Recent and archived work by Dan Farrell for The New York Times
The Biden administration thinks it can preserve America’s technological primacy by cutting China off from advanced computer chips. Could the plan backfire?
By Alex W. Palmer, Jack D’Isidoro, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Erick Johnson
As tensions with China mount, the U.S. military continues to build up Guam and other Pacific territories — placing the burdens of imperial power on the nation’s most ignored and underrepresented citizens.
By Sarah A. Topol, Adrienne Hurst, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Steven Szczesniak
The corporatization of health care has changed the practice of medicine, causing many physicians to feel alienated from their work.
By Eyal Press, Adrienne Hurst, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Alec Redfearn
For years, Spanish society has been rocked by revelations from the secret tapes of José Manuel Villarejo Pérez, a former intelligence agent now facing prison. He told our reporter his story.
By Nicholas Casey, Adrienne Hurst, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and David Mason
For years, Gene Luen Yang was convinced a single character in his groundbreaking graphic novel would doom any attempt at an adaptation. What changed?
By Jamie Fisher, Adrienne Hurst, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Quinton Kamara
School closures and culture wars turned classrooms into battlegrounds — and made the head of one of the country’s largest teachers’ unions a lightning rod for criticism.
By Jonathan Mahler, Jack D’Isidoro, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Jake Young
As the nation’s schools “return to normal,” teachers in a Los Angeles neighborhood hit hard by Covid are left to manage their students’ grief — and their own.
By Megan Bernhard, Adrienne Hurst, Diane Wong, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Devin Murphy
Every winter, Ivrea erupts into a ferocious three-day festival where its citizens pelt one another with 900 tons of oranges. (Yes, oranges.)
By Jon Mooallem, Jack D’Isidoro, Aaron Esposito, John Woo and Dan Farrell
How the downfall of one intelligence agent revealed the astonishing depth of Chinese industrial espionage.
By Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Adrienne Hurst, Dan Powell, John Woo, Diane Wong, Dan Farrell and Sharon Kearney
What’s the best way for a not particularly athletic barista-slash-wrestling geek to go pro? Act really weird.
By Dan Brooks, Adrienne Hurst, Aaron Esposito, John Woo, Dan Farrell and Devin Murphy