As an NYU Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, Andrew Ross — a founding member of the Debt Collective — sees firsthand the way student debt negatively impacts the lives of his students. In this episode, Andrew takes Nikki through the history of the student debt crisis and explains how it is intrinsically linked to racial disparity and the political activism of young people. He also defines many terms that inform the work of the Debt Collective including jubilee, revolver, and the debt trap.
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