The Problem With Martin Luther King Jr.’s Origin Story NYT | Opinion Lerone Martin and Jonathan Eig 31 May 2026 at 19:00 A civil-rights leader’s friendship with a white boy sits at the heart of his account of how he encountered racism.
America Has a Masculinity Crisis NYT | Opinion Nadja Spiegelman, Frederick Joseph, Ruth Whippman and Vishakha Darbha 29 May 2026 at 20:09 A much-needed, nuanced conversation about masculinity and feminism today.
With Pitchford v. Cain, The Supreme Court Protected Jury Rights. Now It Must Go Further. NYT | Opinion Avital Fried 29 May 2026 at 07:29 All Americans benefit from the outcome of this case. And yet the decision highlights just how much work still needs to be done.
A Black Helen of Troy? Fine. A White Obama? Not Yet. NYT | Opinion John McWhorter 22 May 2026 at 03:00 There are good reasons white actors should not be playing Black characters in our moment
The Law They Hate Was a High Point of Our History NYT | Opinion Jamelle Bouie 16 May 2026 at 23:19 The Voting Rights Act has more democratic legitimacy than the court that is trying to destroy it.