Today's Headlines: The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State's Prisons

[Donald Trump Thrusts Taiwan Back on the Table, Rattling a Region] | View in [Browser] | Add [nytdirect@nytimes.com] to your address book. | [Unsubscribe] [The New York Times] [Most Popular] | [Video] | [Today's Headlines] Sunday, December 4, 2016 IN THIS EMAIL [NYT] [World] | [U.S.] | [Politics] | [Business] | [Technology] | [Sports] | [Arts] | [N.Y./Region] | [Magazine] | [Today's Video] | [Obituaries] | [Editorials] | [Op-Ed] | [On This Day] | [CUSTOMIZE »] [Get The Times for as low as 99¢.] Top News [A cellblock at Sing Sing Correctional Facility, a maximum-security prison in Ossining, N.Y., less than an hour by train from Midtown Manhattan.] [The Scourge of Racial Bias in New York State's Prisons] By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ, MICHAEL WINERIP and ROBERT GEBELOFF A New York Times investigation draws on nearly 60,000 disciplinary cases from state prisons and interviews with inmates to explore the system's inequities and the ripple effect they can have. [President Clinton greeted crew members of an aircraft carrier that monitored Chinese war games near Taiwan in 1996.] [Donald Trump Thrusts Taiwan Back on the Table, Rattling a Region] By MARK LANDLER A single protocol-shattering phone call with Taiwan's president raises fears of igniting tensions in Asia and emboldening China. [Chuck Peal, 61, at home in Southbury, Conn. He developed acute-onset diabetes, as did other patients who received immunotherapy at Yale.] [Immune System, Unleashed by Cancer Therapies, Can Attack Organs] By MATT RICHTEL Immunotherapy drugs have been hailed as a breakthrough in cancer treatment, but doctors are finding that what makes them effective is also what poses serious risks. For more top news, go to [NYTimes.com »] [Get the Morning Briefing in Your Inbox] What you need to know to start your day, delivered Monday through Friday. [Sign up »] ADVERTISEMENT Editors' Picks [Students gathered at the University of Havana.] WORLD [A Nation in Mourning: Images of Cuba After Fidel Castro] By TOMAS MUNITA, MAURICIO LIMA and AZAM AHMED Photographers for The New York Times crossed the country to capture the mood of Cubans grappling with life without Mr. Castro. [Following a Trump campaign rally in Sacramento, Ca., in June.] OPINION | Opinion [Why Blue States Are the Real 'Tea Party'] By STEVEN JOHNSON Progressive urban areas pay more taxes and have less voting power than rural ones. QUOTATION OF THE DAY "We should buckle up for a pretty rocky six months or year in the China-U.S. relationship. There was a sort of delusion based on overly optimistic ideas about Trump. That should stop." [WANG DONG], associate professor, Peking University. World [Vladimir V. Putin, during his annual state-of-the-nation address in Moscow on Thursday.] [Extremists Turn to a Leader to Protect Western Values: Vladimir Putin] By ALAN FEUER and ANDREW HIGGINS In retrospect, Donald J. Trump's praise for Russia's president seems to have been a shrewd dog whistle to a small but highly motivated part of the Trump base. [A police officer stood guard at the entrance of the Mossack Fonseca law firm office in Panama City in April.] [Panama Struggles to Shed Its Image as a Magnet for Shady Deals] By WALT BOGDANICH, ANA GRACIELA MÉNDEZ and JACQUELINE WILLIAMS The president named a panel to recommend how to make Panama's financial sector more transparent, but that effort did not work out as planned. [Teu Kapik Sibajak, left, and Aman Aqwi Sakkukuret, members of the Mentawai tribe, on the island of Siberut in Indonesia.] [Modern World Tugs at an Indonesian Tribe Clinging to Its Ancient Ways] By JON EMONT and SERGEY PONOMAREV Only after decades of government intrusion were the Mentawai allowed to live according to their customs, but many in the younger generations have moved on. For more world news, go to [NYTimes.com/World »] ADVERTISEMENT U.S. [Protesters facing off with the police on Friday outside the Oceti Sakowin camp in North Dakota. The authorities have ordered the protesters to evacuate the camp by Monday.] [Standing Rock Pipeline Protesters, Ordered to Leave, Dig In] By JACK HEALY "I ain't going nowhere," one man said as he and fellow protesters on the frozen prairie prepared for what they believe may be their last stand. [Manuel Hernandez, 49, consulted with a licensed insurance agent at Sunshine Life and Health Advisors in the Mall of the Americas in Miami in November.] [Insurers' Flawed Directories Leave Patients Scrambling for In-Network Doctors] By JAY HANCOCK Those shopping for coverage find that many doctors listed are not participating in the network, are not taking new patients or charge extra fees. [A warehouse hosting an electronic dance party caught fire on Friday night in Oakland, Calif.] [Fire at Warehouse Party in Oakland Kills at Least 9, With Dozens Missing] By THOMAS FULLER, ELI ROSENBERG and CONOR DOUGHERTY At least nine people were dead and dozens were missing after a fire broke out during an electronic music party. For more U.S. news, go to [NYTimes.com/US »] ADVERTISEMENT Politics [Michael T. Flynn, President-elect Donald J. Trump's pick for national security adviser, on Thursday at Trump Tower in New York.] [In Trump's Security Pick, Michael Flynn, 'Sharp Elbows' and No Dissent] By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, MARK MAZZETTI and ERIC SCHMITT Past colleagues paint a mixed picture of a man who will have nearly unfettered access to the Oval Office and help guide President Trump on world events. [Chuck Schumer, center, the Democratic leader in the Senate, said his party will use the process of confirming President-elect Donald J. Trump's cabinet nominees to highlight positions inconsistent with his campaign.] [Hearings Will Unmask 'Swamp Creatures' in Trump's Cabinet, Democrats Say] By JENNIFER STEINHAUER Democrats hope to highlight positions held by cabinet nominees that are inconsistent with Donald J. Trump's campaign promises and paint them as untrustworthy. [Jill Stein, the Green Party presidential candidate, who began the recount bid in Pennsylvania, said in a filing that ] [Jill Stein's Pennsylvania Recount Effort Is Dealt a Major Setback] By STEVE EDER A lawyer for Ms. Stein, the Green Party candidate, said in a filing that "petitioners are regular citizens" who could not afford a $1 million payment ordered by Pennsylvania courts. PODCAST [A Political Guide You Can Trust] The election is over. But the story has just begun. Michael Barbaro, a veteran political reporter, hosts The Run-Up, a weekly podcast that makes sense of American politics and government. [Available on iTunes]. For more political news, go to [NYTimes.com/Politics »] Business [An ailing baby orangutan resting atop a teddy bear at the International Animal Rescue clinic in West Kalimantan.] [How Big Banks Are Putting Rain Forests in Peril] By HIROKO TABUCHI Global lenders, sometimes flouting their own policies, have financed projects in Indonesia and elsewhere that destroy ecosystems and contribute to climate change. [Michael Lewis, author of the best seller ] [From Michael Lewis, a Portrait of the Men Who Shaped 'Moneyball'] By ALEXANDRA ALTER The best-selling author studied the work of two psychologists and chronicled their unusual partnership of ideas in the book "The Undoing Project." [A detention center in Eloy, Ariz. President-elect Donald J. Trump's promise to deport millions of immigrants who are in the country illegally and his selection of the tough-on-crime senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama as attorney general could mean big money for the private prison industry.] Strategies [Trump's Win Gives Stocks in Private Prison Companies a Reprieve] By JEFF SOMMER In the market rally after Donald J. Trump was elected president, two big beneficiaries were operators of prisons and immigration detention centers. For more business news, go to [NYTimes.com/Business »] Technology Preoccupations [Don't Quit Social Media. Put It to Work for Your Career Instead.] By PATRICK GILLOOLY Patrick Gillooly of Monster takes issue with Cal Newport, who recently urged professionals to quit social media. Mr. Gillooly says the career benefits far outweigh the pitfalls. [Abe Ankumah, chief executive of Nyansa.] Corner Office [Abe Ankumah of Nyansa: Are You a 'First Principle' Thinker?] By ADAM BRYANT Mr. Ankumah, chief executive of the network analytics software company, says he looks for people who can solve a problem by breaking it down to its essence. [Farhad's and Mike's Week in Tech: More Debate Over Facebook's Role in Media] By FARHAD MANJOO and MIKE ISAAC Questions continue to swirl over Facebook's handling of fake news stories and a tool it created that could potentially be used to censor content in China. For more technology news, go to [NYTimes.com/Technology »] Sports [Tiger Woods, right, with Bubba Watson after the United States defeated Europe at this year's Ryder Cup.] [Tiger Woods Returned to Golf With Opponents Firmly in His Corner] By KAREN CROUSE After Woods's selfless work as an assistant captain at the Ryder Cup, several prominent American golfers supported him in his comeback from a back injury. [Marshall Longhorns players after a practice in October. The Longhorns and a rival organization, the Conquering Lions, were started in the past year.] [Tackle Football Makes a Comeback in the Heart of Texas] By KEN BELSON Two youth programs have sprung up in Marshall, where Pop Warner, Boys & Girls Club and seventh-grade tackle teams were discontinued over safety concerns. [Ian McCaw, left, and Ken Starr, then Baylor's president, with the women's basketball team in February. Both left the school amid a sexual violence scandal that engulfed the football program.] Sports of The Times [At Liberty University, All Sins Are Forgiven on the Altar of Football] By MICHAEL POWELL Liberty, a Christian university that covets a higher athletic profile, looked the other way and found an athletic director who did the same. For more sports news, go to [NYTimes.com/Sports »] Arts [Can Television Be Fair to Muslims?] By MELENA RYZIK Writers and showrunners - including those for "24" and "Quantico" - talk about casting, cultural gaps and the networks' desire for stories about terrorism. [Pedro Almodóvar's latest film is ] [Pedro Almodóvar and His 'Cinema of Women'] By JULIE BLOOM Penélope Cruz, other actresses and Mr. Almodóvar himself discuss how he creates rich worlds that revel in the mystery of women. [Ethel Mary Smyth] [A History of Classical Music (The Women-Only Version)] By ALICE GREGORY For the first time in more than 100 years, the Met is performing an opera written by a woman. Here, we offer a playlist of other female composers, who are often overlooked. For more arts news, go to [NYTimes.com/Arts »] Metropolitan [Morning commuters on Vesey Street in Lower Manhattan.] [Downside of Lower Manhattan's Boom: It's Just Too Crowded] By WINNIE HU The neighborhood has made a comeback since the Sept. 11 attacks. That success now threatens its quality of life. [Bill Adler has been making a holiday mix since the early 1980s. His 2016 version includes 28 tracks from various genres, among them soul, waltz, jazz, merengue and zydeco.] Works in Progress [An Eclectic Holiday Mix That for Decades Has Skipped the Cheese] By HELENE STAPINSKI Bill Adler, a fixture of the New York music industry, has compiled a CD of seasonal songs, including soul, R&B, jazz and much more, annually since 1982. [A protest outside City Hall in 1985, when Edward I. Koch was mayor.] Big City [Lessons on Rebelling, From the 1980s] By GINIA BELLAFANTE The power structure of the Reagan years, and the age of AIDS, gave artists and activists something to rebel against. For more New York news, go to [NYTimes.com/NewYork »] Fashion & Style [Ivanka Trump with her father, Donald J. Trump, then the Republican presidential nominee, in September at a campaign event in Aston, Pa.] [Will Ivanka Trump Be the Most Powerful First Daughter in History?] By ALESSANDRA STANLEY and JACOB BERNSTEIN Ivanka Trump is about to become the most influential first daughter since Alice Roosevelt Longworth. But can she do so without damaging her own brand? Command Z [On the Internet, to Be 'Mom' Is to Be Queen] By JESSICA BENNETT When teenagers (and those of us who talk like them) call celebrities and their besties 'Mom' - explained. [Jonathan Valena, a tattoo artist known as JonBoy, specializes in tiny tattoos. Here, he shows off his collection of rings.] [Putting His Mark on the World] By STEVEN KURUTZ The tattoo artist JonBoy is a favorite of the fashion and music crowd, thanks in part to a small white dot adorning the finger of Kendall Jenner. For more fashion news, go to [NYTimes.com/Fashion »] Travel 36 Hours [36 Hours in Geneva] By HANNAH SELIGSON Don't underestimate under-the-radar Geneva. This scenic city offers quirky museums, outdoor markets, great shopping and a creative food scene. [The Lürzer Alm restaurant, bar and nightclub in Obertauern, Austria.] [Skiing the Alps, Making It My Own] By NICHOLAS KULISH I was a lapsed downhill skier. Then I moved to Europe and discovered that the Alps were all I needed to reclaim my passion for the slopes. [A scene from Havana, Cuba.] Update [Weighing a Last-Minute Trip to Cuba] By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM President-elect Donald J. Trump threatened again to end the détente with Cuba, casting into doubt the future of easy travel to the country. For more travel news, go to [NYTimes.com/Travel »] Magazine Feature [The End of the Anglo-American Order] By IAN BURUMA For decades, the United States and Britain's vision of democracy and freedom defined the postwar world. What will happen in an age of Donald Trump and Nigel Farage? [Palestinian children waiting inside the Shuafat Refugee Camp for buses to take them to school.] Feature ['We Are Orphans Here'] By RACHEL KUSHNER Life and death in East Jerusalem's Palestinian refugee camp. Lives [When Immigration Agents Came Knocking] By KRYSTAL A. SITAL An undocumented family's moment of fear. For more from the Sunday magazine, go to [NYTimes.com/Magazine »] Obituaries [Dr. Irving Fradkin, right, awarding a college scholarship to a student in 1959. He started the Dollars for Scholars program after noticing how few of his young patients in Fall River, Mass., planned to attend college.] [Irving Fradkin, Founder of Dollars for Scholars Program, Dies at 95] By SAM ROBERTS Dr. Fradkin started the program on a card table in the 1950s. Since then it has provided more than $3.5 billion to over 2.2 million students and evolved into Scholarship America. [C. Wyatt Dickerson and Nancy, his wife at the time, at Merrywood, their 22-acre estate in McLean, Va., around 1968.] [C. Wyatt Dickerson, Businessman and Man About Washington, Is Dead at 92] By ALESSANDRA STANLEY In the 1960s and 1970s, Mr. Dickerson and his wife, Nancy, were a powerful couple, hosting politicians and Hollywood stars. [Sammy Lee before the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He won a gold medal and a bronze medal in diving at the 1948 Olympics in London.] [Sammy Lee, First Asian-American to Earn Olympic Gold, Dies at 96] By ROBERT D. McFADDEN Dr. Lee battled racial discrimination even after he became a physician, won three Olympic medals in diving and served in the Korean War. For more obituaries, go to [NYTimes.com/Obituaries »] Editorial Editorial [Where Unfair Voting Practices Begin] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Hyperpartisan voting districts, created with the help of sophisticated software, subvert democracy and the will of voters. [The burial of two lynching victims, George Dorsey and his sister, Dorothy Malcolm, in Bishop, Ga., in 1946.] Editorial [The Horror of Lynchings Lives On] By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Understanding the past persecution of black Americans is crucial to understanding the racism that pervades the country today. [Amy Adams as Louise Banks in ] Editorial Notebook [In 'Arrival,' the World Is Saved by Words] By ANNA NORTH The film's unconventional hero has a lesson for real-world leaders. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Op-Ed Opinion [The Trump Tweets I Want to Read] By AASIF MANDVI We know exactly what he thinks about the cast of "Hamilton." What does he think about neo-Nazis? [An attendee at a Trump campaign event in New Hampshire in September.] Opinion [What the Alt-Right Really Means] By CHRISTOPHER CALDWELL The term, and the movement, may tell us something about how the country is changing. [Annette Dove and Jesse Spencer at an office of Topps, which helps children and young adults in Pine Bluff, Ark.] Op-Ed Columnist [Finding America's Mother Teresa] By NICHOLAS KRISTOF The founder of an Arkansas program for troubled kids is a small-town hero transforming lives. For more opinion, go to [NYTimes.com/Opinion »] Sunday Review Op-Ed Columnist [How to Win a Senate Race] By FRANK BRUNI One formula for victory had nothing to do with Donald Trump. Op-Ed Columnist [A Great Deal for the Many] By ROSS DOUTHAT Can Trump help workers when he isn't strong-arming their bosses? [Students gathered at the University of Havana in November after Castro's death.] Opinion [Welcome to Savage Capitalism] By WENDY GUERRA Without Fidel Castro, we Cubans will have to fend for ourselves, and think for ourselves. ON THIS DAY On Dec. 4, 1945, the Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations. 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