Youth

Demonstrators holding a banner that reads “Disability Rights are Human Rights”

Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem Disability Is Always Someone Else’s Problem

Why I’m not celebrating Disabilities Awareness Month.

Mar 29, 2023 / Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Roe v. Wade protest

Gen Z and Baby Boomers Need to Work Together Gen Z and Baby Boomers Need to Work Together

By forming intergenerational coalitions that focus on shared values rather than divisive stereotypes, young people can learn from the fights that came before them. “We are not the ...

Mar 29, 2023 / StudentNation / Rania Soetirto

school workers strike in LA

Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles Why 60,000 Education Workers Walked Off the Job In Los Angeles

This week’s massive jobs action also represents a model for building worker power.

Mar 24, 2023 / Alex Caputo-Pearl

Bill Maher & Bernie Sanders

No, Bill Maher, Student Debt Cancellation Is Not a “Giveaway” No, Bill Maher, Student Debt Cancellation Is Not a “Giveaway”

The idea that borrowers would use President Biden’s student debt cancellation to fund a luxurious lifestyle is not only insensitive but out of touch with reality.

Mar 24, 2023 / StudentNation / Sabrina Cereceres

Wellesley College

Wellesley College Isn’t an All-Women School Wellesley College Isn’t an All-Women School

By rejecting a successful referendum calling for gender-inclusive language and admissions, the university continues to ignore its trans and nonbinary students.

Mar 21, 2023 / StudentNation / Hunter Dodrill

Ras Baraka in front a large group of uniformed fire fighters

The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark The Future of Public Safety Is Here in Newark

The New Jersey city is now home to an ecosystem of funded programs that reduce violence while tackling the factors that drive violence and criminalized behavior—and it’s working.

Mar 20, 2023 / Jamila Hodge

The Dartmouth Organic Farm

Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability? Do University Farms Truly Teach Sustainability?

The number of student food gardens has risen dramatically at prestigious urban and suburban colleges, but these campus farms should be wary of overstating their impact.

Mar 20, 2023 / StudentNation / Rachel Brooks

Duke Graduate Students Union

To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules To Keep Grad Students From Unionizing, Duke University Wants to Change the Rules

After the Duke Graduate Students Union filed for an election, the university announced that it would challenge the NLRB decision from 2016 that granted graduate workers across the ...

Mar 17, 2023 / StudentNation / Anita Simha

Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?

Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws? Why Is the Republican Party Suddenly Weakening Child Labor Laws?

Rolling back restrictions on child labor and dismantling public education will make the country far more unequal. For today’s GOP, that’s a feature, not a bug.

Mar 16, 2023 / Jack Schneider and Jennifer C. Berkshire

Kanye West

How Kanye West Helped to Embolden Anti-Semites on College Campuses How Kanye West Helped to Embolden Anti-Semites on College Campuses

The ADL recently tracked around 30 cases of anti-Semitic harassment, vandalism, and banner drops that directly reference Ye, many of which took place at high schools and universiti...

Mar 14, 2023 / StudentNation / Zurie Pope

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