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First-person accounts from student activists, organizers and journalists reporting on youth-oriented movements for social justice, economic equality and tolerance.

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/9/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/9/14?

Oct 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves

What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves What Lena Dunham Taught Us About Unpaid Labor—and What We Taught Ourselves

Millennial icon Lena Dunham’s relationship to unpaid labour is explored, contextualized and reframed by youth activists and media workers.

Oct 9, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Isabelle Nastasia

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 10/2/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 10/2/14?

Oct 6, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/25/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/25/14?

Oct 3, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice From Walmart to Wall Street, Students Mass for Racial Justice

For young people across the country, generational moments collide.

Sep 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors

The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors The Red Tape Remains: Columbia Students in Solidarity With Sexual Assault Survivors

Students band together to combat sexual violence on Columbia’s campus through direct action. 

Sep 28, 2014 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom Newark Students Have Made the City Their Classroom

Students in Newark, New Jersey, walked out of class earlier this month in protest of the “One Newark” plan to privatize the district’s schools. A substitute teach...

Sep 26, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation and Nyle Fort

Okonto: Reality Check

Okonto: Reality Check Okonto: Reality Check

Yale University student Patricia Okonto delves into the intersection of race and student life. 

Sep 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/18/14?

What are interns reading for the week of 9/18/14?

Sep 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

How Art Inspires Change

How Art Inspires Change How Art Inspires Change

The Nation and the Center for Community Change partnered together for an essay contest in which young people were asked to submit a photo they found meaningful and an essay ex...

Sep 17, 2014 / Books & the Arts / StudentNation and Faron Manuel

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