As Universities Fold to Trump, This Union Is Still Fighting for International Students As Universities Fold to Trump, This Union Is Still Fighting for International Students
While the University of California has often followed the Trump administration’s demands, union organizers have made protecting immigrants a top priority during contract negotiati...
Dec 5, 2025 / StudentNation / Emma Murphree and Emily Putnam
For Voters in Kentucky, Trump Is Losing His Luster For Voters in Kentucky, Trump Is Losing His Luster
In Martin County, the government shutdown and attacks on food stamps have exposed Donald Trump’s empty promises. To many, that makes him just another politician.
Nov 27, 2025 / StudentNation / Zachary Clifton
She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class. She Gave a Lecture on White Supremacy. IU Removed Her From the Class.
Jessica Adams was barred from teaching a course on social justice for six weeks after showing a graphic that listed MAGA and Columbus Day as forms of “covert white supremacy.”
Nov 25, 2025 / StudentNation / Ella Curlin
Stanford Students Sue Over Trump’s Crackdown on Political Speech Stanford Students Sue Over Trump’s Crackdown on Political Speech
Amid the administration’s war on higher education, The Stanford Daily’s lawsuit targets federal statutes that allow deportation and visa revocation based on political speech.
Nov 24, 2025 / StudentNation / Rani Chor
Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened. Trump Promised to Bring Back Coal. This Town Listened.
Through executive orders, Congress, and a loyalist cabinet, the Trump administration has delivered big for enclaves of coal country like Colstrip, Montana. But how long can it las...
Nov 20, 2025 / StudentNation / Ezra Graham
Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder. Winning a Fossil Fuel Divestment Pledge Is Hard. Keeping It Is Harder.
Nearly a decade after promising to withdraw millions in fossil fuel investments, the University of Massachusetts has stalled on its clean energy transition. What happened?
Nov 6, 2025 / StudentNation / Eric Ross
Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda Texas’s “Parental Rights” Amendment Will Cement Republicans’ Anti-Educator Agenda
The ballot proposal is the right’s latest move in the culture war on teachers and public schools, embedding parental primacy in the state constitution.
Nov 3, 2025 / StudentNation / Arman Amin
Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes Texas Republicans Are Doubling Down on Banning Capital Gains Taxes
If passed, the constitutional amendment would lock out a potential source of future state funding and disproportionately benefit wealthy households.
Oct 31, 2025 / StudentNation / Aina Marzia
“We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight “We’re Asking the Voters to Have a Say”: Inside California’s Redistricting Fight
Proposition 50 is an opportunity to “restore fairness in our democratic process,” according to organizers, by countering gerrymandering in other states.
Oct 30, 2025 / StudentNation / Zoya Alam, Rani Chor, and Amara McEvoy
Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over Even in Oregon, the Fight for Marriage Equality Might Not Be Over
After the state’s ban on gay marriage was lifted in 2014, advocates took a breath. But more than a decade later, with Obergefell now at risk, there's more work to be done.
Oct 29, 2025 / StudentNation / Charlie Bloomer