Por ESENDOM
12 de marzo de 2026
In today’s Jueves de tirapatrás (Throwback Thursday), we revisit an article published by ESENDOM on March 13, 2018, in which we pointed out an uncomfortable truth: The New York Times, the self-proclaimed “paper of record”, took 167 years to publicly admit that its obituaries had overwhelmingly favored white men while leaving out countless extraordinary women.
Following the launch of Overlooked, the new section the newspaper introduced to correct part of that historical omission, ESENDOM hit a nerve at the center of the issue: this was not simply about celebrating a belated initiative, but about exposing a long history of media erasure that rendered brilliant, courageous, and consequential women invisible. And even within that attempt at repair, another key question emerged: where were the Latinas?
This throwback still matters because it reminds us of something essential: major media outlets do not just tell history, they also decide which lives are worthy of being remembered. And when they finally correct themselves, it is often not because of conscience, but because they no longer have a choice.
Read the article: The Lives The New York Times Didn’t Care About—Until Now