Thirty-eight percent of Americans under 30 want to see student debt
cancelled entirely. Despite a campaign trail promise to eliminate some debt, President Biden has yet to take any action beyond continuing Trump's pause on loan repayments.
For years, an Education Department loan program has failed to live up to the promises it made to students — the department is now promising to make amends.
This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional correspondent Susan Davis, and education correspondent Cory Turner.
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