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
Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents
It appears that the UC Regents leveraged the California dream to make the UC system a player in Wall Street’s casino economy. As with any casino, the game was fixed.
Nov 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Leighton Akio Woodhouse
DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement
A report from the front-lines of the climate change movement.
Nov 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own
A conversation with Mark Binelli, author of Detroit City Is the Place to Be.
Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / Claire Lambrecht
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12)
This week: a debate on debt forgiveness, Burma's Rohingya crisis, and the War on Drugs' latest victims.
Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry
Students are the sleeping giant that rose to end apartheid and fight for many other just causes. Now more and more students are mobilizing against business as usual in the fossil f...
Nov 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Alli Welton
Hunger Strike Calls Attention to Mapuche Plight in Chile Hunger Strike Calls Attention to Mapuche Plight in Chile
In southern Chile a dramatic sixty-day hunger strike that left four young Mapuche prisoners near death ended in celebration.
Nov 9, 2012 / StudentNation / Brittany Peterson
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/9/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/9/2012)
This week: A corruption trial in Brazil, problematic prostitution initiatives in California, and more.
Nov 9, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Roosevelt Institute Announces New Pipeline Fellows Roosevelt Institute Announces New Pipeline Fellows
Congratulations to the Roosevelt Institute and kudos to its new Pipeline group of Fellows who will join the Roosevelt Institute's Four Freedoms Center beginning next month.
Nov 8, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation
Prop 30’s Possibilities Prop 30’s Possibilities
Although passage still leaves state funding levels far below what would be ideal, the multiyear agreement will increase state funding to the university by up to 7.5 percent each ye...
Nov 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Alex Berryhill