To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’ To Start the Semester, Students Walk Out, Shut Down Traffic and ‘Carry That Weight’
Will Koch-allied trustees, state-appointed superintendents or President Obama ever listen to students?
Sep 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina Overturned Death Penalty Conviction Sparks Debate in North Carolina
The release of a wrongfully imprisoned death row inmate has opened up a bipartisan conversation around punitive justice in North Carolina.
Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 9/11/14?
What are interns reading for the week of 9/11/14?
Sep 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice From Ferguson to Miami, a Generation Demands Justice
Michael Brown, John Crawford, Reefa Hernandez—and a national youth movement.
Aug 29, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes Girls Speak Out Against Sexist School Dress Codes
Young women are fed up with being pressured to curate their appearance and, by extension, others’ potentially lecherous thoughts about them. They’re fighting back.
Aug 27, 2014 / StudentNation / Cecilia D’Anastasio and StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/22/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/22/14?
This Week: Republicans and the new AP US History exam, Bangladesh and the global warming crisis, and the history of division in St. Louis.
Aug 22, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Where Is the Voice of Migrant Children in the Immigration Crisis? Where Is the Voice of Migrant Children in the Immigration Crisis?
Child migrants and their families are the ones being affected by the shifts in policy, and ultimately, any decision made impacts their future first and foremost.
Aug 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/15/14? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 08/15/14?
This Week: The death of Michael Brown, graphic novels getting naked, and Rikers Island.
Aug 15, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Students Stand Up and Speak Out in Sacramento, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC Students Stand Up and Speak Out in Sacramento, Chicago, Philadelphia and Washington, DC
As deportations and state violence heat up, struggles collide.
Aug 12, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Reflections From Behind the Brick Wall Reflections From Behind the Brick Wall
After spending four year in college, this student gives a critique of the academic industrial complex and the corporatization of higher education.
Aug 12, 2014 / StudentNation / Bakri R and StudentNation