As Cities Dole Out Billions to Developers, Teachers Ask: What About Us? As Cities Dole Out Billions to Developers, Teachers Ask: What About Us?
Educators in Chicago and elsewhere are rallying against economic development programs they say benefit corporations at the expense of schools.
Dec 13, 2019 / Sophie Kasakove
Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers Harvard Faculty Have a Rare Chance to Act in Solidarity With Striking Student Workers
Professors are being pressured to report on striking students—it’s time they exposed their administration’s labor-suppression tactics.
Dec 10, 2019 / Robert D. Johnston and Benjamin H. Johnson
These LGBTQ Students Say Their School Treats Them Like Second-Class Citizens These LGBTQ Students Say Their School Treats Them Like Second-Class Citizens
For years, students say they’ve faced harassment for their sexuality. At the very least, they want their club for LGBTQ students to have official status on campus.
Dec 2, 2019 / StudentNation / Mary Retta
Syracuse Students Aren’t Backing Down Syracuse Students Aren’t Backing Down
Sixteen separate racist incidents caused Syracuse students to occupy a campus building in protest. Now, students are calling for the resignation of the university chancellor.
Nov 25, 2019 / StudentNation / Max Kalnitz
Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way Student Loan Borrowers Need More Protection—and California Is Leading the Way
Lawmakers in California have put forward the first legislation of its kind that would create clear, enforceable protections against abuses by student loan companies.
Nov 21, 2019 / StudentNation / Seth Frotman and Natalia Abrams
The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing The Chicago Teachers Strike Was a Lesson in 21st-Century Organizing
Despite the Janus decision and years of labor losses, the Chicago Teachers Union has figured out how to organize—and win.
Nov 16, 2019 / Cities Rising / Sarah Jaffe
We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English We Need to Support Students Who Are Still Learning English
It’s easy to forget that the United States has no official language.
Nov 15, 2019 / StudentNation / Scott Lee
The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom The Chinese Government Cannot Be Allowed to Undermine Academic Freedom
Universities are not taking seriously Beijing’s efforts to stifle free speech on campus.
Nov 8, 2019 / StudentNation / Sophie Richardson
Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage Debt Is Holding Black Americans Hostage
To break free, we need an honest conversation about reparations and forgiveness on a mass scale.
Nov 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme
Our World Is Burning, and It Scares Me to Death Our World Is Burning, and It Scares Me to Death
Young climate activists like me are overwhelmed by the enormity of the crisis—but we also have hope for the future.
Nov 4, 2019 / StudentNation / Ilana Cohen