- Biden wants to fix the nation's teacher shortage. Educators say the problem is worsening. President Joe Biden's American Families Plan includes $9 billion to address the shortage, providing funding to train, equip and diversify the nation’s teachers. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/joe-biden/biden-wants-fix-nation-s-teacher-shortage-educators-say-problem-n1269340 295 comments politics
- News: New GAO Study Finds U.S. Pays Two to Four Times More for Prescription Drugs than Other Nations | Sanders Calls on President Biden to Back Negotiations with Pharmaceutical Companies to Lower the Outrageous Price of Prescription Drugs in American Families Plan https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-new-gao-study-finds-u-s-pays-two-to-four-times-more-for-prescription-drugs-than-other-nations/ 30 comments politics
- New GAO Study Finds U.S. Pays Two to Four Times More for Prescription Drugs than Other Nations | Sanders calls on President Biden to back negotiations with pharmaceutical companies to lower the outrageous price of prescription drugs in American Families Plan. https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2021/04/28/new-gao-study-finds-us-pays-two-four-times-more-prescription-drugs-other-nations 8 comments politics
- The expansion of the Child Tax Credit in 2021 through President Biden’s American Rescue Plan led to improved housing affordability for low-income families – The expansion reduced parents’ past-due rent/mortgages and their reports of potential moves due to difficulties affording rent/mortgages. https://read.dukeupress.edu/demography/article/doi/10.1215/00703370-11458327/389197/The-Effects-of-the-2021-Child-Tax-Credit-on 52 comments science