The successful strike earlier this year was not organized overnight—it took months of preparation and outreach efforts. By Mansee Khurana When Arundhati Velamur was in the fourth year of her education PhD program at New York University, she often had conversations with her colleagues about how their department seemed to only hire external candidates for faculty […]
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An unconventional amicus brief filed by the March For Our Lives Action Fund aims to show “the true, real human toll” of gun violence. By Zachariah Sippy By Zachariah Sippy In the summer of 2019, Elimar Depaula, 19, worked as a paralegal in the D.C. suburbs. At night, she was a student, taking online college classes. On […]
Finding a translator in medical settings was difficult enough before the pandemic, but now the solutions come with additional problems. By Zoya Qureshi Adriana sat quietly looking at the floor with her young son, Pablo, beside her. She looked tired. The two had come in for a follow-up appointment for advice on Pablo’s autism medication. The […]
Despite its name, The Nation has always tried to devote time and resources to reporting on important people, places, and events taking place outside of the United States. One of The Nation‘s most honored longtime contributors, Amy Wilentz, the former Jerusalem correspondent for The New Yorker, was also one of the magazines’ first editorial interns. One of the country’s premier experts on […]
After Harvard and Dartmouth’s divestments. Princeton remains one of the few remaining Ivies still invested in the fossil fuel industry By Hannah Reynolds “TIGERALERT: GET IN, GET DOWN, COVER UP. Stay where you are and stay away from windows.” At the start of September, Princeton University students were welcomed back to campus with a “tornado emergency.” […]
Thousands of student protesters in Puerto Rico are fighting against further austerity measures from a new bill, PC1003, that will drastically cut funding for public education. By Rima Brusi “They are stealing our present. The UPR is not for sale,” read a large banner at the gates of the oldest and largest of the 11 campuses […]