Slide Show: The Top 14 Student Activism Stories of The Year Slide Show: The Top 14 Student Activism Stories of The Year
A core mission of StudentNation is to highlight the frequent but often overlooked instances of student and youth engagement with critical political, economic and cultural questions. This round-up below offers an incomplete but illustrative survey of the scope and breadth of student activism nationwide.
Jan 14, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil Naomi Klein: The Search for BP’s Oil
Klein reports from the Gulf of Mexico on how the very real effects of BP's Deepwater Horizon oilspill are still being felt.
Jan 13, 2011 / Big Noise Films and The Nation
Helping Haiti One Year Later Helping Haiti One Year Later
The severity of the current crisis is astonishing. Here's how to help.
Jan 12, 2011 / Peter Rothberg
Israel’s Assault on Human Rights Israel’s Assault on Human Rights
The government is blocking access to websites at the airport and moving bills through the Knesset to stifle political speech. Where will it end?
Jan 12, 2011 / Neve Gordon
Boston Students Support Farm Workers Boston Students Support Farm Workers
A spirited group of children led a crowd of more than 100 on a protest march from a Trader Joes to a Stop & Shop in Brookline in support of the Campaign for Fair Food.
Jan 12, 2011 / StudentNation / Peter Rothberg
The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth The Globe’s Limitations: How Peak Oil Threatens Economic Growth
How does the depletion of oil supplies threaten both our economy and our political system? Part two in a video series from The Nation and On the Earth productions.
Jan 11, 2011 / The Nation and On The Earth Productions
Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds Thousands Pay Tribute to Judy Bonds
She has been to the mountaintop—and we must fight harder to save it.
Jan 6, 2011 / Jeff Biggers
Why the Lack of Protest on American Campuses? Why the Lack of Protest on American Campuses?
Service is one thing, and activism—particularly in opposition to university policy—is another.
Jan 6, 2011 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky
Jurassic Justice Antonin Scalia (Unintentionally) Makes the Case for an Equal Rights Amendment Jurassic Justice Antonin Scalia (Unintentionally) Makes the Case for an Equal Rights Amendment
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the guru of the Tea Party Constitutionalists, sees no protection against discrimination in the Constitution. NOW says: "A...
Jan 6, 2011 / John Nichols
Hope in 2011 Hope in 2011
The arc of history bends towards justice, but it will not bend by itself.
Jan 6, 2011 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel