One year into her history-making role, Vice President Kamala Harris reacts to recent controversies and looks ahead to 2022, in an extensive interview with the San Francisco Chronicle. Vox looks at the good and bad news about the Omicron coronavirus variant so far. Pandemic student-debt relief is set to end in a few weeks. Business Insider reports on how some Democrats say the Biden administration should do more to help. It also speaks to a woman with $163,000 in student debt who says she feels “betrayed” by the president. The Washington Post has the story of the woman who traded a bobby pin up to a house in 28 steps — and documented the process on TikTok.

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