Plus, an executive action tracker update.
First 100
Pop-up newsletter and articles feature an In-Depth Look at President Biden and the New Administration
First 100: Small Business Relief Not Getting Out Quickly
Biden and others are too obsessed with fraud prevention to deliver for business owners eligible for PPP loans and “Save Our Stages” grants.
First 100: Reopening All Schools Requires Public Investment in the Poorest
Plus, CARES Act tax breaks to opioid manufacturers.
First 100: Libertarian Demands for Vaccine Acceleration Curiously Doesn’t Call Out Drug Manufacturers
The motivation seems less like saving lives and more like ideology.
First 100: How Biden Must End Corporate-Run Industrial Policy
Plus, another body blow for the Fight for $15.
First 100: Defining Bidenomics
The president is determined to run the economy hot to make up for past economic errors.
First 100: The Obscure Issues Biden Must Address
There’s more in heaven and Earth than pandemic response.
First 100: The House Sets the Marker
Two main outstanding issues in the Biden relief bill have been, at least for now, decided in progressives’ favor.
First 100: The Superstar Research Driving the Checks Debate Has a Problem
It’s based on ZIP code-level data, which may not be as precise as the researchers contend.
First 100: Exempting the Unemployed from Surprise Tax Bills
Rep. Cindy Axne on her new bill and the GameStop madness.

