In Weary Wisconsin Town, a Billionaire-Fueled Revival Diane Hendricks and her late husband saw opportunity in Beloit, a decaying industrial town. Now, she dreams of turning it into a mecca for start-ups. By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
North Korea Threatens Retaliation Over Sanctions as Diplomats Break Ice North Korea’s foreign minister held a rare round of talks with diplomats in Manila this week, but there was no indication that Pyongyang was changing its course. By GARDINER HARRIS
Feature She Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her. By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished. By EMILY BAZELON
The Shift Political Donors Put Their Money Where the Memes Are Funding is flowing into social media, where partisan organizations are specializing in creating viral messages to reach voters. By KEVIN ROOSE
England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy The two creators of the program concluded that providing therapy, creating a system of primary care for mental health, made economic sense. By BENEDICT CAREY
Mueller, Trump, Russia: Your Weekend Briefing Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories. By MAYA SALAM and HEATHER CASEY
Tillerson Hails U.N. Sanctions, as Chinese Minister Rebukes North Korea at Asean Meeting Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson called the sanctions “a good outcome,” but the Chinese foreign minister told the North not to “provoke the international society’s good will.” By GARDINER HARRIS
Critic's Notebook Where Dancers Shine Beyond Their Usual Specialties Two star-studded evenings at the Vail Dance Festival introduce bright new talent and allow established performers to stretch. By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Letters A New Democratic Slogan? Your Choices We received more than 1,200 suggestions. Readers turned to the Constitution, popular songs and hymns, previous presidents and Britain for inspiration.
Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans A lawsuit against Harvard raises the issue of whether there has been discrimination against Asian-Americans in the name of creating a diverse student body. By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS and STEPHANIE SAUL
How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself Cheap rents, wild music, easy drugs and open stages: Friends and colleagues from the 1960s recall the dramatist’s beginnings. By JOHN LELAND
Denis Mack Smith, Chronicler of Modern Italy, Dies at 97 Mr. Smith rankled many when he wrote that the Risorgimento, the movement that forged a unified Italian state, was not a glorious chapter. By WILLIAM GRIMES
Foxconn Says It Plans to Build Factory in Wisconsin, Adding 3,000 Jobs White House officials highlighted President Trump’s negotiations with the world’s largest contract electronics maker, to secure the project, which they said would represent a $10 billion investment. By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and VINDU GOEL
Op-Ed Columnist President Trump’s Really Weak Week What Trump learned from George Steinbrenner: Bullies rule, so pick on your top guys in public until they’re in tatters, and then fire them. By MAUREEN DOWD
Venezuela’s New Assembly Members Share a Goal: Stifle Dissent The country’s new 545-member constituent assembly that was voted in on Sunday will rewrite the Constitution and govern with virtually unlimited authority. By NICHOLAS CASEY and ANA VANESSA HERRERO
Where All the School’s a Stage, and the List of Success Stories Is Long In high schools of the performing and visual arts, race, sexual identity and ZIP code are beside the point. But not academics. By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Developmentally Disabled, and Going to College Work-readiness programs for the intellectually challenged aim to prepare students for a dream job. Less than half will find one. By KYLE SPENCER
Sunday Routine How Paul Rabil, Lacrosse Player, Spends His Sundays The athlete, entrepreneur and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, resident spends a lot of time by himself, reading, writing, working, and sometimes even painting. By ANDREW COTTO
Claire Smith, a Pioneer in Sports Writing, Is Honored at Cooperstown Smith worked as a newspaper reporter and columnist for more than three decades, including stints at The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ESPN. By FILIP BONDY
For Female Baseball Reporter, Writing About, and Making, History Claire Smith, the first woman voted into the sportswriters’ wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, broke barriers in ways similar to her inspiration, Jackie Robinson. By KAREN CROUSE
In Weary Wisconsin Town, a Billionaire-Fueled Revival Diane Hendricks and her late husband saw opportunity in Beloit, a decaying industrial town. Now, she dreams of turning it into a mecca for start-ups. By ALEXANDRA STEVENSON
North Korea Threatens Retaliation Over Sanctions as Diplomats Break Ice North Korea’s foreign minister held a rare round of talks with diplomats in Manila this week, but there was no indication that Pyongyang was changing its course. By GARDINER HARRIS
Feature She Was Convicted of Killing Her Mother. Prosecutors Withheld the Evidence That Would Have Freed Her. By the time Noura Jackson’s conviction was overturned, she had spent nine years in prison. This type of prosecutorial error is almost never punished. By EMILY BAZELON
The Shift Political Donors Put Their Money Where the Memes Are Funding is flowing into social media, where partisan organizations are specializing in creating viral messages to reach voters. By KEVIN ROOSE
England’s Mental Health Experiment: No-Cost Talk Therapy The two creators of the program concluded that providing therapy, creating a system of primary care for mental health, made economic sense. By BENEDICT CAREY
Mueller, Trump, Russia: Your Weekend Briefing Here’s what you need to know about the week’s top stories. By MAYA SALAM and HEATHER CASEY
Tillerson Hails U.N. Sanctions, as Chinese Minister Rebukes North Korea at Asean Meeting Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson called the sanctions “a good outcome,” but the Chinese foreign minister told the North not to “provoke the international society’s good will.” By GARDINER HARRIS
Critic's Notebook Where Dancers Shine Beyond Their Usual Specialties Two star-studded evenings at the Vail Dance Festival introduce bright new talent and allow established performers to stretch. By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Letters A New Democratic Slogan? Your Choices We received more than 1,200 suggestions. Readers turned to the Constitution, popular songs and hymns, previous presidents and Britain for inspiration.
Affirmative Action Battle Has a New Focus: Asian-Americans A lawsuit against Harvard raises the issue of whether there has been discrimination against Asian-Americans in the name of creating a diverse student body. By ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS and STEPHANIE SAUL
How Sam Shepard Hit Downtown New York and Reinvented Himself Cheap rents, wild music, easy drugs and open stages: Friends and colleagues from the 1960s recall the dramatist’s beginnings. By JOHN LELAND
Denis Mack Smith, Chronicler of Modern Italy, Dies at 97 Mr. Smith rankled many when he wrote that the Risorgimento, the movement that forged a unified Italian state, was not a glorious chapter. By WILLIAM GRIMES
Foxconn Says It Plans to Build Factory in Wisconsin, Adding 3,000 Jobs White House officials highlighted President Trump’s negotiations with the world’s largest contract electronics maker, to secure the project, which they said would represent a $10 billion investment. By NELSON D. SCHWARTZ and VINDU GOEL
Op-Ed Columnist President Trump’s Really Weak Week What Trump learned from George Steinbrenner: Bullies rule, so pick on your top guys in public until they’re in tatters, and then fire them. By MAUREEN DOWD
Venezuela’s New Assembly Members Share a Goal: Stifle Dissent The country’s new 545-member constituent assembly that was voted in on Sunday will rewrite the Constitution and govern with virtually unlimited authority. By NICHOLAS CASEY and ANA VANESSA HERRERO
Where All the School’s a Stage, and the List of Success Stories Is Long In high schools of the performing and visual arts, race, sexual identity and ZIP code are beside the point. But not academics. By LIZETTE ALVAREZ
Developmentally Disabled, and Going to College Work-readiness programs for the intellectually challenged aim to prepare students for a dream job. Less than half will find one. By KYLE SPENCER
Sunday Routine How Paul Rabil, Lacrosse Player, Spends His Sundays The athlete, entrepreneur and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, resident spends a lot of time by himself, reading, writing, working, and sometimes even painting. By ANDREW COTTO
Claire Smith, a Pioneer in Sports Writing, Is Honored at Cooperstown Smith worked as a newspaper reporter and columnist for more than three decades, including stints at The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer and ESPN. By FILIP BONDY
For Female Baseball Reporter, Writing About, and Making, History Claire Smith, the first woman voted into the sportswriters’ wing of the Baseball Hall of Fame, broke barriers in ways similar to her inspiration, Jackie Robinson. By KAREN CROUSE
