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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]

Freddie Gray protests

Student Journalists Are Our Future—We Should Start Treating Them Like It Student Journalists Are Our Future—We Should Start Treating Them Like It

They’re the next generation, and they’ve been picking up the slack of gutted local newsrooms and indifferent national outlets.

Jul 11, 2017 / StudentNation / William Anderson

Father and his child

The Truth About Immigrants and Public Benefits The Truth About Immigrants and Public Benefits

Immigrants are already not eligible for public benefits for five years after their arrival. So why did Trump act like they are?

Jun 29, 2017 / StudentNation / Julianne Hing

Betsy DeVos

Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating Our Schools Are Actually Resegregating

Here’s one way to stop the trend. 

Jun 20, 2017 / StudentNation / Michelle Chen

Jordan Edwards

Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics Systemic Racism Couldn’t Care Less About Your Respectability Politics

What could not save Philando Castile, Jordan Edwards or Richard Collins III is the same thing that I have been told would save me, a young black college student: respectability.

Jun 16, 2017 / StudentNation / Shekinah Mondoua

Betsy DeVos

Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students Betsy DeVos Moves to Help For-Profit Schools Defraud Students

The Education Department just froze two key protections for students. 

Jun 15, 2017 / StudentNation / David Dayen

Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History

Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History Removing the Confederate Monuments In New Orleans Was Only a First Step Toward Righting the Wrongs of History

The real sanitization of the past happened when the statues were put up. To correct the record, a museum of Reconstruction should take their place.

Jun 14, 2017 / StudentNation / Scott P. Marler

How Harvard Divestment Was Won

How Harvard Divestment Was Won How Harvard Divestment Was Won

Our first meeting in 2012 drew 10 people. In two years, over 70,000 people had signed on to our campaign.

Jun 7, 2017 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin

Meet the 8 Speakers Who Told College Graduates to ‘Demand Change’

Meet the 8 Speakers Who Told College Graduates to ‘Demand Change’ Meet the 8 Speakers Who Told College Graduates to ‘Demand Change’

From Representative John Lewis to Linda Sarsour, these speakers reminded students of the importance of struggle.

Jun 2, 2017 / StudentNation / Brandon Jordan

Demonstrators

This Texas City Just Elected the Youngest City Council Member in the State This Texas City Just Elected the Youngest City Council Member in the State

Prairie View University has a long history of political engagement, but for the first time several students ran for local office and won two open seats.

Jun 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Jae Jones

Texas Sanctuary City SB 4 Protest

Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities Texas’s SB 4 Is the Most Dramatic State Crackdown Yet on Sanctuary Cities

The law is Texas’s acknowledgement that the federal government is dependent on local law enforcement to carry out its deportation agenda.

Jun 1, 2017 / StudentNation / Julianne Hing

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