I thought of that quote when I read some of the details of the $1.9 trillion stimulus bill that is touted as “COVID relief.” Critics, like Congressman Steve Scalise (R-Louisiana), say that it’s a “liberal wish list.”
Federal financial aid played a big role in making it possible for Rakia White, a low-income, first-generation college student, to access a UC Berkeley education. But it’s hardly been easy going.
“I was doing everything I could, and it still wasn’t enough,” the Marin Community College transfer student told an audience of more than 100 at a Feb. 23 congressional briefing organized by the UC Student Association.
UC students have joined with their peers from across the country in a concerted effort to advocate for an increase in federal financial aid for low-income students. The campaign is calling on Congress to reinvest in the Pell Grant program, the primary source of federal aid for low-income college students.
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Losing Power
You may have noticed that this newsletter didn’t appear in your inbox last Thursday. That’s because I live in Texas and we lost power for the better part of a week.
If you’ve been following what’s happening in this state, you’ve probably heard about how Texas has its own (superannuated) electrical grid. The colossal failure of its deregulated, and privatized energy system forced officials to turn off electricity for millions of residents in fear that entire thing could potentially crash for months. That’s why ours went out. Not because a tree knocked out a wire or a transformer blew, but because the state purposely turned it off. Bill Magness, the president and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, told reporters that we were just seconds away from a crash: “If we had not taken that action, I’m pretty sure that we wouldn’t be sitting here today talking about ending outages, we’d be talking about when we might estimate weeks or months fro
Proverbs 13:22 says A good man leaves an inheritance for his childrens children. In America were now doing the oppositecontrary to what both the Bible and the founders had to say.