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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]

Betsy DeVos speaks about Title IX

What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong About Sexual Assault on Campus What Betsy DeVos Gets Wrong About Sexual Assault on Campus

Her focus on due process shows a fundamental misunderstanding of the dynamics at play in campus rape investigations.

Sep 12, 2017 / StudentNation / Elizabeth Adetiba

DACA protest

How 1 Undocumented Student Became an Immigration Activist How 1 Undocumented Student Became an Immigration Activist

The Hope CommUnity Center told Eli that she had a voice and that her voice needed to be heard rather than stifled by fear.

Sep 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Zach Daniels

Sanctuary Campus

What I Learned From Trying To Make My Campus a Sanctuary What I Learned From Trying To Make My Campus a Sanctuary

While dozens of colleges have in fact become sanctuaries as a matter of policy, there has been hesitation on the part of public institutions which receive funding at the city, stat...

Sep 6, 2017 / StudentNation / David Pastor

Charlottesville counter-protesters

The Charlottesville Syllabus The Charlottesville Syllabus

Studying hate is critical to countering it.

Aug 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

Campus sexual assault

Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos Campus Assault Survivors Deserve Better Than Secretary DeVos

Dismissing survivors’ concerns only continues the cycle of abuse on campus, worsening conditions that fuel sexual violence in the first place.

Aug 11, 2017 / StudentNation / Sarah Nesbitt

UChicago GSU

Graduate Students on These 7 Campuses Are Fighting for Their Labor Rights Graduate Students on These 7 Campuses Are Fighting for Their Labor Rights

Classes may be over, but the class struggle sure isn’t.

Aug 8, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan

Mexico border fence

Toxic Borders and the Struggle for Human Rights Toxic Borders and the Struggle for Human Rights

A world with open borders could decrease human rights violations and the inhumane treatment of undocumented workers in the United States.

Aug 4, 2017 / StudentNation / Claire Devine

Greenland iceberg

Climate Change is the Issue of My Generation Climate Change is the Issue of My Generation

When I think about the thousands of young people working endlessly to give future generations a fighting chance, I can’t help but stand in awe.

Aug 4, 2017 / StudentNation / Leehi Yona

U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions

What Is the Future of Affirmative Action Under Jeff Sessions’s Department of Justice? What Is the Future of Affirmative Action Under Jeff Sessions’s Department of Justice?

Experts weigh in on what it would mean for the DOJ to sue colleges and universities for discriminating against white students.

Aug 3, 2017 / StudentNation / Collier Meyerson

Yale Law

No, Law School Didn’t Teach Us to ‘Engage’ With Racists No, Law School Didn’t Teach Us to ‘Engage’ With Racists

Rather, we intend to use our legal training to fight injustice wherever we encounter it.

Aug 1, 2017 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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