President Joe Biden, Photo Courtesy The White House
Pres. Joe Biden this week signed a series of executive actions aimed at advancing racial equity in the United States.
The list included an executive order directing the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development to address racial bias in federal housing programs; another order phasing out federal contracts with private prisons; a memorandum recommitting the government to respecting tribal sovereignty of Native American nations; and another memo directing the Dept. of Justice to collect better data on hate crimes against people of Asian and Pacific Island descent, which have risen during the COVID-19 pandemic.