‘Don’t Open the Door’: How Fear of an Immigration Raid Gripped a City

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JESS BIDGOOD April 6, 2017 BROCKTON, Mass. — For days, it was the only topic of conversation. Immigration agents were said to be planning a raid. They could come any minute. In this fraying, blue-collar city,...

‘Don’t Open the Door’: How Fear of an Immigration Raid Gripped a City

By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE and JESS BIDGOOD April 6, 2017 BROCKTON, Mass. — For days, it was the only topic of conversation. Immigration agents were said to be planning a raid. They could come any minute. In this fraying, blue-collar city,...

Girls Go Missing, and Washington’s Racial Divide Yawns Wider

By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG March 31, 2017 WASHINGTON — The black and brown faces stare out from the Metropolitan Police Department’s official Twitter feed, each girl under a red banner with block letters declaring “Critical Missing.”...

Police Posted Missing Teenagers’ Data on Social Media. A City Took Note.

By CHRISTOPHER MELE and CHRISTINE HAUSER March 24, 2017 A new approach by the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington to use social media to raise awareness about teenagers reported missing did indeed gain attention — some of it...

G.O.P. Lawmakers Like What They See in Trump. They Just Have to Squint.

Even when the president provokes them, congressional Republicans are choosing accommodation over confrontation, “as long as we’re able to get things done.”