Biden’s Student Debt Relief Is a Big Deal
August 31, 2022 | I borrowed modestly, worked on campus, and still had to skip meals to make loan payments — and I was one of the lucky ones.
Articles by Olivia Alperstein
Nothing Is More Personal Than the Right to Control Your Own Body
May 4, 2022 | Roe doesn’t just protect abortion rights. It’s the keystone that keeps politicians out of the most intimate aspects of our lives.
Banned Books Should Be Required Reading
February 2, 2022 | The people who want to ban Maus or The 1619 Project are the ones who need to read them.
My Disabled Life Is Worthy
January 19, 2022 | The loss of disabled and chronically ill lives due to COVID-19 is no less tragic or preventable.
COVID Relief: The Biggest Health Care Expansion in a Decade
March 17, 2021 | The American Rescue Plan will help over 1 million uninsured Americans get covered — and cut premiums by half for millions more.
Don’t Trash the Affordable Care Act — Expand It
November 18, 2020 | Not even a raging pandemic stopped Republicans from dragging yet another effort to throw millions off their health care to the Supreme Court.
Time to Put an End to the Nuclear Age
September 23, 2020 | 2020 has been hard enough. The last thing the world needs this year is nuclear weapons.
I Take Hydroxychloroquine. Please Don’t Hoard It.
April 15, 2020 | To prevent hoarding and protect public health, we need to move towards universal care and lower-cost drugs.