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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]

How Art Inspires Change

How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change

The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...

Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel

To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’

To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’ To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’

Will Koch-allied trustees, state-appointed superintendents or President Obama ever listen to students?

Sep 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina

Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina

The release of a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate has opened up a bipartisan conversation around punitive justice in North Carolina.

Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/11/14?

Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice

From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice

Michael Brown, John Crawford, Reefa Hernandez—and a national youth movement.

Aug 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes

Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes

Young women are fed up with being pressured to curate their appearance and, by extension, others’ potentially lecherous thoughts about them. They’re fighting back.

Aug 27, 2014 / StudentNation / Cecilia D’Anastasio and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/22/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/22/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/22/14?

This Week: Republicans and the new AP US History exam, Bangladesh and the global warming crisis, and the history of division in St. Louis. 

Aug 22, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Where Is the Voice of Migrant Children in the Immigration Crisis?

Where Is the Voice of Migrant Children in the Immigration Crisis? Where Is the Voice of Migrant Children in the Immigration Crisis?

Child migrants and their families are the ones being affected by the shifts in policy, and ultimately, any decision made impacts their future first and foremost.

Aug 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/15/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/15/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/15/14?

This Week: The death of Michael Brown, graphic novels getting naked, and Rikers Island.

Aug 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Students Stand Up and Speak Out in Sacramento, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC

Students Stand Up and Speak Out in Sacramento, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC Students Stand Up and Speak Out in Sacramento, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC

As deportations and state violence heat up, struggles collide.

Aug 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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