Hopkins students participate in President Biden's town hall
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Summary
- This Johns Hopkins News-Letter article covers Hopkins students’ attendance at a CNN town hall with President Joe Biden in Baltimore and their reactions.
- The paper reported that the invitation-only event included students and faculty from Hopkins and other Baltimore universities; members of the University’s Student Government Association were invited, and sophomore class president Kobi Khong asked Biden about climate change.
- The article says Biden discussed infrastructure, child care and home health-care training, including a proposal for free child care for households earning under $300,000 a year.
- The reporter writes that Biden discussed raising Pell grants after likely removing free community college from his current economic plan, while promising free community college in the next several years.
- The paper reported that Biden responded to Khong’s climate question by discussing the Paris Accord and a goal of net-zero emissions by 2050; Khong told the paper he wanted a more progressive response.
- The article adds that Hopkins attendee Amrita Mukunda and television viewer Shivanie Ally said Biden’s answers did not clearly address the questions and lacked concrete solutions.
- According to the article, junior class senator Chinat Yu briefly spoke with Biden and shook his hand.