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The sister of Paul Whelan, an American held hostage in Russia since December 2018, doesn’t think now is the right time to label the country a terrorist state.

Plus, community funds are urged to set annual distribution rate, and education grant makers need to leave their Covid comfort zones and spend time in schools (opinion)

Image To the Editor: On Jan. 20, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt “dispensed with the traditional ceremony on the Capitol steps, as well as the marching bands, fancy floats and hundreds of thousands of guests” and took the oath of office at the White House to start his fourth term, Doris Kearns Goodwin writes in her book “No Ordinary Time.” The war was far from won. It was a time of crisis. Joe Biden, assuming the presidency amid another crisis, should do likewise. America does not ...