Summer

And, too, at a time when some educators are alarmed by the ability of chatbots to do students’ work for them, this is a contest that rewards the human touch. As our step-by-step guide to participating shows, what we’re looking for is meaningful personal connections to the news, explored with voice, style and personality —…

As our 13th Summer Reading Contest ends, we congratulate this week’s winner and thank the thousands of students who participated.

What ordinary moments did you enjoy during your summer vacation?

Congratulations to our winner, FengYu Yang, as well as to our many runners-up and honorable mentions.

Congratulations to our winner, Samya Madhukar, as well as to our many runners-up and honorable mentions.

To participate, submit your response here by Aug. 19 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced on Aug. 30.

Throughout the summer, the House committee investigating the Capitol attack on Jan. 6, 2021, sought to lay out the full magnitude of President Donald J. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election. No testimony was more explosive than during a surprise hearing on June 28, when Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide, revealed new…

I was carsick, my head aching. But I knew the symptoms were simply panic at the news channel my father was blasting in the car. The commentators’ voices were monotonous, but the flood of incidents they covered was overwhelming. The pandemic. Russia’s war on Ukraine. Global economic collapse. System overload. System shutdown. In “Is the…

To participate, submit your response here by Aug. 12 at 9 a.m. Eastern. This week’s winners will be announced on Aug. 23.

WinnerDiana Cherednychenko, fromUkraine, chose an article from the World section headlined “Russia hammers Mykolaiv again, hitting two universities in the southern city” and wrote:I sleep restlessly, turning from one side to another. Suddenly I wake up because of the loud noise outside. It’s a rocket flying over my house.I live in a small occupied city…