On June 17, The Nation’s Liza Featherstone sat down with Air America’s Live in Washington host Jack Rice to discuss her latest article, “Out of Reach,” a sobering investigation of the rising cost of higher education in America and the student activist response. Throughout the interview, Featherstone explains how the notion of an affordable college education has become a “utopian pipe dream,” arguing that, “everybody who’s qualified should be able to go to college and study together.” Click on the links below to hear the conversation: 

Liza Featherstone on Live in Washington - Part 1

Liza Feathersone on Live in Washington - Part 2