Analysis: Biden’s Pitch Is That Tackling Climate Change Will Create Jobs
- For President Biden, a $2 trillion infrastructure plan is about creating union jobs in wind and solar power, and road- and bridge-building.
- He faces skepticism. Some workers don’t see how skills honed over decades in industries like fossil fuels would translate in a clean-energy future.
Infrastructure Plan Meets Resistance, Signaling a Fight
With Republicans lining up in opposition and some Democrats unsatisfied, President Biden’s infrastructure package faces big hurdles on Capitol Hill.
Vaccines Roll Out, but Rising Cases Bring Alarming Reminder
- With all U.S. adults soon eligible for vaccines, the path out of the pandemic is clear. But surging hospitalizations in Michigan show the lingering danger.
- In Spain, visitors from abroad face fewer restrictions than residents, underlining the challenge to balance public health and the economy. Here’s the latest on Covid-19.
‘It Takes Time’: I.C.U. Workers Help Their Former Covid Patients Mend
They survived serious cases of Covid-19, but not without complications. Now, a special clinic in Los Angeles is helping them get back to their lives.
Factory Mix-Up Ruins Up to 15 Million Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Doses
A subcontractor mixed ingredients from the Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca vaccines, delaying U.S. shipments of the “one-and-done” shot.
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Clerk Who Questioned $20 Bill Watched Floyd Arrest With Guilt
During the third day of Derek Chauvin’s trial, witnesses agonized over whether they could have stopped what eventually happened to George Floyd.
‘They Told Us Not to Resist’: Sexual Violence Pervades Ethiopia’s War
Rape is being used as a weapon as fighting rages in the Tigray region. “Even if we had shouted,” one woman said, “there was no one to listen.”
As Cuomo Sought $4 Million Book Deal, Aides Hid Damaging Death Toll
“I am not a superhero,” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in early versions of his book, drafted as his aides helped obscure New York nursing home deaths.
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