Category: StudentNation

Conservative interest groups are pushing Issue 1, which would require a supermajority for any petition-based constitutional amendments to pass. ZURIE POPE Once synonymous with Midwestern placidity, Ohio has become the epicenter of an unprecedented assault on civil and reproductive rights. Bills banning gender affirming care for LGBTQ youth and trans athletes from participation in women’s […]

An interview with the Daily reporter Theo Baker, who helped expose manipulation of scientific data in research papers by Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. ITZEL LUNA On July 19, Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne resigned from his position after an extensive investigation by the university’s student-run newspaper exposed manipulation in his scientific research. As a rising junior at Stanford and an […]

In North Carolina, the ending of the Covid-era federal meals program devastated low-income communities–and legislators have been slow to face the crisis. PEGGY CHEN From her small apartment in Durham, N.C., Marcella Thompson prepares healthy meals and groceries for the dozens of families that struggle to put food on the table in her neighborhood. “They […]

The climate movement needs to remind President Biden that he won’t earn our vote by bargaining away our futures. SENA WAZER and AADITI LELE Week after week, the United States has experienced “unprecedented” climate events: choking wildfire smoke painted East Coast skies red, thunderstorms with hurricane-force winds tore through the Midwest, and heat advisories impacted millions across the country. Our generation […]

Many colleges ignored the undocumented community once President Biden took office, but CUNY’s new efforts show how higher education can better support these students. YAMILA MARTINEZ A student exits a building on the campus of Hunter College of the City University of New York. (Drew Angerer / Getty Images) or Krissia Bonilla, going to college was […]

The former “Mead Memorial Chapel” was renamed by the Middlebury College Board of Trustees. Now, the university has a chance to teach about its role in the eugenics movement. RACHEL LU In October 1912, John A. Mead, then-Governor of Vermont, gave his farewell speech to the state legislature. He addressed the problem of “our degenerates,” […]