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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]

Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’

Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’ Looking Back on ‘Black on Campus’

Co-founder Dr. Sherri Williams looks back on a year of amplifying black students’ voices and what comes next.

Sep 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams

‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West

‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West ‘I Want People to Hear Me’: An Interview With Savannah West

Black on Campus used technology, travel, text messaging, and the sheer force of will to build community as we learned to meet deadlines.

Sep 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry

Puerto Rico student protests

When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico When Disaster Capitalism Comes for the University of Puerto Rico

The ongoing privatization of Puerto Rico’s recovery threatens not only the university’s autonomy, but its very existence.

Sep 20, 2018 / StudentNation / Rima Brusi, Yarimar Bonilla, and Isar Godreau

Brianna Black on Campus

For Black College Students, Balancing Activism and Mental Health Takes Work For Black College Students, Balancing Activism and Mental Health Takes Work

College for black students is more than just obtaining a degree. It’s also about permeating structures and spaces in which we were never originally included—and that can take a tol...

Sep 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Brianna Reddick

College Bookstore

Nothing Says ‘Welcome to College’ Like Exorbitant Textbook Prices Nothing Says ‘Welcome to College’ Like Exorbitant Textbook Prices

The cost of textbooks could feed a family of four for a week.

Aug 28, 2018 / StudentNation / Andre Perry

Southerners on New Ground

The Next Generation of Southern Organizing The Next Generation of Southern Organizing

By providing a playbook for young organizers, Southerners on New Ground encourages college students not simply to stay involved, but to see themselves as leaders in the fight for a...

Aug 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Robin Happel

Student debt protest

The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds The State Lawsuit That Could Set a Precedent for Nationwide Student-Loan Refunds

What is certain is that borrowers will continue to pay the price if student-loan companies aren’t held accountable.

Aug 9, 2018 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Senya Merchant

Anton Rose Protest

Could Fewer Independent Police Forces Help Reduce Police Brutality in Pennsylvania? Could Fewer Independent Police Forces Help Reduce Police Brutality in Pennsylvania?

Allegheny County’s intense regional fragmentation is the unsustainable legacy of industrial capitalism—could changing that help save the lives of young people like Antwon Rose?

Jul 31, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

DSA High School

Whom Is the DSA Reaching? The Teens. Whom Is the DSA Reaching? The Teens.

Since Ocasio-Cortez’s win, a surge of YDSA members from high schools around the country want to organize chapters at their schools.

Jul 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Abdullah Shihipar

NYU Abu Dhabi

The Labor Abuse That Went Into NYU’s Abu Dhabi Campus The Labor Abuse That Went Into NYU’s Abu Dhabi Campus

According to a new report, for nearly a decade, the construction of the new campus systematically exposed workers to abuse and coercion.

Jul 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

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