How have Joe Biden’s first six months been? Our panelists weigh in | Robert Reich, Geoffrey Kabaservice, Bhaskar Sunkara, Theodore R Johnson, Kate Aronoff and Valerie Rawlston Wilson

The president has tried to reset from the chaotic cruelty of the Trump era but the challenges in his inbox are daunting

Six months in, it looks like Joe Biden has a good chance of getting America back to where it was before the pandemic. Covid-19 is in retreat. So far, almost half of the adult population has been fully vaccinated. The economy is roaring back - still 7m jobs short of where it was in January 2020 but on track to return to the starting gate by the end of the year. Biden's American Rescue Plan" is a major success.