Fixing What’s Broken: Biden’s Equity Agenda

The last four divisive years follow decades of frustration from a lack of progress for racial justice and gender equity. Anger moved the debate into the streets, most notably with the formation of the Black Lives Matter movement and #MeToo protests, sometimes met with opposition from far right and white supremacist groups holding their own rallies and spurring on riots. President Biden made ambitious promises to address the country’s polarization born out of discrimination and inequality. The early days of his Administration featured a down payment on this promise with a flurry of executive actions and the record-setting pace for creating his own team, but can he bring about more lasting change with the help of Congress? Can he change the hearts and minds of Americans at large? Join us as we discuss the problems, the promises and the possibilities of Biden’s “Equity Agenda.” This event is the third in a spring series, Examining the First 100 Days of the Biden Administration, that focuses on the most important developments in the early days of the Biden Administration. Presented by the Suffolk University Department of Political Science & Legal Studies, in collaboration with the Ford Hall Forum at Suffolk University and hosted by GBH’s Forum Network. Image: Gina Janovitz Design ### Resources Take a look at POLITICO’s [“I Spent 11 Hours Inside the MAGA Bubble.”](https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/02/07/oan-trump-network-11-hours-466134) For research on media bias and to see a chart tracking media bias, [visit this site. ](https://www.adfontesmedia.com/) Geraldo was previously on the Daily Show with Tervor Noah discussing Latino voters and Hispanic Republicans, [learn more here.](https://www.cc.com/video/vrivo5/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-geraldo-cadava-the-hispanic-republican-latino-voters) Check out some of Geraldo’s thoughts about Latino politics and the partisan divide in [“The Deep Origins of Latino Support for Trump"](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-political-scene/the-deep-origins-of-latino-support-for-trump) and in [this New York Times op-ed.](https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/opinion/trump-border-wall.html)

Eugene Daniels

Eugene Daniels is a Playbook author and White House correspondent at POLITICO, with a focus on Vice President Kamala Harris, First Lady Dr. Jill Biden, the Second Gentleman and emerging power players in Washington.

Geraldo Cadava, Ph.D.

Geraldo L. Cadava is a historian of the United States and Latin America. He focuses on Latinos in the United States and the U.S.-Mexico borderlands. Cadava teaches courses on Latinx History, the American West, the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, migration to and from Latin America, and other topics in U.S. History, including Watergate, the 2016 election, and the musical Hamilton.

Rebecca J. Kreitzer, Ph.D.

Rebecca Kreitzer is an assistant professor of public policy and an adjunct assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on gender, political representation, political inequality, and public policy in the US states.

Theodore R. Johnson, Ph.D.

Theodore (Ted) R. Johnson is a senior fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice. His work explores the role that race plays in electoral politics, issue framing, and disparities in policy outcomes. Previously, he was a national fellow at New America and a research manager at Deloitte. He is also a retired commander in the U.S. Navy following a two-decade career that included service as a White House fellow, military professor at the U.S. Naval War College, and speechwriter to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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