When highways are racist Question of the Day ANALYSIS/OPINION: President Biden’s Department of Transportation has shut down a highway project that was planned by Houston, saying the road construction was a classic case of racial injustice. At the same time, feds demanded construction contractors tied to the job get rid of all their black-ink pens, saying any color but green sent a message of racial injustice. One of those scenarios is true; the other, parody. Can you guess? TOP STORIES “DOT halts Texas highway project in test of Biden’s promises on race,” Politico wrote. “The department’s use of civil rights laws has buoyed activists on the ground and surprised even seasoned regulators in Washington.”