Biden administration

More than 4 million student loan borrowers, including more than 65,000 in Massachusetts, have signed up for a new repayment plan based on their incomes, the U.S. Department of Education has announced.

Following the Biden administration’s announcement of plans to end the use of Title 42, a public health measure used to turn away refugees seeking to enter the U.S., leaders of Boston’s Haitian community voiced their support of the termination of use of the measure, saying its implementation was discriminatory against Black and brown migrants at the southern border.

The Biden administration last week released new guidelines on schools reopening, for the first time offering federal guidance on issues including physical distancing and air quality in classrooms, testing and acceptable community spread rates.

If confirmed by the Senate, Cecilia Rouse, a renowned economist, will become the first Black woman to chair the nation’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA). Ohio’s Rep. Marcia Fudge, a former chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, will become the second Black woman in 40 years to lead the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).

With America ravaged by COVID-19 because of Donald Trump’s incompetence, Joe Biden is forced as a new president to focus primarily on developing a strategy to mitigate the pandemic’s damage.