Axios Re:Cap

U.S. customs officials reported a 28% increase in apprehended migrants between January and February — and the number of unaccompanied minors is up an astonishing 61%. Earlier this week, Axios published photos from inside one of the detention centers that houses many of those children. Dan and Axios politics reporter Stef Kight discuss the immigration situation at the border and what the Biden administration is trying to do about it. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Millions of federal student loans were provided by private banks before the practice was ended in 2010, and these were overlooked when Congress temporarily suspended principal and interest payments in last year's CARES Act. Dan goes deeper with one of these loan-holders: Molly Webster, a senior correspondent with WNYC's RadioLab, who explained her situation in an op-ed in the New York Times that has gotten a lot of attention. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The latest episode of our Hard Truths series examining systemic racism in America takes a look at the game of lacrosse. It was played by Native Americans as far back as the 12th century. The Iroquois people called it a medicine game - it was spiritual. But this isn’t the predominant image of lacrosse today. Guest: Lyle Thompson, lacrosse player for the Iroquois Nationals. Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Amy Pedulla, Justin Kaufmann, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Naomi Shavin. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coca-Cola is as much a part of New York City bodegas as are corn chips and cats, but a trade group representing Latino bodega owners is threatening to boycott Coke products over the company's decision to close a Latin affairs office and some funding decisions that the group believes are inequitable. Axios Re:Cap digs into the possible boycott and what's behind it with Frank Garcia, chairman of the National Association of State Latino Chambers of Commerce and a onetime Coke ally, working together to fight against former Mayor Bloomberg's soda tax. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Starbucks is something of an avatar for American consumer behavior, reflecting how we spend money and time. If you want to really know when we're post-pandemic, what happens inside a Starbucks is a pretty good barometer. Axios Re:Cap digs into Starbucks, as it approaches its 50th anniversary, with CEO Kevin Johnson. We ask him about what pandemic changes are permanent, plus its policy plans on everything from masks to employee vaccinations to remote work. Plus, his standard coffee order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Over 15% of Americans 18 or older are now fully vaccinated for COVID-19, with nearly 28% having received at least one shot, and many states are loosening eligibility rules. Axios Re:Cap digs into where the vaccine rollout goes from here, and who might be getting skipped over, with Dr. Zeke Emanuel, an advisor in the Obama White House and chair of the University of Pennsylvania's Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amazon's fulfillment center in Bessemer, Ala. has become ground zero for the U.S. labor movement, with nearly 6,000 employees being asked to vote on unionization by March 29. Axios Re:Cap digs into what the Alabama situation means for Amazon, its workers and why it's happening now, with Alec MacGillis, author of a new book about Amazon called "Fulfillment, Winning and Losing in One-Click America." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The week of March 9, 2020, was a quickly unfolding nightmare for airline carriers like United, with grounded flights from Europe, customers canceling in record numbers and the prospect of mass furloughs.  Axios Re:Cap speaks with United CEO Scott Kirby about the toughest choices he had to make that week, conversations that occurred about grounding all domestic air travel, and writing condolence notes to the families of employees who died from COVID. Plus, we revisit what we learned from looking back and making this series. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

During the week of March 9, 2020, Joe Biden effectively sewed up the Democratic presidential nomination. Behind the scenes, Ron Klain, who served as Ebola czar under President Obama, was advising Biden on what would become the election’s defining issue: COVID-19. Klain joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss how he advised the future president, how he felt about decisions being made by President Trump, and what it was like to be outside of the White House looking in at the start of the crisis. Plus, we revisit the race in Washington to save America’s economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There was a lot going on the week of March 9, 2020, but one difficult decision stands out in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s mind clearly, as he shuttled between the White House and Capitol Hill.  Anthony Fauci joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss how he made the decision to support the ban on travel from Europe, what it was like splitting his time between advising the President and testifying on the hill, and how he thinks about the early weeks of the pandemic, when so much was unknown.  Plus, we revisit the US’s shortage of COVID tests, yet another crisis that week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On March 1, NY-Presbyterian Hospital accepted the first known COVID-19 patient in the New York City area. Its CEO Dr. Steven Corwin, who treated patients during the HIV and AIDs crisis, was watching the coronavirus epidemic in Italy and knew how bad things could get.  Corwin joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss the decisions he made that week in order to prepare for the surge he saw coming — in staffing, in canceling elective surgeries and in obtaining PPE. Plus, we revisit why March 11 was the day the pandemic finally felt real to many Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Many describe the NBA’s decision to suspend its season as the moment the threat of coronavirus and its impact on our lives became real to them. Adam Silver joins Axis Re:Cap to talk about how he learned of the first covid case in the NBA, how the decision to suspend the season fell to him, and how he thinks about the consequential nature of his decision. Plus, Axios Re:Cap revisits the day Italy became a red zone and the U.S. designated its first “containment area.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Los Angeles Unified is the second largest school district in the country and 80% of its students live in poverty.  Austin Beutner joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss how he made the decision to send students home, how he worked with Apple to procure half a million computers, and how he stood up one of the largest free meal programs in U.S. history — not just for students, but for anyone — which has now distributed over 110 million meals.  Plus, Axios Re:Cap revisits a White House Coronavirus Task Force briefing that hinted at where the days and months were headed. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Facebook was one of the first companies to send employees home due to the pandemic, and other companies were soon looking to Facebook as an example. Sheryl Sandberg joins Axios Re:Cap to discuss her conversations with Mark Zuckerberg, to share how remote work impacted her own family and to unpack the many other decisions that had to happen at Facebook nearly simultaneously, such as how to deal with COVID-19 information on its platforms and how to help small businesses.  Plus, Axios Re:Cap revisits one moment from this date last year: a campaign rally for Bernie Sanders in Michigan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’re sharing the fourth episode of the Hard Truths podcast series. In this episode, a conversation between two key Democratic lawmakers on their journey to Congress. Guest: Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) and Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-NY). Credits: "Axios Today" is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Carol Wu, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Dan Bobkoff, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Alex Sugiura and Michele Salcedo. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices