Today's Editorials
Hope and Anger at the Garner Protests
By BRENT STAPLES
What was once seen as a black issue is on the way to being seen as a central problem for all Americans. Comments
When I joined the police department, I learned the culture of brutality. Comments
What was once seen as a black issue is on the way to being seen as a central problem for all Americans. Comments
Why do studies suggest that the happiest age group is people ages 82 to 85? Comments
No, Obamacare wasn’t a mistake. Democrats should be celebrating that they did the right thing. Comments
Obama has been insulted, lectured, yelled at and disrespected in public, by public figures, in a way that few if any American presidents have faced. Comments
In countries where mental health care is non-existent, effective counseling provided by peers has the potential to self-replicate.
It is still too soon to say with any confidence that the labor market has found its footing.
Priscilla Santos and her children lost their home, but the challenges didn’t stop there.
Hint: It’s not to preserve a different way of seeing the world.
What snobs really think about the little gits and plebs.
A new report found no evidence that he knew of the lane closures beforehand. He did, however, have the opportunity to know.
The mass eviction followed what the city said was a year and a half spent trying to find homes for as many “Jungle” residents as possible.
What would it mean to face up to the fact that white societies don’t and might not ever value black lives?
Should a prosecutor independent of local district attorneys always be given responsibility when police are accused of excessive force?
As Nashville grows richer, it risks losing touch with its roots. Comments
For many, the failure of a grand jury to reach an indictment in Mr. Garner’s death shows that video footage alone won’t bring about racial justice.
Representative Peter King said Mr. Garner would not have died if he had not been obese.
While debates around home cooking often center on health, are they about morality as well?
There is an urgent need to radically change the way the military deals with sexual harassment.
The European Commission leader must recuse himself on tax-evasion matters.
In the Netherlands, Black Pete is meant to be dark with chimney soot, but he looks like the caricature of a slave.
In the U.S., paid parental leave is more of a perk than a guarantee.
We were figuring out our own relationship, and we learned from our pet bunnies.
Rising seas could spread plutonium left by U.S. nuclear tests in the ’40s and ’50s.
A grand jury’s decision to not bring criminal charges in the death of Eric Garner should not be the end of his case. Comments
A television star’s gentle comedy became an icon for the Hispanic middle class.
Congress is back to debating tax breaks, mostly for corporations and the wealthy.
Despite revisionist scheming, the truth stands: thousands of women were forced to serve in wartime brothels.
Even the famously skeptical president was turned toward religion by the Civil War.
Will Nicolas Sarkozy make a successful comeback in France? Observers have their doubts about him — and about the country’s leaders in general.
Julian Assange, Tony Blair and Jim O’Neill find little to celebrate, and lots to be done. Plus, Margaret Atwood on the future of robotics, and Pharrell Williams on happiness.
The destruction of privacy widens the existing power imbalance between the ruling factions and everyone else. Comments
Every technology we develop is an extension of one of our own senses or capabilities. Comments
The idea of the modern nation-state — a sovereign state governing a cultural nation — is 350 years old and showing its age.
As patterns of world trade change, which nations will emerge on top?
The basic principle that the people should elect their government remains popular and obviously right, but its implementation seems to have gone awry.
Ending the occupation won't be a capitulation, especially not for the young, who have had a political awakening. Comments
Frank and Ross debate Christopher Nolan’s politics and swap some favorite performances (Rene Russo and Benedict Cumberbatch). And one columnist wants Nolan to stop letting his pretensions get in the way of his adventures.
Sometimes, being a primary care doctor isn’t enough.
The patch of dirt may have been covered in weeds and candy wrappers, but it was mine.
Some Times readers took issue with calling the 18-year-old what he was.
Some cultures are more individualistic, and others more interdependent. Agriculture may explain why. Comments
December 5, 2014, 3:05 PM
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