Mayor Bill de Blasio’s administration and the city’s Education Department have not offered broad plans for addressing the issue of school segregation, but grass-roots experiments are underway.

Small Steps, but No Major Push, to Integrate New York’s Schools

In recent days, jihadists have killed more than 300 people in Turkey, Bangladesh, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, and many Westerners have responded with relative indifference.

After Attacks on Muslims, Many Ask: Where Is the Outpouring?

Alton Sterling, a black man, was killed outside a store on Tuesday. Video of the shooting spread quickly, setting off protests in the Louisiana city.

Alton Sterling Shooting in Baton Rouge Prompts Justice Dept. Investigation

Court documents, federal records, news articles and interviews reveal a pattern of abuse in private extradition vans, an industry that operates with almost no oversight.

Private Prisoner Vans’ Long Road of Neglect

On an unexpected trip to the Alsace region, the novelist encounters life-changing art such as the Isenheim Altarpiece and superb food.

Francine Prose: How I Found Life-Altering Art in Alsace

Mr. Malek, who plays a hacker waging war on corporate culture, and Sam Esmail, the show’s creator, discuss why the first season’s big reveal was merely a setup for more.

Rami Malek of ‘Mr. Robot’: The Face of Hacktivism

The author of “Future Shock” warned about the dangers of rapid change, and many have come to pass, but advance planning has fallen out of favor.

Why We Need to Pick Up Alvin Toffler’s Torch

The presumptive Democratic nominee’s campaign said she plans to eliminate tuition at in-state public colleges for families with annual incomes under $125,000.

Hillary Clinton Embraces Ideas From Bernie Sanders’s College Tuition Plan

Gretchen Carlson said that after she refused sexual advances by Roger Ailes, the network chief, he curtailed her airtime and later declined to renew her contract. Fox said it is investigating Mr. Ailes, who denied the allegations.

Gretchen Carlson of Fox News Files Harassment Suit Against Roger Ailes

Pavlo Lazarenko, felon and former prime minister of Ukraine, is battling the United States for $250 million held offshore and for political asylum.

A Ukrainian Kleptocrat Wants His Money and U.S. Asylum

Los Angeles now has a Museum of Broken Relationships, thanks to a power lawyer moved by the original in Croatia.

What Becomes of the Brokenhearteds’ Stuff

A unanimous vote in June to keep rates steady was a result of confusion, rather than consensus.

Fed Officials Saw Outlook as Cloudy at Meeting Before ‘Brexit’ Vote

There has never been a better time to be an N.B.A. free agent, thanks to a new TV contract that has infused billions of dollars into the league.

So-So Players’ Salaries Soar in N.B.A. Flush With New TV Money

A recent San Francisco Opera production whittled about a half-hour off Bizet’s “Carmen.” Other companies are considering tightening works as well.

Could You Shorten That Aria? Opera Weighs Cuts in the Classics

The disgraced Mr. Lehrer returns from cultural exile with a book that tries to explain the dynamics of love — but it is insolently familiar.

Review: Jonah Lehrer’s ‘A Book About Love’ Is Another Unoriginal Sin

How an ambitious kid from Leeds, England, became one of the most powerful media people in New York.

Joanna Coles: The Cosmo Woman

Mr. Daisey talks about his new show, “The Trump Card,” and why he pushes Democrats to engage in self-reflection instead of just blaming the Republicans.

Mike Daisey: A Political Monologuist’s Summer of Trump

Quotation of the day for Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

Quotation of the Day

Corrections appearing in print on Wednesday, July 6, 2016.

Corrections: July 6, 2016

A skeleton of an abandoned home north of the Delmar Divide will be assembled at the Pulitzer Arts Foundation and will stand through October.

Two Times the House, in Hopes of Sparking Dialogue in St. Louis

The songwriter Justin Tranter was pivotal in the making of the new song, which features Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, Mary J. Blige and many more.

How the Orlando Charity Single ‘Hands’ Went From Idea to Reality

The musical, about Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia, will run Off Broadway from Sept. 2 through Oct. 6.

‘Fiorello!’ Coming Back to New York

The Record, the second-largest newspaper in New Jersey, was family-owned for 86 years. Its sale reflects further consolidation in the industry.

Gannett Buys The Record of Bergen County, N.J.

The National Youth Orchestra, whose members are recruited for talent and diversity, has a new sister group of even younger musicians: NYO2.

These Teenagers Might Never Have Made It to Music School

This pop singer creates lovestruck, self-doubting narrators on this album, which is her first.

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Small Steps, but No Major Push, to Integrate New York’s Schools

After Attacks on Muslims, Many Ask: Where Is the Outpouring?

Alton Sterling Shooting in Baton Rouge Prompts Justice Dept. Investigation

Private Prisoner Vans’ Long Road of Neglect

Francine Prose: How I Found Life-Altering Art in Alsace

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Hamilton: An American Musical

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