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Campus police protest

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

Protest Fossil Fuel

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

Student protest Turkey

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

Palestine protest

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

Cornel West

Harvard’s History of Inscrutable Tenure Denials Harvard’s History of Inscrutable Tenure Denials

Cornel West is only the latest scholar of color the ultra-elite institution has failed to hold on to.

Mar 9, 2021 / StudentNation / Julia Lieblich

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What Black Schools Mean to Black Kids What Black Schools Mean to Black Kids

Being in the racial majority at school can make all the difference for Black children.

Mar 9, 2021 / Feature / Jamilah Lemieux

Student voting on campus

Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters

The ongoing struggle to diminish the student vote in New York’s 19th Congressional District, a purple patch of the Hudson Valley, has echoes nationwide.

Mar 2, 2021 / StudentNation / Najwa Jamal

High school students call for anti-gun laws as they protest and rally in Washington Square Park, Friday April 20, 2018 in New York.

My Selective High School Looks Nothing Like America My Selective High School Looks Nothing Like America

As the nation addresses systemic racism in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests, it’s time to ask: Who is being represented in selective high schools?

Feb 19, 2021 / StudentNation / Aruna Das

Student Debt Relief Is Back on the Table

Student Debt Relief Is Back on the Table Student Debt Relief Is Back on the Table

With a Democratic majority in both chambers, Biden has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to provide immediate financial relief to millions of Americans.

Feb 3, 2021 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian

My Students Are Struggling. You’ll Never Guess Why.

My Students Are Struggling. You’ll Never Guess Why. My Students Are Struggling. You’ll Never Guess Why.

Final exams tend to lose their significance during global chaos.

Feb 1, 2021 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

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