Racial Equity in Infrastructure, a U.S. Goal, Is Left to States
Wednesday, November 17, 2021 | |
| By Ben Casselman, Sapna Maheshwari and Coral Murphy Marcos Retail sales jumped 1.7 percent in October, the third monthly increase, a rise that highlighted the resilience of the U.S. economy. | | | By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Madeleine Ngo The decision about how to spend the money falls largely to state governments, raising questions about whether the package can live up to its ambition. | | | By Andrew Higgins and Marc Santora Almost a dozen migrants have died in recent weeks in the standoff between Belarus, a close ally of Russia, and Poland, a member of NATO and the European Union, each determined not to bend. | | |
| The Upshot By Neil Irwin A focus on the challenges of the Great Recession has fueled some of the challenges of this crisis. | | | Opinion By Rona Segal The director Rona Segal learned filmmaking in the Israeli army. Now she turns the camera on her fellow soldiers. | | |
| By The Associated Press President Biden said the newly signed infrastructure law would help the United States counter China in the battle to dominate the 21st-century economy, as broad swaths of his agenda remained stuck in Congress. | | | By The Associated Press The 18-person jury was winnowed to 12 through an old-fashioned process: slips of paper with the jurors' numbers were placed in a tumbler, and Mr. Rittenhouse removed six numbers which corresponded to jurors that were to be dismissed. | | | By The Associated Press A Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman said China's leader, Xi Jinping, pressed President Biden not to challenge China on Taiwan in a meeting between the two leaders. The island democracy's independence is one of the most contentious issues between China and the U.S. | | |
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