underground railroad

By following the example of a brave New Yorker, a woman who risked her life to shepherd slaves along the Underground Railroad.

Whitehead is among the country’s most celebrated authors, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner whose works include “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys.”

An “underground railroad” has been established from Myanmar’s main cities, for those rebelling against the military’s new conscription law.

To help families remain in their current shelter or get moved to one nearby, Brewer says city officials have stuck to an informal agreement — a system she likens to a modern-day “underground railroad.”

Mr. Whitehead, whose novels include “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys,” is an extraordinarily decorated author.