President Joe Biden has not just an enormous responsibility as the next president of the US, but he has a great accountability that people will hold him to. 

The United States is one of the many countries devastated and left in shambles by Covid-19. 

Unemployment rates are at an all time high and as a result, a plummeting economy is predicted for the near future.

Unfortunately, that is not the end of the list of problems that the United States is in right now.  

Joe Biden made many promises to Americans that won him the position of president of the United States. 

He promised to unite the country. 

Covid-19

One of the most relevant issues that has to be taken care of right now is the pandemic that has taken about 400,000 American lives, according to The New York Times. 

Donald Trump did not have the advantage that Joe Biden has in regards to Covid-19. 

Trump got the first of everything with Covid-19; the first case in the United States, the first death, the first lockdown, the first trials of the vaccine, etc. 

However questionable Donald Trump’s communication about the pandemic was, he will not be remembered as the president who gave the vaccine to Americans. 

That will be Joe Biden.

Yet, that doesn’t make things easier for Biden.

There will be resistance by anti-vaxxers to take the vaccine, and there will be deaths with the vaccine because the Pfitzer’s vaccine has a 95% effectiveness.

There will also be many questions in regards to the long-term effects of the vaccine. 

Unemployment

The unemployment rates have been at an all time high. 

Forbes, The New York Times, The Washington  Posts, are a few of the organizations that have compared the unemployment rates of 2020-2021 to those of the Great Depression of 1929. 

The world saw the fastest drop of employment rates in the first months of the pandemic in the United States. 

According to Forbes, in February of 2020 the unemployment rate was at 3.5% and by April 2020 it was at 14.7%. 

However the astonishing part of this is that the recovery that the Great Depression had was slower than the one for the pandemic. 

Although the unemployment rate is not as high as it was in April, 1.15 million Americans have filed for new unemployment claims according to the Labor Department. 

Joe Biden released on January 12, 2021, his economy relief plan of $1.9 trillion. 

His proposal includes a raise in the federal minimum wage, direct payments, unemployment benefits, acceleration of vaccine distribution, reopening of schools, and the objective of fixing budget shortages of state and local governments, according to The New York Times. 

His plan still has to be approved by Congress, however his plan, bold indeed, is what the country needs, economists argue. 

Systematic Racism 

One of the many issues that the year 2020 highlighted in the United States was the deeply rooted systematic racism in the US. 

The riots in the summer of 2020 opened the eyes of thousands of Americans to the issues that people of color in the US suffer from. 

Systematic racism resulted in a rise of black and latino unemployment rate, health care, housing and hundreds of other economic factors.

Joe Biden said, “These crises have ripped the blinders off the systematic racism in America.”

Biden proposed more lending to entrepreneurs of color, improving infrastructure in Black, Latino, and indigenous communities.

All of these issues have a snowball effect that creates even more issues to people of color. 

The many issues that Biden has made plans to relieve them will hopefully unite the country. 

First day as president

To many American, President Biden’s inauguration was a turning point for America. 

Biden said, “We’ve learned again that democracy is precious. Because of you, democracy has prevailed.” 

In his first day of presidency, Biden signed 17 executive actions

To name a few, Biden ended the emergency declaration Trump used for money to build the US-Mexico border wall, so he halted border wall construction.

President Biden ended Trump’s Muslim and Africa ban. 

He rejoined the Paris climate accord, although it will take 30 days to formally join again. 

Finally he instituted a mask mandate in federal buildings, on federal lands, and airplanes and buses that cross state lines. 

In just 24 hours Biden undid some of the biggest controversial policies from Trump’s administration. 

Junior Fernanda Parra said, “I think that a leader’s words can either divide or unite us. 

“Biden has shown that he is compassionate towards all people that are suffering right now, and that is an example that many people are learning to follow.”

“The inauguration made me proud that we can once again be a great nation where everybody is united to help each other.”

It is definitely too soon to be able to say that the next four years will be shiny. Yet, Biden is off to a positive start in his presidency.