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Why Do Students Have So Much Debt?

Season 2 Episode 20 | 12m 14s

Going to college in America ain't cheap with each semester costing thousands upon thousands of dollars. How do American students pay for this and how did the price tag get so high? Today, Danielle takes a dive into the student debt crisis and examines the good intentions that led to it.

Aired: 05/23/19
Extras
The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
One of the most controversial topics moving through American politics for over 150 years.
Some argue for reforms, others for defunding, and others still for the complete abolition.
We look at the etymology and reclamation surrounding Black history and identity.
The United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans.
John Adams warned us. George Washington begged us not to.
America's last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s.
"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time.
Danielle analyzes the homophobic history of US law.
Trace the history of the handshake from Babylonia and the early Greeks to the present.
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The complicated history surrounding the European enslavement of Indigenous peoples.
One of the most controversial topics moving through American politics for over 150 years.
Some argue for reforms, others for defunding, and others still for the complete abolition.
We look at the etymology and reclamation surrounding Black history and identity.
The United States healthcare system is letting down many Black Americans.
John Adams warned us. George Washington begged us not to.
America's last major epidemic was the HIV/AIDS crisis of 1980s and 1990s.
"Socialism" is one of THE most divisive words in America and it has been for a long time.
Danielle analyzes the homophobic history of US law.
Trace the history of the handshake from Babylonia and the early Greeks to the present.