What Black America Needs From Biden’s First 100 Days

Executive orders are well and good, but it’s time to get serious

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By all accounts, Joseph Biden is going to push through a dozen executive orders before his bags are even unpacked — part of a weeklong blitz set to kick off directly after the presidential inauguration. As a means of undoing some of Trump’s more spiteful policies, executive orders have their use, but most of the issues plaguing this country will take more finessing and time, which is to say they’ll likely end up on the battlefield that is Congress.

Which is where we come in.

Anyone who thought I was going to ease up on politicians just because the worst one in history is leaving the White House this week is in for a rude awakening. I’ve been a critical thinker for half my life and Black for a bit longer, so I have some thoughts on what I’d like to see happen in the first 100 days of a Biden/Harris administration.

Accountability

You know why 74 million people voted to reelect Donald Trump? Because Congress has mastered — and worse, has become comfortable with — doing too little too late for citizens…