Youth Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change Youth Are Taking the Government to Court Over Its Failure to Address Climate Change
With little precedent for climate change litigation, youth turn to the public trust doctrine.
Apr 25, 2014 / StudentNation / Simon Davis-Cohen and StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/25/2014?
This week: the first Internet bill of rights, a prisoner strike in Alabama and remembering Gabriel García Márquez.
Apr 25, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change Harvard President Drew Faust Is Still Wrong on Climate Change
President Faust’s statement only amplifies the moral inconsistency of Harvard’s continued investment in the fossil fuel companies that are devastating the planet and bl...
Apr 24, 2014 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin, Canyon Woodward, and StudentNation
Students Mark Anniversary of BP Disaster With a Human Oil Spill Students Mark Anniversary of BP Disaster With a Human Oil Spill
Students put the pressure on Governor Jerry Brown to ban fracking in California.
Apr 23, 2014 / StudentNation / Bo Kovitz and StudentNation
The Week of Student Sit-Ins The Week of Student Sit-Ins
As the semester comes to a close, students are taking direct action against deportations, toxic investments and emergency management.
Apr 23, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/18/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/18/2014?
This week: segregation, the Turbo Tax lobby and the death of the shopping mall.
Apr 18, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 4/11/2014?
This week: Bitcoin, Vox and remembering the Rwandan genocide.
Apr 11, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It The NCAA Makes Billions and Student Athletes Get None of It
Despite devoting forty to sixty hours per week to their sport most of the year, Division I football players lack basic economic rights under the NCAA’s cartel restrictions.
Apr 9, 2014 / StudentNation / Greg Johnson and StudentNation
Last Week, Students Struck in California, Walked Out in Newark and Sat-In at Dartmouth. What’s Next? Last Week, Students Struck in California, Walked Out in Newark and Sat-In at Dartmouth. What’s Next?
A wave of campus action sparks mass mobilization, police repression—and administrative concessions.
Apr 8, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Brown Students and Workers Unite to Convince the University to Boycott an Exploitative Hotel Brown Students and Workers Unite to Convince the University to Boycott an Exploitative Hotel
Students and workers stand up in the face of Renaissance Hotel’s horrific labor practices.
Apr 7, 2014 / StudentNation / Sam Adler-Bell and StudentNation