Our guest host today is Maggie Thompson. She is the Executive Director of 'Generation Progress,' a national organization that works with and for young people to promote progressive solutions to key political and social challenges. (On Twitter: @maggiekthompson)
Below are the topics that she discussed, along with the guests she was joined by.
Topic 1: Education Secretary Betsy Devos proposing a new 'policy' that would "make it harder for defrauded students to erase debt" (source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2018/07/25/trump-administration-moves-to-make-it-harder-for-defrauded-students-to-erase-debt/?utm_term=.774c97b1409b)
Guest 1: Sara Garcia, Policy Analyst for Postsecondary Education at the Center for American Progress
Tweets: @Sara_A_Garcia
Guest 2: Senya Merchant, Program Manager, 'Higher Ed, Not Debt'
Tweets: @SenyaSimron
Topic 2: D.C. City Council's attempt to overturn the newly passed Ballot Initiative that raises wages for service workers
Guest: Brittany Alston, Policy Analyst, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
Tweets: @BrittanyA___
The website for 'Generation Progress' is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @GenProgress.