Joe Kahn
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Executive Editor, The New York Times
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Joined September 2010
“The poet of this really beautiful piece is actually not a Palestinian,” the Palestinian professor said. And so begins an intriguing tale of today’s Jerusalem. @PatrickKingsley
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On social media, Refaat Alareer rages against Israel. In the lecture hall, he studiously analyzes the work of some of its leading poets — and surprises some of his students.
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Vigilantism or self-defense? Two major trials are testing the boundaries for gun-toting citizen police who end up killing people. No one explains the legal nuances better than @shailadewan
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The Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmaud Arbery cases raise intriguing legal questions about people who take the law into their own hands and then claim self-defense when someone dies.
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New York City’s population is not only not declining, it’s growing. Chinese- and Korean-Americans calling New York and especially Long Island City home are a big reason why. @nicole_hong takes us on a tour.
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In a corner of Queens, a fivefold increase in Asian residents since 2010 is transforming the area’s restaurants, housing and politics.
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Palm tree planters, missing rebar and water damage. The most revealing look yet at why the Surfside Condo collapsed, with new visuals from @singhvianjali @ByMikeBaker @dawncai624 @kartpat @archietse and Mika Grondahl
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A Times investigation shows how faulty design and construction could have contributed to the collapse of the building in South Florida.
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Biden has become “an unlikely insurgent” against the foreign policy elite, and they are fighting back. @MarkLandler
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The president, following one of his core beliefs, has put himself at odds with much of the establishment, on the right and left, in Washington and across Europe.
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Elegant reflections on the harried end of America’s longest war by @Tmgneff, who fought in it as a Marine and then covered it as a foreign correspondent.
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The last American flight from Afghanistan left behind a host of unfulfilled promises and anxious questions about the country’s fate.
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“Punching bags for the public.” A deeply reported look at the frustrations — and dangers — of working as a flight attendant during Covid. @taceyrychter
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For cabin crews, the peak travel season has turned into a chronic battle involving frequent delays, overwork and unruly passengers that leaves them feeling battered by the public and the airlines.
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”They don’t want their secrets out there.” On the astonishing opacity of the hospital-insurance complex. @sarahkliff @jshkatz @iamrumz
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Getting simple medical care at some hospitals can cost more with insurance than without.
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And if you’re just tuning in Sunday @motokorich @oskargarcia @hkbeech and full NYT sports team has a vivid description of the dramatic closing ceremony (and empty stands) in Tokyo.
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A final medal ceremony, a handoff to Paris and the extinguishing of the Olympic flame mark the Games’ finale.
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With basketball and volleyball victories, US narrowly eclipses China in gold medals, upsetting China’s strategy for the games. @hkbeech
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The Olympic flame was extinguished on Sunday in Tokyo and attention turned to the next host cities: Beijing and Paris.
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Germans have long believed that the climate is changing, just not for them. Catastrophic floods may change that. @kbennhold
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A long history of bad land use decisions exacerbated the death toll and damage of Germany’s recent megaflood. Some say now is the time to rebuild differently.
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Two years ago Allyson Felix had to learn to run again. Now she is contending to win more Olympic medals than any other American in history. Nice profile by @tminsberg
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Felix, who is tied with Merlene Ottey as the most decorated female Olympian in track and field history, could surpass her this week. But this berth has meant more than medals.
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Goodbye China — for now. My time here is ending after 24 years. I am filled with sadness at leaving, and gratitude for family and friends who have made this country my life as well as my work. I look forward to resuming reporting soon, and also to the day when we can return.
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Those following the Brexit saga are lucky to have a correspondent as accomplished as @MarkLandler, a veteran of Europe, Asia and the Obama and Trump Administrations, as our London bureau chief. Starting soon.
Trading Trump for Brexit: I’ll become the NYT’s London bureau chief at the end of the summer, replacing the brilliant @EllenBarryNYT. Look forward to covering another Western democracy in distress.
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EXCLUSIVE: Tour de force reporting on Trump’s wealth, tax dodges and the building of a family fortune. By @susannecraig @russbuettner @DavidBarstow
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The president has long sold himself as a self-made billionaire, but a Times investigation found that he received at least $413 million in today’s dollars from his father’s real estate empire, much of...
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Terrific news that @ronenbergman has joined the NYT magazine as a writer at large. No one penetrates the veil of intel secrecy in Israel and the region as well as Ronen does, and his book "Rise and Kill First" is a gripping read.
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Davos crowd theoretically so wary of Trump gathers to catch of glimpse of him. If he boasts that Davos has never seen anything like it, it would not be untrue.
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Just perfect. Dutch journalist to new US Ambassador: you said there were 'no go zones' in Netherlands, where are they? Ambassador: That's fake news, I didn't say that Journalist: We can show you that clip now. Ambassador: Err 😳🤥 https://t.co/8ohIOzmYAc
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No editor cared or did more for the people who make @nytimes outstanding than Janet Elder. I depended heavily on her and will always remember her.
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