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It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money It’s Time to Shed Light on Our Elite Institutions’ Dirty Money

Currently, 99 percent of Harvard’s endowment remains hidden from the public.

Sep 19, 2019 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class? What Don’t American Kids Learn in History Class?

Some of the strongest evidence that our country needs structural change, that our problems go much deeper than one white nationalist president, lies in history that is rarely taugh...

Sep 5, 2019 / StudentNation / Abe Asher

Fordham’s Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status

Fordham’s Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status Fordham’s Students for Justice in Palestine Did More Than Win Club Status

The group’s legal win is also a triumph against the nationwide right-wing push to suppress any free speech that criticizes Israel.

Aug 13, 2019 / StudentNation / Gunar Olsen

Harvard Prison Divest Protests

Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers Harvard Students Are Demanding More Than Divestment From Prison Profiteers

Reinvestment is an opening to the path to reparative justice.

Jul 26, 2019 / StudentNation / Pearl Bhatnagar and Anneke Gronke

My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do?

My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do? My Black Mentee Is Embarrassed by My Whiteness. What Should I Do?

Another reader asks, “How can I gain my girlfriend’s respect?”

Jul 26, 2019 / Liza Featherstone

George Kaiser Tulsa

Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire’s Raid on the University of Tulsa Corporate Wolves in Academic Sheepskins, or, a Billionaire’s Raid on the University of Tulsa

This sordid tale of crony capitalism under the guise of public philanthropy is another chapter in the corporatization of higher ed.

Jun 18, 2019 / StudentNation / Jacob Howland

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Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue Letters From the June 17-24, 2019, Issue

A Nation of Elites? Katha Pollitt’s trenchant first-person account of the 1969 student strike at Harvard University [“Harvard’s Strike at 50,” May 20/27] raises a question about Th…

Jun 4, 2019

Imani Perry

Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism Imani Perry’s Liberation Feminism

The African-American studies professor sits down with The Nation to discuss books, Beyoncé, and the radical potential of the academy.

May 29, 2019 / Q&A / Nawal Arjini

Anthony Abraham Jack

Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality Anthony Abraham Jack Wants to Redefine How We Think About College Campus Inequality

His new book, The Privileged Poor, examines the way elite colleges and universities welcome, and don’t welcome, students from the working classes. 

May 17, 2019 / Q&A / Edwin Aponte

Football

A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth A Victory in the Case of Braeden Bradforth

Finally, an independent investigation has been opened into the high school football star’s death.

May 16, 2019 / Dave Zirin

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