"In 2025, StudentNation published more than 100 original articles by student journalists reporting on youth-oriented movements and issues across the country-from the continued protests for Gaza to climate change to immigration to education-all while student writers and activists faced increased repression from the Trump administration and, often, their own universities. We've selected 20 of StudentNation's best articles of the year to highlight the extraordinary range of reporting from the next generation."
"Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in the 2024 election, but that hasn't always been the case throughout American history. "Noncitizen voting, then called 'alien suffrage,' was seen as a pathway to foster citizenship and immigrant integration," writes Fatimah Azeem. "Millions of immigrants from Western and Northern Europe voted, often advancing anti-slavery and pro-worker causes." On March 5, protesters were arrested after a sit-in at Milstein Library to demand the reinstatement of three expelled students."
"As the administration announced the firing of nearly half of the Department of Education's 4,000-person workforce, Owen Dahlkamp spoke to current and former employees about the chaos inside. "The ramifications of this will be enormous," said one employee, who added that the upheaval from these firings was only just beginning. After Khalil, a permanent legal resident whose wife is an American citizen, was arrested by plainclothes ICE officers at his Columbia university housing,"
More than one hundred original reports by student journalists covered youth-oriented movements and issues across the country in 2025, including continued Gaza protests, climate change, immigration, and education. Student writers and activists experienced increased repression from the Trump administration and often from their own universities. Twenty pieces were highlighted to showcase the range of next-generation reporting. Philanthropic support from the Puffin Foundation to The Nation Fund for Independent Journalism funded the work. Measures to allow local noncitizen voting failed in 2024, though historical "alien suffrage" promoted immigrant integration and helped advance anti-slavery and pro-worker causes. Campus crackdowns included arrests and rare expulsions tied to Gaza protests, and large-scale firings disrupted the Department of Education workforce.
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