"Decision Day" for high school students looking to go to college was pushed back this year to May 15th, rather than the traditional May 1st deadline. The shift was made to accommodate for a host of problems students have had using the new federal financial aid application or FAFSA. We spoke with Ellie Bruecker, the director of research at the Institute for College Access and Success, to get a better sense of where the FAFSA fiasco left college applicants.
And in headlines: Israeli forces continued to advance in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, students walk out of commencement speeches at VCU and Duke, and the start of the corruption trial of Senator Bob Menendez.
Show Notes:
Why Michigan’s Muslim and Arab Voters Are Uncommitted to Biden
How We Got Here: How Christian Nationalists Took Over the GOP
Russia Withholds Alexei Navalny's Body From His Family
Fertility Treatments Threatened In Post-Roe Alabama
How The Ed Department Fumbled The FAFSA Revamp
Mapping Out A New Wisconsin And Beyond
How We Got Here: How Lead Poisoning Rewired America
Trump’s Week of Legal Woes
How Dems Can Play To Win
Republicans Impeach Homeland Secretary Mayorkas
Pennsylvania’s House Special
Replacing The Con In Congress
How We Got Here: How Sports Betting Took Over America
The Question Of Trump's Eligibility
The Case for Amendment 4
Citizen Trump
Brittney Gilliam's Family Reaches A Settlement
Trump’s Trials And Errors
How We Got Here: Why it Feels Like the Southern Border is Always in Crisis
TikTok's Timeout
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