Axios Re:Cap

U.S. customs officials reported a 28% increase in apprehended migrants between January and February — and the number of unaccompanied minors is up an astonishing 61%. Earlier this week, Axios published photos from inside one of the detention centers that houses many of those children.

Dan and Axios politics reporter Stef Kight discuss the immigration situation at the border and what the Biden administration is trying to do about it.

Millions of federal student loans were provided by private banks before the practice was ended in 2010, and these were overlooked when Congress temporarily suspended principal and interest payments in last year's CARES Act.

Dan goes deeper with one of these loan-holders: Molly Webster, a senior correspondent with WNYC's RadioLab, who explained her situation in an op-ed in the New York Times that has gotten a lot of attention.

The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the game of lacrosse.

It was played by Native Americans as far back as the 12th century. The Iroquois people called it a medicine game - it was spiritual. But this isn’t the predominant image of lacrosse today.

Guest: Lyle Thompson, lacrosse player for the Iroquois Nationals.

Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Amy Pedulla, Justin Kaufmann, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected].

Coca-Cola is as much a part of New York City bodegas as are corn chips and cats, but a trade group representing Latino bodega owners is threatening to boycott Coke products over the company's decision to close a Latin affairs office and some funding decisions that the group believes are inequitable.

Axios Re:Cap digs into the possible boycott and what's behind it with Frank Garcia, chairman of the National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce and a onetime Coke ally, working together to fight against former Mayor Bloomberg's soda tax.

Starbucks is something of an avatar for American consumer behavior, reflecting how we spend money and time. If you want to really know when we're post-pandemic, what happens inside a Starbucks is a pretty good barometer.

Axios Re:Cap digs into Starbucks, as it approaches its 50th anniversary, with CEO Kevin Johnson. We ask him about what pandemic changes are permanent, plus its policy plans on everything from masks to employee vaccinations to remote work. Plus, his standard coffee order.

Over 15% of Americans 18 or older are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with nearly 28% having received at least one shot, and many states are loosening eligibility rules.

Axios Re:Cap digs into where the vaccine rollout goes from here, and who might be getting skipped over, with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, an advisor in the Obama White House and chair of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. 

Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. has become ground zero for the U.S. labor movement, with nearly 6,000 employees being asked to vote on unionization by March 29.

Axios Re:Cap digs into what the Alabama situation means for Amazon, its workers and why it's happening now, with Alec MacGillis, author of a new book about Amazon called "Fulfillment, Winning and Losing in One-Click America."

The week of March 9, 2020, was a quickly unfolding nightmare for airline carriers like United, with grounded flights from Europe, customers canceling in record numbers and the prospect of mass furloughs. 

Axios Re:Cap speaks with United CEO Scott Kirby about the toughest choices he had to make that week, conversations that occurred about grounding all domestic air travel, and writing condolence notes to the families of employees who died from COVID.

Plus, we revisit what we learned from looking back and making this series.

During the week of March 9, 2020, Joe Biden effectively sewed up the Democratic presidential nomination. Behind the scenes, Ron Klain, who served as Ebola czar under President Obama, was advising Biden on what would become the election’s defining issue: COVID-19.

Klain joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss how he advised the future president, how he felt about decisions being made by President Trump, and what it was like to be outside of the White House looking in at the start of the crisis.

Plus, we revisit the race in Washington to save America’s economy.

There was a lot going on the week of March 9, 2020, but one difficult decision stands out in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s mind clearly, as he shuttled between the White House and Capitol Hill. 

Anthony Fauci joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss how he made the decision to support the ban on travel from Europe, what it was like splitting his time between advising the President and testifying on the hill, and how he thinks about the early weeks of the pandemic, when so much was unknown. 

Plus, we revisit the US’s shortage of COVID tests, yet another crisis that week.