Immigration Policymaker On Biden's Reform Plans NPR's Michel Martin discusses immigration reform under the Biden administration with Theresa Cardinal Brown of the Bipartisan Policy Center and Chuck Rocha, a Democratic strategist.
Ocasio-Cortez Fundraising Drive For Texas Relief Raises $4 Million What began as a call for donations to help Texas residents hurt by the storm grew into millions of dollars that will go to several local charities. Ocasio-Cortez visited a Houston food bank Saturday. Matthew S. Schwartz
Biden Tackles Student Loan Debt Forgiveness The Biden administration is trying to figure out how much student debt to forgive and how to go about doing it — through executive action or legislation. Elissa Nadworny
New UW study examines Trump followers' MAGA beliefs What we wanted to do was test this hypothesis: That these people are just really into conspiratorial thinking because of this political paranoia that they have. Kim Malcolm
Re-opening schools and closing grocery stores, this week Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Kiro7 reporter Essex Porter, host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel Joni Balter, and tech correspondent for the New York Times, Karen Weise. Sarah Leibovitz
Re: Building Democracy explores ways to mend our political, social, and cultural divides ‘Class blindness is the tendency for people with social class privilege to be unaware or blind to their advantages.’ -Professor Jennifer Sherman John O'Brien
Lawmakers Consider 2 Plans For Monthly Payments To Address Child Poverty The new COVID-19 relief bill includes proposals that were unthinkable not that long ago: giving families a few hundred dollars every month, for every child in their household. Cory Turner
Capitol Police Suspends 6 Officers, Investigates Dozens More After Capitol Riots The U.S. Capitol Police has suspended six officers with pay for their actions during the Capitol riots on January 6. A further 29 officers are under investigation. H.J. Mai
WA state GOP remains divided over false 2020 election fraud claims Many Republicans still believe the election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. Their fear of election fraud continues to divide the GOP across the country and here in Washington. Angela King
'A Katrina-Scale Crisis': Austin Is Desperate For Help In Weather Disaster The Texas weather calamity is an "absolutely awful nightmare," says City Council member Natasha Harper-Madison. "We're desperately waiting for state and federal cavalry to come a runnin'." Noel King