Amy Harmon

I wrote about how a nature app is helping salvage some semblance of shared reality. Also there is a fun quiz. nytimes.com/2022/12/09/us/…

Today's layoffs at The Washington Post are devastating. Cuts to one news organization are a cut to our whole industry. We stand in solidarity with you, @PostGuild

@VictoryFund Forgot the gift link: nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/…

I wrote about the former president's speech at the @VictoryFund conference. nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/…

As the @nytimes assistant managing editor for standards and trust, I help edit a lot of pieces. This week I worked on two important stories about the experiences of transgender Americans. They talked to us about how they are coping with policy changes by the Trump administration.

He is a Reagan appointee. #a-judge-blocks-trumps-effort-to-house-trans-women-prisoners-with-male-inmates" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nytimes.com/live/2025/02/1…

The judge in the case challenging the Trump executive order to end gender-transition treatments for prisoners, and to house trans women inmates in men's prisons, has replaced his temporary restraining order with a preliminary injunction.

There have been three executive orders on trans issues since Jan 20. I collected some reactions here. nytimes.com/live/2025/01/2…

@mbeisen yay. but don't exaggerate plz, they are only like 18.9 years old.

Although nearly 20 years old, these articles by @amy_harmon remain the best resource for teaching my human genetics undergraduates about the complexities of life in the "DNA Age" rjionline.org/rji/wp-content….

@WomenAreReals @wesyang Thanks for flagging. Am following to see if she is appealing the district court decision.

@wesyang @amy_harmon

Rhonda Fleming's path to her court date in Tallahassee earlier this month, where a federal judge ruled that the federal government did not violate her right to bodily privacy by imprisoning her with men who claim to be women, was nearly a decade-long. Here she is in 2017 describing a trans-identified male inmate threatening her with a stick while she attempted to research her case in the law library.

“Idaho Lawmakers Want Supreme Court to Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Decision; A state legislative committee has advanced a resolution asking that the power to regulate marriage be returned to the states”: Amy Harmon of The New York Times has this report. #227536" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">howappealing.abovethelaw.com/2025/01/25/#22…

@JournalismSEEN Hi @JournalismSEEN, I'm one of the authors of the story. FWIW in that sentence, we were trying to distinguish between transgender women and cisgender women without using the word "cisgender," which many readers don't know.

The latest on ‘trans inmate panic’ from the NYT It does for trans-identified men what it’s never done for women - investigate the difficulties and their complaints about being housed with men. Women are ‘female inmates who are not transgender’. Link next

@glennagoldis @JournalismSEEN @WomenAreReals Hi @glennagoldis, tnx for reading & feedback. re: the state leg story, it says "Republican lawmakers say they want to preserve privacy in bathrooms and locker rooms, and fairness for women in sports." Agree would've been good to give more space (to all sides) on minors/transition

@mitpress i think

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Two illustrious women totally kicking ass with their “black jobs” this week, I salute your power and grace. 👊

@RoshniAPatel Is anyone documenting that, do you know? Would be interested to see any examples.

it is honestly incredible how many papers I have seen clearly defining their population descriptors and justifying their use since the release of the NASEM report in March

People aren't the only ones affected. with @elenalingshao nytimes.com/2023/07/12/cli…

We have some big news: iNaturalist is now an independent 501c3 non-profit organization! Your iNat experience won’t change-we’re still focused on supporting and building a free platform for sharing and identifying what you find in nature. Learn more: inaturalist.org/blog/82010-spr…

In more than two dozen interviews with The New York Times, those who went to elite schools, where their race may or may not have given them an edge, expressed a swirl of emotions. @amy_harmon @nytimes nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/…

#AffirmativeAction affects only abt 2% of all Black, Hispanic or Native American students in 4-year colleges, but has an “outsize role in social, economic and political decisions that graduates from the most selective schools play.’’ @amy_harmon @nytimes nytimes.com/2023/06/21/us/…

"A.I. is Silicon Valley’s ultimate new product rollout: transcendence on demand." Some vintage @DavidStreitfeld here. nytimes.com/2023/06/11/tec…