Higher Education

Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.

Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.

Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.

Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp

Ilana Cohen

A Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines a New Fossil Free Research Campaign A Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines a New Fossil Free Research Campaign

The 2022 Brower Award winner explains why the toxic influence of Big Oil money on climate change research is the next front in the battle against fossil fuel extraction.

Oct 21, 2022 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Ilana Cohen

West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch

West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch West Coast Showdown: The Organizer Versus the Oligarch

Karen Bass, Rick Caruso, and the race for mayor of Los Angeles.

Oct 20, 2022 / Peter Dreier

AmeriCorps Public Service Program

Biden Should Invest in Communities, Not More Community Service Biden Should Invest in Communities, Not More Community Service

AmeriCorps pays less than minimum wage for anti-poverty work. With a million unfilled public sector jobs, why not create a program that actually addresses our needs?

Oct 20, 2022 / StudentNation / Paige Oamek

View of the entrance to Julia Richman Education Complex High School on Manhattan's Upper East Side in New York, N.Y.

Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres Gallia Est Omnis Divisa in Partes Tres

NYU organic chemistry professor fired after students complain that his course is too difficult.—News reports A pity that she’s now beneath the soil. She rests in peace, where one c…

Oct 18, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Harvard Law School students gathered signatures to support their petition to create a reproductive justice clinic and hire a full-time faculty member who studies reproductive rights.

Across the Country, Students Are Fighting for Abortion Access Across the Country, Students Are Fighting for Abortion Access

An October day of action is the latest sign that a new generation, emboldened by the overturn of Roe, is surging into political organizing.

Oct 17, 2022 / StudentNation / Amy Littlefield

Undergraduate Labor Union

For Undergrads, the Best Extracurricular Is a Labor Union For Undergrads, the Best Extracurricular Is a Labor Union

With approval of organized labor at the highest level since 1965, undergraduate student workers have turned to unionizing as college costs continue to rise.

Oct 7, 2022 / StudentNation / Radu Stochita

Divest Princeton Protest

Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research Princeton Activists Just Won a Historic Victory for Climate Research

After a decade of student organizing, Princeton made a pledge to divest its endowment and reject fossil fuel money. Will more universities follow?

Oct 6, 2022 / StudentNation / Chelsey Gilchrist and Claire Kaufman

Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers

Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers Pankaj Mishra’s Novel of Intellectuals and Influencers

Mishra’s first work of fiction in over a decade examines how ideas circulate in an age of social media and “ideas festivals.”

Oct 3, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Jennifer Wilson

Climate Change Protest

Around the World, Students Are Ready to Occupy Campuses for Climate Action Around the World, Students Are Ready to Occupy Campuses for Climate Action

Between now and December, activists will form encampments at dozens of schools to demand solutions for the climate crisis.

Sep 30, 2022 / StudentNation / Mira Sydow

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