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View Online  How student loan debt became a crisis © The Associated Press/Gene J. Puskar By Shirin Ali & Adam Barnes President Biden is under mounting pressure to address the student loan debt crisis with lawmakers urging him to issue blanket forgiveness. However, outstanding loan debt is only one part of the problem as soaring tuition costs and an increasing availability to federal loans continue to drive the crisis.    Read the full story here More Americans are buying electric vehicles, as gas car sales fall © iStock By Shirin Ali More Americans are making the switch from traditional gas-powered vehicles to electric cars. Between October and December 2021, electric cars made up 6 percent of all light-duty vehicle sales, the highest volume for any quarter on record.  Read the full story here Self-driving semis may revolutionize trucking. And eliminate hundreds of thousands of jobs. © iStock By Joseph Guzman Tech companies and car manufacturers are working rapidly to bring the world of driverless cars — one with fewer accidents, traffic jams and less pollution — into reality for U.S. roads. Autonomous long-haul trucks are now being tested in the Sun Belt and could threaten jobs.  Read the full story here Texas has enough wind and solar power to replace coal almost entirely  © The Associated Press/Tony Gutierrez By Shirin Ali Texas has the potential to replace nearly all its coal output with wind and solar, as the state has unique climates that can work at complementary times to power its entire electric grid. The wind power plants would need to be set up at opposing ends of the state in order to cover power throughout the year.  Read the full story here Feature of the Week: Roadmap report lays out getting to a 'next normal' with coronavirus © The Associated Press By Chia-Yi Hou Dozens of health and policy experts in a report discuss concrete steps for dealing with the coronavirus and other major respiratory illnesses. The authors present what they think the "next normal" could look like in three scenarios and emphasize strategizing for respiratory illnesses on the whole in addition to focusing on living with COVID-19.  Read the full story here Sign up for Changing America email Manage Subscriptions | Sign Up for Other Newsletters | Unsubscribe    Copyright © 1998 - 2022 Nexstar Media Inc. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use   To ensure you receive these emails in the future, please add info@nxsemail.nxsttv.com to your address book, contacts or safe senders list.