Education

Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing

Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing Ron DeSantis’s Copycat Strategy Is Failing

The Florida governor’s bungled campaign launch makes clear there is only room for one Trump.

May 26, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Donald Trump is greeted by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis

Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd Focusing on the Differences Between DeSantis and Trump Is Plainly Absurd

In the areas where Americans would be most severely affected, there’s hardly a fly’s hair of separation between them.

May 25, 2023 / Clarence Lusane

Stanford University Title IX

Stanford’s Title IX Policies Fail to Protect Student Survivors Stanford’s Title IX Policies Fail to Protect Student Survivors

The university’s unique rules add incentives to dismiss cases and reverse disciplinary actions, potentially allowing sexual predators to remain on campus.

May 25, 2023 / StudentNation / Jacqueline Munis

How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights

How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights How to Fight the Right’s Moral Panic Over Parental Rights

How the right’s school-themed extremism has triggered a nationwide backlash.

May 23, 2023 / Feature / Jennifer C. Berkshire

Striking teachers hold a rally outside City Hall in Oakland, Calif.

The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement The California Teachers’ Strikes Have a Vital Lesson for the Labor Movement

These educators won big—and showed how to use a strike to better society as a whole.

May 19, 2023 / Cecily Myart-Cruz

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris return to the Oval Office at the conclusion of an event marking National Small Business Week in the Rose Garden at the White House on May 1, 2023.

Joe Biden, Culture Warrior Joe Biden, Culture Warrior

The president’s freedom agenda can win—if he doesn’t embrace austerity.

May 15, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Introducing the 2023 Puffin Student Writing Fellows

Introducing the 2023 Puffin Student Writing Fellows Introducing the 2023 Puffin Student Writing Fellows

Selected from a highly competitive applicant pool of entrants from coast to coast, ten student journalists will be mentored by leading Nation voices, bestselling authors, and award...

May 15, 2023 / StudentNation / Press Room

Gloria Malone, one of the teen parents behind the No Teen Shame campaign

How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy How a Scrappy Group of Young Moms Transformed the Way We Think About Teen Pregnancy

Over a 10-year campaign, they talked back to public health experts, government officials, and even purported allies who were treating them like they were the problem.

May 12, 2023 / Amy Littlefield

Amsterdam climate protest

A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research A Dutch University Just Set a Powerful Precedent for Climate Research

VU Amsterdam will reject collaborations with fossil fuel companies that fail to demonstrate a commitment to the Paris Agreement.

May 10, 2023 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

Helen Gym

Helen Gym Has a Plan to Make Philadelphia Safe Helen Gym Has a Plan to Make Philadelphia Safe

If elected, Gym would join other progressive mayors in Chicago, Boston, and Los Angeles in reimagining public safety in US cities.

May 10, 2023 / Nikhil Goyal

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