StudentNation

StudentNation is a program of the Nation Fund for Independent Journalism and is made possible through generous funding from the Puffin Foundation. StudentNation focuses on first-person accounts from student activists, organizers, and journalists and has helped launch the careers of contributors to The New York TimesVoxBusiness InsiderTeen Vogue, the Guardian, and more. If you’re a student and you have an article idea, please send pitches and questions to [email protected]

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (12/1) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (12/1)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention. 

Dec 1, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Campus Violence Continues at Indiana University Campus Violence Continues at Indiana University

Campus violence has been a hot-button issue since the recent assaults against students peacefully demonstrating at UC Berkeley, UC Davis, and CUNY Baruch. Albeit with far less br...

Nov 30, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

VIDEO: Fighting Back Against Student Debt VIDEO: Fighting Back Against Student Debt

Democracy Now! interviews the founders of the Occupy Student Debt Campaign" Pledge of Refusal.

Nov 29, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Protest at Baruch Ends Peacefully But Tuition Hikes Are Passed Protest at Baruch Ends Peacefully But Tuition Hikes Are Passed

In anticipation of the protest, all classes after 3:00PM were cancelled, with routine access to the building denied by a legion of NYPD.

Nov 29, 2011 / StudentNation / Harry Lee

November 28: A Tale of Two Universities November 28: A Tale of Two Universities

When the governing bodies of two of the country’s greatest institutions of higher education are literally, physically walling themselves off from the students of those univ...

Nov 29, 2011 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston

Silent Majority: California’s War on its Students Silent Majority: California’s War on its Students

A professor at the University of California calls out the University's war on students.

Nov 28, 2011 / StudentNation / Jennifer Doyle

Chris Hedges to Occupy Harvard Chris Hedges to Occupy Harvard

Tonight, Chris Hedges will leave unoccupied the room booked for him at the faculty club by Harvard University.

Nov 28, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

An Open Letter and Pledge of Non-Violence to UC President Mark Yudof from the Founder of Occupy Colleges An Open Letter and Pledge of Non-Violence to UC President Mark Yudof from the Founder of Occupy Colleges

Isn't it bad enough that they keep raising our tuitions and lowering our quality of education? Now they want to beat us into submission. These tactics will not work.

Nov 25, 2011 / StudentNation / Natalia Abrams

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (11/25)

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.

Nov 23, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

President Obama: Protect Students

President Obama: Protect Students President Obama: Protect Students

An urgent plea from an undergraduate Occupy activist.

Nov 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli

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