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]

Yale Slavery Menafee

A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History A Worker Broke a Window at Yale and Shed Light on History

The vestige of American slavery had long gone politely ignored amid the polished Oxonian interiors of the rarefied university.

Jul 25, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Fethullah Gulen reading

The Man Accused of Inspiring Turkey’s Coup Is Behind the Largest Charter-School Chain in America The Man Accused of Inspiring Turkey’s Coup Is Behind the Largest Charter-School Chain in America

The schools have been investigated for corruption.

Jul 19, 2016 / StudentNation / George Joseph

Black Lives Matter March

Young People on the Streets of Cleveland and Philadelphia Young People on the Streets of Cleveland and Philadelphia

For many young people who took their first step into activism this primary campaign, mobilizing in opposition to Trump at the RNC is both a moral obligation and a chance to test th...

Jul 18, 2016 / StudentNation / Tania Unzueta, BLM Philly, Rossmery Zayas, and Maximilian Cotterill

Brooklyn College student activists

Building Student Power Through Participatory Budgeting Building Student Power Through Participatory Budgeting

Students are pressing to bring the process to the City University of New York, one of the nation's largest public universities, serving more than 270,000 students.

Jul 13, 2016 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan

Seattle University Students Protest

How Student Movements for Racial Justice Can Survive Summer Break How Student Movements for Racial Justice Can Survive Summer Break

Administrators count on summer break to subdue campus activism, but student groups across Seattle aren’t letting that happen.

Jul 12, 2016 / StudentNation / Alia Marsha

Sweet 16: The Case for Lowering the Voting Age Sweet 16: The Case for Lowering the Voting Age

Teens and young voters across the country have lowered the voting age in several cities — and they're setting their sights on DC.

Jul 7, 2016 / StudentNation / Jazmin Kay

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need Teach for America Has Gone Global, and Its Board Has Strange Ideas About What Poor Kids Need

In India, school funding is sorely lacking, but Teach for India just wants to transform attitudes.

Jul 1, 2016 / Feature / George Joseph

Paul LePage

Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine Big Solar’s Obstructionism in Maine

Will Big Solar perpetuate the abuses of Big Oil?

Jun 27, 2016 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Sweatshop worker

Colleges Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Anti-Sweatshop Policies Colleges Aren’t Enforcing Their Own Anti-Sweatshop Policies

SUNY’s failure to enforce its anti-sweatshop policies is a reminder that major institutional consumers can only go so far in addressing the crisis of globalized labor abuses.

Jun 27, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Pre-K Student

Inequality Is Even Seeping Into Preschool Classrooms Inequality Is Even Seeping Into Preschool Classrooms

Education disparities start early.

Jun 24, 2016 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

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