An Addict, a Confessed Killer and Now a Debut Author

By ALEXANDRA ALTER July 2, 2017 COLDWATER, Mich. — One October night in 2004, Curtis Dawkins smoked crack, dressed up for Halloween in a gangster costume and terrorized a household, killing one man and taking another hostage in a rampage that drew 24...

Program to Spur Low-Income Housing Is Keeping Cities Segregated

By JOHN ELIGON, YAMICHE ALCINDOR and AGUSTIN ARMENDARIZ July 2, 2017 HOUSTON — A mural on the wall of an elementary school here proclaimed, “All the world is all of us,” but the hundreds of people packing the auditorium one...

California’s Far North Deplores ‘Tyranny’ of the Urban Majority

By THOMAS FULLER July 2, 2017 REDDING, Calif. — The deer heads mounted on the walls of Eric Johnson’s church office are testament to his passion for hunting, a lifestyle enjoyed by many in the northernmost reaches of California but one that Mr....