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On Jan.19, the White House formally announced the cancellation of another $5 billion in student loan debt for almost 74,000 Americans. The decision comes months after the Supreme Court struck down Biden’s largest loan forgiveness plan, which would have theoretically erased the debts of more than 20 million people. Even so, the president has managed to cancel a total of $136 billion in student debt since taking office.
President Joe Biden’s first year in office has been full of challenges and criticism. Despite the frustrations, Daniel Bennett, the department chair for Political Science at JBU, claims Biden is a return to stability and “boring” politics. With the previous administration’s penchant for uncertainty, things seem to be more uneventful and unsurprising during Biden’s first year. “It’s probably about what we expected,” Bennett said.
When I entered my senior year of high school, my parents saw fit to bestow upon me a Facebook account. Granted, they had told me to get on the social media far earlier than 2019, but I failed to see why it would matter to me. All my friends were […]