An investigation into the publishing industry’s race problem.
This week, President-elect Joe Biden continued to build up his cabinet with nominations to some key posts. Xavier Becerra, the Democratic attorney general of California, was chosen to run the Department of Health and Human Services, while Gen. Lloyd Austin, a retired Army general, was selected as the new Secretary of Defense. |
Not everyone is pleased. The columnist Ross Douthat bemoans the choice of Becerra — in his eyes a partisan policymaker — viewing it as a squandered opportunity to heal America’s protracted divisions. And Jim Golby, a special adviser to Biden and Vice President Mike Pence, argues that no matter how solid Austin’s credentials are, there was a reason the National Security Act of 1947 established a seven-year cooling off period for military veterans following active duty: The distance is necessary for unbiased governance. So, was the nomination really worth the controversy? This weekend, why not take a break from the perpetual political news cycle and read on. |
Why Is Publishing So White? |
“During last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests, books by people of color climbed the best-seller lists. Was last summer a vision of equality to come for the publishing industry? Or a flash in the pan?” |
A Few Words on Behalf of Bats |
 | | Wesley Allsbrook |
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The Virus Has Stolen Your Face |
 | | The author’s portrait of Alice Wong, a disability activist, made over Zoom.Riva Lehrer, via Zolla/Lieberman Gallery |
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Faces are Riva Lehrer’s whole life, and now they’re only accessible to her through a screen. “I try to reconstruct the mysteries under the mask, but there’s no satisfying my face hunger,” writes the portrait artist. |
‘These Girls Are Being Cut and Married in Droves’ |
 | | Jacinta, 10, was married in August.Jeremiah Kipainoi/Too Young to Wed |
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In Kenya, “sexual violence against girls surged by 230 percent after schools closed this spring, according to calls logged from March to September by the national child protection hotline.” Even that “number is likely to be a gross underestimate.” |
On the Inevitability of Death, an Angelic Visit and Judgment Day |
 | | The historian Leor Halevi.Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times |
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Why do we die and what happens when we do? Is there any hope for nonbelievers? Leor Halevi, a historian of Islam, shares his thoughts. |
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