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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.

Fighting Education Shock Therapy Fighting Education Shock Therapy

With tools from 1964, community activists are pushing the White House to turn federal education policy around.

Jan 15, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation

High School Students Demand Gun-Control High School Students Demand Gun-Control

Each time a major shooting occurs, anger swells for a few days and promptly disappears. We won’t let this happen again.

Jan 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Daniel Judt, Nick Barber, and StudentNation

Millennials and Guns

Millennials and Guns Millennials and Guns

The youth-driven Gun Violence Prevention Task Force aims to delineate reasonable but meaningful solutions.

Jan 14, 2013 / StudentNation / Ryan Dahrouge, Jamira Burley, and StudentNation

Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform? Astroturf Activism: Who is Behind Students for Education Reform?

SFER, a student network that has exploded on more than 100 college campuses across the country since it was started in 2009, is an “education reform” front for a lobbyi...

Jan 11, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US Millennials Occupy TransCanada Offices Across the US

Young people across the nation are using militant nonviolent tactics in an effort to spread the message that we can’t afford to continue down an unsustainable path for our cl...

Jan 11, 2013 / StudentNation / Candice Bernd and StudentNation

‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis

‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis ‘Scholarslip’: A Documentary on the Student Debt Crisis

Featuring the stories of three university students, each experiencing different, yet broadly representative, personal and financial struggles, all sharing a common desire to pursue...

Jan 10, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

The Untold History of the US: Part Three The Untold History of the US: Part Three

The third episode of the Showtime explores the birth of the American Empire by focusing on Harry Truman's presidency, his decision to inaugurate the nuclear age and unsung hero...

Jan 3, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses

Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign Wraps Up First Semester on 192 Campuses

A new campaign to push colleges and universities to divest from the fossil fuel industry spread like wildfire this past semester.

Jan 2, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/16/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/16/2012)

This week: a haunting piece from Aleppo, a debate in the trans community and much more.

Dec 16, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/07/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (12/07/2012)

This week: the escalating crisis in Syria, right-to-work laws in Michigan and much more. 

Dec 9, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

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