanna Gonsalves

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What the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country What the Cops Off Campus Movement Looks Like Across the Country

When we talk about police divestment, these students argue, we have to remember campus cops, too.

Apr 12, 2021 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too

If it’s wrong to destroy our futures, then it’s wrong for our universities to invest in that destruction.

Apr 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Morgan Whitten and Alex Marquardt

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Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights

After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.

Mar 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rafael Logroño

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Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded

When a lawyer tried to force UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine to publicize the names of their speakers at a 2018 conference, the students fought back. And won.

Mar 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Lex McMenamin

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