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]

This Week, Students Occupied City College, Flooded the Border and Sat-In for Palestine

This Week, Students Occupied City College, Flooded the Border and Sat-In for Palestine This Week, Students Occupied City College, Flooded the Border and Sat-In for Palestine

From Newark to Minnesota, this month has seen a breadth of direct action from students and youth.

Mar 21, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/21/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/21/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/21/2014?

This week: children in an Indian slum teach themselves genetics, New Hampshire towns say no to Citizens United and Jessica Gordon Nembhard writes about the place of co-ops in civil...

Mar 21, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/14/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/14/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/14/2014?

This week: a former barista describes life on the other side of the coffee bar, Google execs call for more encryption and researchers look at the links between animal antibiotics a...

Mar 14, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy

Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy Harvard’s President Says Fossil Fuel Companies Are Not Blocking Clean Energy

Students talk divestment with Harvard President Drew Faust.

Mar 13, 2014 / StudentNation / Corinne Grinapol and StudentNation

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights UNC Students Advocate for Garment Workers’ Rights

Students at the University of North Carolina want to ensure workers who make UNC apparel operate under safe conditions.

Mar 11, 2014 / StudentNation / Alexandra Willcox and StudentNation

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/7/2014?

What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/7/2014? What Are ‘Nation’ Interns Reading the Week of 3/7/2014?

This week: the World Cup's dark side, a 12-year-old scientist and a debate on truth.

Mar 8, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Foster Youth Win an Important Victory in Oregon

Foster Youth Win an Important Victory in Oregon Foster Youth Win an Important Victory in Oregon

Foster youth are leading the fight for public child welfare services.

Mar 7, 2014 / StudentNation / Simon Davis-Cohen and StudentNation

What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border

What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border What’s the Matter With California? Student Dispatches From Santa Cruz to the Border

Across the state and beyond, students rail against racism and austerity.

Mar 7, 2014 / StudentNation / StudentNation

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment Tufts Students Say Fear Held the University Back From Fossil Fuel Divestment

Tufts University declines to divest and students respond.

Mar 5, 2014 / StudentNation / Ben Weilerstein, Devyn Powell, and StudentNation

Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots

Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots Student Internships: the Haves and Have-Nots

Changes in how internships are regulated can’t come fast enough for unpaid interns.

Mar 3, 2014 / StudentNation / Jessie Lau and StudentNation

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