At least 40,000 people could soon see their student debt wiped away. That’s because of a change announced this week by the Department of Education. And this move comes as the Biden administration faces louder calls to make bigger moves to cancel student debt entirely - which currently stands at 1.55 trillion dollars.

Guests: Danielle Douglas-Gabriel, national higher education reporter for the Washington Post and Axios' Linh Ta.

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