Jordana Rosenfeld

Jordana Rosenfeld is The Nation’s 2017–18 student-writing fellow.

Anton Rose Protest

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

Jul 31, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Anton Rose Protest

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

Jun 25, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

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

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

Jun 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

May Day

Remembering Nate Smith, Pittsburgh’s Prizefighting Labor Activist 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.

May 1, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

ACLU students rights

Student Protesters: You Have First Amendment Rights 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.

Mar 6, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Pittsburgh Parkland Protest

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

Feb 26, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

University of Pittsburgh

These Students Used Twitter to Make a Racist Group Chat Public 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?

Feb 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

George Zimmerman trial

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

Jan 29, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

#MeToo March

What Moira Donegan Did for Young Women Writers 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.

Jan 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

Pittsburgh reservoir

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

Nov 30, 2017 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld

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