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    NAACP President Applauds Biden's Early Executive Orders: 'Racial Equity Is Good For Our Democracy'

    On Tuesday, Biden signed four executive orders aimed at promoting racial equity. NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson discusses what other policies need to be enacted to achieve racial justice.
    Jan 27, 2021 2 minutes
    10-year-old Marcus Bilodeau holds a Black Lives Matter sign during the What this Win Means for Black Lives rally at City Hall Plaza. (Jesse Costa/WBUR)

    Joe Biden is one of the first presidents in U.S. history to immediately take on an aggressive racial equity agenda, a plan he says will guide his administration.

    "I firmly believe the nation is ready to change, but government has to change as well," Biden said this week. "We need to make equity and justice part of what we do every day —

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