--- ---  # Issues Issue ## Issues *  [THE ISSUES: What's at Stake](/collections/the-issues/4521518/2016-election-issues/) byNancy Gibbs *  [TIME SURVEY: Voters Are ‘Scared’](/collections/the-issues/4527419/2016-election-time-poll/) byRyan Teague Beckwith *  [How a Donald Trump Supporter and Hillary Clinton Voter Manage to Keep Their Marriage Together](/collections/the-issues/4528348/2016-election-relationships/) byTIME Video *  [ISIS: How to Beat Them & Save Iraq](/collections/the-issues/4521513/2016-election-isis/) byMark Thompson *  [The Iran Paradox](/collections/the-issues/4521516/2016-election-iran/) byJames Stavridis *  [TIME Correspondents: How the World Sees America](/collections/the-issues/4521525/2016-election-global-perspectives/) byTIME Staff *  [Trump Can't Make Russia Our Friend](/collections/the-issues/4521517/2016-election-russia/) byMasha Gessen *  [North Korea’s Nuclear Tantrum](/collections/the-issues/4527003/2016-election-north-korea/) byChristina Cliff *  [Cyber Insecurity](/collections/the-issues/4525957/2016-election-internet-security/) byBruce Schneier *  [Prevention and Resilience in the Terror Fight](/collections/the-issues/4525948/2016-election-terrorism/) byNicholas Rasmussen *  [Society Needs to Care for All Our Caregivers](/collections/the-issues/4525978/2016-election-parental-care/) byMelinda French Gates *  [The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Child-Care Problem](/collections/the-issues/4521548/2016-election-child-care/) byElizabeth Dias *  [How Irregular Hours Hurt Low-Wage Parents](/collections/the-issues/4525860/2016-election-irregular-hours/) byJessica Sager *  [We've Reached the End of Global Trade](/collections/the-issues/4521528/2016-election-global-trade/) byRana Foroohar *  [Shrinking the Income Gap Is Necessary for Democracy](/collections/the-issues/4521527/2016-election-president-obama-inequality/) byBarack Obama *  [4 Ways to Shoot Down Drug Prices](/collections/the-issues/4526993/2016-election-drug-prices/) byHaley Sweetland Edwards *  [OBAMACARE: Terminally Ill?](/collections/the-issues/4526997/2016-election-obamacare/) byHaley Sweetland Edwards *  [ABORTION: How Zika Changes Our Feelings](/collections/the-issues/4527344/2016-election-zika-abortion/) byBryan Walsh *  [Why We Need Drugs to Treat Opioid Addiction](/collections/the-issues/4527209/2016-election-opioid-addiction/) byAlice Park *  [HUMAN RIGHTS: 3 Things U.S. Must Do](/collections/the-issues/4528991/2016-election-human-rights-2/) byMargaret Huang *  [THE OPIOID CRISIS: Our Solution](/collections/the-issues/4521562/2016-election-opioid-epidemic/) byTIME Staff *  [SOCIAL SECURITY: A Lasting Fix](/collections/the-issues/4523418/2016-election-social-security/) byFrank Luntz *  [ENTITLEMENTS: A Plan for Reform](/collections/the-issues/4521531/2016-election-entitlements/) byPhil Moeller *  [The Issue We're Forgetting](/collections/the-issues/4524976/2016-election-aarp/) byJo Ann Jenkins *  [The Woman Who Is Restoring Order to Law](/collections/the-issues/4527347/2016-election-policing/) byJosh Sanburn *  [RACE: Do You See Me?](/collections/the-issues/4527078/2016-election-john-legend-race/) byJohn Legend *  [How the Next President Can Help Repair Race Relations](/collections/the-issues/4527082/2016-election-blm-race-policing/) byOpal Tometi *  [GUNS: How to Stop the Next School Shooting](/collections/the-issues/4527306/2016-election-guns/) byShannon Watts *  [What We Talk About When We Talk About Political Correctness](/collections/the-issues/4527408/2016-election-political-correctness/) byKaty Steinmetz *  [REFUGEES: Overcoming Our Fear](/collections/the-issues/4527253/2016-election-refugees/) byMohsin Hamid *  [The Literacy of Long-Form Thinking](/collections/the-issues/4521571/2016-election-james-patterson/) byJames Patterson *  [COLLEGE: Who’s Paying?](/collections/the-issues/4527066/2016-election-cost-of-college/) byHaley Sweetland Edwards *  [FOOD: GMOs Are Our Destiny](/collections/the-issues/4521582/2016-election-food/) byHope Jahren *  [Environment: Climate Change Affects Every Issue](/collections/the-issues/4521583/2016-election-climate-change/) byRobert Redford *  [The SCOTUS Vote](/collections/the-issues/4527285/2016-election-scotus/) byLarry Tribe *  [SCOTUS: The Dangerous Empty Seat](/collections/the-issues/4527449/2016-election-supreme-court/) byDonald Verrilli *  [Vote on Federal Courts](/collections/the-issues/4527267/2016-election-courts/) byNan Aron *  [The Terrible Allure of Executive Power](/collections/the-issues/4521510/2016-election-executive-power/) byJack Goldsmith *  [Fight for the Meaning of America](/collections/the-issues/4527231/2016-election-nationalism/) byDavid Von Drehle *  [Why America Is Exceptional](/collections/the-issues/4521509/2016-election-clinton-exceptionalism/) byHillary Clinton *  [CUBA: The Long Way to America](/collections/the-issues/4528389/2016-election-cuba/) byKarl Vick *  [5 Issues That Don’t Get Enough Attention](/collections/the-issues/4527296/2016-election-other-issues/) byNate Hopper *  [We Must Address Gerrymandering](/collections/the-issues/4527291/2016-election-gerrymandering/) byThomas E. Mann *  [Why Our Wilderness Matters](/collections/the-issues/4525933/2016-election-wilderness/) byJames Watson *  [JOBS: Don't Forget the Public Sector](/collections/the-issues/4527293/2016-election-public-sector-jobs/) byDan Glickman *  [The Hidden Price of Shipping](/collections/the-issues/4525967/2016-election-shipping/) byEdward Humes Issues Issue ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-issues/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-issues/"},"headline":"Issues Issue","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/the-issues/","datePublished":"2026-03-17T00:08:06.280Z","dateModified":"2026-03-17T00:08:05.994Z","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156}},"mainEntity":{"@type":"ItemList","numberOfItems":46,"itemListOrder":"Descending"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59fe0df755b45481/6988a9d5e20a87eb45a92c48/issuesissue_imagelede_final.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/the-issues/","name":"Issues Issue"}}]}] ```