RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In RISD Students Stage First Fossil Fuel Divestment Sit-In
Student activists are demanding that President Maeda endorse divestment from the coal, gas, and oil industries and commit to presenting the case for divestment to the Board of Trus...
Apr 29, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests Immigrant Rights Groups, Labor, Occupy Plan May Day Protests
The upcoming protests have already attracted the attention of authorities—including the FBI.
Apr 29, 2013 / Allison Kilkenny
Chilean Students Run For Congress Chilean Students Run For Congress
Several former Chilean student leaders are capitalizing on their high approval ratings to run for Congress and challenge Chile binomial voting system.
Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson and StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/28/13)
Gender segmentation still prevails in the workplace, the greenery of West Virginia hides the scars of strip mining and Canada's border service holds off on capturing terror sus...
Apr 28, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Ohio and Macalester Sit-In, Chicago and Wittenberg Walk Out Ohio and Macalester Sit-In, Chicago and Wittenberg Walk Out
This week, Chicago and Wittenberg walk out, Ohio and Macalester sit-in and Michigan blocks the street for tuition equality. Nationwide, students demand that immigration reform incl...
Apr 26, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better? Crowdsourcing as Healthcare Policy: Can’t We Do Better?
GoFundMe donations are a good Band-Aid for a bad system, but can’t we harness America’s generosity in service of better social programs?
Apr 26, 2013 / Michelle Dean
We Need the Post Office We Need the Post Office
To preserve and modernize the USPS well into the twenty-first century, Senator Bernie Sanders and Congressman Peter DeFazio have introduced the Postal Service Protection Act.
Apr 25, 2013 / NationAction
Fat-Shaming All Around Us Fat-Shaming All Around Us
There’s nothing healthy about shaming people for their bodies.
Apr 25, 2013 / Chloe Angyal
One Movement Against Keystone XL One Movement Against Keystone XL
On April 18, people converged in Nebraska to speak out about the Keystone XL Pipeline at the State Department's only public comment session.
Apr 24, 2013 / Peter Rothberg
Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition Breaking Tradition, Cooper Union to Start Charging Tuition
As the school year draws to an end, activists fear that this tuition decision marks the end of free higher education in the United States.
Apr 23, 2013 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia and StudentNation