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]

Students Blockade I-75, Stage a ‘Shit-In’ for Trans Justice and Get ‘Real’ With George Will

Students Blockade I-75, Stage a ‘Shit-In’ for Trans Justice and Get ‘Real’ With George Will Students Blockade I-75, Stage a ‘Shit-In’ for Trans Justice and Get ‘Real’ With George Will

From the clock tower to the playground, youth resistance to racism and violence rolls on.

Oct 24, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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Can Student Credit Unions Solve the College Affordability Problem? Can Student Credit Unions Solve the College Affordability Problem?

A lesson in how to provide banking centered on people's needs and not on profit for its investors, the Columbia credit union might well ripple well beyond the Morningside campu...

Oct 22, 2014 / StudentNation / Hélène Barthélemy

Poly, NYU’s Latest Global Venture in Building ‘Innovation’ on the Backs of Low-wage Workers

Poly, NYU’s Latest Global Venture in Building ‘Innovation’ on the Backs of Low-wage Workers Poly, NYU’s Latest Global Venture in Building ‘Innovation’ on the Backs of Low-wage Workers

NYU’s Polytechnic School of Engineering or “Poly” facilitates innovation through exploitation of graduate student labor. 

Oct 21, 2014 / StudentNation / Lily Defriend, Gisselle Cunningham, and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/16/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/16/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/16/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/16/14?

Oct 20, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation

It’s Time for Everyone to Come Out of the Debt Closet

It’s Time for Everyone to Come Out of the Debt Closet It’s Time for Everyone to Come Out of the Debt Closet

NYU Queer Union tackles student debt with their second annual “Come Out of the Debt Closet” event.

Oct 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From St. Louis to South LA, American Youth Move the Moment

From St. Louis to South LA, American Youth Move the Moment From St. Louis to South LA, American Youth Move the Moment

Across the country, young people rally, converge and stage sit-ins to end mass criminalization—and more.

Oct 14, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Affirmative Consent as State Law in California

Affirmative Consent as State Law in California Affirmative Consent as State Law in California

The state of California has adopted a new framework of consent for colleges and universities which will have widespread implications for prosecuting sexual assault.

Oct 14, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/9/14?

Oct 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves

What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves

Millennial icon Lena Dunham’s relationship to unpaid labour is explored, contextualized and reframed by youth activists and media workers.

Oct 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Isabelle Nastasia

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/2/14?

Oct 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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