Remembering Michael Jackson By Robert Hilburn, Robert Hilburn was The Times' pop music critic from 1970 to 2005. Parts of this article are excerpted from his memoir, "Corn Flakes With John Lennon, and Other Tales From a Rock 'n' Roll Life," which will be published in October.
A mutual passion for the Middle East, and a divide By Amy Wilentz, Wilentz is the author, most recently, of "I Feel Earthquakes More Often Than They Happen." She teaches in the Literary Journalism program at UC Irvine.
China's ill-considered response to the H1N1 virus By Jonathan M. Metzl, Jonathan M. Metzl is a professor of psychiatry and women's studies and directs the Program in Culture, Health and Medicine at the University of Michigan.
Iran's prisons: where protest turns into rage By Zarah Ghahramani, Zarah Ghahramani is the coauthor, with Robert Hillman, of "My Life as a Traitor." Hillman assisted in the writing of this article.