#Student Essentials
How it started

A heterodox economist & her PhD student argue for buffer stocks in essentials for inflation preparedness in an age of overlapping emergencies.

How it’s going

New EU Stockpile Strategy suggests stockpiles in essentials like food for inflation prevention.
July 10, 2025 at 11:01 AM
A recent survey found that a whopping 40% of student loan borrowers say that their loans have negatively affected their ability to cover their basic needs, such as food, housing and transportation...

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
‘Not a gift-giving year’: student loan debt upends US borrowers’ holiday spending
After Trump ended key repayment plan, 40% of borrowers say their student loans make it harder to cover essentials
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Your everyday campus essentials just got an upgrade 🎓 Our Student Body Tee is now available in several colors including Black and Blue from @wiscansinedu.bsky.social
September 25, 2026 at 5:41 PM
It's amazing the degree to which this discourse is widly absent from Bluesky compared to 2021-2024. What could have happened, it's a mystery
‘Not a gift-giving year’: student loan debt upends US borrowers’ holiday spending
After Trump ended key repayment plan, 40% of borrowers say their student loans make it harder to cover essentials
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
High student loan debt isn’t just a problem for borrowers—it drags down the whole economy. When millions spend their paychecks on loan payments, they buy fewer homes, cars, and essentials, slowing growth and hurting businesses and communities everywhere.
#MomSky 3/3
April 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
SNAP Back! This past weekend we joined a broad coalition of Rhode Island student and community organizations in a display of solidarity against Trump’s disastrous cuts to the SNAP benefits program. Together we served over 200 community members with food, hygiene products, and other essentials.
November 14, 2025 at 4:07 AM
As a high-school student learning about science, I never even dreamed that my research would ever be on the cover of a textbook 🥹

Thank you @bradpostle.bsky.social !

And congrats to 1st author @donnisa.bsky.social !

www.amazon.com/Essentials-C...
Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience
Amazon.com: Essentials of Cognitive Neuroscience: 9781394380145: Postle, Bradley R.: Books
www.amazon.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:17 PM
Generation Z has been disproportionately pummeled by rising prices, higher housing costs, larger student loan balances and more overall debt than the millennials before them.

Gen Z is spending more on necessities than millennials did at the same age, according to a Post analysis. wapo.st/4bc6WBK
June 24, 2024 at 6:33 PM
This is most definitely a 3rd World Country. When old people have to choose between paying rent or getting their medications you know we're not doing well. People are putting essentials on their credit cards. It's not sustainable. They're going into default on car loans, mortgages, & student loans.
September 16, 2026 at 8:11 PM
No milk? No bread? No problem.
Pitt students stock up on essentials ahead of winter storm.
January 25, 2026 at 3:31 AM
“Beyond free food, it’s free life essentials like sanitary napkins, light bulbs, deodorant, [and] detergent. So just having that right there on campus, it meant everything,” Kennedy-King student Tiara Davis, 32, told The TRiiBE

thetriibe.com/2026/02/a-re...
A redesigned food market at Kennedy-King College provides students with free meals and upgrades food pantry experience  • The TRiiBE
Chicago City Colleges aims to open food markets at all City Colleges to tackle student food insecurity.
thetriibe.com
February 3, 2026 at 9:40 PM
ICYMI: Our special selection of student essentials is available at 20% off until the end of September! From Viking language to Prehistoric pottery, to scientific series and beyond, find everything you need for the new academic year here ➡️ bit.ly/4y5085l
September 25, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Hey, had a conversation that reminded me...

Food pantries need money and they can stretch a dollar far

This is a nearby community college that provides students with foods and essentials, so if you can shoot them a few bucks...

www.bakersfieldcollege.edu/services-and...
Donate to the Nexus | Bakersfield College
Contribute to Bakersfield College's Renegade Nexus through monetary gifts, in-kind donations, or payroll deductions to support student basic needs.​
www.bakersfieldcollege.edu
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Mohamed is a 22 yo engineering student whose family lost everything to the genocide in Gaza. They urgently need scarce and expensive essentials and healthcare under Israel's brutal imposed famine. Please share or give if you can to help them survive:
December 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM
yeah it's time to throw this baby out
May 25, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Farah is a 20 yo graphic design and arts student whose family lost their home & work to the ongoing genocide in Gaza. They're still starving, freezing, & sick under Israel's imposed famine, & urgently need essentials & healthcare. Please share or give to help them survive & rebuild their lives:
January 17, 2025 at 11:19 AM
TWELVE hours left!!! Ahmed is a student who was forcibly displaced and has been facing protracted state violence. He needs help for essentials & legal fees.

192/250 by tomorrow!!! chuffed.org/project/ahmedf
Help survivor Ahmed get back on his feet
Ahmed is my best friend and colleague, and I am running this campaign on his behalf. Ahmed F is an art therapist, educator, and student. Since being displaced from Gaza in 2024, he's been striving to…
chuffed.org
August 15, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Morehead’s is Eagle Essentials
Student Emergency Resources
Discover vital resources for students facing food insecurity and financial challenges. Support education with Eagle Essentials and our Emergency Assistance Program.
www.moreheadstate.edu
October 28, 2025 at 11:25 AM
One of the big lines around the changes to job seeker eligibility was '18 & 19 year-olds should be in training or education'. Cut to university students unable to afford to live while studying forced to leave education with student debt into a economy with no jobs. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
Being a student is pricier than ever - does it pay off?
Student support has risen 86 percent in the past two decades, but the cost of essentials has increased by 220 percent.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 23, 2026 at 6:25 PM
Although community colleges offer low tuition, students still face steep costs for essentials such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and supplies—barriers that policymakers must address to make college truly affordable. www.americanprogress.org/article/the-...
The Full Cost of Attendance: Addressing Housing, Food, and Other Barriers to Community College Student Success
Although community colleges offer low tuition, students still face steep costs for essentials such as housing, food, transportation, child care, and supplies—barriers that policymakers must address to...
www.americanprogress.org
July 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Will's mom asked him what he wanted for Christmas. Being a college student, he told her "the essentials: socks, underwear, stuff like that"

It wasn't until he and his little brother Max opened matching packs of white briefs that he realized he should've specified boxers

#TightyWhitiesTuesday
December 24, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Lana is an engineering student displaced in the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Her family lost her home, and her father's lungs were pierced with shrapnel. They're sick (Lana has hepatitis) and starving. Please share or give to help them afford expensive, scarce essentials & healthcare to survive winter:
December 31, 2024 at 2:03 PM
GW Leicester saw its fair share of my student loan.
Food and 'essentials'! 😅

I also entered this fella into a Legends Of Paint at WHW.
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM