The DSA and the Mayoral Race; How Trump's Spending Law Will Change Student Loans; New Jersey's 'Red-Hot' Governor's Race; July's Shooting Stars
The Brian Lehrer Show | Jul 10, 2025
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Coming up on today's show:
- Susan Kang, associate professor of political science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and a commentator on state on local politics, offers analysis of how the Democratic Socialists of America's New York chapter figured into Zohran Mamdani's win in the Democratic mayoral primary, and how DSA will be involved in the general election.
- Big changes are coming to student loans as a result of President Trump's domestic spending law. Ayelet Sheffey, senior economic policy reporter at Business Insider, explains how the new law will make it harder for some borrowers to afford medical or law school, and how repayment plans for federal student loans will change.
- Democrat Mikie Sherrill and Republican Jack Ciattarelli are vying to be New Jersey's next governor in a race that is heating up. Tom Martello, politics editor and political columnist NJ Advance Media, discusses the latest news from the campaigns.
- Jackie Faherty, astrophysicist and science educator at the American Museum of Natural History, talks about the many meteor showers on view in the night sky this month, plus a return of "Manhattanhenge."
