Marc Lacey

Photographers captured historic moments of war, grief and wonder that defined the year.

A prominent Afrikaner, he defended the separation of the races before helping to dismantle that system, leading to his sharing the Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela.

“Run: Book One” is a timely reminder that efforts to keep prospective voters from casting their ballots are nothing new.

There are numerous similarities between the Simpson and Chauvin cases, including defendants who have become household names and media outlets broadcasting the cases live into homes across America.

What do more than 45 journalists spread out across the country have in common? This mission statement.

“Cry Havoc,” by Michael Signer, the former mayor of Charlottesville, Va., and “The Violence Inside Us,” by the Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, grapple with racial tension, gun violence and errors of leadership.

One doesn’t find outright panic in airports and on airplanes across the United States. Rather, it’s anguish that the next sneeze might be the fateful one.

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

We have started a new experiment aimed at including our readers more directly in the journalistic process.

With one of the largest teams of national correspondents in the business, we help the country to understand itself. Watch with us on Tuesday as we co-sponsor the Democratic debate.