Pamela Paul

NYT OPINION COLUMNIST

A highly empathetic response would be to feel a friend's sorrow and pain. In contrast, compassion involves concern and love, and the desire and motivation to help.

Have some sympathy

It’s got a bad rap as we’ve been told that empathy is what matters

"Diverse” hires can be every bit as diverse on the inside as they are on the outside. Apparently, we need constant reminders that there’s more to people than meets the eye and that in multicultural societies, an acceptance of diversity must be more than skin deep.

When diversity isn’t the right kind of diversity

THE death of Queen Elizabeth II has dominated headlines this month, homages to her reign and dissections of the Harry and Meghan...