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
Across the South, Youth Resist Racism and Homophobia Across the South, Youth Resist Racism and Homophobia
As police brutality, deportation and voter suppression rage on, new movements emerge.
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Unraveling of Representative Democracy The Unraveling of Representative Democracy
The effects of unlimited and opaque influx of money into institutions of political power have been insidious and widespread, tearing at the foundation of the political system like ...
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Kai Raub and StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/11/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 10/11/13
This week: a new editor for Granma, a botched raid on al-Shabab in Somalia, and the impact of the government shutdown on Hurricane Sandy victims.
Oct 11, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
When Divestment Isn’t Enough When Divestment Isn’t Enough
In the case of students with the passion to fight climate change, it’s time to face the truth and overcome it: we are the enemy.
Oct 8, 2013 / StudentNation / Alex Suber and StudentNation