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]

‘Unmanned’ Offers a Chance to Debate Drones ‘Unmanned’ Offers a Chance to Debate Drones

New doc offers a clear-cut case that drones are not making us safer, and the filmmakers are offering free copies of the documentary to any students who want to stage screenings on ...

Nov 19, 2013 / StudentNation / Timothy Molina and StudentNation

Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change Brower Youth Award Winner Outlines New Responses to Climate Change

The climate movement often seems like it’s fighting “against something”--against indifference and political gridlock. But this is a struggle “for everything...

Nov 18, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation

Inside the Bulgarian Student Occupation

Inside the Bulgarian Student Occupation Inside the Bulgarian Student Occupation

Fighting for their future in a poor country where corruption has marred development since the fall of the Soviet Union, students at Bulgaria's Sofia University have taken hold ...

Nov 15, 2013 / StudentNation / Max Rivlin-Nadler and StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/15/13

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/15/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/15/13

This week: the media obsesses over female orgasms, states take action on minimum-wage laws and Syrian refugees in Bulgaria face death threats.

Nov 15, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Black Students Call Out UCLA for Lack of Diversity Black Students Call Out UCLA for Lack of Diversity

Sixty-five percent of UCLA’s male African-American population are college athletes.

Nov 13, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

As Christie and de Blasio Get Voted In, Students Walk Out

As Christie and de Blasio Get Voted In, Students Walk Out As Christie and de Blasio Get Voted In, Students Walk Out

Coast to coast, students demand an end to cuts, tests and racist policing.

Nov 12, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/8/13

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/8/13 Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week, 11/8/13

This week: the selfish motives of FWD.us, the Koch brothers’ anti-choice agenda, and a mass-death sentence in Bangladesh. 

Nov 8, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

#OutWithStudentDebt Videos Help Shed the Stigma of Indebtedness #OutWithStudentDebt Videos Help Shed the Stigma of Indebtedness

Meet the three winners of the #OutWithStudentDebt Video Project.

Nov 7, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions

Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions Barnard College’s New Sex Restrictions

If the Barnard administration takes the idea that adult women should have control over their bodies seriously, then students and RAs should be able to decide for themselves how oft...

Nov 6, 2013 / StudentNation / George Joseph and StudentNation

Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out

Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out Turn On, Tune In, Opt Out

The knowledge that students can forgo tests without repercussions has emboldened parents across the state.

Nov 5, 2013 / StudentNation / Owen Davis and StudentNation

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