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Spotify Has a Much Bigger Problem Than Joe Rogan

Spotify has a much bigger problem than Joe Rogan. The streaming service has been in damage control mode, trying to quell the outcry over COVID-19 misinformation spread by Rogan, the wildly popular podcast host. Earlier...

By Joanne Lipman February 1, 2022

How to to Clean Our Indoor Air Properly Against COVID-19

As the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across vaccinated and unvaccinated America, and a shocking number of Americans are still dying, many are wondering what the coming months will bring, how will they continue to protect...

By Edward A Nardell February 1, 2022

The Black History Lost to COVID-19

The loss of American life is now measured in the hundreds of thousands. What was held in those minds is less easily tallied

By Janell Ross February 1, 2022

The Best Way To Stop Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Can the West stop Putin from invading Ukraine? Yes, it’s possible if we understand why he’s doing it in the first place. Putin has been a dictator for over 20 years, and over that time...

By Bill Browder January 31, 2022

Why Boris Johnson May Be Forced to Resign

Britain’s Metropolitan Police announced this week that they will investigate a series of highly controversial parties held in U.K. government buildings, including the office of the prime minister at 10 Downing Street, to assess whether...

By Ian Bremmer January 28, 2022

What Happens Next in Ukraine Could Change Europe Forever

A consensus is beginning to form that a new war in Ukraine has become inevitable. In large measure this is due to the escalation in both rhetoric and military preparedness coming from Moscow. Combined, they...

By Bruno Maçães January 27, 2022

A Lesson of the Holocaust: One Person Can Make All the Difference

“We saw a child in mortal danger. We knew that we had the possibility to take her and to protect [her], and it was beyond our feeling or thinking that we would reject it,” Andrzej...

By Gideon Taylor and Dani Dayan January 27, 2022

We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan

The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve...

By Steven Phillips January 26, 2022

How It Feels to Be a Muslim Woman Sold by India's Right Wing

Ismat Ara woke on New Year's Day to find that she and others had been "auctioned" in India's latest outrage against Muslim women

By Ismat Ara January 26, 2022

Russia Has Been Warning the West About Ukraine for Decades

When I was a journalist for The Times (London) in Moscow in December 1992, I saw a print-out of a speech by the then Russian foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev, warning that if the West continued...

By Anatol Lieven January 25, 2022

China Faces a Host of Problems Before 2022 Olympics

In summer 2008, the Beijing Olympics marked a big moment in China’s progress toward global power. With that spotlight came controversy; activists used the event to highlight the government’s human—rights abuses, but the event’s triumphalist...

By Ian Bremmer January 25, 2022

Existing Federal Laws Could Protect Abortion Rights Even if Roe Is Overturned

On this year’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade, many wondered if it would be the last. Ever since the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in December, legal scholars have...

By Greer Donley January 24, 2022

Trump Could Still Lead the U.S. to Civil War

Ask most people why countries break apart and many will say that different groups sharing a single country naturally dislike and distrust one another. Yugoslavia fragmented because the Serbs and Croats and then the Bosnian...

By Barbara F. Walter January 24, 2022

The West Doesn't Understand Putin's Ukraine Obsession

Putin's obsessive threats to Ukraine can't only be understood on geopolitical terms, and should shape how we respond

By Peter Pomerantsev January 22, 2022

The Life-Changing Practice That Will Help You Feel More Gratitude

I spent the first long months of the pandemic in suburban Maryland alone and away from my family. The world beyond my door became a stream of timelines, a social media cascade of triumphs and...

By Yohanca Delgado January 22, 2022

Democrats Lost Virginia By Ignoring Parents. Snow Days Show They Still Are

Schools may be a local issue, but how they are run—especially during the pandemic—can stoke the outrage politics that define many state and national races. Democrats, to their grief, learned as much in November when...

By Michael Signer January 21, 2022

The Brain Drain That Is Killing America's Economy

Each spring I get antsy WhatsApp messages from friends across the U.S., as well as London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Their high school senior kids have just been admitted to colleges in America, Canada,...

By Parag Khanna January 21, 2022

There’s So Much More To Say About Bill Cosby

Comedian W. Kamau Bell on why, despite a host of reasons not to, he decided to make a new Showtime docuseries about his one-time idol

By W. Kamau Bell January 20, 2022

How Employers Can Do More to Support Families

Innovation and profit suffer when so many employees feel they can’t bring their whole selves to work, Indra Nooyi writes.

By Indra Nooyi January 20, 2022

How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control

In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...

By Leonard Mlodinow January 20, 2022

The Story Behind TIME's 'Year One' Joe Biden Cover

As President Joseph Biden closes in on his first year in office, the Jan. 31, 2022, TIME cover returns to a familiar setting—a gloomy Oval Office. Artist Tim O’Brien christened Biden’s administration with “Day One,”...

By D.W. Pine January 20, 2022

Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract

The devastating threat of climate change is on our doorstep. The resources we need to decarbonise in a timely manner are more readily available than ever before. They are not yet enough, but increased government...

By Christiana Figueres January 20, 2022

The Story Behind TIME's Interview with Alexei Navalny

Navalny’s last letter arrived in mid-January, and its tone was a lot darker than the other letters had been

By Edward Felsenthal January 19, 2022

Davos 2022: Klaus Schwab on Fixing the Global Trust Crisis

TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal talks to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, about collaboration, hopes for the climate, and the power of youth. This interview has been edited and condensed. I recently...

By Edward Felsenthal January 19, 2022

What the Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Our Moment of Crisis

In late 2020, towards the end of my work on my compendium of Greek myths, I was editing my version of the story of Phaethon. The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations, Metamorphoses....

By Charlotte Higgins January 19, 2022

Sharing Personal Stories Won't Move the Needle on Paid Family Leave. Talking About Money Might

As Omicron spreads across the nation, some schools are going virtual and an unprecedented number of people are testing positive and needing to take time at home to recover or care for loved ones. As...

By Katherine Goldstein January 18, 2022

Don Cheadle, Kristalina Georgieva and 6 More Global Leaders Share the Most Powerful Collaborations in Their Lives

Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, IMF In August 2021, the 190 member countries of the International Monetary Fund—working together to tackle the pandemic, a crisis like no other—delivered an achievement like no other: a historic $650...

January 18, 2022

The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster

As the climate crisis worsens, too many people are swinging from denial straight to despair. A few years ago, it was common to hear people deny climate change, downplay the enormousness of the threat, or...

By Yuval Noah Harari January 18, 2022

How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America

More than fifty years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. remains a towering figure in the history of American civil rights. As with most influential thinkers, there is a certain amount of ambiguity in...

By Kermit Roosevelt III January 17, 2022

Voting Rights Isn’t Just a Black Issue

Ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, President Biden visited the grave of Dr. King in Atlanta and gave the angriest speech of his presidency, insisting that the Senate has a moral obligation to...

By William J. Barber II January 14, 2022

The Right to Vote Is More Important Than the Filibuster

When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have higher voter turnout. As we saw...

By Angus King January 14, 2022

U.S. Food Prices Are Up. How Monopoly Power Makes this Worse

2021 was a bad year for grocery bills. Shoppers paid 6.4% more for groceries in November 2021 compared to November 2020, according to the consumer price index. All food prices were up a bit more...

By Claire Kelloway January 14, 2022

I Searched for Answers About My Enslaved Ancestor

'Did slavery make home always somewhere else?'

By Imani Perry January 13, 2022

How We Can Spot the Next COVID-19 Variant Even Faster

In Durban, South Africa, scientists led by Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, were conducting routine genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from different regions when...

By Rick Bright January 13, 2022

Why You Shouldn't Exercise to Lose Weight

Many of us are lacing up our sneakers and starting (or restarting) exercise regimens in hopes of shedding unwanted pounds. Unquestionably, aiming to be more active is a good thing. But if the main reason...

By Robert J. Davis January 12, 2022

How School Buses Can Be a Force for Climate Change Good

Transportation accounts for at least 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions, roughly eight billion tons of carbon per year. With Tesla rising, General Motors pledging to retire gasoline-powered lines by 2035, and other major car...

By John Doerr January 12, 2022

Violent Crime in the U.S. Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It

Just before Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, dozens of residents gathered on a basketball court in the city’s Lawncrest section to mourn the loss of Jessica Covington. Thirty-two years old and seven months pregnant, Covington had been...

By Thomas Abt, Eddie Bocanegra and Emada Tingirides January 12, 2022

America Must Rebuild Our Communities Before the Next Pandemic

As the Omicron variant spreads across the globe, we are reminded again that a pandemic is a disease of populations, not of individuals, and population-level problems require collective solutions. This is why societies with high...

By Robert D. Putnam and Shaylyn Romney Garrett January 11, 2022

Don't Sell Your Fossil-Fuel Stock If You Want to Make a Climate-Change Difference in 2022

In 2022, investors who want to address climate change should focus on one simple but essential goal: active stock ownership. They should engage with companies on both sides of the energy transition–those heading in the...

By Chris James January 11, 2022

What It Takes to Get Support for a Black Boy With Special Needs

After just one IEP meeting at Tophs’ new school, I understood why many parents loathe them. Sometimes you walk into a cold, sterile room and sit across from people who must have once loved something...

By Taylor Harris January 11, 2022

We Must Come Together to Face Longterm Global Risks

As the world enters the third year of living through a pandemic, people are struggling. COVID-19 has caused a staggering 5.4 million deaths globally and led to an additional 53 million cases of major depression....

By Saadia Zahidi January 11, 2022

The Danger of the Supreme Court Undercutting Biden’s Vaccination Rules

“There are three quarters of a million new [COVID] cases yesterday. . . [t]hat is 10 times as many as when OSHA put in this ruling. The hospitals are today, yesterday, full. . . ....

By Carmel Shachar January 10, 2022

A Former Supreme Commander of NATO on What Putin's Up to in the Ukraine

For the past several months, Ukraine and its western partners have been watching Russia methodically build up a powerful force of over 100,000 soldiers on their shared border. While he claims not to intend an...

By James Stavridis January 10, 2022

I'm a CEO at One of the World's Biggest Shipping and Logistics Companies. Here's How My Industry Can Go Green

In 2021, because of the pandemic, we saw unprecedented supply-chain disruptions but also took important steps toward a decarbonized and sustainable global supply chain. It was a truly industry-wide effort, with Maersk and X-Press Feeders...

By Vincent Clerc January 9, 2022

What Norway Can Teach the World About Switching to Electric Vehicles

I live in a country far north, stretching way above the Arctic Circle, with long driving distances, rugged mountains and a very cold climate. Norway is not the most likely place to start a transportation...

By Christina Bu January 7, 2022

What the History of the Word "Insurrection" Says About Jan. 6

Ever since a mostly white mob stormed the U.S. Capitol after attending a Trump-headlined “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, there has been an ongoing and heated debate over whether to call the...

By Hawa Allan January 7, 2022

The 1950s Wasn’t the Period of Conformity We Often Think of It As

How to Make Sense of the Stock Market's Turbulent Year So Far

The Quiet Ache of Children's Pandemic Birthdays

5 Things I’ll Miss About the Pandemic When It Ends

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The 1950s Wasn’t the Period of Conformity We Often Think of It As

How to Make Sense of the Stock Market's Turbulent Year So Far

The Quiet Ache of Children's Pandemic Birthdays

5 Things I’ll Miss About the Pandemic When It Ends

Spotify Has a Much Bigger Problem Than Joe Rogan

Spotify has a much bigger problem than Joe Rogan. The streaming service has been in damage control mode, trying to quell the outcry over COVID-19 misinformation spread by Rogan, the wildly popular podcast host. Earlier...

How to to Clean Our Indoor Air Properly Against COVID-19

As the Omicron variant spreads rapidly across vaccinated and unvaccinated America, and a shocking number of Americans are still dying, many are wondering what the coming months will bring, how will they continue to protect...

The Black History Lost to COVID-19

The loss of American life is now measured in the hundreds of thousands. What was held in those minds is less easily tallied

The Best Way To Stop Putin's Invasion of Ukraine

Can the West stop Putin from invading Ukraine? Yes, it’s possible if we understand why he’s doing it in the first place. Putin has been a dictator for over 20 years, and over that time...

Why Boris Johnson May Be Forced to Resign

Britain’s Metropolitan Police announced this week that they will investigate a series of highly controversial parties held in U.K. government buildings, including the office of the prime minister at 10 Downing Street, to assess whether...

What Happens Next in Ukraine Could Change Europe Forever

A consensus is beginning to form that a new war in Ukraine has become inevitable. In large measure this is due to the escalation in both rhetoric and military preparedness coming from Moscow. Combined, they...

A Lesson of the Holocaust: One Person Can Make All the Difference

“We saw a child in mortal danger. We knew that we had the possibility to take her and to protect [her], and it was beyond our feeling or thinking that we would reject it,” Andrzej...

We Urgently Need a New National COVID-19 Response Plan

The recent Chicago public school crisis, collapse of Broadway theater in New York City, ongoing changes in NBA and NFL screening protocols for players, and extreme scarcity of rapid tests throughout the nation all serve...

How It Feels to Be a Muslim Woman Sold by India's Right Wing

Ismat Ara woke on New Year's Day to find that she and others had been "auctioned" in India's latest outrage against Muslim women

Russia Has Been Warning the West About Ukraine for Decades

When I was a journalist for The Times (London) in Moscow in December 1992, I saw a print-out of a speech by the then Russian foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev, warning that if the West continued...

China Faces a Host of Problems Before 2022 Olympics

In summer 2008, the Beijing Olympics marked a big moment in China’s progress toward global power. With that spotlight came controversy; activists used the event to highlight the government’s human—rights abuses, but the event’s triumphalist...

Existing Federal Laws Could Protect Abortion Rights Even if Roe Is Overturned

On this year’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade, many wondered if it would be the last. Ever since the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in December, legal scholars have...

Trump Could Still Lead the U.S. to Civil War

Ask most people why countries break apart and many will say that different groups sharing a single country naturally dislike and distrust one another. Yugoslavia fragmented because the Serbs and Croats and then the Bosnian...

The West Doesn't Understand Putin's Ukraine Obsession

Putin's obsessive threats to Ukraine can't only be understood on geopolitical terms, and should shape how we respond

The Life-Changing Practice That Will Help You Feel More Gratitude

I spent the first long months of the pandemic in suburban Maryland alone and away from my family. The world beyond my door became a stream of timelines, a social media cascade of triumphs and...

Democrats Lost Virginia By Ignoring Parents. Snow Days Show They Still Are

Schools may be a local issue, but how they are run—especially during the pandemic—can stoke the outrage politics that define many state and national races. Democrats, to their grief, learned as much in November when...

The Brain Drain That Is Killing America's Economy

Each spring I get antsy WhatsApp messages from friends across the U.S., as well as London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Their high school senior kids have just been admitted to colleges in America, Canada,...

There’s So Much More To Say About Bill Cosby

Comedian W. Kamau Bell on why, despite a host of reasons not to, he decided to make a new Showtime docuseries about his one-time idol

How Employers Can Do More to Support Families

Innovation and profit suffer when so many employees feel they can’t bring their whole selves to work, Indra Nooyi writes.

How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control

In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...

The Story Behind TIME's 'Year One' Joe Biden Cover

As President Joseph Biden closes in on his first year in office, the Jan. 31, 2022, TIME cover returns to a familiar setting—a gloomy Oval Office. Artist Tim O’Brien christened Biden’s administration with “Day One,”...

Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract

The devastating threat of climate change is on our doorstep. The resources we need to decarbonise in a timely manner are more readily available than ever before. They are not yet enough, but increased government...

The Story Behind TIME's Interview with Alexei Navalny

Navalny’s last letter arrived in mid-­January, and its tone was a lot darker than the other letters had been

Davos 2022: Klaus Schwab on Fixing the Global Trust Crisis

TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal talks to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, about collaboration, hopes for the climate, and the power of youth. This interview has been edited and condensed. I recently...

What the Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Our Moment of Crisis

In late 2020, towards the end of my work on my compendium of Greek myths, I was editing my version of the story of Phaethon. The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations, Metamorphoses....

Sharing Personal Stories Won't Move the Needle on Paid Family Leave. Talking About Money Might

As Omicron spreads across the nation, some schools are going virtual and an unprecedented number of people are testing positive and needing to take time at home to recover or care for loved ones. As...

Don Cheadle, Kristalina Georgieva and 6 More Global Leaders Share the Most Powerful Collaborations in Their Lives

Kristalina Georgieva Managing Director, IMF In August 2021, the 190 member countries of the International Monetary Fund—working together to tackle the pandemic, a crisis like no other—delivered an achievement like no other: a historic $650...

The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster

As the climate crisis worsens, too many people are swinging from denial straight to despair. A few years ago, it was common to hear people deny climate change, downplay the enormousness of the threat, or...

How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America

More than fifty years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. remains a towering figure in the history of American civil rights. As with most influential thinkers, there is a certain amount of ambiguity in...

Voting Rights Isn’t Just a Black Issue

Ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, President Biden visited the grave of Dr. King in Atlanta and gave the angriest speech of his presidency, insisting that the Senate has a moral obligation to...

The Right to Vote Is More Important Than the Filibuster

When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have higher voter turnout. As we saw...

U.S. Food Prices Are Up. How Monopoly Power Makes this Worse

2021 was a bad year for grocery bills. Shoppers paid 6.4% more for groceries in November 2021 compared to November 2020, according to the consumer price index. All food prices were up a bit more...

I Searched for Answers About My Enslaved Ancestor

'Did slavery make home always somewhere else?'

How We Can Spot the Next COVID-19 Variant Even Faster

In Durban, South Africa, scientists led by Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, were conducting routine genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from different regions when...

Why You Shouldn't Exercise to Lose Weight

Many of us are lacing up our sneakers and starting (or restarting) exercise regimens in hopes of shedding unwanted pounds. Unquestionably, aiming to be more active is a good thing. But if the main reason...

How School Buses Can Be a Force for Climate Change Good

Transportation accounts for at least 14% of global greenhouse gas emissions, roughly eight billion tons of carbon per year. With Tesla rising, General Motors pledging to retire gasoline-powered lines by 2035, and other major car...

Violent Crime in the U.S. Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It

Just before Thanksgiving in Philadelphia, dozens of residents gathered on a basketball court in the city’s Lawncrest section to mourn the loss of Jessica Covington. Thirty-two years old and seven months pregnant, Covington had been...

America Must Rebuild Our Communities Before the Next Pandemic

Innovation and profit suffer when so many employees feel they can’t bring their whole selves to work, Indra Nooyi writes.

Navalny’s last letter arrived in mid-January, and its tone was a lot darker than the other letters had been