Michael Luo worked at The New York Times from 2003 to 2016. Before he became an editor in 2014, leading a team of Metro reporters focused on investigations and long-form narratives, he had been an investigative reporter himself for three years, often writing about gaps in gun laws and the influence of the gun lobby. He also worked as a national correspondent; covered the 2008 presidential campaign and the 2010 midterms; and did stints in the Washington and Baghdad bureaus and on the Metro desk.
An article about a racist attack on a Times editor led to a flood of responses from Asian-Americans sharing stories about prejudice, insults and ignorance
By Michael Luo
After a racist attack on his family on the streets of the Upper East Side, a New York Times editor wonders whether Asian-Americans will ever feel like they belong.
By Michael Luo
James Dobson, founder of Focus on the Family, says Mr. Trump recently came “to accept a relationship with Christ” and was now “a baby Christian.”
By Trip Gabriel and Michael Luo
The shooting rampage in Orlando is one case in a familiar pattern where concerns about a person’s behavior are raised, but have not yet been addressed in court.
By Michael Luo
An activist is murdered on-air while hosting a radio show for fellow displaced residents of a rural town in Mexico.
By Betzabé García
The divide over an Oregon gun-control law reflects broader divisions between rich communities and poor ones, and between urban and rural areas.
By Kirk Johnson
Carlos Mercado, 45, who was diabetic, died after 15 hours at the New York jail. Surveillance video shows him collapsed while officers step over him.
By Channon Hodge, Michael Schwirtz and Michael Winerip
Ray Harinarain has been involved in finch singing competitions since emigrating from Guyana in the 1980s. Today, the sport is flourishing in pockets of New York City.
Jordan Sullivan, a rookie New York City firefighter, recalls his training at the Fire Academy on Randalls Island, known as the Rock, where one of the most challenging exercises is search and rescue.
Law enforcement is often powerless when it comes to keeping firearms out of the hands of people who are mentally ill, an unresolved issue in the debate over the Second Amendment.
By Michael Luo and Mike McIntire