• Soaking up sun, and criticism.

The New Jersey state government will be closed for a third day today because of a missed budget deadline. Gov. Chris Christie drew ridicule after photographs emerged of him relaxing on a beach that had been closed by the shutdown.

Questioned about the pictures, Mr. Christie responded: “That’s just the way it goes. Run for governor and you can have a residence.”

• Built-in racial divides.

A disproportionate number of low-income housing projects built with money from federal tax credits are in majority nonwhite communities, a Times review of federal data has found.

Fair-housing advocates say that effectively entrenches segregation.