Student movements

Protest Fossil Fuel

Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too Harvard’s Fossil Fuel Investments Aren’t Just Immoral — They’re Illegal, Too

If it’s wrong to destroy our futures, then it’s wrong for our universities to invest in that destruction.

Apr 8, 2021 / StudentNation / Morgan Whitten and Alex Marquardt

Student protest Turkey

Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights Students in Turkey Are Standing Up for LGBT Rights

After a newly appointed university official dissolved Bogazici University’s LGBTI+ club in January, students across the country launched a nationwide protest movement.

Mar 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Rafael Logroño

Palestine protest

Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded Protecting Pro-Palestine Activists Can Feel Almost Impossible—but These Students Succeeded

When a lawyer tried to force UCLA’s Students for Justice in Palestine to publicize the names of their speakers at a 2018 conference, the students fought back. And won.

Mar 16, 2021 / StudentNation / Lex McMenamin

Student voting on campus

Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters Even Blue States Suppress Student Voters

The ongoing struggle to diminish the student vote in New York’s 19th Congressional District, a purple patch of the Hudson Valley, has echoes nationwide.

Mar 2, 2021 / StudentNation / Najwa Jamal

Rennie Davis, 1940–2021

Rennie Davis, 1940–2021 Rennie Davis, 1940–2021

“It was there that I learned about the Democratic National Convention,” he said. “It was there that I made the decision: I am going to Chicago.”

Feb 9, 2021 / Jon Wiener

Why I Joined the Jubilee 100 Student Debt Strike

Why I Joined the Jubilee 100 Student Debt Strike Why I Joined the Jubilee 100 Student Debt Strike

I strike not only for myself and my children but for all Black women and their children weighed down by predatory, unjust debts.

Jan 29, 2021 / StudentNation / Richelle Brooks

Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again

Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again Student Organizing May Never Be the Same Again

Covid-19 has upended some of the most essential tactics for student organizers. That might be a good thing.

Jan 26, 2021 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Give the Students a Round of Applause

Give the Students a Round of Applause Give the Students a Round of Applause

It's been a… tumultuous school year. But that didn’t stop young people from fighting for change.

Dec 31, 2020 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Climate activists protest on the first day of the Exxon Mobil trial outside the New York State Supreme Court building on October 22, 2019.

You Can Refuse to Work for Fossil Fuel Companies—These Law Students Show How You Can Refuse to Work for Fossil Fuel Companies—These Law Students Show How

“We should all disagree with a business model that condemns future generations to disaster and displacement.”

Dec 22, 2020 / StudentNation / Josh Kirmsse and Catherine Rocchi

We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay

We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay We Want a More Democratic University—Until Then, We Won’t Pay

Over 2,000 students across Columbia’s institutions are demanding to be included in decisions over how their money is spent. And if not, they won’t pay.

Dec 10, 2020 / StudentNation / Rebecca Roskill and Willem Morris

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