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]

Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story Share Your #DontDoubleMyRate Story

Share your story and tell our elected reps what impact student debt has on your ability to study, learn and enter a profession of your choice and how would your life change if t...

May 9, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Tucson’s History of School Censorship Tucson’s History of School Censorship

Tucson’s high-profile battle over censorship in its largest school district didn’t begin with the now-infamous AZ ban on Mexican-American Studies (MAS).

May 8, 2012 / StudentNation / Gabriel Matthew Schivone

Will Occupy Create Another World or Another Left?

Will Occupy Create Another World or Another Left? Will Occupy Create Another World or Another Left?

In a leaderless movement, ego, anger and personal priorities must be given up in service of collective needs.

May 7, 2012 / StudentNation / Zachary A. Bell

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (5/2/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (5/2/12)

Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

New Study Says One Quarter of Young People Can’t Make Ends Meet New Study Says One Quarter of Young People Can’t Make Ends Meet

What lifestyle choices has the recession forced on you?

May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day

Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day Columbia Students Join New York’s May Day

More than one hundred Columbia students congregated in the middle of campus to express solidarity with labor and their own personal frustrations with an economy that is run incre...

May 3, 2012 / StudentNation / Janine Balekdjian

NYU Kicks Off May Day With Bobst Picket Against 2031 NYU Kicks Off May Day With Bobst Picket Against 2031

The group expressed their opposition to NYU’s 2031 plan, which its opponents characterize as aggressive real estate expansion that threatens the historic character of the Vi...

May 1, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin

Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/26/12) Interns’ Favorite Pieces of the Week (4/26/12)

Each week, Nation interns pick compelling stories in their areas of interest.

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition

Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition Cooper Union Students Protest College’s First Ever Tuition

This week, Cooper Union student organizers preparing for an Occupy Wall Street protest against student debt were infuriated by their school’s decision to introduce tuition ...

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / Brett Chamberlin

Student Loan Debt vs. the American Dream Student Loan Debt vs. the American Dream

Robert Applebaum, founder of ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com, answers questions on student loan debt in this video segment.

Apr 26, 2012 / StudentNation / The Nation

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