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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]

Williams College

You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors You Shouldn’t Have to Take an African-American Studies Course to Read African-American Authors

Students demand universities diversify curriculum to include black scholarship.

Jan 13, 2016 / StudentNation / Zachary R. Wood and StudentNation

Yale Race

What I Learned This Semester at Yale What I Learned This Semester at Yale

Students of color are not separatists practicing identity politics—they are fed up with false histories and a false present.

Dec 17, 2015 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21 Youth Power and Powerlessness at COP21

Young people have been banging their heads on the walls of the political establishment for far too long. It’s time we figure out something new.

Dec 10, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

The Psychology of the Affirmative-Action Backlash

The Psychology of the Affirmative-Action Backlash The Psychology of the Affirmative-Action Backlash

What makes Abigail Fisher think she’s a victim? And how does her rhetoric impact students of color?

Dec 9, 2015 / StudentNation / June Jennings

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents To Global Leaders at COP21: Be Like the Ents

Once something threatens who you are and what you love, you have no choice but to take action.

Dec 1, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote

CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote CUNY Faculty Authorizes a Strike Vote

Half a decade after working without a contract or a pay raise, City University of New York faculty and staff have had enough.

Nov 30, 2015 / StudentNation / Carlos Ballesteros

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice WANTED: Political Power for Climate Justice

Movement leaders identify their goals as political, but they don’t see the movement as having the political power to achieve those goals.

Nov 16, 2015 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

The University of North Carolina’s New President Should Scare Anyone Who Cares About Higher Ed

The University of North Carolina’s New President Should Scare Anyone Who Cares About Higher Ed The University of North Carolina’s New President Should Scare Anyone Who Cares About Higher Ed

Margaret Spellings is a Karl Rove protégé who calls students “customers,” and now she’s in charge of the state’s prestigious public university system.

Nov 16, 2015 / StudentNation / Zoë Carpenter

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou? Why Isn’t Yale As Radical as Mizzou?

University of Missouri students pulled all the right levers for structural change. Why hasn’t Yale done the same?

Nov 11, 2015 / StudentNation / Daniel Moattar

The Poet, the Journalist, and the Dissident

The Poet, the Journalist, and the Dissident The Poet, the Journalist, and the Dissident

Edward Snowden speaks at Bard College about “Why Privacy Matters.”

Nov 10, 2015 / StudentNation / Tekendra Parmar

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