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Democrats are divided over student debt forgiveness. President Joe Biden is trying to get $10,000-per-borrower canceled, while more progressive members of the party want $50,000 wiped out. So whom would these proposals help? And what can be done to keep the student debt crisis from happening all over again? 

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate's senior business and economics correspondent.

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Democrats are divided over student debt forgiveness. President Joe Biden is trying to get $10,000-per-borrower canceled, while more progressive members of the party want $50,000 wiped out. So whom would these proposals help? And what can be done to keep the student debt crisis from happening all over again? 

Guest: Jordan Weissmann, Slate's senior business and economics correspondent.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has attracted national praise for his buck-stops-here leadership throughout the pandemic. But he's made some major missteps in his coronavirus response - the lack of transparency around COVID-related deaths in nursing homes is only the latest example. And his efforts to evade scrutiny have drawn fire from critics and constituents. 

Guest: Jimmy Vielkind, reporter for the Wall Street Journal covering New York politics and government.

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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has attracted national praise for his buck-stops-here leadership throughout the pandemic. But he's made some major missteps in his coronavirus response - the lack of transparency around COVID-related deaths in nursing homes is only the latest example. And his efforts to evade scrutiny have drawn fire from critics and constituents. 

Guest: Jimmy Vielkind, reporter for the Wall Street Journal covering New York politics and government.

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Over the last week, millions of Texans have been forced to live without power or heat. At least 16 have died since Monday. In a state that’s no stranger to extreme weather and high power demand, how did it all go so wrong?

Guest: 

Josh Rhodes, research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin

 

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

 

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Over the last week, millions of Texans have been forced to live without power or heat. At least 16 have died since Monday. In a state that’s no stranger to extreme weather and high power demand, how did it all go so wrong?

Guest: 

Josh Rhodes, research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin

 

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

 

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Over the last week, millions of Texans have been forced to live without power or heat. At least 16 have died since Monday. In a state that’s no stranger to extreme weather and high power demand, how did it all go so wrong?

Guest: 

Josh Rhodes, research associate at the Webber Energy Group at the University of Texas at Austin

 

Host

Lizzie O’Leary

 

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Rush Limbaugh’s radio show provided a roadmap that the Republican Party has been following, more or less faithfully, for decades. 

Guest: Nicole Hemmer, author of Messengers of the Right and co-host of This Day in Esoteric Political History. 

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Rush Limbaugh’s radio show provided a roadmap that the Republican Party has been following, more or less faithfully, for decades. 

Guest: Nicole Hemmer, author of Messengers of the Right and co-host of This Day in Esoteric Political History. 

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In the year since the pandemic began, the number of attacks against Asian Americans has skyrocketed. The most recent wave of assaults left a number of victims injured and one man dead. Many Asian American activists say the attacks reflect a pattern of violence “as old as America itself.” 

Guest: Kim Tran, an anti-oppression consultant and the author of the forthcoming book, The End of Allyship: A New Era of Solidarity.

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