As the saying goes, the news never stops. In this weekly news roundup, we’ll cover the top news stories impacting American workplaces and communities.
1. Biden Signs Executive Order to Advance Racial Equity
Today, President Joe Biden signed an executive order called “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”
According to a release from the Biden-Harris Administration, the order “emphasized the enormous human costs of systemic racism and persistent poverty, and provided a powerful and unprecedented mandate for all federal agencies to launch a whole-of-government approach to equity.”