Interesting observation. There is a personal angle, and a group identity one. Some people tend to view personal decisions through the lense of group identity, e

Interesting observation. There is a personal angle, and a group identity one. Some people tend to view personal decisions through the lense of group identity, especially as it pertains to power struggles between groups. Class struggle was a common point of analysis, and still is, though intersectionality tends to emphasize racial and gender struggles. For a mainstream news source, The nytimes leans heavily left and often will analyze social phenomena through the framework of group identity and power structures.