The 2022 Brower Award winner explains why the toxic influence of Big Oil money on climate change research is the next front in the battle against fossil fuel extraction. By StudentNation and Ilana Cohen The Brower Youth Awards annually highlight the most impactful environmental youth leaders from across North America. Award recipients undergo a rigorous application review process and represent […]
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AmeriCorps pays less than minimum wage for anti-poverty work. With a million unfilled public sector jobs, why not create a program that actually addresses our needs? By Paige Oamek On the 100th day of Bill Clinton’s administration, the president spoke at the University of New Orleans in front of a banner the size of a school bus reading “National […]
Since she was 9 years old, Nalleli Cobo has been fighting to end environmental racism in Los Angeles, where 3.2 million people live near an oil or gas well. By Mara Cavallaro When Nalleli Cobo got her first MRI, the nurse told her it would be a picture of her brain. She was alone in a hospital […]
Three-quarters of Americans support legal status for immigrants brought to the United States as children, yet Congress has failed to enact permanent protections. By Teresa Mettela Earlier this month, the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit deemed the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Program “unlawful,” upholding a district court ruling from last year. The […]
With approval of organized labor at the highest level since 1965, undergraduate student workers have turned to unionizing as college costs continue to rise. By Radu Stochita In 2019, the National Labor Relations Board proposed shrinking the definition of “employee” to exclude college students working for their university in connection with their studies. In their eyes, […]
After a decade of student organizing, Princeton made a pledge to divest its endowment and reject fossil fuel money. Will more universities follow? By Chelsey Gilchrist and Claire Kaufman On Thursday September 29, 2022, after more than nine years of student and alumni organizing, Princeton University finally announced that it will divest from fossil fuels. As the university had $1.7 […]