Policy • History • ImpactPromise Tracker
Browse tracked promise records across presidents. The default view prioritizes promises with direct or meaningful downstream Black-community impact, with an option to show all records.
Filter by president, status, or topic, or search across titles, summaries, and promise text. Relevance reflects the degree to which a promise is tied to Black-community outcomes.
40 Promise Tracker records
Donald J. Trump
Prepare Americans for high-paying skilled trade jobsThe administration launched a skilled-trades workforce initiative in 2025, but measurable labor-market effects remained early.
Donald J. Trump
Promote excellence and innovation at HBCUsThe administration reestablished a White House HBCU initiative in 2025, with broader institutional effects still dependent on implementation.
The administration launched accreditation reform in 2025, but institutional and student-level effects remained in an early implementation stage.
The administration ordered a review and replacement process for federal school-discipline guidance, but school-level effects remained unmeasured.
The administration launched a federal school-choice initiative in early 2025, but the effects remained dependent on later state and grant implementation.
Donald J. Trump
End federal DEI and equity-based government programsThe administration ordered the termination of federal DEI and equity structures, but implementation remained an active multi-agency process.
A March 2025 executive order advanced part of the administration's election-integrity agenda, but full implementation remained incomplete.
Donald J. Trump
Expand domestic production of critical medicinesA 2025 executive order advanced domestic-medicine production goals, but measurable supply and access outcomes remained early.
A 2025 order advanced the administration's street-order agenda, but the balance between enforcement and treatment outcomes remained unresolved.
Donald J. Trump
Increase federal support for state and local law enforcementA 2025 executive order expanded federal support and protections for local law enforcement, but downstream local effects remained early.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Restore stronger federal voting-rights protectionsTracked as blocked because major voting-rights legislation advanced in the House but did not clear the Senate, leaving the central federal promise unmet.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Increase federal policing accountability standardsTracked as in progress because the administration backed reform efforts and took some executive and agency steps, but no durable federal legislative settlement was completed.