Why more colleges are offering free tuition

On today’s show: TikTok faces a U.S. ban in one month, and the Supreme Court just decided to hear its case. Lauren Feiner of the Verge talks about what is next. 

More colleges are offering free tuition to middle-class families. Danielle Douglas-Gabriel of the Washington Post explains how that could open the door to more diverse applicants.

The New Yorker’s Jennifer Wilson took a personal journey through the new business of breakups.

Plus, Dominque Pelicot sentenced to 20 years in landmark French rape case, Trump upended a bipartisan spending bill, a House panel voted to release its ethics report on former Congressman Matt Gaetz, and researchers corrected an alarming study on the toxicity of black plastic.

Today’s episode was hosted by Shumita Basu.