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]

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest Young Activists to Risk Arrest During Keystone XL Protest

Youth and students around the country are mobilizing, preparing to return to the White House to demand action in what could be the most crucial environmental decision of Obama&rsqu...

Feb 22, 2014 / StudentNation / Adam Greenberg and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/21/2014?

This week: Colombian military scandals, academics on strike and da Vinci the robot.

Feb 20, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/14/2014?

This week: fanfiction, advice for de Blasio and a history of CIA involvement in the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Feb 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm

UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm UCLA Law Students of Color Sound an Alarm

There are thirty-three black students in the UCLA School of Law student body of 1,100.

Feb 13, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Is XL Dissent?

What Is XL Dissent? What Is XL Dissent?

Activists from more than fifty universities issue an open invitation to a March 2 Keystone XL protest in DC.

Feb 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday Thousands of Young People Participate in Raleigh’s Moral Monday

Raleigh's first Moral Monday march of the year draws a diverse group of activists including teachers, and members of the NAACP and Planned Parenthood.

Feb 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Tara Jeffries and StudentNation

This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig

This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig This Week in the Student Movement: Citywide Walkouts, Athlete Unions, MICATS3, Operation Guinea Pig

From Raleigh to Olympia, students mobilize for worker justice, prison abolition and educational equity.

Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia

Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia Sexual Assault Policies Under Fire at Columbia

Students are asking Columbia to disclose sexual assault statistics and make the process easier for survivors.

Feb 10, 2014 / StudentNation / Austin Ryan Heyroth and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 2/7/2014?

This week: Philip Seymour Hoffman and addiction, gentrification's aesthetics and a GMO battle in Hawaii.

Feb 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Addressing Class at Yale

Addressing Class at Yale Addressing Class at Yale

A new Tumblr at Yale opens up a conversation about class, but what will it take to turn discussion into action?

Feb 4, 2014 / StudentNation / Diana Rosen and StudentNation

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