To the Editor: Re “Policy Lets U.S. Reject the Poor for Green Cards” (front page, Aug. 13): Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, the acting director of Citizenship and Immigration Services, claims that the administration’s new “public charge rule” reinforces the ideals of self-sufficiency by ensuring that those seeking lawful permanent status “can stand on their own […]

First of two articles. In February 2017, Carlos was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement shortly after he dropped one of his daughters at her school bus stop; the agents had been waiting there for him. He was locked in immigration detention in the Bergen County Jail in New Jersey for six weeks before he […]

Recently I was asked to sign a petition opposing the deplatforming of philosophers on the basis of their views on sex and gender. Deplatforming is the academic branch of cancel culture — offense-based professional exclusion from forums like conferences, speaking engagements, journals and books. The petition argues that professional and social sanctions directed at the […]

Rather like old films about wartime France — “Casablanca,” “Army of Shadows” — we tend to cast the words “collaboration” and “resistance” in black and white. The French obeyed a simple moral algorithm, we assume, one that assigned convictions, conduct and consequences to one of these two categories. This is especially true for the notion […]

Jeffrey the sheep stopped by Wellspring Edmonton to bring art supplies and smiles to about a dozen Alberta women. The ladies use Jeffrey’s wool for felting — a form of art using soap, water, natural fibers and a lot of elbow grease. The class is one of many non-medical support programs offered by Wellspring for […]

Kian Mark Brotherton-Barkley, 15, was a generous, compassionate boy living in Calgary. But his family said he was suffering and he thought the only way out was to take his own life. His mom, Tanya Zaayer, is still devastated by his loss. “I miss his compliments the most. He was a good boy. He was […]

Step into Sue Ghebari’s thrift shop in southwest Calgary and it probably won’t be too long before you get a warm welcome from the store’s four-legged greeter. “Bella’s a rescue [dog],” Ghebari said. “She was neglected [and] she came with a lot of anxiety.” Bella’s made great progress since being adopted and now Ghebari wants […]

Editors’ note: This is part of the Op-Eds From the Future series, in which science fiction authors, futurists, philosophers and scientists write Op-Eds that they imagine we might read 10, 20 or even 100 years from now. The challenges they predict are imaginary — for now — but their arguments illuminate the urgent questions of […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein’s apparent suicide, what caused a mysterious explosion in Russia, and another gymnastics title for Simone Biles. Developing More than 100 flights were canceled at Hong Kong International Airport today after thousands of protesters occupied the transportation […]

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering a mysterious explosion in Russia that killed seven people, the machine behind the rise of far-right nationalism in Europe and a penguin parade in Australia. New nuclear missile suspected in deadly Russian explosion American intelligence officials are racing to understand a […]