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* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c2055ae6433edad/69eac064fb4e6e77e10a325a/GettyImages-2260383485.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 24, 2026  
## [Cuba Is Not a Prize. It Is a Warning.](https://time.com/article/2026/04/24/cuba-trump-castro-regime/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Carlos Manuel Alvarez
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0bd6cb88c88f27f6/69de1c738c44cb0eae7c1781/GettyImages-2266649490.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 14, 2026  
## [The City That Refuses to Break: Why Dubai Will March On](https://time.com/article/2026/04/14/iran-war-dubai-uae-resilience/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Mina Al-Oraibi
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt46aa5898dec9af7e/69ce784c66f2f900f2f72845/GettyImages-2267597065.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 3, 2026  
## [A Long Gulf War Can Starve the World. A Hormuz Transit Deal Could Save Millions.](https://time.com/article/2026/04/03/gulf-war-food-crisis-asia-africa-hormuz-transit-deal-/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Comfort Ero
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb6ab9b98da191b5c/69c17c94139501502a1c406e/GettyImages-2265943849.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 24, 2026  
## [I Served in Baghdad. Trump is Repeating the Mistakes of Iraq.](https://time.com/article/2026/03/24/iran-war-trump-mistake-iraq-/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Frederic Wehrey
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb08ac048f06d11b3/69bd42c1b0c7515fc4bc2755/GettyImages-2266235528.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 23, 2026  
## [Why is China Sitting Out the War on Iran](https://time.com/article/2026/03/20/china-america-trump-xi-war-iran/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ali Wyne  
* ![U.S. President Joe Biden, Jesse Gary, president and chief executive officer of Century Aluminum Company, and Roxanne Brown, vice president of United Steelworkers, at the White House](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt23569e1b9a343fe2/698a57bb16d8844504c3ebd8/america-industrial-transformation.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Jun 12, 2024  
## [How America Can Make a Sustainable Industrial Transformation](https://time.com/6987482/america-industrial-transformation-sustainable/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Sonia Aggarwal
* ![foggy morning at rainforest](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3354d96b53022871/698a5752db2987304f26bb56/GettyImages-1418086051.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 29, 2024  
## [Column: Why Climate Funders Should Be Backing Indigenous Groups](https://time.com/6983186/indigenous-peoples-climate/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
* ![GUYANA-SURINAME-KAIETEUR NATIONAL PARK](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f364e017cc1a3a9/698a56bb457a524905d6a4c5/GettyImages-1244028486.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 13, 2024  
## [Column: How Carbon Markets Can Deliver to the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis](https://time.com/6977413/carbon-markets-global-south/)  
[CLIMATE](/section/climate/)  
by Fred Krupp and Andrew D. Johnson
* ![On the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on March 12; that day, amid fears over the spread of the coronavirus, Wall Street saw its worst day since 1987.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt5fe548e9ac7f3528/698a0b888fd2eee97136103d/philip-montgomery-new-york-stock-exchange-coronavirus-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 9, 2020  
## [Stock Market Panic](https://time.com/5799714/coronavirus-stockmarket-economic-catastrophe/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Zachary Karabell
* ![Refugees Awaiting Their Fate On A Bus Station In Edirne](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f6e60cb62ea3526/698a0b4e16d8842f7cc37d95/turkey-syria-border-conflict.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 8, 2020  
## [What Happens Next With Turkey's Refugee Crisis](https://time.com/5798139/what-happens-next-with-europes-latest-refugee-crisis/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ian Bremmer  
* ![1918 Oakland Flu Hospital](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt53a2e934d68172db/698a0b3e096a9446ac6a7d77/spanish-flu-1918.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 7, 2020  
## [Lessons of the 1918 Flu Pandemic](https://time.com/5797629/health-1918-flu-epidemic/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Laura Spinney
* ![Claudia Rankine poses for a portrait at The Shed](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7deeaa0e43e3c088/698a0b31011682b0b497f174/Claudia-Rankine-the-shed.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 6, 2020  
## [Claudia Rankine Wants to Talk About White Privilege](https://time.com/5797979/claudia-rankine-help-play/)  
[ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/)  
by Andrew R. Chow
* ![Democratic Presidential Candidates Debate In New Hampshire Ahead Of First Primary Contest](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4c428d85ca7eeabe/698a0b3d656a3f16f4bd9c78/bernie-biden-election.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 6, 2020  
## [The Democrats Need a New Tune](https://time.com/5798060/democrats-new-tune-beat-trump/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Harry Boyte and Trygve Throntveit
* ![Samples of coronavirus being prepared for testing in the New York health department's virology lab. \(New York State Department of Health via The New York Times\)](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0b2a104f04ca6e3/698a0b2fdb298714f62650bf/coronavirus-testing-usa.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2020  
## [Free Testing for Coronavirus](https://time.com/5797295/coronavirus-testing-free-all-americans/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Gavin Yamey
* ![ISRAEL-VOTE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3ddf3c9303fa4323/698a0b1b656a3f530bbd9c45/israel-netanyahu-win.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Mar 5, 2020  
## [Benjamin Netanyahu's Toxic Win in Israel Election](https://time.com/5795793/benjamin-netanyahus-israel-election/)  
[IDEAS](/section/ideas/)  
by Ayelet Gundar-Goshen

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