Monday on Political Rewind: We’re answering your questions about student loans. Many of you left us voicemails before the show. We’ll tackle what it means for students, parents and borrowers. We’ll also answer what it means for Georgia politics if President Biden erases the debt. But first, the AJC's Patricia Murphy fills us in the on latest in the Fulton County probe. 

The panel:

David Schaefer, @BlancoBlau, research director, Georgia Budget & Policy Institute

Eric Sturgis, @EScoopStirgus, education editor, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution 

Maria Lumpkin, @mariaarvelo , Vice President for Strategic Initiatives & Chief Transformation Director, Stillman College

Patricia Murphy, @MurphyAJC, columnist, The Atlanta-Journal Constitution 

Timestamps

0:00 - Introduction

0:45 - Gov. Brian Kemp is submitting videotaped testimony to the Fulton County special grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election.

3:00 - Georgia residents hold more than $68 billion dollars in student loan debt.

16:00 - Student loan debt forgiveness has become a talking point in upcoming elections.

20:00 - Student loans have disparate effects on borrowers based on factors like race and socioeconomic class.

30:00 - The Fed is preparing to raise interest rates tomorrow.

32:00 - Rep. Drew Ferguson introduced a bill to bar the Biden administration from forgiving student loan debt, one of the president's largest campaign promises.

43:00 - Proposed alternatives to student loan debt

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