Students Storm Christie-Corbett Fundraiser, Sideline Westboro Baptists and #RiseNGrind Students Storm Christie-Corbett Fundraiser, Sideline Westboro Baptists and #RiseNGrind
As the school year ends—and fall elections heat up—students walk out, tape up and unionize for justice.
Jun 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
At the Frontlines, Youth Continue to Fight Queer and Trans Homelessness At the Frontlines, Youth Continue to Fight Queer and Trans Homelessness
Pride month begins in Washington Square Park with the continued legacy of the LGBT Rally for the Homeless.
Jun 13, 2014 / StudentNation / Hannah Gold and StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/13/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/13/14?
This week: the 9/11 Memorial Museum, exploited labor in California, and racial controversy at World Cup Brazil
Jun 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
How Did this High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian? How Did this High School Student Go From Being Suspended 20 Times to Graduating Valedictorian?
Watch how this Oakland teen went from being involved in gang violence to being top of his class.
Jun 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns Students Blockade for Trans Justice, Dish 18,000 Red Squares and Push California to Divest From Guns
As the semester ends, direct action rages on.
Jun 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet? Since When Does Free Speech Require Students to Stay Quiet?
Former UC-Berkeley chancellor Robert Birgeneau characterizes words as violent but shrugs his shoulders at the very real violence committed against his own students and faculty.
Jun 2, 2014 / StudentNation / Sam Warren and StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/6/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 6/6/2014?
This week: nerdfighters, mansplainers, and defenders of the Internet.
Jun 1, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/30/2014?
This week: Wildfires, deadly misogyny and the world cup's dark side.
May 30, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 5/23/2014?
Get ready to open some tabs. This week from our interns: Queen B, shiny data and how to fight poverty (with money).
May 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus Reports of Worker Abuse Continue at NYU’s Newly Completed Abu Dhabi Campus
To build the university where Bill Clinton will speak this week, laborers are paid less than what was contracted, are refused their own passports and bank cards and sleep a dozen t...
May 20, 2014 / StudentNation / Helen Holmes, Ari Lipsitz, and StudentNation