Senator Elizabeth Warren’s comments about immigration and COVID-19 highlighted the critical importance of resiliency in times of crisis and the privilege associated with possessing resilience in the first place.
– Katie Cooper
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Senator Elizabeth Warren’s call for analyzing how policies affect marginalized communities reminds us that strong, effective policies depend on sound data.
— Angela Yu
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While perhaps intended as a semi-cheeky rhetorical jab at the political opposition undermining her party’s legislative agenda, the comment encapsulated a far more profound sentiment in my eyes. It served as a diagnosis of the increasingly regressive nature of partisan politics in 21st Century American democracy.
— Zach Fotiadis
Herein lies the paradox of electability: by thinking that someone is unlikely to be elected, and therefore not voting for them, you yourself are making it impossible for them to win.
— Lindsey Gradowski
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With an average favorability of less than 43%, down from his peak of 57% around the 100 day mark, Biden’s present popularity stands as the second lowest of any president at this point in their administration since the origins of national polling.
— Zach Fotiadis
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A work requirement will significantly diminish the effectiveness of the Child Tax Credit by requiring recipients to endure administrative burdens.
— Takuya Amagai
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President Biden’s Build Back Better frameworks puts the nation one step closer to realizing access to nutritious food as a basic human right.
— Cade Spencer
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In an attempt to lower the price tag of the Build Back Better plan, the White House has cut tuition-free community college from the spending bill. The decision to sacrifice tuition free community college in exchange for a cheaper spending bill may end up costing the American government more in the long run in unemployment benefits and economic stimuli.
— Katie Cooper
As workers across America left the workforce in big numbers this August, workers now have an opportunity to flex power at the bargaining table for better wages, benefits and conditions that have been long overdue since before the pandemic.
— Nick Gonzalez
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After a long, demoralizing, and deadly few months, the Biden administration has taken on a new strategy for propelling the country out of the clutches of COVID-19. President Biden did the right thing in acknowledging vaccine mandates as the only possible way forward; implementing them despite significant pushback is a feat of both public health competence and human empathy.
— Mia Young
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It’s long past time to teach stories like my grandfather’s. Doing so can help today’s farmworkers who deserve better treatment and a pathway to citizenship for keeping America fed amidst a pandemic.
— Nick Gonzalez
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As America marks the twentieth anniversary of 9/11, bearing witness to the lives lost that day must transcend personal opinions on the cultural and political aftermath of the attacks.
— Eric Bazail-Eimil
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While the accomplishments of the Biden Administration in the first 100 days have been promising, the administration faces an uphill battle on the road to recovery.
— Takuya Amagai
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America prides itself on being one of the world’s oldest and strongest democracies, but the filibuster undermines the most central tenet of our government: majority rule.
— Lindsey Gradowski
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The Biden Administration and Democrats in the U.S. Senate must move as quickly as possible to nominate and confirm as many judges as they can, pushing the Federal Judiciary in a more progressive direction.
— Takuya Amagai
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Although President Biden announced that he will increase the refugee cap again, the administration must take more direct action to ensure that refugees across the world can and will receive the help they need.
— Ritika Manathara
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As countries turn increasing attention towards the Arctic, it is time for the United States to ratify the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea to add much needed legitimacy to its territorial claims in the region.
— Claire Cutler
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As the Republican Party fails to define what it stands for in the post-Trump era, the GOP needs to stop crying wolf and begin building the party into a facts-based entity.
— Junior Mwemba
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With China’s political, economic, and military rise in recent years, the U.S. appears to have found its new foe for justifying a bloated and unnecessary military budget that jeopardizes world peace.
— Nicolas Gardner
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The growth of online and grassroots funding has helped both Democrats and Republicans tremendously, but this trend comes with new challenges.
— Andrew Morin
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