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The Student Movement Comes of Age (Movements, Corporate Responsibility, Student Movements, United Students Against Sweatshops, Society)

Activists have achieved power. Now they need to figure out how to use it.

Liza Featherstone
The New Student Movement (Movements, Global Justice Movement, Student Movements, Society)

This article is part of the Haywood Burns Community Activist Journalism series.

Liza Featherstone
Hip-Hop Politics on Campus (Movements, Student Movements, Music, Society)

"You have no idea how much love I got for this," says David Jamil Muhammad, referring to his role as a student organizer of "Hip-Hop Generation--Hip-Hop as a Movement." The conference was held Ap

Johnny Temple
Raising a Ruckus: Students Take the Bus to DC (Movements, Global Justice Movement, Student Movements, Society)

Students heading for DC are bringing more than a toothbrush and a change of underwear.

Jane Spencer
Hot-Wiring High School (Movements, Student Movements, Society)

The International Student Activism Alliance has been run by and for high school students since its founding in 1996. Read this report by Liza Featherstone, originally published in the June 21, 1999 issue of The Nation.

Liza Featherstone

Blogs

The State of the Student Left
StudentNation

Highlights from a panel from the US Social Forum on the politics of the contemporary American student Left.

September 17, 2010
DREAM Act Comes to the Senate Next Week
StudentNation

Senators decide next week if hundreds of thousands of undocumented young people will get a path to citizenship. Student activists are mobilizing to convince them to say yes.

September 16, 2010
Sierra Club Ranks America's Greenest Schools
StudentNation

Intercollegiate rivalry isn't all about the academics anymore. It's also about eco-friendliness, says the Sierra Club.

August 25, 2010
UNC Allows Students to Exclude Abortion Coverage From Health Care Plan
StudentNation

At the urgings of a student pro-life group, UNC now gives students the choice to exclude abortion coverage from their student health insurance plans.

August 17, 2010
Canadian Students Work to Increase Sustainability in Rural Communities
StudentNation

 One Canadian university is sending students to help green small rural communities in Alberta.

August 4, 2010
Day of Silence Fights School Bullying
StudentNation

This year’s 14th annual Day of Silence on April 16 brings awareness to the schoolyard harassment of LGBT students.

April 14, 2010
Georgetown Boasts Diversity, Silences Opposing Viewpoints
StudentNation

A coalition of student groups are fighting for free speech and reproductive health services at a Catholic university.

April 8, 2010
How Sports Attacks Public Education
The Notion

 On Thursday, I was proud to take part in a student walkout and talk some sports.....

March 4, 2010
Time to Raise Pell!
StudentNation

Young people urge their Senators to support cutting wasteful subsidies to student loan companies, and to invest at least $40 billion in the Pell grant program.

October 7, 2009
Young Activists Gear Up for the Green Fight
StudentNation

In eleven summits scattered throughout the country, young people will gather to show their support for a "clean, bold, and just energy bill."

October 6, 2009