"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:
Middle East Tensions At A High After Iran Attacks Israel
The Real Origins of the Student Debt Crisis
DOJ Closes 'The Gun Show Loophole'
House Republicans Deal Speaker Another Blow With FISA Bill
Arizona Abortion Access Now Hinges On A Referendum
Will Biden's Student Debt Plan Payoff Come November?
A Total Eclipse Of The...Sun!
How is Trump's Phony Media Company "Worth" $7 Billion?
Baltimore Mayor Says Key Bridge Cleanup Is Like "Jenga"
Outrage Intensifies After World Central Kitchen Strike
World Central Kitchen Pauses Work in Gaza After Fatal Israeli Strike
Florida Voters Will Decide Abortion Access In November
How Biden Can Move Voters on Immigration
The Pill That May Save Abortion Rights
Trans Athletes Fight For Rights
Baltimore Mourns Victims of the Bridge Collapse
Supreme Court Side-Eyes Anti-Abortion Doctors
Trump Trades In Lies, And On Nasdaq Starting Today
Texas Gives No Clarity On Exceptions to Anti-Abortion Law
Why Hip Hop Never Had a #MeToo Movement
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