'Nine minutes is an eternity': Readers reflect on George Floyd, protests and police reform; Why news organizations' move to capitalize 'Black' is a win; Statues of Saint Junípero Serra deserve to stay; Is John Roberts trying to save the Supreme Court from Democratic packing?; Once again, Trump accommodates Putin while stabbing allies in the back; Solving the mystery of John Roberts; With Trump, it always comes down to Russia; Can we trust Trump to act in the interests of the United States — ever?; Trump looks bad in the Russian bounty story, no matter what the final details are; Trump has no excuse for his failure to take action to defend America's troops; We aren't paying enough attention to the impact of the pandemic on the arts; The Justice Department is 150 years old. It needs a rededication to its founding spirit.; The latest excuses for Trump's 'white power' tweet reveal his weakness; Close the Lights; Trump shows us what 'unfit' means; Black workers matter, so end forced arbitration; How progressive victories blow up the conventional wisdom; Don't count on Republicans to do anything about the latest Russia scandal; Want to know when life will get back to normal? Keep an eye on Hollywood.
Poet Elizabeth Alexander, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation president who spoke at President Barack Obama's first inauguration, discusses the importance of the arts to society and has advice for those who have lost loved ones during the covid-19 pandemic.
