A new version of the ABC’s in Russia’s far east starts with “A is for Army, B is for Brotherhood” — and injects a snappy phrase with every letter, like, “Love your Army.” A swim meet in the southern city of Magnitogorsk featured adolescents diving into the pool wearing camouflage uniforms, while other competitors slung model Kalashnikov […]
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How the Xenophobic Town of Hérouxville, Quebec, Fell in Love With Immigrants
HÉROUXVILLE, Quebec — For years, the small town of Hérouxville in rural Quebec was the embodiment in the province of deep, nativist hostility toward immigrants. The town didn’t have any immigrants, but it once adopted a code of conduct that left no doubt that they, and their perceived customs, were unwelcome. Hérouxville, the code warned, […]