Operation Spider’s Web was an audacious Ukrainian sneak attack that caused billions of dollars in damage to Russian warplanes — using drones that cost as little as $600. Marc Santora, a ...

A version of this article appears in print on , Section SR, Page 12 of the New York edition with the headline: How to Save a Sad, Lonely, Angry and Mean Society.

O ne of the Chinese diaspora’s most celebrated artists grew up poor but surrounded by literature and art. After a string of books in her native language Xiaolu Guo found her creativity constrained.