Joe Biden Promises New Tone And Priorities In Inaugural Address

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Joe Biden Promises New Tone And Priorities In Inaugural Address

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. promised unity and hope to a deeply divided nation as he became the 46th president of the United States on Wednesday. Biden's 20-minute inaugural address sounded a somber but determined tone, as he acknowledged 'cascading crises' of a pandemic, hunger, economic strife, racial injustice, and the political violence that marred the Capitol two weeks earlier. […]

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