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There are two moments in Charlotte Alter’s cover story on the unjust imprisonment of American journalist Evan Gershkovich that I can’t get out of my head. The first is a phone call between Wall Street Journal editor Emma Tucker and Paul Beckett, then

On Feb. 22 in New York City, TIME celebrated The Closers, a new list of Black leaders working to end the racial wealth gap, including Senator Cory Booker (top right) and actor Issa Rae (bottom right). The event was created in partnership with the Bla

Every four years, Super Tuesday makes for high drama, as voters in roughly a dozen states winnow down the presidential field. This time, it only confirmed what had seemed obvious for months: The Republican primary was over. With a series of smashing

The war in Gaza is entering its sixth month and its third season. More than 30,000 people have been killed there since the Israeli offensive answering Hamas’ Oct. 7 massacre, and some 1.9 million displaced people have endured homelessness in punishin

France became the world’s first country to explicitly enshrine abortion rights into its constitution amid a rollback in reproductive rights in the U.S. and elsewhere. Following a final vote on March 4, the bill was approved by members of Parliament s

Not so long ago, Juul was seen as the new Marlboro. Smoking wasn’t that cool anymore—rates had plummeted among U.S. adults and teens—but then came a sleek, addictive product with flashy advertising tactics that took off like wildfire. It soon became

True friendships can take years to develop—which isn’t exactly comforting to the 1 in 3 U.S. adults who say they are lonely right now. But you don’t need to wait for a new BFF to feel better. Small acts can help give you immediate relief from lonelin

Firefighters in Valencia, Spain, inspect the charred shell of a 14-story apartment complex on Feb. 23, after a blaze the night prior killed 10 people and injured more than a dozen. While authorities investigated the source of the fire, which quickly

With the sinking of the Sergei Kotov in early March, a whopping one-third of Russia’s Black Sea fleet has been disabled. The maritime theater of the war in Ukraine remains the most significant since the Falklands. But it is also part of a larger stor

The Booming Green-Technology sector has emerged as a beacon of hope, not only for investors—it’s predicted to grow to $9.5 trillion by 2030—and for the many workers it employs, but also for the planet at large. Greentech companies leverage innovation

To liberals, Mitch McConnell is a master of the political dark arts, willing to do anything to serve his conservative aims. He enabled multiple GOP White Houses to play the long game. The Kentucky Republican puppet-mastered into reality a regulatory

Pakistan’s worst-kept secret is that its military dominates its government. Whether to safeguard the nation against chaos or to protect their own privileged access to power and wealth, its generals have manipulated the country’s politics for decades.

Spend enough time in climate circles and you’ll almost certainly hear about the need to evolve international institutions to make them “fit for purpose.” The World Bank needs to galvanize more investment in climate solutions. The U.N. needs to bring

Remote work allowed Alyson Velasquez to juggle her demanding roles as a Wells Fargo talent recruiter and as a mother of two young children, including a son with special needs. The flexibility made sense both for her job, working with hiring managers

Growing up in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and ’70s, Mikhail Gershkovich and Ella Milman learned to be careful. Children knew not to repeat what their parents said in their kitchens. Mikhail recalls his father, who grew up under Stalin, offering a p

My credit card is a mangled thing. Its blue plastic backing is peeling so much that it doesn’t work in swipe machines; it looks like a dog chewed it up and spat it out. It seldom leaves my wallet anymore. But that doesn’t matter. In the two weeks bef

Money is one of the most significant stressors for Americans, according to a 2023 American Psychological Association survey of more than 3,000 people. Before moving to start budgeting or making a financial plan, experts tell TIME that people should r

Inflation has slowed in recent months, but prices are still edging up, including for food. Take the ingredients of an all-American meal: a burger and fries. At the average U.S. grocery store, they now cost about $4.69, roughly a dollar more than in 2

A popular budgeting trend on TikTok encourages participants to spend a month paying only for essentials while strictly limiting discretionary spending. Here’s how to get started: SET YOUR INTENTIONS: Identify your reasons and goals to help you stay o

I’m generally not ashamed to talk about personal matters. In fact, I’m known for oversharing. At parties, I’m always good for a few cringey anecdotes plucked from my lackluster dating life. As a writer, I’ve never shied away from sharing the vulnerab

There is zero chance, Aides insist, of accessing the second floor. The upper reaches of Bangkok’s Venetian Gothic Government House are strictly for official work. Journalists (and even respectable guests) are only permitted to loiter among the waterc

In 2006, Elizabeth Warren, then a Harvard Law School professor, popularized the 50/30/20 rule, in her book All Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan. Warren, now a U.S. Senator, advised a budget allocating half one’s income for “needs” like re

When Sunny Choi tells strangers she’s going to the Paris Olympics for breaking—more colloquially known as breakdancing—she gets her fair share of quizzical stares. Sometimes people laugh. And she’s seen the comments when, say, the Team USA account po

On March 16, 1983, the Country Music Association (CMA) celebrated its 25th anniversary, and I was invited. Buddy Killen, the song publisher who pitched “Heartbreak Hotel” to Elvis Presley, thought “the Black girl from Harvard” might just be the secon

Vietnam. Stonewall. Charles Manson. Woodstock. These are the touchstones that define 1969 in our collective memory. But in the Palm Beach of 1969, as conjured by the delightfully deranged Apple TV+ soap Palm Royale, they barely register. The resort c

Netflix’s 3 Body Problem might be the biggest TV series to hit Earth this year. The science-fiction epic unites Game of Thrones creators David Benioff and D.B. Weiss with The Terror: Infamy co-creator Alexander Woo in an adaptation of one of the 21st

If you didn’t grow up with a well-worn copy of Sounds of Silence, Bookends, or Bridge Over Troubled Water among the LPs stacked near the family hi-fi, your parents or grandparents probably did. From the mid- to late 1960s, the sounds of Simon & Garfu

Frida Kahlo’s early 1940s self-portraits, in which monkeys hang from her neck, may seem playful. In reality, she painted them during a suffocating period when she was tangled in a messy divorce and desperate for work. Frida, a new documentary produce

What was your involvement in the making of the Notebook musical? I worked closely with the producers. When they were thinking about Ingrid Michaelson for the music, they sent me a couple of her songs to decide if she could capture this story in an or