Student loan forgiveness has impacted middle to lower class families all around America. Many people are in support of waiving parts of student loans for underserved individuals in America, but there appears to be a partisan divide. Republicans taking a hard stance against debt relief, and Democrats are taking the affirmative. With all of the controversy, can Democrats justify student loan forgiveness?
Read MoreFor years, members of Congress and their immediate family members have been able to trade stocks, even ones that intersect with their work on various committees, all while claiming that they have acted within the law. Per recent legislation sponsored in both the House and the Senate, these troubling and dangerous conflicts of interest could be ended with a vote from Congress. It's time for them to step up and act.
Read MoreSome key cases on the current Supreme Court's docket have vast implications for public policy, and shed light on the increasingly partisan nature of the federal judiciary.
Read MoreThe COVID 19 pandemic has significantly impacted daily life, mental health, and social interactions. Reading specific authors can enhance young people's mental health and worldviews.
Read MoreReproductive healthcare policy tends to fall into two categories: Don’t ban abortions, and codify Roe V Wade. However, there is so much more to the topic that Democrats all across the country, in every district—regardless of the electorate’s political leaning—can use. This article explores two of them, and they’re not the policies you might think.
Read MoreTeenagers all across America live with the threat of gun violence hanging over their heads but have become so desensitized to the violence they see every day that fear is simply not an option anymore. How did America do this and why had this happened?
Read MoreDuring every election, almost every liberal news site has the same talking points: how black people vote, specifically how black women always turn out in record numbers for Democratic candidates. But what we fail to see are all the black women on the ground doing the work to get said candidates elected. So, how can we get black female organizers on these news sites?
Read MoreThe Electoral College has far too long been praised as one of our most sacred and "democratic" rituals of electing the most powerful person on earth, The President of the United States, but beneath the mask is a system of racism and hate. Now we see a new system that can finally end the reign of the Electoral College, The National Popular Vote Interstate Compact.
Read MoreAcross today’s political movements, there is a real desire for change but a lack of personal action. Ultimately, everyone from all age groups needs to mobilize for true change to occur. Democrats must take the lead and defend democracy.
Read MoreCandidate debates have been a longstanding part of the American electoral process, but absurd MAGA Republican candidates have already broken many of those traditions. Therefore, maybe more Democrats would do well to follow Arizona Democratic gubernatorial candidate Katie Hobbs’ lead in keeping the candidates who oppose democracy and common sense out of this traditional institution of American elections.
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