--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Optimist ## Optimist Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [How This Street Photographer Is Showing New York City in a Whole New Light](https://time.com/5517865/clay-benskin-street-photography/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Alex Fitzpatrick *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [I'm a Queer Brown Immigrant Chef. I Don't Have the Luxury of Staying Silent](https://time.com/5520560/chef-preeti-mistry-activism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Preeti Mistry *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [What This Legendary Artist Can Teach Us About Innovation](https://time.com/5520552/bill-gates-da-vinci-innovation/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Bill Gates *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [How This Ethiopian Photographer Is Giving Storytellers a New Platform](https://time.com/5520956/ethiopian-photographer-aida-muluneh/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Naina Bajekal *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [Stop Saying Books Are Dead. They’re More Alive Than Ever](https://time.com/5520570/books-are-not-dead/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lisa Lucas *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [The Most Radical and Rebellious Choice You Can Make Is to Be Optimistic](https://time.com/5520554/guillermo-del-toro-radical-optimism/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Guillermo del Toro *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [The Story Behind the Painting on TIME's Optimists Cover](https://time.com/5505915/nelson-makamo-time-optimists-cover/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Ciara Nugent *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [Hollywood’s New Black Renaissance Is Thriving. But the Industry Still Has Work to Do](https://time.com/5520556/lena-waithe-black-hollywood/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Lena Waithe *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [When I Need Hope, I Look to the History of Black Brilliance](https://time.com/5520555/laverne-cox-black-excellence/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Laverne Cox *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [How Artists of All Ages Keep Their Creative Spirit Alive](https://time.com/5518099/artists-through-the-ages/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Naina Bajekal *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [‘You Can’t Just Stop.’ Hollywood Legend Cicely Tyson on Why She'll Never Retire](https://time.com/5520571/cicely-tyson-time-optimists-cover/) [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) by Lucy Feldman *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [Read the Poem 'Navel' by Robin Coste Lewis](https://time.com/5520550/robin-coste-lewis-poem/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Robin Coste Lewis *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [Art Doesn’t Just Imitate Life. It Infuses It With a Radical Kind of Hope](https://time.com/5520561/how-arts-fuel-collaboration/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Darren Walker *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [Artificial Intelligence Has a Problem With Gender and Racial Bias. Here’s How to Solve It](https://time.com/5520558/artificial-intelligence-racial-gender-bias/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Joy Buolamwini *  Feb 7, 2019 ## [12 Leaders Who Are Shaping the Next Generation of Artists](https://time.com/5518066/art-leaders-next-generation/) by Cady Lang, Abigail Abrams, Wilder Davies, Mahita Gajanan and Rachel E. Greenspan ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/tag/optimist/","name":"Optimist"}}]}] ```