Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/23/2012)
This week: the ongoing fight against Citizens United, Obama's trip to Southeast Asia, and much more.
Nov 26, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment Harvard Students Vote 72 Percent Support for Fossil Fuel Divestment
The vote made Harvard College the first school in the nation to pass a student referendum in support of fossil fuel divestment.
Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Alli Welton
Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference Colleges’ Elitist Legacy Preference
In university admissions, why are we preferencing the already-privileged?
Nov 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Scott Stern
Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment Fake Press Release Pushes College on Divestment
Student activists at Middlebury College in Vermont are challenging the otherwise liberal school to stop investing in fossil fuel companies.
Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Bronwyn Oatley
Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest Obama Speaks at Myanmar’s Historic Center of Student Protest
The President's choice of venue--where the former military dictator massacred students in 1962--is a nod to his administration's careful non-endorsement of the Myanmar gove...
Nov 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Zoë Schlanger
Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents Prop 30 Tax Revenues to Be Diverted from Higher Ed to Wall Street, Thanks to UC Board of Regents
It appears that the UC Regents leveraged the California dream to make the UC system a player in Wall Street’s casino economy. As with any casino, the game was fixed.
Nov 18, 2012 / StudentNation / Leighton Akio Woodhouse
DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement DoTheMath Calls for Climate Justice to be the Next Anti-Apartheid Movement
A report from the front-lines of the climate change movement.
Nov 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia
Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own Detroit Might be the Place for Young People to Write a Story of Their Own
A conversation with Mark Binelli, author of Detroit City Is the Place to Be.
Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / Claire Lambrecht
Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (11/16/12)
This week: a debate on debt forgiveness, Burma's Rohingya crisis, and the War on Drugs' latest victims.
Nov 16, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry Students Call for Divestment From the Fossil Fuel Industry
Students are the sleeping giant that rose to end apartheid and fight for many other just causes. Now more and more students are mobilizing against business as usual in the fossil f...
Nov 14, 2012 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and Alli Welton