Brenden Cuni, an ICE supervisor, has been accused of excessive force and tackling a pregnant woman to the ground. Several of his arrests were later found to be unlawful in federal court.

A pilot program to replace subway turnstiles with high-tech entry gates has led to a major reduction in fare evasion, New York transit officials said, and 50 more stations will soon have them.

We asked dozens of them about America’s libraries — what they provide, what they need to survive. Here’s what they told us.

Malcolm Gladwell has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1996. In 2001, he won the National Magazine Award for his New Yorker profiles of Ron Popeil, called “The Pitchman.” He is the author of...