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 TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/30/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/30/2012)

This weel: a profile of civil rights champion Bryan Stevenson, an analysis of the Libor scandal, and much more.

Nov 30, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out

PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out

Mutual aid is alive and well on the devastated peninsula, filling in where the government failed.

Nov 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Ayasha Guerin

A Woman’s War: Talking with Elizabeth Herman A Woman’s War: Talking with Elizabeth Herman

The twenty-something photographer talks about the changing face of journalism and giving women around the world a voice.

Nov 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Lucy McKeon

UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel

Students showed resilience in the face of intimidation from school authorities and outside interest groups.

Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies? With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies?

Mexican American Studies co-founder Sean Arce talks about the future of multicultural education in Arizona.

Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012)

This week: the ongoing fight against Citizens United, Obama's trip to Southeast Asia, and much more. 

Nov 26, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment

The vote made Harvard College the first school in the nation to pass a student referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment.

Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Alli Welton

Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference

In university admissions, why are we preferencing the already-privileged? 

Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Scott Stern

Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment

Student activists at Middlebury College in Vermont are challenging the otherwise liberal school to stop investing in fossil fuel companies. 

Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley

Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest

The President's choice of venue--where the former military dictator massacred students in 1962--is a nod to his administration's careful non-endorsement of the Myanmar gove...

Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger

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