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Ties: The Ficus That Crossed an Ocean
My grandmother wrapped the branch in a damp cloth and hid it in her black coat. “If the ficus takes root here then I’ll take root too,” she said.
Op-Ed Contributor: How the Pro-Life Movement Has Promoted Liberal Values
Right-to-life advocacy supported the advance of free speech.
Op-Ed Contributor: The Shadow Safety Net
Federal and local governments are not doing their jobs, so nonprofit organizations are working to fill the void.
Mind: Given Medicine, the Patients Got Better. They Remained in Shackles Anyway.
In West Africa, people with psychoses are often chained at prayer camps. Giving them psychiatric drugs lessened their symptoms, but did not shorten their captivity.
Best of Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Jumps Back Into the G.O.P. Health Care Debate
Urging Congress to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Mr. Kimmel used a favorite character to illustrate his point: the petulant barista.
Best of Late Night: Jimmy Kimmel Jumps Back Into the Health Care Debate
Urging Congress to fund the Children’s Health Insurance Program, Mr. Kimmel used a favorite character to illustrate his point: the petulant barista.
The Getaway: New Country Rankings Aim to Help Travelers Choose Safe Destinations
The State Department has classified every country from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe on a scale of 1 to 4. What does that mean for you? A primer.
A Maine Racetrack Didn’t Lure Amazon. Multiply That Disappointment by 218.
With 218 places missing the cut for Amazon’s second headquarters, cities like Ottawa and Tucson were left to absorb the same result as “the longest of long shots.”
Executive Behind Facebook’s China Charm Campaign Is Out
Facebook’s lead liaison with Beijing has left the company without getting the social network access to China’s huge internet market.
Why New York Hires 200 People to Pretend They’re Homeless
During an annual count of homeless people on the streets of New York, decoys, many of whom were once homeless, help gauge the accuracy of the count.
Fiction: A Novel That Echoes Naipaul, Exploring the Limits of Freedom
Neel Mukherjee’s “State of Freedom” offers five interconnected stories set in India and exploring the lives of the unmoored.
A Problem for Republicans Fighting to Keep California House Seats: Trump
California, with its vulnerable Republicans in Congress, is ground zero for the Democratic plan to take back the House. President Trump may be making those efforts easier.
Fiction: From Isabel Allende, a Novel of Three Immigrants and a Brooklyn Misadventure
Two professors aid an undocumented worker following an accident that launches a trio of narratives about life lived across America’s borders in “In the Midst of Winter.”
Fiction: Madeleine Thien’s New Novel of Communist Occupation Turns Inward
“Dogs at the Perimeter” follows a woman born under the reign of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia as she navigates the mental perils of life as a survivor.
On Washington: Inside the Oval Office Immigration Meeting That Left a Senator Stunned
In an interview, Senator Richard J. Durbin says President Trump’s private immigration comments shed new light on his policy motivations.
Fiction: Beware of Family Members Bearing Gifts
In “Winter,” the second in her cycle of seasonal novels, Ali Smith engineers a contentious Christmas reunion between two long-estranged sisters.
Leaving Africa, and Living in Limbo
Andre Twendele survived a firing squad and years in a refugee camp. He won a visa and left his wife in the camp to prepare for her arrival in America. Then Trump was elected.
An Advocate for Israel Draws Fire as He Nears Confirmation to Civil Rights Post
Kenneth Marcus’s potential return to the Education Department has drawn criticism from civil rights groups that see his narrow focus on Israel as blinding him to other matters of bias.
U.S. Presses to Relocate Embassy to Jerusalem by 2019
The plans suggest the administration no longer cares about cushioning the blow of its new policy, which has cast President Trump’s peacemaking ambitions into doubt.
Right and Left React to the Prospect of a Government Shutdown
Writers from across the political spectrum denounced the impasse on Capitol Hill and the possibility of a shutdown.