by LMR | Mar 3, 2021 | Student Loan, Yes
By Sarah Fitzgerald Junior, GWU President Joe Biden plans to forgive federal student loans for up to $10,000 per borrower, a major part of his 2020 campaign promise. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, recent college graduates, already burdened with mass amounts of debt,...
by LMR | Feb 20, 2021 | Impeachment, Yes
By Era Atre Junior, GW On January 6th, 2021, thousands of pro-Trump supporters unlawfully stormed the Capitol building. In doing so, they destroyed property and sent the entirety of Congress into lockdown. While he was physically not at the riot, former President...
by LMR | Feb 15, 2021 | Arm Sales, Yes
By Gunner Spencer Sophomore, UC Santa Cruz A thorough review of the relationships with our Near-East partners has been long overdue, and for that reason, it’s prudent to pause arm sales so the new administration has time to formulate a comprehensive Middle East...
by LMR | Feb 15, 2021 | Arm Sales, Yes
By Paul Medvetsky Freshman, Georgetwon President Biden’s first foreign policy actions will be some of the most consequential of the 21st century. Chief among those decisions is pausing arms sales to Saudi Arabia and the UAE. This was long overdue: for years,...
by LMR | Jan 31, 2021 | Social Media Censorship, Yes
By Rushabh Patel Sophomore, GW The sound of a tweet the past 4 years has invoked anxiety. A singular tweet by Former President Donald Trump had the power to cause a wildfire on social media and news networks alike. That was the unique power of Trump—his command of...
by LMR | Nov 17, 2020 | Uyghur Human Right Crisis, Yes
By Aedan Yohannan Freshman, GW The past four years have marked a comprehensive and necessary shift in the United States’ approach to China, a nation that has been impenetrable to democratic political reform that the neoliberal consensus wishfully thought free trade...