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]

Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn Memo to Frank Bruni: Women Have Been Devastated by the Economic Downturn

Times columnist Frank Bruni ignores the dramatic toll the economic downturn has taken on women. 

Aug 4, 2011 / StudentNation / Kevin S. Donohoe

Don’t Have Sex—You Will Get Pregnant and Die

Don’t Have Sex—You Will Get Pregnant and Die Don’t Have Sex—You Will Get Pregnant and Die

Sexuality education in the United States has evolved to teach everything besides sex itself.

Aug 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Anna Lekas Miller

Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts Illinois Passes Bill For Undocumented Youth, Makes An Even Dozen State-Level DREAM Acts

Yesterday, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed the Illinois DREAM Act into law.

Aug 2, 2011 / StudentNation / Micah Uetricht

HALTing the DREAM HALTing the DREAM

Rarely do two bills on the same issue appear in Congress with such diametrically opposed names and policy goals as the DREAM and HALT Acts.  

Aug 1, 2011 / StudentNation / Zachary Newkirk

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories

Every week, Nation interns try to cut through the echo chamber and choose one good article in their area of interest that they feel should receive more attention.  ...

Jul 28, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

Muslim Students Challenge Allen West’s Anti-Islamic Speaker on Capitol Hill Muslim Students Challenge Allen West’s Anti-Islamic Speaker on Capitol Hill

On Capitol Hill, Muslim students confront Islamophobia.  

Jul 27, 2011 / StudentNation / Sean Savett

Separate and Unequal: Intellectual Stratification in Schools Separate and Unequal: Intellectual Stratification in Schools

The dangers of classifying students according to their intellectual ability.

Jul 26, 2011 / StudentNation / Britney Wilson

Shut Up. Raise the Debt Ceiling

Shut Up. Raise the Debt Ceiling Shut Up. Raise the Debt Ceiling

Americans, particularly young Americans are tired of the debt ceiling noise. We just want to be and stay employed.

Jul 26, 2011 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Students Take On ALEC Students Take On ALEC

Student activists are taking a stand against ALEC.

Jul 22, 2011 / StudentNation / Emily Wood

Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories Nation Interns Choose the Week’s Most Important (and Undercovered) Stories

 The stories the MSM is missing. 

Jul 22, 2011 / StudentNation / The Nation

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