How Biden's $2tn infrastructure plan seeks to achieve racial justice

Progressives have hailed the president's ambitious plans to rebuild America - and some want bolder action still

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Joe Biden has said his $2tn plan to rebuild America's crumbling" roads, bridges, railways and other infrastructure would rival the space race in its ambition and deliver economic and social change on a scale as grand as the New Deal. The president has also vowed his once-in-a-generation" investment will reverse long-standing racial disparities exacerbated by past national mobilizations.

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