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]

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

Reflections From Behind the Brick Wall

Reflections From Behind the Brick Wall Reflections From Behind the Brick Wall

After spending four year in college, this student gives a critique of the academic industrial complex and the corporatization of higher education.

Aug 12, 2014 / StudentNation / Bakri R and StudentNation

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

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

This Week: “Fitting the description,” CIA’s use of dentention and rendition, and bad feminist, Roxane Gay.

Aug 7, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/01/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/01/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/01/14?

This Week: Race and gender and Detriot‘s water cutoffs, #YouOkSis street harassment awareness movement, and US‘s responsiblity to Hamida Gulistani

Aug 1, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

On Gaza, the Border Crisis and Police Brutality, a National Youth Groundswell

On Gaza, the Border Crisis and Police Brutality, a National Youth Groundswell On Gaza, the Border Crisis and Police Brutality, a National Youth Groundswell

What does Renisha McBride have to do with Tariq Kdheir? For young people across the country, everything.

Jul 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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