How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors How University Title IX Offices Fail Survivors
In 2014, an investigation by the Department of Education found that Princeton’s response to complaints of sexual violence violated Title IX. How much has changed since?
Nov 18, 2022 / StudentNation / Hannah Reynolds and Jessica Lambert
Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome? Was This Professor Fired for Having Tourette Syndrome?
We want to ensure harassment-free climates in schools and workplaces, and we want to protect the rights of people with disabilities. What happens when these imperatives collide?
Nov 15, 2022 / Feature / Barry Yeoman
Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans Affirmative Action Benefits All Students—Even Asian Americans
In October, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for two cases against Harvard and the University of North Carolina in an effort to overturn race-conscious admissions.
Nov 11, 2022 / StudentNation / Rachel Shin
Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action Conservatives Don’t Actually Have an Argument for Killing Affirmative Action
The Supreme Court hearings on affirmative action revealed just how weak the right-wing position is—but the GOP justices will overturn the policy anyway.
Nov 11, 2022 / Elie Mystal for The Nation
What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign What, Her Worry? Iowa’s Kim Reynolds Is Running a Dishonest and Nasty Campaign
But the Republican governor’s punch-down politics are no bar to reelection.
Nov 7, 2022 / Dave Leshtz
Voter Suppression Is Keeping Students From the Polls Voter Suppression Is Keeping Students From the Polls
Less than half of Americans under 30 said they were “certain to vote” in the midterm elections. But in battleground states across the country, college organizers are fighting for b...
Nov 4, 2022 / StudentNation / Mira Sydow
Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action Make No Mistake, the Supreme Court Will Kill Affirmative Action
This week’s oral arguments made clear that the conservative justices will gut race-conscious admissions—and that the move won’t help Asian American students.
Nov 1, 2022 / Elie Mystal
Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature Good News Alert: Democrats Might Actually Flip the Michigan Legislature
What’s their secret sauce? Support for public education.
Oct 28, 2022 / Jennifer C. Berkshire
Your College RA Deserves a Union Your College RA Deserves a Union
Resident Advisers are workers and should demand employment status, union recognition, and fair wages. Universities cannot function without them.
Oct 28, 2022 / StudentNation / Ava Young-Stoner
Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working. Republicans Have Spent Millions on Youth Outreach. And It’s Working.
Kyle Spencer’s new book Raising Them Right shows how the conservative establishment has recruited and trained new generations of activists over the last 60 years.
Oct 26, 2022 / Q&A / Julian Epp