Florence Mars captured a fading but no less virulent racial order in Mississippi, when forces beyond its control were gradually dismantling the state’s system of legalized segregation.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/lens/jim-crow-mississippi-florence-mars.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The world’s most prestigious consulting firm has a secretive $12.3 billion investment arm, prompting questions about conflicts of interest.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/business/mckinsey-hedge-fund.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

By eliminating the financial burden of a medical education, the school hopes that more students will chose family medicine and other vital but lower-paid specialties.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/19/health/kaiser-medical-school-free-.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The largest evangelical denomination in the United States responded to a recent investigation showing that hundreds of leaders have been accused of sexual misconduct.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/southern-baptists-sexual-abuse.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A 45-year-old migrant suffering health problems has become the latest to die in Border Patrol custody after crossing the border in Texas.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/migrant-death-border-patrol.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A coalition of 16 states, including California and New York, is challenging President’s Trump use of emergency powers to spend billions on a border wall.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/politics/national-emergency-lawsuits-trump.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Mr. Mendonsa made the most credible claim to being the man captured kissing a woman in Times Square on V-J Day in a picture that became a national emblem.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/obituaries/george-mendonsa-dead.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

The California senator, visiting New Hampshire for the first time in her life, distanced herself from Bernie Sanders, the last candidate to win this state’s Democratic presidential primary.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/politics/kamala-harris-town-hall.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

A House seat was hanging in the balance as state election officials heard the results of an investigation into absentee ballot fraud.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/north-carolina-election-fraud.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

Fewer than 1 percent of doctorates in math are awarded to African-Americans. Edray Goins, who earned one of them, found the upper reaches of the math world a challenging place.

source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/18/us/edray-goins-black-mathematicians.html?partner=rss&emc=rss