NYT opinion editor quits after backlash over piece advocating for military intervention

The New York Times' editorial page editor James Bennet resigned Sunday after facing backlash for publishing an opinion piece by U.S. Senator Tom Cotton that advocated for using federal troops to quell protests.

The fallout was swift after the Arkansas Republican's piece was posted online late Wednesday. It caused a revolt among Times journalists, with some saying it endangered black employees. Others called in sick on Thursday in protest. 

Following a review, the newspaper said Cotton's piece should not have been published, at least not without substantial revisions. It also announced that Katie Kingsbury, a Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial writing who joined the Times from the Boston Globe in 2017, will oversee the opinion pages through the November elections.