"As in, now." Today's article pick from Damn History, a free monthly newsletter for readers/writers of #popularhistory. Congrats to writer @danbarry58.bsky.social & @nytimes.com! Read/subscribe to Damn History: damn-history-16d93f.beehiiv.com/subscribe www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

So very honored to talk about storytelling with the great journalist Line Vaaben at the Fortellingens Kraft 2025 conference in Bergen, Norway. I assured everyone that speaking truth to power continues in the United States.

Bergen, Norway September 2025

So they're shooting a movie this month in Ireland that is based on my 2017 story, "The Lost Children of Tuam." It's about the scandalous mother and baby homes and the indefatigable Catherine Corless, who exposed the heartbreaking truth -- forcing Ireland to reckon with its past.

Today is my 30th anniversary at The New York Times. The parade up Fifth Avenue begins at noon. It will feature Jumbo the elephant, Mayor Jimmy Walker, Mr. Met, Miss Rheingold, and various Tammany dignitaries assembled by Big Tim Sullivan. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

Dedicated public servants, sacrificed at the altar of Trump. A great and galling story from @danbarry58.bsky.social and @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

A prosecutor's firing "confirmed for him his view that the Justice Department he had been honored to work for was now helping to whitewash a traumatic event in American history, supporting President Trump’s reframing of its violence as patriotic" and of some DOJ lawyers as villains or traitors.

And, for those who prefer, there's an audio version of our DOJ pardon/purge story, with a brief explanation of how Alan Feuer and I approached it. Produced by @adriennehurst.bsky.social and read by me. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

After Trump’s pardons of Jan. 6 rioters, there has come the purge - of the federal prosecutors who handled the cases. Fired or demoted for doing their jobs. Story by Alan Feuer and me. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/24/n...

The President of the United States: Too much focus at the Smithsonian on “how bad slavery was.” www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

Out of Order Ocean Park, Maine August 2025

Celtic Swirl Ocean Park, Maine August 2025

The Script of Snails Ocean Park, Maine August 2025

Artist: Low Tide Ocean Park, Maine August 2025

Summer Blur Queensbury, New York August 2025

To all professionals (and retirees) in the journalism, film, television, radio, theatre, entertainment, and arts world, join the challenge to post a photo of yourself in your job. Just a picture, no description. The goal is to flood social media with our profession.

A deeper look at Vance Boelter, the Minnesota man accused of having a political hit list and killing a Democratic legislator and her husband and critically wounding another Democratic lawmaker and his wife. With stellar journalists @ruthgraham.bsky.social‬ and ‪@londonoe.bsky.social.

Today is the 44th anniversary of the conclusion to baseball's longest game: 33 innings, between the Rochester Red Wings and the Pawtucket Red Sox. McCoy Stadium, where it all took place, was just torn down. So pause, remember, and celebrate responsibly.

The upstate New York town of Herkimer and its famous native son, The Human Calculator, have something to say about basketball. Namely, that the game was invented there. Read my story and discuss: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/17/n...

Red, White, and Blue: Limited Edition ‘Merica June 2025

On the shelves. Herkimer Historical Society June 2025

Sinkholes open on Interstate 80, but why? Because the New Jersey past needs to remind the New Jersey present of what once was. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/n...

Train strikes, plane delays, sinkholes on the interstate. New Jersey, a state of constant motion, is stuck between stations. My essay of frustration: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/18/n...

All you need to know about these New York Knicks is reflected in the swollen left eye of Josh Hart. #Knicks

My new phrase for all occasions, personal, social, political: "Extra omnes!"

It's a breautiful day, and the Derby is running. Forget all that! At 6 pm EST, on C-SPAN2 (!), I'll be talking to Gay Talese, the one and only: www.c-span.org/event/book-t...

The Ruth Buzzi Bench Westerly, Rhode Island

The reaction to Sabrina's story has been quite positive - although someone complained about this "newcomer." If Sabrina, the grandchild of immigrants, is a newcomer, what does that make me? Or Paul Revere? Both of us children of immigrants. AmericanAF. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u... By @danbarry58.bsky.social More patriotic and engaged in her town history at 15 than most of us.

Meet Sabrina, 15 and "Lexington AF." High schooler and granddaughter of immigrants, she works hard to make the Revolutionary Era cool and interesting for kids - but with a sassiness that has some town elders coughing up their mulled cider. My story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/19/u...

Persist. Lexington, Massachusetts April 2025

"President Trump’s team is selectively stripping away the public record, reconstructing his preferred vision of America in the negative space of purged history, archivists and historians said." Spot-on, by Tiffany Hsu. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/05/t...

The gym Ive played in for 20+ yrs will soon be unavailable as the parish needs to rent it for financial survival. These words from @danbarry58.bsky.social that first appeared 13 yrs ago in @commonweal.bsky.social describe best why the news is impacting me today. www.nytimes.com/2012/05/23/s...

“WH SAYS WAR PLANS SHARED WITH REPORTER WERE ‘NOT WAR PLANS’” - CNN chyron

Happy Day. Celebrate responsibly. And maybe listen to the story of Brendan Costello. A really beautiful audio production by Parin Behrooz, who, today, is honorary Irish. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

His Death Was Interrupted, Just as He Had Planned. Brendan Costello’s family was bracing for goodbyes. But he had one last wish -- donating his organs, by @danbarry58.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n... #disability #transplant

@danbarry58.bsky.social beautiful, poignant “All that will come in the days ahead. For now, Louis Armstrong is singing full-throated about the march of saints as Brendan Thomas Costello Jr. leads a procession, sacred and slow, through this sad and beautiful world. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

An excellent piece from @danbarry58.bsky.social While we are surrounded by what seems like relentlessly negative stories, it is important to remember those that give despite challanges faced that woukd defeat most of us RIP Brendan Costello #Giving #CommunityBuilding

Brendan Costello was about to be disconnected from the ventilator. His relatives were told he would never regain consciousness. Then a phone call interrupted the moment. Seems he had other plans. My story. Photos by Sarah Blesener. Audio by Parin Behrooz. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/16/n...

We often block from our minds just how devastating the pandemic was. Then something seen, something heard -- a face mask in a drawer, a John Prine song -- unearths something buried. My essay: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/u...

Take a listen to this, um, controversial story by Alan Feuer and me. I address the backlash in the intro. Beautifully produced by Parin Behrooz. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/n...

If you’re in the neighborhood: THE Gay Talese.

Last night I watched “Casablanca” for the umpteenth time. This morning I woke up to a New York Times headline that said: “German Chancellor Rebukes Vance for Supporting Party That Minimizes Nazis.”

It is therefore the policy of the United States to end the use of paper straws.

The serendipity that comes from reading a newspaper in print and just turning the page: www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/i...

What is lost when a newspaper no longer appears in print? Here is my Star-Ledger Sunday comics umbrella.

Life comes at you funny sometimes. The Times ran a photo today of five Brooklyn Dodgers that included, at bottom right, my 8th-grade CYO coach, Jim Romano. His pro career was brief, but I revered him; always there to pat me on the back after another error. Here’s to a kind old ballplayer, long gone.

Hi. My name is Dan. Thanks for having me. I've brought some Entenmann's. And a six-pack. And, yes, I'm from Long Island.