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]

Grinnell College Announces $300,000 Annual Social Justice Prize Program Grinnell College Announces $300,000 Annual Social Justice Prize Program

Up to three $100,000 prizes will honor young innovators, organizations advancing positive social change

Nov 30, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account

Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account Police Detained UK Student Protesters En Masse: A Firsthand Account

Take a protest, toss in hundreds of police officers with riot shields, then block the protesters into an area of open space with no toilets, food or shelter, for hours. If anyone t...

Nov 30, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny

The Latest on the British Student Movement

The Latest on the British Student Movement The Latest on the British Student Movement

While most American students took the long weekend to celebrate Thanksgiving, education cut protests in the UK rolled on.

Nov 29, 2010 / StudentNation / Angus Johnston

Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?

Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around? Does The DREAM Act Have A Shot This Time Around?

Several senators still have uncertain positions on the DREAM Act.

Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope. Are Canadian Colleges Too Asian? Nope.

 Why the controversial Maclean's On Campus article, "Too Asian," is lazy and inaccurate.

Nov 19, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Solidarity in New Haven

Solidarity in New Haven Solidarity in New Haven

The recent campus mobilization at Yale is only the latest student effort to organize around and impact the safety of local residents.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky

Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work

Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

Inside the Millbank Tower Riots

Inside the Millbank Tower Riots Inside the Millbank Tower Riots

"This is scary but not as scary as what's happening to our future."

Nov 11, 2010 / StudentNation / Laurie Penny

Whose Future? Our Future. Whose Future? Our Future.

The Think 2040 project wants to know your policy priorities so our generation can start shaping the agenda for the coming decades.

Nov 10, 2010 / StudentNation / Braden Goyette

Building The Youth Vote Is About Building Infrastructure Building The Youth Vote Is About Building Infrastructure

 Over the four decades since the voting age was lowered to 18, has anything been put into place to support ongoing youth voting? 

Nov 5, 2010 / StudentNation / Abby Kiesa

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