Once again, America is experiencing déjà vu: a school shooting in Texas has left at least 19 children and two adults dead.
There's been thousands of mass shootings in the US since Sandy Hook, the elementary school shooting which many thought would help to end gun violence in America. What's stopping the US from acting, and will President Joe Biden turn pain into progress?
Plus, your uni debt is about to go up on June 1 due to an indexation hike. Should you start paying it back, or keep it stacking up?
And artists are speaking out over the "exhaustion" and pressure that music labels are putting on them to go viral on TikTok.
Live guests
David Smith, Associate Professor at the US studies centre
Georgie Beattie is the president of the National Union of Students
Eilish Gilligan, musician and writers

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