I scraped by to pay for community college. The US can do more for students
CNN
The American Families Plan and the College for All Act would help address the rising cost of college tuition, which makes it difficult for Americans to get what has become a bare minimum requirement in landing a job: a bachelor's degree, writes Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez.
Neither of my parents had graduated from college, and I had been rejected from my dream school, the University of Texas at Austin. It had taken me until 21 to even enroll in community college because of the cost.Elected officials, Jewish advocacy groups and civil rights leaders are vowing to “push back” against the message of a White nationalist group that staged a march last week near downtown Columbus, Ohio, calling the demonstration an act of hate unwelcome in their community – and the United States more broadly.
Senate Democrats have confirmed some of President Joe Biden’s picks for the federal bench this week in the face of President-elect Donald Trump’s calls for a total GOP blockade of judicial nominations – in part because several Republicans involved with the Trump transition process have been missing votes.