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Young people are the largest and most diverse group of potential voters in the country. We’re making sure they register to vote and get to the polls to make their voices heard.
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Make Textbooks Affordable
To ensure that every student has access to the high-quality educational materials they need, we’re pushing campuses to switch to free, open textbooks.
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Break Free From Plastics
Nothing we use for a few minutes should threaten our health and pollute our future for hundreds of years. We’re calling for campus, city, and statewide bans on single use plastic products, including plastic bags, straws and take-out foam cups and containers.
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Helped pass provisions to lower the cost of textbooks for millions of students
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MASSPIRG helps pass the Global Warming Solutions Act, which requires reduction of greenhouse gases emissions from the Commonwealth by 20 percent below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 percent by 2050
Helped pass strong legislation that will end some of the worst abuses of the credit card industry, including some which are often targeted at college students
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