The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’ The Weight and Power of Kiese Laymon’s ‘Heavy’
His memoir is an affecting chronicle of both hope and despair in the American South.
Feb 7, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Bijan Stephen
Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property? Will Foxconn Steal Wisconsin’s Intellectual Property?
Fuzzy contracts and poor transparency could let the company exploit researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
Feb 5, 2019 / Nick Bowlin
We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too We Changed Our College’s Mind About Fossil Fuels—You Can, Too
After Middlebury College rejected its students demands to divest from fossil fuels in 2013, students kept fighting—and now, the school has unanimously voted to divest.
Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Gabe Desmond and Alec Fleischer
State Universities Are Being Resegregated State Universities Are Being Resegregated
Nearly half of all elite public universities are enrolling a lower percentage of black students than they were in the mid-1990s.
Jan 30, 2019 / StudentNation / Mark Huelsman
These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy These Hungarian Students Are Fighting for Their Country’s Democracy
Though Orbán sought to stamp out dissent and free thought in Hungary, he only made us call out to one another in solidarity.
Jan 16, 2019 / StudentNation / Rosa Schwartzburg
Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019 Farewell, Norman Birnbaum, 1926–2019
For those of us who worked with Norman, it’s hard to imagine The Nation without him. He contributed articles, editorials, and reviews to our pages for an astounding six decades.
Jan 9, 2019 / The Nation
For UNC’s Teaching Assistants, the Silent Sam Protests Are Far From Over For UNC’s Teaching Assistants, the Silent Sam Protests Are Far From Over
TAs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill may have released the withheld grades, but they say they won’t be placated by any action short of racial justice.
Dec 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Nicole Castro
Who Is Most Affected By Student Debt? Women. Who Is Most Affected By Student Debt? Women.
A new report shows that student debt doesn’t just recreate class divides—it reflects the country’s gender gap.
Dec 11, 2018 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres
Don’t Defend Title IX. Replace It. Don’t Defend Title IX. Replace It.
Anti-discrimination and affirmative-action rules don’t help the Americans who need them the most.
Dec 10, 2018 / StudentNation / Nawal Arjini
The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption The White House Has Hosted a Predators’ Ball of Corruption
Here’s how the incoming Democratic Congress can expose it and make the case for bold reform.
Dec 6, 2018 / Feature / Katrina vanden Heuvel