Category: StudentNation

As a Black youth, I’ve been surveilled and pushed around by police since elementary school. By Amaru Howard This article was originally published by Youth Communications and is reposted here with permission. YC works with teenagers in the New York City public school system offering trainings and support to promote the power of story telling through youth-led media. My first […]

Important lessons on victims’ rights and the ways to maximize their luck with Title IX. By Finley Muratova “I was blackout drunk and I woke up naked with my lip busted,” said Jane, a University of Missouri student who asked to be referred to by a pseudonym to protect her privacy. “I looked down and I […]

The president’s free college plan is a great first step. Here’s what else we can do to Build Back Better. By Brendan Rooks Over the course of the Covid pandemic, we have seen one of the largest upward shifts of wealth in recent history. According to Forbes, there were 660 more billionaires in 2021 than the year […]

Young people from across the country weigh in on how Covid is impacting their college experience. By StudentNation Colleges and universities nationwide have reopened for in-person learning and students are grappling with an environment very different from the one they left. The administrative response to Covid has varied coast to coast, with some institutions mandating […]

Legal experts, the Senate majority leader, and borrowers all agree that the president has the authority to cancel student loan debt. Why doesn’t Nancy Pelosi? By Cody Hounanian and Brendan Rooks During a press conference last month, Speaker Nancy Pelosi told reporters that the president cannot cancel student debt through an executive order. “People think that the […]