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Rachel L. Swarns
Rachel L. Swarns (born 1967) is an American author, news correspondent and investigative reporter. Since 1995 at ''The New York Times'', Swarns has been a reporter, news correspondent, and since 2017 a faculty member in journalism at New York University. Swarns has been a foreign correspondent for the ''Times'' while reporting from Cuba, Russia and southern Africa (where she was the Johannesburg bureau chief). Swarns wrote ''American Tapestry'' (2012) about the history of Michelle Obama's ancestors, and co-authored the book ''Unseen: Unpublished Black History from the New York Times Photo Archives.'' In 2023, she published ''The 272: The Families Who Were Enslaved and Sold to Build the American Catholic Church''. Background Swarns has discussed her background in an interview. She has also written about her family and religious faith in an opinion piece in the New York Times in 2023. In her column, she describes herself as "a Black woman and practicing Catholic." The piece coincide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
