The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. It was founded in 1851, by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, and was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company.

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Featured Writers

Catherine Harnden

kerri allen / writer + editor

Kerri Allen is an award-winning culture writer and editor with more than two decades of experience, including a fellowship with The New York Times Institute for Journalism. She has written …

Jennifer Reed

John Clarke

John Clarke is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, The New Yorker, Variety, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated and Vanity Fair. He currently writes front-page features for …

Corey McLaughlin

Writer and editor in Baltimore, Md.

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Latest Articles

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation.The activist, Mahmoud Khalil, was a leader of student protests …

By Sharla Steinman
12th March 2025 • The New York Times

Among American Jews, a Schism Over Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest

The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence amid that campus’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations has divided the American Jewish community, which finds itself trying to reconcile a longstanding focus on Jewish safety and support for Israel with a historical commitment to civil liberties.Immigration authorities’ detention of the …

By Sharla Steinman
11th March 2025 • The New York Times

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves

The silence grows louder every day.Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire.

By Akrete: Business, Articulated
6th March 2025 • The New York Times

Benmont Tench, Still a Heartbreaker, Is Carrying on Solo

Ninety pounds, the approximate weight of a Farfisa organ, nearly kept Benmont Tench from his destiny.

By Bob Mehr
27th February 2025 • The New York Times

How to Sleep Well When You Work Odd Hours

When Samantha Shaw took a new job as a research technician for a sleep-related study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2021, she was excited to work on a cause that felt personal.Since high school, she said, she had trouble falling and staying asleep, so she jumped at the chance …

By Eric Berger
12th February 2025 • The New York Times

The New York Times: The Bangles, One of the Biggest All-Female Bands, Want to Reclaim Their Legacy

The first time Susanna Hoffs and the Peterson sisters sang together and their voices blended, the frisson was unmistakable. “We knew we had something,” Hoffs said. “We created a band in that moment.”

By Bob Mehr
10th February 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times: Intergalactic Shantytowns Where Dice Dictate Your Future

By placing the randomness of dice rolls center stage, a sci-fi video game subverts the medium’s conventions.

By Tom Faber
30th January 2025 • The New York Times

A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’ | The New York Times

Jon Ingold finds most video game writing empty at best, turgid at worst.

By Samuel Horti
18th January 2025 • The New York Times

Music

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

By PixelPerk
6th January 2025 • The New York Times

Music

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

By PixelPerk
6th January 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times: The 16 Best Cookbooks of 2024

When so much of modern living forces us to peer down at a screen, there’s a lot to be said for a cookbook. It won’t blast you with blue light or exacerbate your tech neck; it won’t inundate you with notifications or unskippable ads. If you let it, it will …

By Joe Yonan
10th December 2024 • The New York Times

The Sidewalk Fruit Vendor Who Sold a $6.2 Million Banana for 25 Cents

At the fruit stand where he works on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, Shah Alam sells dozens of bananas a day at 35 cents a piece, or four for a dollar. He does a brisk business in cheap fruit outside Sotheby’s auction house; inside, art can sell for millions.But last Wednesday, …

By Debadrita Sur
27th November 2024 • The New York Times

The New York Times: Jesse Ed Davis Was Rock Heroes’ Secret Weapon. And a Mystery.

In the spring of 1967, the blues singer Taj Mahal was about to cut his first solo album for Columbia Records and needed to find a new guitarist in a hurry. He headed to a bar in Los Angeles’s Topanga Canyon, tipped off about a young Native American musician with …

By Bob Mehr
19th November 2024 • The New York Times

The New York Times: Dwight Yoakam, Country Rebel, Has a New Attitude

With the sun setting over the vast expanse of Los Angeles, Dwight Yoakam sighed softly as tears rolled down his cheeks. For a moment, the scene played like one of his own portraits of honky-tonk heartache and regret. But sitting in the country star’s 12th-story offices above the Sunset Strip, …

By Bob Mehr
9th November 2024 • The New York Times

A Whisperer to the Stars on the Middle East Conflict

Many in Hollywood have struggled to navigate how to talk about their support for Israel on social media. Some of them have turned to Hen Mazzig for advice.

By Hen Mazzig
8th November 2024 • The New York Times

A Whisperer to the Stars on the Middle East Conflict

The actress Debra Messing had a question: How do you share commentary about the Israel-Hamas conflict online in ways that will best influence others?She posed the question a few months ago in a room with about 30 other Jewish activists, allies and influencers participating in a one-day workshop held in …

By Tel Aviv Institute
2nd November 2024 • The New York Times

A Whisperer to the Stars on the Middle East Conflict

The actress Debra Messing had a question: How do you share commentary about the Israel-Hamas conflict online in ways that will best influence others?She posed the question a few months ago in a room with about 30 other Jewish activists, allies and influencers participating in a one-day workshop held in …

By Tel Aviv Institute
2nd November 2024 • The New York Times

The New Threat to Brazil’s Forests: Chemicals

Brazil’s satellites did not detect anything alarming. Yet down on the ground, the trees were dying.

By Flávia Milhorance
29th October 2024 • The New York Times

The New Threat to Brazil’s Forests: Chemicals

Brazil’s satellites did not detect anything alarming. Yet down on the ground, the trees were dying.

By Flávia Milhorance
29th October 2024 • The New York Times

Stepping Into a Hidden World in the Everglades

Deep within the seemingly endless saw-grass marshes of the Florida Everglades, I found myself standing on an unexpected speck of dry land on a bright spring day. The boat ride to this spot had fully exposed my tour group to the blustery wind and midday sun, and the island, by …

By Jennifer Reed
29th October 2024 • The New York Times

When Dementia Changes a Loved One's Personality

Shifts in behavior can be challenging to manage. Experts have five strategies that can help.

By Louisa Kamps
23rd October 2024 • The New York Times

Opinion | Abortion Stories in Post-Roe America

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reshaped this country in ways we are just starting to understand. These are stories from the aftermath.

By Amy Littlefield
17th October 2024 • The New York Times

Opinion | Abortion Stories in Post-Roe America

The decision to overturn Roe v. Wade reshaped this country in ways we are just starting to understand. These are stories from the aftermath. My OB wanted to be able to do something but couldn’t. The system is buckling at the seams. I need help getting abortion pills. Why does …

By Amy Littlefield
17th October 2024 • The New York Times

The New York Times: Randy Newman Is at His Best When America Is at Its Worst

Around the summer of 1966, a song on the radio recorded by the Italian American pop crooner Julius La Rosa caught Bob Dylan’s ear: a forlorn, impressionistic ballad called “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” penned by a 22-year-old publishing company staff writer from Los Angeles named Randy Newman.“Randy’s …

By Bob Mehr
17th October 2024 • The New York Times

Columbia Bars Vocal Pro-Israel Professor From Campus

Columbia University has temporarily barred a vocal pro-Israel professor from campus, saying he repeatedly harassed and intimidated the school’s employees.Shai Davidai, an assistant professor in the business school, has been a polarizing presence on campus since Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas led an attack on Israel that has turned Gaza …

By Sharla Steinman
16th October 2024 • The New York Times

Agony, and Relief, for Island Residents Who Were Hit Hard 2 Years Ago

The wait to return to Sanibel Island on Thursday was agonizing for residents and business owners, many of whom were still rebuilding from Hurricane Ian in 2022 and just digging out after Hurricane Helene two weeks ago.“The anxiety and PTSD with Ian, I swear every one of these is taking …

By Jennifer Reed
11th October 2024 • The New York Times

Pro-Israel and Pro-Palestinian Students at Columbia Hold Side-by-Side Protests

Columbia University has been a focal point of anger and tensions over the Hamas-led attack on Israel on Oct. 7 last year and the war in Gaza that has followed. On Monday, the anniversary of the attack, it took on that role once again, as students and faculty held rallies, …

By Sharla Steinman
7th October 2024 • The New York Times

7 Memoirs Therapists Think You Should Read

Mental health experts on the stories that helped them and their patients through tough times.

By Louisa Kamps
30th September 2024 • The New York Times

Fort Myers Beach, Devastated by Hurricane Ian, Floods Again

Island communities in Lee County, Fla., endured another bruising overnight — almost two years to the day after Hurricane Ian killed dozens of people in the county and devastated Fort Myers Beach.Even though Hurricane Helene made landfall hundreds of miles to the north, its storm surge inundated roads and gushed …

By Jennifer Reed
27th September 2024 • The New York Times

In New Orleans, a ‘Black Beach’ Is Being Rescued From the Ruins

During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the one place on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans where Black people were allowed to swim. Live acts like Fats Domino and Nat King Cole drew crowds to a recreation area that included a roller coaster and swimming pools. But with passage of the Civil …

By Xander Peters
24th September 2024 • The New York Times