Abby McCartney
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Abby McCartney
@mc_abby
Former @SenWarren and @One_Camden, now just a regular dog mom
Katılım Mayıs 2010
244 Takip Edilen128 Takipçiler
Great piece on the underlying problems in our student debt & higher ed system, with some nice data viz to show your uncle (or your local SCOTUS justice) who likes to say "i paid off my loans, why can't you?" nytimes.com/interactive/20…
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Lots of very bad things this 6-3 majority has done, (Dobbs being, imho, the worst), but them deciding you are now $10,000 poorer than you were yesterday is really a helluva thing.
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Your friendly reminder that the average college student is 26 years old and half of all students attend part-time newamerica.org/in-depth/varyi…
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This is an important point - fights over the limited slots at Harvard and Yale are important, but they affect a miniscule proportion of students who are seeking higher ed
adam harris@AdamHSays
Just want to note that, though only a handful of institutions are selective enough to need to use race in admissions, those that do are incredibly well-funded and wealth stratification is _really bad_ in higher education already. From The State Must Provide:
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There's a(nother) child care crisis coming, and it's going to land hardest on the people who can least afford it - families of young children and the people who care for them nytimes.com/2023/06/21/ups…
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Fun fact, I picked Nusrat up from the train station when she visited campus while I was a SPIA student, and 8 years later, I still remember how much wisdom she dropped on me in that 10 min car ride. She will be an exceptional judge!
Princeton School of Public & International Affairs@PrincetonSPIA
Congratulations to SPIA alumna Nusrat Chowdhury, of the Great Class of 2006, on her confirmation as the first Muslim female federal judge in U.S. history. apnews.com/article/first-…
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The book is for middle grades (4th-7th ish), but truly a great read for anyone interested in feminism, sports, and/or politics! simonandschuster.com/books/Let-Me-P…
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Rereading the book from the perspective of now having worked in Congress, I was struck by how well it captures the quirky process of how big things get done.
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Before Women's History Month ends, I wanted to share a shameless plug for my mom's book, Let Me Play, a history of Title IX. For the 50th anniversary this year, I worked with her publisher to update the book and add two new chapters on what's happened in the last decade or so.
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Pennsylvania’s early education workers earn too little and are ‘in crisis,’ advocates warn #Echobox=1678991187" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">philadelphia.chalkbeat.org/2023/3/16/2364…
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Child care is a catch-22: way too expensive for parents (shout out to all my friends with little ones) while workers are criminally underpaid. We need more public $ and we need it yesterday!
The Philadelphia Inquirer@PhillyInquirer
While parents are struggling to pay for daycare, childcare teachers are getting paid less than a living wage across the state, a new survey by Children First PA found. @LizzyMcLell reports. trib.al/XkTH5kS
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62% of young Warnock voters & 60% of Black Warnock voters cited student debt relief as influencing their likelihood to vote... Among those who said it influenced their decision to vote, 93% of Black voters & 71% of youth said it increased their likelihood of voting for Warnock
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🎉💸🎉💸
Maddie Hanna@maddiehanna
Pennsylvania's school funding system is unconstitutional, with "manifest deficiencies" between low and high-wealth school districts, a Commonwealth Court judge ruled today -- close to a year after the landmark trial ended. More to come on this decision: inquirer.com/news/school-fu…
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It’s official: I’m going to be a public defender in Maryland! 🦀
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🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 guys it finally happened, I guess I can leave Twitter now
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Remember that time Senator Warnock also introduced the bipartisan Beagle Brigade Act in Congress. 🐶 He’s not all bark!
warnock.senate.gov/newsroom/press…
Reverend Raphael Warnock@ReverendWarnock
Yes, we're doing this again🐕
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I wish I still had AIM so I could make "It's me, hi, I'm the problem, it's me" my away message
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