What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now What It’s Like to Be Black on Campus Now
Suddenly our experiences no longer seem isolated—they’re linked in a larger movement against institutional racism. Ten black student journalists tell their stories.
May 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Melissa Harris-Perry
At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11 At the University of Virginia, Black Students Are Still Recovering From August 11
As the academic year draws to a close, black students at the University of Virginia still experience trauma from the white-supremacist Unite the Right rally.
May 16, 2018 / StudentNation / Alexis Gravely
CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized CUNY Was Close to Stiffing Its Students—Until They Organized
Students at the City College of New York protected campus groups from a new policy that could have stripped them of funding.
May 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan and Skanda Kadirgamar
Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist
For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.
May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead In Right-to-Work Iowa, Faculty May Just Have to Follow West Virginia’s Lead
Non-tenure-track professors at the University of Iowa are fighting for bargaining rights in the kind of labor environment Janus threatens to make the national norm—and th...
Apr 27, 2018 / StudentNation / Jake Bittle
PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence PHOTOS: These Students Are Sick and Tired of Gun Violence
“That could be me, my friends, my family.”
Apr 26, 2018 / Photo Essay / Tracie Williams
Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That Mental-Health Care on College Campuses Is Broken—This Group Aims to Change That
With chapters in eight universities across the country, Project LETS makes mental-health care more accessible for students in need.
Apr 23, 2018 / StudentNation / Gabriela Thorne
Teachers Are Following Their Students out of the Classroom Teachers Are Following Their Students out of the Classroom
Young people are leading the way for change, and we should all be listening.
Apr 19, 2018 / StudentNation / Belle Chesler
STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement STEM Students Are Asking More of the #MeToo Movement
Harassment in the sciences doesn’t only come in the form of neatly packaged Title IX reports of clear sexual abuse.
Apr 17, 2018 / StudentNation / Emmalina Glinskis
The Parkland Students Are Showing My Generation a Path Forward The Parkland Students Are Showing My Generation a Path Forward
If Emma González can face the world with her questions, so can I.
Mar 30, 2018 / StudentNation / Sophia Steinberg