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 Rethink How to Build Community

Students Rethink How to Build Community Students Rethink How to Build Community

Student activists work to build stronger community networks.

Feb 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Erik Lampmann and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/31/2014?

This week: Northwestern football players attempt to unionize, NYSUT renounces the Common Core and Nigeria experiments with climate apartheid.

Jan 31, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan

Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan Student Journalists Applaud New UC Water Conservation Plan

The university’s approach to conservation is better than California Governor Brown’s, and students should be proud that their system’s leadership has adopted thes...

Jan 31, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On

Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On Forgive Student Loan Debt: Five Years On

The founder of StudentDebtCrisis.org reflects on the state of the student debt crisis.

Jan 30, 2014 / StudentNation / Robert Applebaum and StudentNation

This Month, Students Massed Against Stop-and-Frisk, Won on Title IX and Scared Off Tom Corbett

This Month, Students Massed Against Stop-and-Frisk, Won on Title IX and Scared Off Tom Corbett This Month, Students Massed Against Stop-and-Frisk, Won on Title IX and Scared Off Tom Corbett

From Philadelphia to Sacramento, students fight to reclaim public education.

Jan 27, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment

How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment How Student Activists at Duke Transformed a $6 Billion Endowment

The success of DukeOpen’s campaign to pressure the university’s board of trustees to reform guidelines on investment responsibility demonstrates the importance of under...

Jan 25, 2014 / StudentNation / Casey Williams, Charlie Molthrop, Jacob Tobia, and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/24/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/24/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 1/24/2014?

This week: valley fever, defending Snowden and Arafat's legacy.

Jan 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What the LGBT Movement Can Learn From Seattle Catholic High School Students

What the LGBT Movement Can Learn From Seattle Catholic High School Students What the LGBT Movement Can Learn From Seattle Catholic High School Students

The unapologetic character of Eastside Catholic High School students serves as a model to the LGBTQ movement for how to fight for the changes we urgently need and deserve.

Jan 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien and StudentNation

Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task

Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task Rutgers Students Take Christie to Task

The Daily Targum weighs in on Bridgegate.

Jan 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading This Week?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading This Week? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading This Week?

This week: Mexican vigilantes, winning the war on poverty and the problem with “do what you love.”

Jan 17, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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