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]

Selling the Supreme Court Selling the Supreme Court

STUDENT FINALIST: The threat of an even further-right-wing Supreme Court is the forgotten issue of this election. 

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Alex Ritter

A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All A Democracy for Sale Is No Democracy At All

STUDENT FINALIST: What is really at stake this November is nothing less than the existence of an American republic.

Oct 23, 2012 / StudentNation / Guido Girgenti

NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him NYU Law Trustee’s Company Hired Goons For The Protest Against Him

When Daniel Straus's company locked out workers, they showed up at NYU to protest. It turns out the anti-labor protesters they encountered there were hired by the company.

Oct 22, 2012 / StudentNation / Rebecca Nathanson

For the Sake of Democracy, We Need Electoral Reform For the Sake of Democracy, We Need Electoral Reform

STUDENT FINALIST: We must choose to move towards a shared conception of justice and social solidarity that differentiates itself from Capitol Hill’s petty electoral games.

Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Erik Lampmann

Romney’s Recession Reaganomics Romney’s Recession Reaganomics

STUDENT FINALIST: With staggering unemployment, Romney’s trickle-down policies are the last thing the United States needs.

Oct 20, 2012 / StudentNation / Audrey Yu

What I Owe to Radical Feminism What I Owe to Radical Feminism

STUDENT WINNER: American women can’t afford the Republican rollback of rights our forebears fought so hard to win. 

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Tess Saperstein

Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election Joblessness Is the Most Important Issue of the Election

STUDENT WINNER: The president needs to reassure middle-class American that he has and will continue to combat long-term unemployment.

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / Andrew Giambrone

Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012) Interns’ Favorite Reads of the Week (10/17/2012)

This week: Planned Parenthood and poverty, the unnamed favelas of Rio de Janeiro, and much more.

Oct 19, 2012 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York

Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York Global Student Leaders Join Forces in New York

 How a “beautiful, noble, naïve movement" can be transformed into a "beautiful, noble, effective movement."

Oct 17, 2012 / StudentNation / Isabelle Nastasia

Camila Vallejo’s Call Camila Vallejo’s Call

The Chilean student leader made clear that Chilean student protests have sparked calls for deep structural change, a call that is resonating with young people all over the world.

Oct 16, 2012 / StudentNation / Andrea Jones

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