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Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.In a recent Times Opinion essay, Frank Bruni writes about the detrimental effect that the pandemic has had on the bar and restaurant industry in New York City, a struggle mirrored in many places across the country.The…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.A new study has found that watching footage of cute animals can reduce your anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate, and we could all use that right now. Do you ever watch live feeds from places like…

Beethoven was born 250 years ago this month and The Times is celebrating. In “5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Beethoven,” Times music editors and other experts invite you to “listen to the best of the stormy, tender work of the composer who changed music.”We’re embedding one piano sonata above, but you can find…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.“A Year Like No Other”: That’s the headline for the 2020 version of The Times’s annual “Year in Pictures” collection. The introduction to it begins this way:Certain years are so eventful they are regarded as pivotal in…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.It’s that time of the year again, when we’re inundated not only with holiday commercials and music — but with holiday movies. Do your family traditions involve watching holiday films? What are some of your favorites? Or…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.What story does this image inspire for you? Use your imagination to write the opening of a short story or poem inspired by this illustration — or tell us about a memory from your own life that…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.What message do you think this image is trying to convey? How does it relate to or comment on society or current events? Can you relate to it personally? What is your opinion of its message?Tell us…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.Locals in the tiny English village of West Oxfordshire are scrambling to raise money to prevent the town pub, the White Horse Tavern, from closing its doors.The article explains: It’s not just that the two-story stone-and-brick building…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.The image above is from Jerry Craft’s new book, “Class Act,” which The Times describes as “a biting send-up of race relations — and a tender, funny middle grade novel.”What message do you think these panels from…

Students in U.S. high schools can get free digital access to The New York Times until Sept. 1, 2021.For years Melissa Clark, a Times food writer, has been on a quest to make the most delicious cookie box to gift to loved ones during the holiday season. In the image above, you can see some…