“There were more of us turning out to vote than the traditional older voting population,” Berkley says. As a result, youth have some expectations of change.
“We’re graduating with insurmountable amounts of debt. For many, even public college is unaffordable,” she says. Priorities should include major increases in the Pell Grant to move it toward the newly authorized $9,000 level — almost double the current appropriation. “Education is cyclical,” she says. “If we fix that, other things will fall into place.”
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