SCOTUS Hears Arguments Challenging Biden’s Student Loan Cancellation Plan

Leslie begins today's show with her 'Ripped from the Headlines' news segment.

Here are the stories that she gives her take on:

1. ABC NEWS:"Conservative justices question Biden's student loan plan in crucial SCOTUS case "
2. AXIOS: "Why poverty rates are likely to rise this year"
3. AXIOS: "House Dems introduce bill to tighten rail safety measures"
4. ASSOCIATED PRESS: "Biden to nominate Julie Su as next US labor secretary"
5. AXIOS: "Majority of countries guarantee paid paternity leave — but not the U.S."

During the second half of the show, Leslie is joined by Natalia Abrams, President and Founder of the Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC), and a monthly guest host of the Leslie Marshall Show.The SDCC is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that centers the needs and voices of borrowers, and partners with allies, to impact public policy and end the student debt crisis.

The two discuss today's "People’s Rally for Student Debt Cancellation" that the SDCC co-organized with over 20 different organizations in attendance at the rally, including the Student Debt Crisis Center (SDCC), the NAACP, and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT).

Hundreds of protesters, many college students from across the country, rallied outside the Supreme Court this morning, carrying signs and posters urging the justices to back President Biden’s effort to cancel some $400 billion in student loan debt.

Democratic lawmakers like Senators Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren and Robert Menendez and Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Judy Chu addressed supporters of the plan from the steps of the Supreme Court.

The SDCC's website is StudentDebtCrisis.org and their handle on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook is @DebtCrisisOrg. Natalia's Twitter handle is @NataliaAbrams.