StudentNation

StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York Times, Vox, Business Insider, Teen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to pitches@thenationfund.org. 

Trump Wants Thousands of Migrant Children to Represent Themselves in Court

Trump Wants Thousands of Migrant Children to Represent Themselves in Court Trump Wants Thousands of Migrant Children to Represent Themselves in Court

The administration’s funding cuts would force unaccompanied migrant children, from infants to toddlers to teenagers, to navigate complex and punishing legal procedures entirely al...

May 23, 2025 / StudentNation / Maggie Grether

Austin drag queen and activist Maxine LaQueene does a student's makeup on Monday, April 28, as a part of Day of Drag, a student-led event that included a line-dancing workshop, political education, lip sync battles, and stations where local drag queens put students in drag.

Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired Why Texas Universities’ Drag Bans Backfired

The University of Texas and Texas A&M systems attempted to ban university-sponsored drag performances—but not without dissent from students and local organizers.

May 16, 2025 / StudentNation / Aaron Boehmer

Pro-Palestinian protesters rally at the City University of New York Graduate Center.

Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump Journalism Schools Are Facing Dual Pressures Under Trump

The administration’s attacks on both news outlets and universities can place journalism schools—and their students—at an alarming intersection.

May 14, 2025 / StudentNation / Mohamad Rimawi

Mourners of MOVE members killed in the bombing by the Philadelphia Police stand, fists raised, in front of their former headquarters as the funeral procession for John Africa passes.

40 Years After the MOVE Bombing, the Scars Remain 40 Years After the MOVE Bombing, the Scars Remain

Mike Africa Jr. was only 6 years old when Philadelphia police dropped a bomb on 6221 Osage Avenue. But he remembers everything.

May 13, 2025 / StudentNation / Hannah Epstein

Public Safety patrolled the interior of Butler, preventing journalists and legal observers from entering as activists who occupied the upstairs reading room were brutalized by campus security.

To Suppress the Latest Protest, Columbia Unveils a Violent New Form of Campus Policing To Suppress the Latest Protest, Columbia Unveils a Violent New Form of Campus Policing

Protestors rechristened the Lawrence A. Wien Reading Room “Basel Al-Araj Popular University” in honor of the late Palestinian writer before Public Safety and the NYPD arrived.

May 8, 2025 / StudentNation / Lara-Nour Walton

Donald Trump speaks to the media after signing executive orders relating to higher education.

Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education Trump Is Taking a Wrecking Ball to Indigenous Education

After mass layoffs and scholarship freezes, students and tribal leaders are suing the Trump administration for violating treaty obligations.

May 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Connor Arakaki

Illustration of Haymarket Riot in Chicago by T. de Thulstrup

Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week? Almost 140 Years After the Haymarket Affair, Will Workers Fight for the 4-Day Week?

In the 1880s, labor leaders believed that the eight-hour day was one of the only demands that could unite all working people. Today, the four-day week could do the same.

May 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Andrew Berka

Venezuelan community leaders speak to the media as they protest against the suspension of Temporary Protected Status in Doral, Florida, on February 3, 2025.

As Trump Goes After Protected Status, Venezuelan Students Are “Terrified” As Trump Goes After Protected Status, Venezuelan Students Are “Terrified”

While those with TPS are safe on paper, the administration’s attempted revocation and ongoing legal battle has left many young immigrants—regardless of status—fearing detainment.

Apr 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Shandra Back

A Graduate School of Arts and Sciences flag on the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

We Don’t Have to Hand It to Harvard We Don’t Have to Hand It to Harvard

The university’s lawsuit against the Trump administration was widely celebrated, but our school has been quietly complying with federal demands around Palestine for weeks.

Apr 28, 2025 / StudentNation / Christopher Malley and Nathaniel Moses

Cornell University student and pro-Palestine activist Momodou Taal.

A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues A Pro-Palestinian Activist Lost His Case, but the “Fight From Below” Continues

Cornell University student Momodou Taal self-deported just weeks after he sued the federal government in response to Trump’s crackdown on pro-Palestinian protest.

Apr 7, 2025 / StudentNation / Benjamin Leynse and Avery Wang

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