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Cartoons of the Week
May 19–25, 2012
Facebook face-plants, plus other editorial cartoons from the week. -
Historic TIME Letters
Society
Protest got a black character added to “Girls.” So why are we so silent on segregation in the classroom?
Binge drinking wreaks havoc on young people’s lives — and may raise the risk of alcoholism in their future
TIME talks to the Reverend Jesse Jackson about politics, religion and why blacks should support marriage equality
Novelist Alice Randall says black women choose to stay overweight, but the data proves social and environmental factors play a huge role
Contrary to popular belief, intensive mothering is the product of the rise of women in society
The President might be on the right side of history, but he’s on the wrong side of a crucial voting bloc
We still have the highest rate of any industrialized nation. Is our patchwork of sex education policies to blame?
As the number of Americans over age 65 grows dramatically, it’s time to create affordable housing solutions for senior citizens
Some psychiatrists believe that racism is a mental disorder, but medicalizing social ills gets us no closer to a solution
North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act finally acknowledges that there is a huge bias in who gets the death penalty
Many young adults have no clue how to function at the bottom of a hierarchy
The state’s ban on “ethnic studies” in high schools reveals a deep fear of racial diversity
Racism and sexism are understood as ideological prejudices. Why don’t we have a similar understanding of the root of child abuse?
His bizarre courtroom behavior actually tells us very little about why he committed such a terrible crime.
The fact that so much anger erupts at any perceived slight tells us many women are not truly choosing to be home with the kids
