Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’
The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
Five Ways Young Americans Can Fight Back Against Student Loan Debt Five Ways Young Americans Can Fight Back Against Student Loan Debt
Young people may feel helpless about the corporatocracy, but they have the potential to overcome many barriers.
Sep 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Rae Gomes
Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education Chile’s Students Strike for Free and Public Education
Chilean students are no longer willing to accept mountains of debt to gain an education, and they have taken over campuses to fight for greater access to the country's universities...
Aug 18, 2011 / The Nation and Brittany Peterson
For Undocumented Immigrants, Activism Can Invite a Deportation Threat For Undocumented Immigrants, Activism Can Invite a Deportation Threat
When undocumented immigrants like Jose Antonio Vargas "come out," it changes the debate over immigration—but at considerable personal risk.
Jun 28, 2011 / Courtney E. Martin
‘Default: The Student Loan Documentary’ ‘Default: The Student Loan Documentary’
Most recent graduates are entering the “real world” only to find a pathetic job market coupled with a national average of $24,000 in student debt.
Jun 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller
A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan A Jeffersonian Challenge to the Tories of Fitzwalkerstan
Activists challenging Walker administration assaults on public education and on college students from immigrant families disrupt Wisconsin legislative hearing with a reading from t...
Jun 3, 2011 / John Nichols
Students in Burkina Faso Protest in Solidarity With Teachers Students in Burkina Faso Protest in Solidarity With Teachers
Students in this West African nation are supporting their teacher's demands that the government increase their wage and reduce the class size. Demonstrations have spread across the...
May 23, 2011 / StudentNation / Sara Jerving
Arizona’s Choice Today: Tucson Students Lead New Civil Rights Movement Arizona’s Choice Today: Tucson Students Lead New Civil Rights Movement
Stumbling further into the quagmire of a national public relations disaster, drastic new measures by the Tucson Unified School District officials have turned the “manufacture...
May 3, 2011 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers
Will Exploitative Corporate Practices Go the Way of South African Apartheid? Will Exploitative Corporate Practices Go the Way of South African Apartheid?
The year was 1986. Yale University President Bart Giamatti was on his way back to his office from a birthday lunch when he stumbled upon Mike Morand, a student leader of the anti-a...
Apr 22, 2011 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
Updates On Last Week’s Occupations at Dickinson, Milwaukee, Berkeley Updates On Last Week’s Occupations at Dickinson, Milwaukee, Berkeley
Last week’s March 2 National Day of Action saw scores of protests in more than a dozen states—including two that ended in arrests and one that ended with a bunch of p...
Mar 7, 2011 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston