The Falling Man

Do you remember this photograph? In the United States, people have taken pains to banish it from the record of September 11, 2001. The story behind it, though, and the search for the man pictured in it, are our most intimate connection to the horror of that day.

‘Her head was broken’: parents at Iranian school bombed by US describe their worst day

Hours before the world learned that a US missile had hit Shajareh Tayyebeh school, parents were already searching the rubble for their sons and daughters. In this exclusive report, four families describe the events of 28 February

Opinion | 9/11 took Islamophobia mainstream in America – and things have only gotten worse

Although I have always had kind and mostly tolerant neighbors, the effects of widespread Islamophobia have touched my life intimately.

The Forgotten Hate-Fueled Shootings in the Wake of 9/11

Several shootings driven by Islamophobia were obscured in the aftermath of that day. In a new analysis by The Trace, we revisit what happened.

Exclusive: Iranian girls killed by ‘double-tap’ strikes on Minab school

Eyewitnesses describe second blast which killed survivors as they sheltered in prayer hall

Revealed: A catalogue of failures and the devastating aftermath of Iran school bombing

Transcript: 25 Years Later, Mamdani Adminstrtation Opens City's 9/11 Records to the Public and Settles Multi-Year Legal Battle

Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani: Good morning, everyone. I want to thank all those who have joined us this morning at City Hall: the survivors of the horrific Sept. 11 terror attack; the first responders who gave so much to so many for so long; the advocates and activists who have fought passionately on their behalf; the elected officials who carried their voices into the halls of power; and the families of those who fell ill from 9/11-related health complications.

Write As If You’re Already Dead.

It was Saturday night, and I was stuck in traffic. Both sides of the freeway were tightly packed with cars — if Los Angeles was a literal…

Bombed Iranian girls school had vivid website and yearslong online presence

The Shajareh Tayyebeh School was adjacent to an Iranian military compound and was among at least seven buildings struck February 28

Fatal Distraction: Forgetting a Child in the Backseat of a Car Is a H…

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US may have struck Iranian girls' school after using outdated targeting data, sources say

Video surfaced that experts say appears to show a US Tomahawk missile striking ⁠the area. But exactly how the tragedy unfolded has remained unclear.

Since 9/11, Fear Has Driven Our Politics. Don’t Let It Drive The Next 25 Years.

Twenty-five years ago today I was woken up by a phone call from a close friend, who, like me, grew up in New York and, like me, was now living in California. She told me that something horrible had…

U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows

The evidence contradicts President Trump’s claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children.

Analysis suggests US was responsible for deadly strike on Iranian elementary school | CNN

The United States military was likely responsible for the strike on an elementary school in southern Iran that killed scores of children, the deadliest incident of civilian casualties in the US and Israel’s almost week-long war with Iran, according to CNN and expert analysis of evidence.

Mistakes, mistrust and misdirection: 25 years after 9/11, its dark legacy continues to unfold

The world’s most powerful country responded to the worst terrorist attack in its history by inflicting terror of its own – around the world, and at home