The City Awaits You. We’ve Got a Few Tips.
The Summer in the City newsletter has returned to guide you on making the most of New York again, whether you’re looking to get out in a crowd or escape from one.
Prospect Park in Brooklyn. The Summer in the City newsletter includes ideas on free and low-cost activities.Credit.Lila Barth for The New York Times
June 9, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
After more than a year away from beaches, bar crawls and movies under the stars, vaccinated New Yorkers are ready to re-enter the world. To help readers maximize their summer fun and stay on top of evolving public health guidance The New York Times is reviving its weekly Summer in the City newsletter. Created in 2018 by Elisabeth Goodridge, now the deputy editor for Travel, and Jessica Anderson, deputy editorial director for newsletters, as a curated guide to summer fu
At Empty Bases, Echoes of War
As the United States withdraws its forces from Afghanistan, a former Marine who became a Times reporter sees only traces of what several camps used to be.
A fine powder sandstorm kicked up across Camp Leatherneck in Helmand Province in August 2009, back when U.S. troops filled the huge base.Credit.Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images for The New York Times
May 28, 2021, 5:00 a.m. ET
Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together.
In 2008, I was a Marine lance corporal. I was 20 years old. I graduated from high school in 2006. George W. Bush was president. I owned an iPod and a flip phone. It was my first deployment to Afghanistan. I wanted to buy the new Weezer album (the “Red Album,” featuring “Pork and Beans”) and watch “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” when I got back.
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In late May and early June last year, when hundreds of thousands nationwide amassed on the streets to vent their anger over the death of George Floyd and thunder for racial equality, more than 30 Times reporters bore witness.
Covering cities from Seattle to Atlanta to New York to Minneapolis, where the protests began after Floyd was killed by police, they followed the marches, heard the cries, saw the clashes with authorities and, at times, felt the fear when unrest descended into chaos. Some scenes resembled a war zone. Others, a street fair. Wherever they were, our journalists experienced firsthand a developing movement.