“Just before Covid, we had the most inclusive economy in my lifetime. The lowest unemployment ever recorded for African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian-Americans. The lowest for women in nearly 70 years. Wages were growing faster for the bottom 25% than the top 25%.

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“In the process, while this was all going on, the economy created more than 1,300,000 new jobs in 100 days. More new jobs in the first 100 days than any president on record.”

By BY JEANNA SMIALEK from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3gJeh3a

An Alameda Police Officer Used His Knee to Pin Down Mario Gonzalez

By BY SHAWN HUBLER AND EVAN HILL from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3xxI1pG

‘We’re also providing rental assistance to keep people from being evicted from their homes.’

By BY LINDA QIU from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aOtsEj

“The climate crisis is not our fight alone, either. It’s a global fight. The United States accounts for less than 15% of carbon emissions. The rest of the world accounts for 85%”

By BY LISA FRIEDMAN from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3xwpavc

Harris and Pelosi make history standing behind a president during a formal address to Congress.

By BY ALISHA HARIDASANI GUPTA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3eDsE6p

Burning of Police Station After George Floyd’s Death Draws 4-Year Sentence

By BY AZI PAYBARAH from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3vxkeEB

Man Caught Smuggling 35 Songbirds Into J.F.K. Airport, Authorities Say

By BY NEIL VIGDOR from NYT New York https://ift.tt/3t29pZw

Analysis: Biden is betting the pandemic has reset voters’ views of how much federal spending is too much.

By BY JIM TANKERSLEY from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3aPhx9l

Watch President Biden’s address to a joint session of Congress with real-time analysis and fact checks at 9 P.M. EST.

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Paul Kellogg, New York City Opera Impresario, Dies at 84

By BY ANTHONY TOMMASINI from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2QIAljE

Biden Seeks Shift in How the Nation Serves Its People

By BY PETER BAKER from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2PCGFcc

3 Indicted on Federal Hate Crime Charges in Ahmaud Arbery Shooting

By BY KATIE BENNER AND WILL WRIGHT from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/3u3WTd8