Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave? Grad Students Are Unionizing in Droves. Can Postdocs Lead the Next Wave?
Postdoctoral fellows are vital to universities—running labs, training students, and writing grants—while being overworked and lacking adequate job protections.
Oct 16, 2024 / StudentNation / Marie-Rose Sheinerman
The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction The Harris Campaign Needs a Course Correction
The vice president’s eager embrace of Republican support is one sign that the mistakes of 2016 are being repeated.
Oct 14, 2024 / Jeet Heer
What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement? What’s Next for the Pro-Palestine Student Movement?
“We are not just going to let campus life start as normal."
Oct 14, 2024 / StudentNation / Urvi Kumbhat and Sophie Bandarkar
Harris Rocked the Media Blitz That Big Media Mocked Harris Rocked the Media Blitz That Big Media Mocked
This ought to calm the media malcontents who’ve insisted she hasn’t sat for enough interviews, right? Wrong.
Oct 11, 2024 / Joan Walsh
The High Cost of Biden’s Policy of Unconditional Support for Israel The High Cost of Biden’s Policy of Unconditional Support for Israel
Beyond hobbling Kamala Harris’s campaign, Biden is leaving behind a disaster that will last decades.
Oct 11, 2024 / Jeet Heer
AI Is Taking Over College Admissions AI Is Taking Over College Admissions
For many high school students, artificial intelligence only heightens the anxieties around applying to college. How much of their application will be read by a human?
Oct 11, 2024 / StudentNation / Marium Zahra
Why a School Cell Phone Ban Isn't the Right Call Why a School Cell Phone Ban Isn't the Right Call
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has considered a statewide ban on smart devices in schools, but many parents, students, and teachers have a more nuanced view.
Oct 8, 2024 / StudentNation / Ushoshi Das
Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe Kamala Harris Is Taking a Big Risk by Playing It Safe
The Democratic nominee is acting like protecting her small lead is more important than energizing her base. We’ve seen this story before—and it didn’t end well.
Oct 7, 2024 / Jeet Heer
How High School Voters Can Impact the 2024 Election How High School Voters Can Impact the 2024 Election
More than 4.4 million Americans are currently 18 years old—many of them in high school—yet their value as a voting bloc is severely underrepresented.
Oct 3, 2024 / StudentNation / Jelinda Montes
Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does? Abortion Bans—and Shaming—Aren’t Boosting Fertility Rates. What Does?
Not only are abortion bans actively harmful to women and their families—they also don’t work to recreate the past as conservatives want them to.
Oct 1, 2024 / Elizabeth Gregory