Staffing Cuts and Disparities in Education

Laura Meckler, national education reporter with the Washington Post, joins to break down how the Department of Education has dramatically reshaped civil rights in schools under Trump.

In Gaza, an airstrike killed 22 people, including five journalists, on Monday. NPR has the story. The Guardian also reports that data shows five out of six Palestinians killed by the Israeli military in Gaza have been civilians.

A massive swing in immigration is affecting the U.S. labor market. Paul Kiernan from the Wall Street Journal explains.

Plus, Trump says he has fired a Federal Reserve governor, FEMA warns about the risks of another Hurricane Katrina, and a successful pig-to-human lung transplant is performed in China.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.