Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/14)
Our media coverage is often dominated by one big story that crowds out most everything else. As an antidote, every week, Nationinterns try to cut through the echo chambe...
Oct 14, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Occupy College Defies Stereotype of Quiet, Inert Generation Y Occupy College Defies Stereotype of Quiet, Inert Generation Y
Participating students in the Occupy College protests achieved something that our generation lacked until this point: a visible presence within a significant social movement.
Oct 12, 2011 / StudentNation / Krystie Yandoli
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (10/7/11)
Read about this week's important stories around the world, and leave your comments.
Oct 11, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’ Free Speech, the Pro-Israel Lobby, and the Case of the ‘Irvine 11’
The “Irvine 11” are fast becoming First Amendment poster children. A closer look at the long history of several external organizations’ interest in their case, ho...
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Uzma Kolsy
‘Sharing Is Caring’: Students and Teachers Explain Why They Marched to Occupy Wall Street ‘Sharing Is Caring’: Students and Teachers Explain Why They Marched to Occupy Wall Street
Conversations that took place at the march from Foley Square on October 5.
Oct 6, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
Students Join Occupy Movement Students Join Occupy Movement
A nation-wide student walk-out is planned for today, Oct. 5, at noon. From New York to Los Angeles, students will march in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Oct 5, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit Declares Support for Occupy Wall Street AFL-CIO Young Worker Summit Declares Support for Occupy Wall Street
In the latest sign of solidarity between labor and the Occupy Wall Street movement, the AFL-CIO has issued a statement from its Next Up Young Worker Summit in support of the Manhat...
Oct 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/30/11) Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important Stories (9/30/11)
Every week, Nation interns cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.
Sep 29, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation
AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: “Youth Face An Abyss Now” AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer: “Youth Face An Abyss Now”
A conversation with AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler about organized labor's new youth outreach efforts.
Sep 28, 2011 / StudentNation / Josh Eidelson
Five Ways Young Americans Can Fight Back Against Student Loan Debt Five Ways Young Americans Can Fight Back Against Student Loan Debt
Young people may feel helpless about the corporatocracy, but they have the potential to overcome many barriers.
Sep 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Rae Gomes