On this week's Regional Roundup: NJ school reopening, news literacy, and Spotted Lanternflies.

Wharton School psychologist Adam Grant talks about his new book, "Think Again," on the importance of challenging and re-evaluating our beliefs.

Student debt has exploded in recent years to $1.7 trillion. Is President Biden's proposal to cancel $10,000 in student loan debt enough or should we erase it all?

Last week's mass shooting at an Asian massage parlor was another example of the anti-Asian racism which has heightened with the pandemic. But this racism is far from new.

Affluent countries are hoarding vaccines. So how do you make vaccine distribution more equitable? And what threat does vaccine nationalism pose to the ending the pandemic?

This week; how is Philly's Asian community reacting to the shootings in Atlanta? A new app designed to reduce gun violence is coming soon. And, keeping migrating birds safe.

This past year has been defined by incalculable loss at the hands of coronavirus, police brutality, and political violence. But have we really faced our collective grief?

We discuss the ways in which the pandemic has affected the lives of musicians, and the efforts to get Spotify to pay musicians more for their streams.

More Senate Democrats are calling for abolishing the filibuster. We discuss the pros and cons to eliminating this increasingly used legislative delay and blocking mechanism.

Host of the Hidden Brain podcast, Shankar Vedantam discusses his new book about why we lie to ourselves and the risks and benefits of self-deception.