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]

Report Shows Impact of Student Voting in Local Elections Report Shows Impact of Student Voting in Local Elections

Student voting blocs were decisive is numerous local measures in Berkeley this year.

Dec 6, 2012 / StudentNation / Daphne Chen

[VIDEO] Protest Organizers Explain the Cooper Union Occupation [VIDEO] Protest Organizers Explain the Cooper Union Occupation

Student activists talk about what they're fighting for and why.

Dec 5, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti Doing the Math Better: A Talk With Christian Parenti

Author Christian Parenti, in conversation with NYU student Rebecca Nathanson, explains why fossil-fuel divestment campaigns—now gaining popularity on college campuses thanks ...

Dec 5, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision

Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision Students Occupying Cooper Union Insist on Founder’s Vision

Founder Peter Cooper's insistence that the institution should be as “free as air and water” is being challenged by an administration intent on starting to charge un...

Dec 4, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia

New Hampshire Students Press for Fossil Fuel Divestment New Hampshire Students Press for Fossil Fuel Divestment

UNH students delivered a petition signed by 1,000 of their peers to the office of President Mark Huddleston calling for the divestment of the institution’s endowment from fos...

Dec 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Andrea Jones

Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/30/2012) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (11/30/2012)

This weel: a profile of civil rights champion Bryan Stevenson, an analysis of the Libor scandal, and much more.

Nov 30, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out

PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out PHOTOESSAY: The Sandy-Ravaged Rockaways, One Month Out

Mutual aid is alive and well on the devastated peninsula, filling in where the government failed.

Nov 28, 2012 / StudentNation / Ayasha Guerin

A Woman’s War: Talking with Elizabeth Herman A Woman’s War: Talking with Elizabeth Herman

The twenty-something photographer talks about the changing face of journalism and giving women around the world a voice.

Nov 28, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Lucy McKeon

UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel UC Irvine Students Vote to Divest From Israel

Students showed resilience in the face of intimidation from school authorities and outside interest groups.

Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy

With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies? With Historic Desegregation Plan, Will Tucson Reinstate Mexican American Studies?

Mexican American Studies co-founder Sean Arce talks about the future of multicultural education in Arizona.

Nov 27, 2012 / StudentNation / Jeff Biggers

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