Jordana Rosenfeld

Jordana Rosenfeld is The Nation’s 2017–18 student-writing fellow. She is currently an immigration paralegal and student at the University of Pittsburgh.

Police and Law EnforcementJuly 31, 2018

Could Fewer Independent Police Forces Help Reduce Police Brutality in Pennsylvania?

Allegheny County’s intense regional fragmentation is the unsustainable legacy of industrial capitalism—could changing that help save the lives of young people like Antwon Rose?

Jordana Rosenfeld
Guns and Gun ControlJune 25, 2018

Another Black Teen’s Death by Police Brutality Drew Hundreds to Protest in Pittsburgh

The unarmed 17-year-old was shot in the back by police.

Jordana Rosenfeld
Higher EducationJune 18, 2018

At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive

Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.

Jordana Rosenfeld
Labor OrganizingMay 1, 2018

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

Jordana Rosenfeld
Social JusticeMarch 6, 2018

Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights

What are your rights as a high-school student activist? The ACLU answered in an online question-and-answer panel.

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ActivismFebruary 26, 2018

After Parkland, Students Across the Country Are Walking Out in Solidarity

Pittsburgh high-school students left school without permission and were punished for doing so. They say it was worth it.

Jordana Rosenfeld
Higher EducationFebruary 15, 2018

These Students Used Twitter to Make a Racist Group Chat Public

As white-supremacist propaganda appears more frequently on college campuses, do students have a right to know who thinks it’s a joke?

Jordana Rosenfeld
Racism and DiscriminationJanuary 29, 2018

In the Legal System, Talking White Is a Precursor to Justice—and That’s Wrong

If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.

Jordana Rosenfeld
FeminismJanuary 12, 2018

What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers

Young women writers who want to make their voices heard will follow her example in the years to come.

Jordana Rosenfeld
Economic PolicyNovember 30, 2017

Pittsburgh’s Water System Is Why We Shouldn’t Run America Like a Business

For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health.

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Jordana Rosenfeld

Police and Law EnforcementJuly 31, 2018

Allegheny County’s intense regional fragmentation is the unsustainable legacy of industrial capitalism—could changing that help save the lives of young people like Antwon Rose?

Guns and Gun ControlJune 25, 2018

The unarmed 17-year-old was shot in the back by police.

Higher EducationJune 18, 2018

Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.

Labor OrganizingMay 1, 2018

For May Day, we look back at the work of Nate Smith, whose organizing broke down racial barriers in Pittsburgh’s trade unions.

Social JusticeMarch 6, 2018

What are your rights as a high-school student activist? The ACLU answered in an online question-and-answer panel.

The stakes are higher now than ever. Get The Nation in your inbox.

ActivismFebruary 26, 2018

Pittsburgh high-school students left school without permission and were punished for doing so. They say it was worth it.

Higher EducationFebruary 15, 2018

As white-supremacist propaganda appears more frequently on college campuses, do students have a right to know who thinks it’s a joke?

Racism and DiscriminationJanuary 29, 2018

If the legal system keeps treating AAE as a lesser form of English, it can never claim to view black people with the same legitimacy as white people.

FeminismJanuary 12, 2018

Young women writers who want to make their voices heard will follow her example in the years to come.

Economic PolicyNovember 30, 2017

For Pittsburgh, help from the private sector came at the cost of public health.