What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike What You Need to Know About the Indiana University Strike
This week, students and staff will walk out of class and off the job in support of a comprehensive set of demands for worker rights and economic equity.
Apr 8, 2013 / StudentNation / James Cersonsky and StudentNation
Students Take a Stand for Housing Justice Students Take a Stand for Housing Justice
NYU students target their school's association with Chase, the leader in home foreclosures in New York.
Apr 5, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (4/5/2013)
This week's press yields a crude mixture of Arabic, Hebrew, Marxism, French colonialism, restorative justice and techno-disdain.
Apr 5, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique Why the Climate Movement is Historically Unique
Never before has an issue involved every single human being on this planet, and never before has the window for action been so short.
Apr 4, 2013 / StudentNation / Chloe Maxmin and StudentNation
Ban the Box in New Jersey Ban the Box in New Jersey
The passage of The Opportunity to Compete Act would make the employment process fairer for young people in the state, especially young people of color, while also expanding employm...
Apr 2, 2013 / StudentNation / Morgan Jerkins and StudentNation
Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 2 Dispatches From the US Student Movement: April 2
This week, students fight for racial justice from Texas to Binghamton. The 2013 National Student Power Convergence is in the works. And Colorado students walk out on standardized t...
Apr 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/31/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/31/13)
Chicago teachers' fight against school closings, the activists of Femen bare their breasts in protest and Canadian aboriginal youths who snowshoed 1,000 miles in supp...
Apr 1, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
PHOTOESSAY: Walls Speak in Argentina PHOTOESSAY: Walls Speak in Argentina
Pausing to understand the meanings of these hasty scribbles opens a window into understanding Argentina’s political issues and the ways frustrated citizens, particularly youn...
Mar 22, 2013 / StudentNation / Kiran Stallone and StudentNation
Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/22/13) Interns’ Favorite Articles of the Week (3/22/13)
This week, the drone debate continues, punctuated only by the tenth anniversary of another US power-play. Meanwhile, the Church got a new pope! And a Canadian immigration raid got ...
Mar 21, 2013 / StudentNation / StudentNation
The Injustice of Consolidated Student Loans The Injustice of Consolidated Student Loans
A single mom and teacher recounts her Kafkaesque experience with a consolidated student loan and asks for help.
Mar 21, 2013 / StudentNation / Malissa Babe and StudentNation