In New York, Connecticut and Ohio, Students Demand an End to Gender Violence In New York, Connecticut and Ohio, Students Demand an End to Gender Violence
Across the country, students are sitting-in, speaking out and unionizing for justice.
Oct 29, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Our Schools Are Not For Sale Our Schools Are Not For Sale
Philadelphia's teachers, parents, students, and communities are struggling to ensure quality education in public schools in the face of massive budget cuts, school staff layoff...
Oct 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back CUNY Dismantles Community Center, Students Fight Back
On Sunday, October 20, NYPD officers and CUNY security marched into the main academic center at CUNY City College unannounced, put the campus on lockdown and seized files, document...
Oct 25, 2013 / StudentNation / Shawn Carrie, Isabelle Nastasia, and StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/25/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/25/13
This week: a critique of mainstream modern feminism, abuses at private youth prisons, and the proliferation of pawnshop lenders.
Oct 25, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement Students Demand College-Logo Brands Join Fire and Safety Agreement
Three out of the four largest industrial disasters in the history of the garment industry have occurred in the past year alone.
Oct 24, 2013 / StudentNation / Garrett Shishido Strain and StudentNation
Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment Brown Divest Coal: An Honest Vote on Divestment
The Brown Divest Coal Campaign is asking Brown University to divest from any holdings it has in America's fifteen largest coal companies and is hopeful for a “yes” ...
Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/18/13
This week: law-flouting rabbis, a two-sided portrait of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, and the link between standardized testing and soaring ADHD diagnoses.
Oct 18, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Time To Divest: A Response to Harvard President Drew Faust The Time To Divest: A Response to Harvard President Drew Faust
Divestment is a moral and political strategy to expose the reckless business model of the fossil fuel industry that puts our world at risk.
Oct 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Hannah Borowsky, and StudentNation
The Shutdown and Students The Shutdown and Students
Eleventh-hour-deadline-induced fights have become the forum of “debate” about fiscal responsibility, and the real loser to emerge from these cyclical crises is our gene...
Oct 14, 2013 / StudentNation / Sam Syde
Neoliberalism: Why the American Dream is Losing Steam Neoliberalism: Why the American Dream is Losing Steam
We cannot have a functioning participatory democracy while eliminating jobs, imprisoning huge segments of our population, and saddling the next generation with mountains of student...
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Jess Miller and StudentNation