Changu Chiimbwe

During a CNN town hall last month, President Joe Biden defended his proposal to cancel only $10,000 in federal student loan debt per person as opposed to the $50,000 that many Senate Democrats are advocating for in the face of the student debt crisis. Biden supported his statement by suggesting that the government should not forgive student loans for Ivy League alumni.

It is no secret that after New York City became one of the country’s first COVID-19 epicenters, its affluent residents deserted their homes in droves. In fact, the New York Times reported that the residential populations of the Upper East Side, the West Village, SoHo, and Brooklyn Heights decreased by “40 percent or more” between March and May of last year.

Liam McGrane: A proud Brit, and now for three years a proud New Yorker, he spends his time between classes cartooning, reading biographies, and putting the finishing touches on his first full-length play “Premature Immaculation”. Liam studies computer science. He also serves as vice president of campus life on the General Studies Student Council. Liam hopes that you will enjoy his cartoon windows into the world, and if that happens to be the case, you can find his other cartoons on Facebook and Instagram @liammcgranecartoons.

For many, January was supposed to be a month of cautious optimism. In the wake of one of the most traumatic years in our lifetimes, it should have marked the beginning of a new and hopeful political age but what the chaos on Capitol Hill showed us all is that this year must mark the age of accountability.