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For nearly two centuries, The New York Times has set the gold standard for American journalism. In service of our mission of seeking the truth and helping people understand the world, we strive every day to produce a news report that is accurate, independent and fair. The Times has long deployed journalists to every corner of the world to witness history unfold, sometimes at personal risk.  **2020** The Times launched a [continuously updated live briefing](https://www.nytimes.com/news-event/coronavirus?name=styln-coronavirus&region=TOP_BANNER&block=storyline_menu_recirc&action=click&pgtype=LegacyCollection&impression_id=c4b54050-413f-11eb-85b8-2dedf577565c&variant=1_Show) to guide readers through the firehose of daily updates on the Covid-19 pandemic. The briefing has involved the contributions of more than 1,100 journalists.  **1975** Sydney H. Schanberg and Dith Pran of The Times remain in Cambodia when it falls to the Khmer Rouge regime. Their collaboration leads to a Pulitzer Prize and the Oscar-nominated film, “The Killing Fields.”  **1945** William L. Laurence, a science reporter, is the only journalist to witness the bombing of Nagasaki. He writes the official history of the A-bomb project. Fearless journalism can hold power to account and spur change.  **2019** The New York Times Magazine marked the anniversary of the first ship carrying enslaved Africans arriving in what would become the United States by launching [The 1619 Project](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html), which examines the many ways the legacy of slavery continues to shape and define life in the United States. The project has been read widely across the country, has been discussed in the Senate and is changing how American history is taught in schools today.  **1971** The Times begins publishing a series of excerpts from the government’s classified history of the Vietnam War. Publication is interrupted after the Nixon administration goes to court to block it, and The Washington Post begins publishing the papers. On June 30 the Supreme Court, 6-3, allows the series to resume.  **1871** A series of Times exposés brings down the corrupt Tweed Ring and ends its domination of City Hall. William Tweed is convicted of stealing millions of dollars from New York City taxpayers. The Times gives reporters the resources they need to dig into a single story for months at a time. We do that because journalism has the ability to change lives for the better.  **2017** The secret histories of prominent men across industries who were accused of sexual harassment and misconduct that affected women ranging from actresses to factory workers to food servers were uncovered by The Times. These articles, which won the [2018 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/16/business/media/pulitzer-prizes.html), set off workplace investigations, criminal inquiries — and the \#MeToo movement.  **2015** [Unvarnished](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/10/nyregion/at-nail-salons-in-nyc-manicurists-are-underpaid-and-unprotected.html), a three-part series examining the working conditions and potential health risks endured by nail salon workers, publishes. In response to the series, New York State enacted new laws to protect nail salons workers. Governor Cuomo stated, “exploitation has no place in the state of New York.”