Youth-led debate!
Sign the petition to call for a youth-led 2020 presidential primary debate, moderated by young Americans and focused on issues that matter to us.
The Issues
Support the Employer Participation in Repayment Act!
Tell your reps to support the Employer Participation in Repayment Act, which would offer a tax credit to employers who help pay down their employees’ student debt.
Support funding boosts for higher ed programs!
Tell your reps to support the House’s 2020 education funding bill, which includes many necessary funding boosts for federal student aid and higher ed programs!
Oppose Budget Cuts to Student Loan Programs!
Sign the petition to oppose the Trump administration’s proposed cuts to student loan programs included in the 2020 budget proposal.
Tell your reps: Support the Green New Deal!
The Green New Deal is finally here. It provides a detailed plan for the U.S. to swiftly become carbon-neutral, while ensuring a fair & just transition for communities and workers. Tell your reps to support!
No More Shutdowns!
President Trump has announced that he will end the longest shutdown in U.S. history–but only temporarily. The deal Trump signed funds the government for three weeks while lawmakers continue negotiations over his request for funding The Wall. 800,000 federal workers were without pay for 35 days. While those federal workers will ultimately be paid for […]
Dept of Ed: Offer Loan Forgiveness to Former Students of Education Corp of America
Education Corporation of America is the latest in a string of for-profit schools to close, leaving 20,000+ students with mounds of student debt for partially completed degrees and credits that most other schools won’t accept. Let’s make sure the Department of Education grants student debt relief to these former students, as they’re legally required to do under the Borrower Defense Rule.
Support the Green New Deal!
As young people, we will be the ones facing the consequences of a changing climate. We’ve got to harness support for every policy effort that proposes real action to prevent climate change–and the #GreenNewDeal is just that.
Tell your reps: Voting was just the beginning.
Tell your reps: you voted, but you’re not done. You plan to hold them accountable every day of the year.
Support the Senate’s Education Funding Bill
Tell the House to take up the Senate’s Labor-HHS-Education funding bill before the government shutdown deadline of September 30th!
Hold For-Profit Colleges Accountable
We need more accountability for for-profit colleges, not less.
Stop unpaid internships
Paying interns with “experience” is garbage. Pay people for their work.