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]

Protest Fossil Fuel

When Schools Say No to Divestment When Schools Say No to Divestment

How do students find the power, passion, and courage to continue the climate fight after that emphatic “no”?

Sep 26, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People

How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People How Journalism Can Mend Its Broken Relationship With Young People

If it doesn’t, everybody loses.

Sep 20, 2016 / StudentNation / Will Anderson

Student debt

4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt 4 Simple Ways to Help 44 Million Americans With Student Debt

The student-loan-debt crisis is very real, yet policies have failed to respond with any urgency.

Sep 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

BLM Protest

A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World A New Generation of Freedom Fighters Is Taking It to the Streets—and the World

As schools, states, and corporations redraw their borders, young people are launching transnational campaigns to fight back.

Sep 14, 2016 / StudentNation / Rachel Gilmer, Christopher Lopez, Kerrina Williams, Lorena Buñi, and Adrian Bonifacio

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines Maine’s Governor Puts His State on Fracking’s Front Lines

The gap between climate justice and climate policy is now so profound that it jeopardizes Americans’ rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.

Sep 6, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Greenhouse Gases

What the Climate Movement Can Learn from the Neoliberal Coup What the Climate Movement Can Learn from the Neoliberal Coup

With its strategy and our moral compass, the climate movement could be unstoppable.

Aug 19, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Student Debt Customers

A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies A New Report Sheds Light on Profiteering by So-Called Debt-Relief Companies

Finally, a clear picture of how student-debt-relief companies take advantage of loan borrowers.

Aug 17, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

Obama speaking in panel

Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too Why White People Need to Talk About Racism Too

I’ve inadvertently ended many a conversation by bringing up the issue of race.

Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood

Dollars and graduation cap

5 Countries That Know How to Handle Student Debt 5 Countries That Know How to Handle Student Debt

It doesn’t have to be this way.

Aug 4, 2016 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams and Cody Hounanian

Columbia University

The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest The 2016 Nation Student Writing Contest

Entries will be accepted through Monday, September 26, 2016.

Jul 28, 2016 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg

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