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]

Being Young at the DNC Being Young at the DNC

If the Democrats are serious about helping youth, then they can’t just listen because it’s a nice thing to do and it looks good, but because young people can contribute...

Sep 25, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not The Strike Is Over, Segregation Is Not

The Chicago Teacher Strike was just the first step in a march against educational inequality.

Sep 24, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/21/2012) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/21/2012)

This week: Michigan labor laws, riots in China and much more.

Sep 21, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement? Did Quebec’s Election End the Student Movement?

The real victory in Quebec may be students realizing their own power in organizing.  

Sep 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

Video Contest Details Student Debt Experiences Video Contest Details Student Debt Experiences

 Student Debt Crisis is asking the public to choose the winner of its student debt story video contest.

Sep 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Kyle McCarthy

School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park

School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park School is Out(side): A Radical Re-imagining of Public Education in Madison Square Park

Free University's set up in Madison Square Park is just downtown from the original Free Academy of the City of New York, which was founded in 1847 as a completely tuition-free scho...

Sep 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Anna Robinson

Preventing Sexual Assault on Campus Preventing Sexual Assault on Campus

Preventing sexual assault requires understanding that affirmative consent can’t be meaningfully taught to students who don’t have a comprehensive framework of human sex...

Sep 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Rachel Alexander

Strike Against Inequality Strike Against Inequality

A strike in the country's most segregated school district is about more than union politics. 

Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Christie Thompson

UNC Student Power Gathers Activists UNC Student Power Gathers Activists

 New progressive coalition on UNC campus shows the promise of collaborations. 

Sep 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Sam Schaefer

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/13/12) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (9/13/12)

Every week, Nation interns try to look beyond the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Sep 13, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

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