Susan Dominus

Here’s when and why experts think testosterone should be prescribed to middle-aged women, and how it affects their lives.

By Susan Dominus

There is no F.D.A.-approved testosterone product for women. Insurance won’t cover it. Many doctors won’t prescribe it. It’s become a cultural phenomenon.

By Susan Dominus

After Peter Listro was diagnosed with blood cancer, his family decided to make a virtual avatar they can talk to after his death.

By Susan Dominus

Brothers and sisters can help chart the course of one another’s lives.

By Michael Barbaro, Susan Dominus, Asthaa Chaturvedi, Rikki Novetsky, Clare Toeniskoetter, Michael Benoist, Marc Georges, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell and Chris Wood

Parents try everything to influence their children. But new research suggests brothers and sisters have their own profound impact.

By Susan Dominus

Technology’s many automated female voices are nothing if not helpful.

By Susan Dominus and Yehwan Song

Decades of wellness studies have identified a formula for happiness, but you won’t figure it out alone.

By Susan Dominus

For him, comedy became a form of therapy.

By Susan Dominus

Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other’s genetic children. Should they switch their girls?

By Susan Dominus

Alcohol is riskier than previously thought, but weighing the trade-offs of health risks can be deeply personal.

By Natalie Kitroeff, Susan Dominus, Stella Tan, Diana Nguyen, Alex Stern, Michael Benoist, Lisa Chow, Diane Wong, Pat McCusker, Marion Lozano, Corey Schreppel, Dan Powell and Chris Wood

Alcohol is riskier than previously thought, but weighing the trade-offs of health risks can be deeply personal.

By Susan Dominus

For many relationships, life after work brings an unexpected set of challenges.

By Susan Dominus

We want to hear from you for a New York Times Magazine feature about how this transition can affect marriages and long-term relationships.

By Susan Dominus

As a young star, she endured Hollywood’s brutal treatment of women. Now she’s putting her resilience and grit on full display.

By Susan Dominus

Joan Jonas’s maximalist, category-defying work combines video, performance, folklore, sculpture and ecology. At 87, she still has no intention of simplifying anything.

By Susan Dominus and Emiliano Granado

Many New College athletes had no idea they were part of Ron DeSantis’s attack on “woke ideology.” Then the semester began.

By Susan Dominus

Tamar Shamir and Mohamed Abu Jafar tried for years to bring Jews and Palestinians together. Now they wonder if they ever understood each other.

By Susan Dominus

Declining male enrollment has led many colleges to adopt an unofficial policy: affirmative action for men.

By Susan Dominus

In “Birth Control,” Allison Yarrow argues that this country’s male-dominated medical industry prioritizes control instead of the autonomy — and safety — of pregnant patients.

By Susan Dominus

Our writer explains why menopause has been misunderstood by both doctors and society, and what happened after she wrote about it.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff, Lynsea Garrison, Sydney Harper, Olivia Natt, Diana Nguyen, Shannon Lin, Paige Cowett, Patricia Willens, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Elisheba Ittoop and Chris Wood

Susan Dominus uses first-person narration to humanize her reporting — even when she’s writing about topics such as therapy or menopause.

By Susan Dominus

Research shows that counseling delivers great benefits to many people. But it’s hard to say exactly what that means for you.

By Susan Dominus

For nearly 50 years, the actor has made himself go toward places other artists hardly ever seek.

By Susan Dominus, Collier Schorr and Jay Massacret

Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?

By Susan Dominus, Tally Abecassis, Aaron Esposito, John Woo and Sophia Lanman

Hot flashes, sleeplessness, pain during sex: For some of menopause’s worst symptoms, there’s an established treatment. Why aren’t more women offered it?

By Susan Dominus

Shiway and Sadie Barry were two of thousands of American children killed by gun violence this year.

By Susan Dominus

No actor working today has evoked the tragedy and pathos of the leading lady — and brought those qualities to her art — as deeply as Williams. Now she’s figuring out how to fuel that same creativity from a very different place.

By Susan Dominus

In her memoir, “Dinners With Ruth,” the NPR journalist writes about their parallel ascents in fields that were not friendly to women.

By Susan Dominus

Since Coco Gauff went pro at 14, she has played under the weight of high expectations. Now 18, she has her own measures for greatness.

By Susan Dominus

Emma Straub’s new novel, “This Time Tomorrow,” is a love letter to a bygone era on the Upper West Side and a timeless family bond.

By Susan Dominus

A magazine writer reflects on the translators who have faithfully conveyed her questions over the years.

By Susan Dominus

This was featured in live coverage.

By Susan Dominus

Ukraine’s booming surrogacy business has become a logistical and ethical mess — and hell for the women at the center.

By Susan Dominus

Recruiters in tech are desperate for workers. But candidates are the ones who hold all the power.

By Susan Dominus

For a New York Times Magazine article on the impact of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol Police, officers shared their experiences for different reasons.

By Susan Dominus and Luke Broadwater

For many officers, their bodies, minds and lives will never be the same after the attack.

By Susan Dominus and Luke Broadwater

“Both/And” may not be the most introspective memoir, but it gives readers a front-row view of heartache and humiliation.

By Susan Dominus

The playwright has long been celebrated for her ability to write scripts with complicated characters and that address deep social truths. Now — with a new opera, musical, play, and film and an ongoing mission to reform her industry — she’s fully embodying the complexity of her work.

By Susan Dominus

Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.

By Hans Buetow, Aaron Esposito, John Woo and Susan Dominus

Days before lawyers allied with Donald Trump gave a news conference promoting election conspiracy theories, his campaign had determined that many of those claims were false, court filings reveal.

By Alan Feuer

Eric Coomer had an election-security job at Dominion Voting Systems. He also had posted anti-Trump messages on Facebook. What happened next ruined his life.

By Susan Dominus

Reporting on the impact of the pandemic, I had hoped to gain a deeper understanding of teenagers’ pain. But I received much more than that.

By Susan Dominus

A group of high school students try desperately to make it through an isolated and dire year.

By Susan Dominus

The senator from Illinois shares the occasionally harrowing, never boring story of her barrier-breaking life in a new memoir, “Every Day Is a Gift.”

By Susan Dominus

Some teachers and students got sick. Principals had to improvise constantly. But it worked — mostly.

By Susan Dominus

This was the year of the empty seat at the table. We spent Thanksgiving with seven families who lost relatives to Covid.

By Susan Dominus

When anxiety is running high, TikTok masters of “vibe” invite us into their lighter moments, from skating backward to rocking out.

By Susan Dominus

This was featured in live coverage.

By Susan Dominus and Charlie Savage

President Obama met with Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, hinting at retirement, but the art of nudging justices off the court is politically delicate and psychologically complicated.

By Susan Dominus and Charlie Savage

How much freedom should front-line clinicians have in treating Covid-19 patients with unproven drugs? The question opened up a civil war in some hospitals.

By Susan Dominus

In Lucy Knisley’s “Stepping Stones,” a city girl faces her fears about farming, family life and evil stepsisters.

By Susan Dominus

How Edoardo Ballerini became the audiobook world’s most reliable narrator.

By Susan Dominus

James Cai’s case was completely new to his doctors. When he grew severely ill, he tapped a network of Chinese and Chinese-American medical colleagues who helped save his life.

By Susan Dominus

We needed a different song to wash our hands by. So I reached out to a pro.

By Susan Dominus

Transparency about salaries can make workplaces more equitable, especially for women and people of color. Why are so few Americans willing to open up?

By Susan Dominus

Her books sold some 80 million copies, freeing up millions of young women to imagine themselves as ardent sexual protagonists in their own lives.

By Susan Dominus

The two House members whom a reporter followed since January were new to Congress. So was the reporter.

By Susan Dominus

We followed Ayanna Pressley and Abigail Spanberger as they figured out Washington, forged alliances on the Hill — and clashed with their own party.

By Susan Dominus

Returning to the same Maine resort with her family every year, a writer finds that time, at least for a week, can stand still.

By Susan Dominus

Cathleen Schine’s wise and witty novel “The Grammarians” follows the diverging lives and linguistic obsessions of identical twin sisters.

By Susan Dominus