It’s Time for HBCUs to Address Homophobia and Transphobia on Their Campuses It’s Time for HBCUs to Address Homophobia and Transphobia on Their Campuses
While there are more than 100 historically black colleges and universities in the country, only three have LGBT student centers.
Jun 21, 2018 / StudentNation / Sherri Williams
Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It. Americans Are Drowning in Student-Loan Debt. The US Should Forgive All of It.
No young person should be condemned to debt for pursuing the higher education or technical training that virtually everyone agrees is vital to this nation’s future.
Jun 19, 2018 / Katrina vanden Heuvel
At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive At the University of Pittsburgh, Graduate Students Are Organizing to Survive
Pitt’s grad-student union joins three other universities in the state that are fighting the same union-busting law firm.
Jun 18, 2018 / StudentNation / Jordana Rosenfeld
We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault We Need to Include Black Women’s Experience in the Movement Against Campus Sexual Assault
The national movement to address the college rape crisis seldom reflects the complexities of gender, race, and class black women face at both predominantly white institutions and h...
Jun 15, 2018 / StudentNation / Candace King
Ira Berlin, 1941–2018 Ira Berlin, 1941–2018
Remembering a man who transformed scholarship on slavery and African-American culture.
Jun 8, 2018 / Eric Foner
What Does Diversity Look Like at HBCUs? What Does Diversity Look Like at HBCUs?
Are HBCUs simply changing with the times, or are they relinquishing an important black presence?
Jun 7, 2018 / StudentNation / Deja Dennis
As a Black College Student, Poverty Was My Everyday Life As a Black College Student, Poverty Was My Everyday Life
For the country’s colleges, perhaps more so than any other American institution, the case for scaling racially equitable initiatives couldn’t be more clear.
Jun 5, 2018 / StudentNation / Aaron Ross Coleman
Law Schools Are Failing Students of Color Law Schools Are Failing Students of Color
Higher debt and lower employment rates create a “justice gap” that’s nearly impossible to escape.
Jun 5, 2018 / Erin L. Thompson
Advice to College Graduates in the Age of Trump Advice to College Graduates in the Age of Trump
The terror beyond the school gates awaits you.
May 31, 2018 / Tom Engelhardt
Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses? Why Are There So Few Black Women Leaders on College Campuses?
Forced to face the twin hurdles of racism and sexism, black women leaders are underrepresented on college campuses.
May 31, 2018 / StudentNation / DeAsia Paige