StudentNation

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]

UCLA

Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working Campuses Are Closed, but Student Journalists Are Still Working

Even while they move back home or look for a new place to live, adjust to online learning, and look for extra income, student journalists are still reporting.

Apr 1, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

Student debt protest

Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt Now Is the Time to Cancel Student Debt

Maintaining the persistent burden of student debt is a recipe for economic disaster for millions of everyday people.

Mar 18, 2020 / StudentNation / Cody Hounanian and Natalia Abrams

Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted

Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted Campuses Across the Country Are Closing—These Are the Students Impacted

As campuses close to prevent the spread of coronavirus, many students are getting left behind.

Mar 16, 2020 / StudentNation / StudentNation

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

We Need Multilingual Student Journalism We Need Multilingual Student Journalism

How the news is presented should not hinder anyone from staying informed. As student journalists, we can make sure of that.

Mar 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Duke Wiesenberg

What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?

What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet? What Does Work Look Like on a Dying Planet?

Students, promised a bright and successful future after college, are being fast-tracked into corporate careers, usually without a second thought about the value of their work in a ...

Mar 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building

Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building Syracuse Students Are Still Occupying Their Campus Administration Building

Students say faculty response to their first protest against over 30 racist incidents on campus didn’t go far enough.

Mar 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Max Kalnitz

Female student stands in front of Spelman College sign

The Reproductive Justice Gap at HBCUs The Reproductive Justice Gap at HBCUs

Some historically black colleges and universities, founded privately on Christian principles, have become deserts of sexual health resources—and students want that to change.

Feb 13, 2020 / StudentNation / Miranda Perez

We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore

We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore We’re California Graduate Students, and We’re Not Taking Poverty Wages Anymore

It’s time for a wildcat strike.

Feb 10, 2020 / StudentNation / UC Santa Cruz Wildcat Strikers

Stanford Campus

Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy Students Shouldn’t Have to Choose Between Groceries and Therapy

Students at Stanford say that campus mental health care is nearly impossible to access—a problem students across the country are facing, too.

Feb 5, 2020 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

Brown University Sayles Hall

These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus These Students Are Bringing Transformative Justice to Their Campus

A first in the country and built from the ground up by students, Brown University’s Transformative Justice Program addresses harm on campus without relying on the punitive legal sy...

Jan 24, 2020 / StudentNation / Mara Dolan

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