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What Are Your Pride Songs?

We’re asking readers about the songs that first gave them the courage to come out or that still inspire them to live their truth.

 By The New York Times

Do You Have Something to Share About TikTok?

The Times would like to hear from current and former employees, avid TikTok users, educators and parents.

 By Sapna Maheshwari

What Matters to You in the South?

Input from readers will help shape our coverage of the region.

 By Emily Cochrane

Did You Have Your First Child After 40?

The Times wants to hear about your parenting experience.

 By Dani Blum

Can Wildfire Smoke Worsen Covid-19 Symptoms?

People with respiratory illnesses may be more vulnerable right now. Also: Are N95 masks recommended for wildfires?

 By Marie Tae McDermott

Why The Times Editorial Board Supports an Impeachment Inquiry

And what is an editorial board anyway?

 By James Bennet

Why The Times Published Details of the Whistle-Blower’s Identity

Our executive editor, Dean Baquet, addresses readers’ concerns about the decision to publish information on a person who is central to the Trump impeachment inquiry.

 By The New York Times

Answers to Reader Questions on Our Brett Kavanaugh Essay

The Times’s deputy editorial page editor, James Dao, answers questions about how we handled an essay on the Supreme Court justice and a third accusation of sexual misconduct.

 By The New York Times

A Times Headline About Trump Stoked Anger. A Top Editor Explains.

A deputy managing editor addresses a front-page headline about President Trump that readers criticized for lacking important context.

 By The New York Times

Can a Middle-Class Family Earn $200,000? Yes, Our Editor Explains

The business and economics editor for Opinion gives insight into how families were chosen for a feature about America’s middle class.

 By The New York Times

A Rush of News, Moment by Moment: Behind Our Live Coverage

When readers need information immediately, teams of journalists collaborate to tell a single unfolding story.

 By Sarah Bahr

Beyond Peril: How The Times Responds When a Journalist’s Safety Is Compromised

After situations involving forceful detentions or worse, the organization seeks prompt accountability and change.

 By Sarah Bahr

How The Times Covers Mass Shootings

Marc Lacey, an editor who manages live news coverage, shares the organization’s approach in handling extremely sensitive information.

 By Sarah Bahr

What Is an Editorial Board?

At The New York Times, it’s an institutional voice, but not the voice of the institution as a whole.

 By James Bennet

How Poetry Shakes Up the National Desk’s Morning Meetings

A good poem can jolt our minds into thinking about the country’s most important stories in unexpected ways, our National editor writes.

 By Marc Lacey

Making the Science of Covid Clearer

Behind some of The Times’s vital journalism on the coronavirus is a reporter who speaks seven languages, holds a master’s degree in biochemistry and, OK, has a weakness for “Bridgerton.”

 By Katie Van Syckle

Putting a New Spin on Classic Recipes

The food writer Melissa Clark on the holidays, her favorite cookie and how she relaxes when she’s not cooking.

 By Katie Van Syckle

A Reporter Striking Universal Chords

The reporter Dan Barry on finding stories, his central purpose and how he ends the work day.

 By Alex Traub

Making Politics Coverage More Personal

The reporter Astead W. Herndon on focusing on what matters to readers, the challenge of caring for plants and why Guy Fieri might want to worry.

 By Katie Van Syckle

Who Is Marc Lacey? Meet the Times Editor Moderating the Democratic Debate

Marc Lacey, the National editor, will be onstage with the CNN anchors Anderson Cooper and Erin Burnett at the first debate The Times has hosted in more than a decade.

 By Lara Takenaga