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Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production ---  # Lily Rothman  ## Lily Rothman Rothman is managing editor at TIME. She was also the founding editor of TIME’s history section.  ## Lily Rothman *  Apr 23, 2026 ### [The Story Behind TIME’s Our America Project](https://time.com/article/2026/04/21/our-america-250-story/) To mark America’s big birthday, TIME—with the help of 250 experts—is spotlighting art, places, and i... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Dec 29, 2024 ### [Remembering Jimmy Carter's Civil Rights Contributions](https://time.com/5353854/jimmy-carter-civil-rights-death/) 'By showing that a nonracist Southerner could win a major party nomination, Carter gave new pride to... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Dec 1, 2023 ### [Why Sandra Day O’Connor's Appointment Won Bipartisan Praise](https://time.com/6341777/sandra-day-oconnors-nomination-bipartisan/) O'Connor was the first woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 7, 2023 ### [Our Changing Relationship With Time Itself](https://time.com/6260618/pandemic-relationship-with-time/) The pandemic created a window for many to re-evaluate their attitudes toward time itself. Now we’ll ... [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Sep 8, 2022 ### [Queen Elizabeth II Showed Why Britain Still Has a Monarchy](https://time.com/4619476/why-britain-still-has-monarchy-queen-elizabeth-ii/) Her power was not the work of tradition alone. Look back at TIME's coverage [WORLD](/section/world/) *  Apr 13, 2022 ### [It's Harder Than Ever to Care About Anything](https://time.com/6160337/hard-to-care-about-anything/) *  Apr 9, 2021 ### [How Prince Philip Became Queen Elizabeth's Unlikely Husband](https://time.com/4768147/prince-philip-queen-unlikely-husband/) Philip's unusual background allowed him to help his Queen and wife become the monarch who defined a ... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Sep 19, 2020 ### [Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy Doesn't Start With the Supreme Court](https://time.com/5354990/ruth-bader-ginsburg-time/) Here's how she made news decades earlier [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jul 18, 2020 ### [John Lewis on Why He Kept Telling the Story of Civil Rights](https://time.com/5354626/john-lewis-civil-rights-movement/) Read a previously unpublished excerpt from John Lewis' 2017 conversation with TIME [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Jun 11, 2020 ### [What It's Like to Be an Advice Columnist During a Global Pandemic](https://time.com/5851853/advice-columns-coronavirus/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 23, 2020 ### [Doris Kearns Goodwin: Coronavirus Demands a Leader Like FDR](https://time.com/5807870/doris-kearns-goodwin-coronavirus-leadership/) "The overwhelming majority have never seen a situation that so severely disrupts our daily routines.... [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Dec 11, 2019 ### [Greta Thunberg Is the Youngest TIME Person of the Year Ever. Here’s How She Made History](https://time.com/5746458/youngest-time-person-of-the-year/) The climate activist is the first teenager to receive the recognition [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Nov 7, 2019 ### ['We're All Growing Up Together': As _Sesame Street_ Turns 50, Big Bird Is Still Making Friends Everywhere He Goes](https://time.com/5720741/big-bird-sesame-street-interview/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Sep 6, 2019 ### [Robert Mugabe Ruled Zimbabwe for Decades. Here's How He First Came to Power](https://time.com/4478358/robert-mugabe-dies-history/) What Mugabe did with his power, however, was less easy to explain [HISTORY](/section/history/) *  Aug 8, 2019 ### [_How to Be an Antiracist_ Author Ibram X. Kendi on What We Get Wrong About Racism](https://time.com/5647303/how-to-be-antiracist-author-interview/) The National Book Award winner on "the R word," the end of capitalism and his new book, How to Be an... 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