A New York Times correspondent filed his dispatch from the Battle of Gettysburg, then searched the hellscape for one particular Union soldier said to have had his leg blown off. His teenage son. My story, part of the 175th anniversary of The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...

At Gettysburg, a Reporter Captured a Nation’s Loss, and His Own (Gift Article)

Samuel Wilkeson Jr. filed a report for The Times from the battlefield. Then he went looking for a Union officer, his son.

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To Kinvara, With Love: An Irish Castle Keeps a Piece of a Times Reporter’s Past www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/i...

An Irish Castle Keeps a Piece of a Times Reporter’s Past (Gift Article)

In 2000, after a life-threatening illness, Dan Barry went to the west of Ireland to breathe different air. He finds stories there still.

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Thank you, pal. Take care today and always.

John Schwartz@jswatz.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Thank you, @danbarry58.bsky.social — for capturing the horror and sadness and wrestling it into a kind of beauty. The NYT has lifted the paywall on 9/11 anniversary coverage. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

No, Anne. Thank you and thank Kieran. Love to all McShanes and Horniks.

@ammcshane.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beautiful, Dan - thank you.

@danbarry58.bsky.social & Justin Lane poignantly capture what happened that day & the impact it had for those closest to the NYC attacks. It's an incredibly clear-eyed piece about 9/11 and its aftermath. And it reminds us how much America depends on a free & objective press to document our history.

Sept. 11 and the Persistence of Memory (Gift Article)

Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.

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A beautiful piece of remembrance. ⬇️

Dan Barry@danbarry58.bsky.social · 2mo ago

We all have memories of that day. Here's mine, from the perspective of an overwhelmed journalist. Take care, everyone. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

We all have memories of that day. Here's mine, from the perspective of an overwhelmed journalist. Take care, everyone. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Sept. 11 and the Persistence of Memory (Gift Article)

Twenty-five years later, fleeting memories and indelible images still haunt those who lived through the attacks and their aftermath.

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The premiere of "The Lost Children of Tuam" is this weekend at the Galway Film Fleadh. Here's a bit of the backstory.

The film version of "The Lost Children of Tuam" will make its world premiere next month at the Galway Film Fleadh. Very exciting.

‘The Lost Children of Tuam,’ Element Pictures Feature Produced by Liam Neeson, to World Premiere at Galway Film Fleadh (EXCLUSIVE)

Produced by Liam Neeson, The Lost Children of Tuam will get its world premiere at the 2026 Galway Film Fleadh

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I suddenly have a craving for a nice cold Schlitz.

A refugee new to the country, nearly blind and unable to speak English, is left in a parking lot by Border Patrol agents who mistakenly had detained him. For six days, his family searched the cold streets of Buffalo. Where was Nurul Amin Shah Alam? My story, with images by Brendan Bannon.

Aurora and Cephalus, by Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, 1810, 📸 by Jesse D. Garrabrant

Remembering Breonna Taylor and how the insane incompetence and recklessness of Louisville police took her life. She would have turned 33 in June. www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDaN...

How the Police Killed Breonna Taylor | Visual Investigations

YouTube video by The New York Times

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American Life. Maplewood, New Jersey May 2026

As you no doubt remember, today is the 45th anniversary of the longest game in baseball history: a contest between the Rochester Red Wings and the home team Pawtucket Red Sox that simply would not end. There's a book about it. Raise a plastic cup of beer and thank God for baseball.

“My journalistic focus was shifting away from afflicting the comfortable to …comforting the afflicted?” A journalist’s coming of age with suffering. Stellar writing from @danbarry58.bsky.social www.commonwealmagazine.org/barry-dan-su...

Why Do We Suffer?

Ultimately, we suffer because we have no other choice in the matter. The only choice we do have is: What do we do with it?

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Read @danbarry58.bsky.social for Good Friday, whether a Catholic of any sort, a Mets fan, or simply human: "Ultimately, I think we suffer because we have no other choice in the matter. The only choice we do have is: What do we do with our suffering?" www.commonwealmagazine.org/barry-dan-su...

Why Do We Suffer?

Ultimately, we suffer because we have no other choice in the matter. The only choice we do have is: What do we do with it?

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"If we have to suffer—and we do—I think the challenge for us is to see suffering anew." @danbarry58.bsky.social pens a reflection for Holy Week:

Why Do We Suffer?

Ultimately, we suffer because we have no other choice in the matter. The only choice we do have is: What do we do with it?

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Commonweal Magazine asked me to join a public conversation with the prominent medical ethicist Lydia Dugdale on the question: Why suffer? To which I responded: Why me? And: What did you expect? Here, during Holy Week, is a meditation on one of my favorite activities: suffering. Now you can too.

Smithy of Soul Forged. Buffalo, New York March 2026

Play it. Midtown Manhattan. March 2026

Up the rebels! Now go read some Clare Keegan, or Billy Collins, or Alice McDermott, or Colum McCann, or, or, or. Maybe with something amber; could be tea, could be whiskey... (And a tip of the hat to the gifted photographer Jill Krementz)

I'll be joining the clinical ethicist Lydia Dugdale on Thursday in a conversation sponsored by Commonweal Magazine. The subject: Why do we suffer? In response, I will asking a question of my own: Why me? Free and open to the public. RSVP required to witness the continuation of my suffering.

Unedited. Maplewood, New Jersey March 2026

To celebrate the country's 250th, the Trump administration is proposing a SECOND coin featuring the sitting president -- one of gold, of course. My story: www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/u...

For America’s 250th, Should the Coin of Trump’s Realm Be Gold?

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A few weeks ago, from out of nowhere, I received an email from a book-club organizer who raved about my long-out-of-print memoir. I was flattered, no question. But then I received another effusive email about my books, and another, and another. Things got weird. Here's my story -- about scams!

How do you write about a slur? My New York Times colleague Sonia A. Rao and I recently grappled with this. Here's the backstory:

How Do You Write About a Slur?

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The R-Word has returned with a vengeance. In recent months it has been used by President Trump, various right-wing influencers, and Justice Department official in charge of civil rights. If the term is known to be offensive, the question then is: Why? Why use it? My story, with Sonia Rao.

The ‘R-Word’ Returns, Dismaying Those Who Fought to Oust It

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Five years after the Capitol riot, and nearly a year after President Trump granted clemency to those who attacked police officers, vandalized the landmark, and disrupted the orderly transfer of power, conspiracy-obsessed J6ers even want more. By Alan Feuer and me. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

For Many Jan. 6 Rioters, a Pardon From Trump Wasn’t Enough

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