Will the pope’s blessing “help bridge this tension that so many gay Americans have felt in recent decades — greater acceptance in society, but condemnation or disrespect in our own families?” Patrick Healy asks.

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“Loneliness — like depression, with which it can be associated — can chip away at your self-esteem and erode your sense of who you are. That’s what happened to me,” writes Vivek H. Murthy (Dr. Vivek Murthy, U.S. Surgeon General) on America’s epidemic of loneliness. nyti.ms/40S2rqX

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“For decades Indigenous activists have been sounding the alarm on climate change,” writes Isvett. “But their warnings have too often been ignored.” nyti.ms/3Ed3NVo

“Most grown-ups believe that school is only for learning back-to-back,” a student at Fremont High School in Oakland, Calif., says. “They don’t understand that school is where we grow and learn to express ourselves.” nyti.ms/3Rpnrky

As part of a special project, New York Times Opinion is trying to build a picture of how a diagnosis of mental illness can affect someone’s sense of identity. If you were diagnosed recently and are willing to share some of your experience, email us at [email protected].

N.Y.C. pay phones have been the backdrop to myriad events: orphaned infants, acts of extortion, stolen zoo animals, wallets lost and found. As some of the last ones are dismantled, here’s a look back on the pay phone’s heyday. By Ann Chen and aaron reiss. nyti.ms/3NDDitH

In your heart there is only gray.

My latest Close Read is on one of the most moving paintings I know, and one of the least splashy: Jasper Johns's 'In Memory of My Feelings — Frank O'Hara,' at the Whitney for another month nytimes.com/interactive/20…

5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Organ nytimes.com/2021/12/03/art…

The NYT is looking for photo editors with news experience to work on an as-needed basis to help cover vacations and busy times. Please send CVs/resumes to deputy photo editor Beth Flynn photoediting [at] nytimes [dot] com. You can work remotely, but you must be in the US.

Celebrities, artists, musicians and actors at home, outdoors and in lockdown: Our photographers share the stories behind the photos that defined the arts in 2020. nyti.ms/2Jjrl0M

It was a year like no other: 1.5 million people around the world died during a pandemic, racial unrest gripped the world, and democracy itself came under unprecedented assault.

This is 2020 in pictures. nyti.ms/3mWuRwJ

With this one lost weekend as our lens, we look at the toll the shutdown is taking: on New York City, on cultural organizations, and on the people who make their lives, and earn their livelihoods, in the performing arts. nyti.ms/369B2YV

The 2021 Women Photograph Mentorship Program is now open for applications! Spend a year learning from this cohort of incredible photographers, photo editors, curators, and educators. Learn more at the link below, and apply by October 1!
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