Recent and archived work by Denise Lu for The New York Times
Most people of Middle Eastern and North African descent are classified as “white” in U.S. census data. Thousands of respondents to a Times survey told us how they actually identify.
By Karen Zraick, Allison McCann, Sarah Almukhtar, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Robert Gebeloff and Denise Lu
Build a real music collection. Reintroduce intimacy to the songs you care about.
By Denise Lu
It was supposed to be an even trade: Permission to raise larger buildings in exchange for airy, open spaces for the public. The reality has been different.
By Urvashi Uberoy and Keith Collins
Hospitalizations for respiratory illnesses are at high levels for this time of year, disrupting seasonal patterns and making it hard to predict how bad this winter will be.
By Amy Schoenfeld Walker
This was featured in live coverage.
By Jason Kao, Christine Zhang, Denise Lu and Saurabh Datar
This small collection of precincts has backed both Democrats and Republicans in recent elections and could be the most competitive areas in Georgia.
By Jason Kao, Denise Lu, Christine Zhang and Saurabh Datar
Republicans defeated more incumbents and won more open seats than Democrats.
By Lauren Leatherby, Albert Sun, Denise Lu, Scott Reinhard and Malika Khurana
More than 220 Republicans who questioned or denied the 2020 election results have won in the midterms so far.
By Karen Yourish, Danielle Ivory, Weiyi Cai and Ashley Wu
Congressional districts were redrawn this year, and the one you are living in now may be very different from the one you inhabited for the past decade. See how the district for your New York City neighborhood has changed.
By Denise Lu and Nicholas Fandos
With its own coastal waters depleted, China has built a global fishing operation unmatched by any other country.
By Steven Lee Myers, Agnes Chang, Derek Watkins and Claire Fu
A surprise advance this month exposed deep vulnerabilities in Russia’s overstretched military. As Russia calls for more troops, can Ukraine keep gaining ground?
By Marco Hernandez and Denise Lu
This was featured in live coverage.
By Zach Levitt and Denise Lu
This was featured in live coverage.
By Scott Reinhard and Denise Lu
The Times identified hundreds of airstrips that bring criminal mining operations to the most remote corners of the Amazon.
By Manuela Andreoni, Blacki Migliozzi, Pablo Robles and Denise Lu
This was featured in live coverage.
By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz
By Danielle Ivory, John Ismay, Denise Lu, Marco Hernandez, Cierra S. Queen, Jess Ruderman, Kristine White, Lauryn Higgins and Bonnie G. Wong
A New York Times analysis of visual evidence from Ukraine showed widespread use by Russia of cluster weapons banned under certain international treaties.
By Danielle Ivory, John Ismay, Denise Lu, Marco Hernandez, Cierra S. Queen, Jess Ruderman, Kristine White, Lauryn Higgins and Bonnie G. Wong
This was featured in live coverage.
By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz
The U.S. had more deaths above normal levels during the pandemic than most other wealthy countries, according to the most reliable data yet from the World Health Organization.
By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz
Thousands are reported to have escaped the besieged city, and new signs emerged that Russian forces were retreating from areas outside of Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital.
By Megan Specia, Anton Troianovski, Matthew Mpoke Bigg and Julian E. Barnes
This was featured in live coverage.
By Allison McCann, Lazaro Gamio, Denise Lu, Pablo Robles and Dan Bilefsky
Residents describe what has been lost after three weeks of attacks.
By Allison McCann, Lazaro Gamio, Denise Lu and Pablo Robles
To document a fading street-sign program in New York City, three journalists had to put on their walking shoes.
By Aaron Reiss and Denise Lu
The arrival, expansion and disappearance of these bilingual street signs have traced the ebb and flow of Chinese immigration in New York’s oldest Chinatown.
By Aaron Reiss and Denise Lu
In women’s figure skating, see the moves that won Anna Shcherbakova Olympic gold as Kamila Valieva, her Russian teammate caught up in a doping scandal, faltered.
By Jeré Longman, Weiyi Cai, Marco Hernandez, Taylor Johnston, Denise Lu, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Emily Rhyne, Joe Ward and Jeremy White
With five clean quadruple jumps, see how Nathan Chen skated effortlessly to Olympic gold, four years after missing the podium.
By Jeré Longman, Weiyi Cai, Marco Hernandez, Taylor Johnston, Denise Lu, Yuliya Parshina-Kottas, Jugal K. Patel and Joe Ward
Gerrymandering has been criticized for disenfranchising voters and fueling polarization. To help you understand it better, we created an imaginary state called Hexapolis, where your only mission is to gerrymander your party to power.
By Ella Koeze, Denise Lu and Charlie Smart
Here’s a look at the evidence prosecutors culled to charge 11 Oath Keepers and affiliates with sedition— the most serious charge yet in the Jan. 6 invegstigation.
By Denise Lu and Eleanor Lutz
Since vaccines became widely available in April, nearly 250,000 people have died from Covid-19 in the United States. Their demographics are different from earlier in the pandemic.
By Denise Lu and Albert Sun
Images of businesses and homes in and around historic downtown Mayfield, Ky., show large-scale destruction.
By Keith Collins, Josh Williams and Denise Lu