When Secretary Pete Buttigieg visited Georgetown on Oct. 11, he acknowledged the herculean task the new Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act presents to him and his colleagues, while emphasizing the generational opportunity it provides to revitalize American infrastructure.
— Asher Maxwell
Read MoreIt is hard to see the first 15 months of Biden’s presidency as anything but a failure. However, it is hard to imagine things going differently for any other Democratic president. Biden’s presidency has been riddled with no win scenarios, difficult roadblocks, and inherited problems from previous administrations.
—Dustin Garza
Read MorePresident Joe Biden and the Democratic party are faced with a historical storm of events as a world barely emerging from a pandemic is now reckoning with a war in Europe. These volatile global events have spurred an alarming rise in inflation, causing many Americans to feel as if Biden has fallen short of his promise to recover the economy.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreDuring the past 50 years, US migration policy has been influenced by political agendas and fear instead of facts and human rights concerns. As a result, US politicians have demonstrated a lack of understanding regarding migration and the border region, which has had real consequences in the lives of migrants and on life in border communities.
—Katie Cooper
Read MoreBiden has had a lot on his plate recently, from worsening political gridlock, to women’s reproductive rights being increasingly restricted as well as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine crisis and an economy recovering from COVID-19. He had a lot of ground to cover in this historical event. Here is a list of the most memorable and notable moments from Biden’s address to the nation.
— Srishti Khemka
Read MoreAt the first “Know You Power Forum” hosted by Georgetown’s Institute for Politics and Public Service, Rashida Jones shared valuable insights from her long career in journalism as the president of MSNBC and the first Black executive to lead a major news network.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreJustice Breyer has been in the majority for decisions that have granted gay marriage and upheld the Affordable Care Act, and his successor has big shoes to fill.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreThough it seems like a footnote on the 2021 American insurrection, it has been a full year since a presidential inauguration. On January 20, 2021, President Joe Biden took the oath of office, and 365 days later, so much has changed but so much has stayed the same.
— Kathryn Chavez
Read MoreMaking COVID-era adjustments to the WIC program permanent will help reduce barriers and transition WIC to an anticipatory approach that reflects priorities of resilience and recovery.
— Louisa Sholar
Read MoreA year since the pro-Trump insurrection at the U.S. The Capitol on January 6, 2021, America urgently needs action on the role of social media platforms in political polarization.
— Carly Kabot
Read MoreSenator 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
Read MoreSenator Elizabeth Warren’s call for analyzing how policies affect marginalized communities reminds us that strong, effective policies depend on sound data.
— Angela Yu
Read MoreWhile 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
Read MoreWith 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
Read MoreA work requirement will significantly diminish the effectiveness of the Child Tax Credit by requiring recipients to endure administrative burdens.
— Takuya Amagai
Read MorePresident 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
Read MoreIn 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
Read MoreAfter 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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