Biden’s Student-Loan Gamble
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Although today’s big news from the White House is about student-loan forgiveness, we should note that it is Ukrainian Independence Day, which usually passes unnoticed outside of Ukraine. Today also marks six months into Russia’s attempt to extinguish Ukraine and its democratic government, so it is a day that should have special meaning for everyone who lives in a democracy.
But first, here are three new stories from The Atlantic.
- A prominent vaccine skeptic returns to Twitter.
- Gavin Newsom, the Ron DeSantis of the left
- A risky monkeypox vaccine is looking better all the time.
An Unforced Error
President Joe Biden has finally announced his program for alleviating the burden of student debt. Biden and his party have been on a winning
