The LedeThe Real Meaning of the Jason Arday ScandalIn a young Black professor’s academic misconduct, a “race-realist” found a “hook for a story.”By Lauren Michele JacksonAugust 19, 2026At the University of Cambridge, mourners leave flowers and tributes for Jason Arday, whose death was announced on August 14th.Photograph by Chris Radburn / AFP / GettySave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyA couple of years ago, a self-styled “race-realist” named Nathan Cofnas wrote a blog post about racial difference. His dogma was well trodden, minus the usual antisemitism (Cofnas was raised Jewish), including the pronouncement that, in a meritocratic world, “Blacks would...