--- title: TIME Magazine Cover: Hate in America by Edel Rodriguez description: Artist Edel Rodgriguez depicts the aftermath of Charlottesville for the new cover of TIME canonical: https://time.com/4903680/edel-rodriguez-time-cover/ author: D.W. Pine article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-08-17T11:00:57.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:39:28.960Z article:section: Press Room og:title: Behind TIME’s ‘Hate in America’ Cover og:description: Artist Edel Rodgriguez depicts the aftermath of Charlottesville og:url: https://time.com/4903680/edel-rodriguez-time-cover/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Behind TIME’s ‘Hate in America’ Cover twitter:description: Artist Edel Rodgriguez depicts the aftermath of Charlottesville twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Behind TIME’s ‘Hate in America’ Cover ## Video: Behind the Scenes with TIME Cover Artist Edel Rodriguez [Watch (HLS stream): Behind the Scenes with TIME Cover Artist Edel Rodriguez](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Dj35E6Rn.m3u8) (1:46)  _Published 2017-08-16. Edel Rodriguez is known for his bright colors, bold graphics-- and politically inciting subjects._  by [D.W. Pine](https://time.com/author/d-w-pine/)  ## D.W. Pine Pine is the Creative Director at TIME. Aug 17, 2017 11:00 AM UTC  by [D.W. Pine](https://time.com/author/d-w-pine/)  ## D.W. Pine Pine is the Creative Director at TIME. Aug 17, 2017 11:00 AM UTC  Illustration by Edel Rodriguez for TIME For the [Aug. 28 issue of TIME on hate in America](http://time.com/magazine) we turned to artist [Edel Rodriguez](http://edelr.com/) to create a cover to capture the aftermath of the Charlottesville tragedy. With his bold, graphic approach, Rodriguez depicts a protester giving a Nazi salute while draped in an American flag. “These people are hiding behind the flag and the idea of patriotism it connotes. They have tried to change the language from ‘White Supremacist’ to ‘White Nationalist,’ to further hide behind the flag, and the idea of patriotism,” says Rodriguez, a Cuban American artist. “But they are espousing the same views as always.” This is his fourth TIME cover in the past two years, including one depicting the [Eiffel Tower’s shadow](http://time.com/paris-attack/) following the 2015 attacks on Paris, and a two-part series of covers on [Trump’s “Meltdown”](http://time.com/4529509/inside-donald-trumps-latest-meltdown/) during the campaign. The last one of that series was named [Best Cover of the Year in 2017 by the American Society of Magazine Editors (ASME)](http://time.com/4664419/time-meltdown-best-cover/).  “They are taking advantage of what the flag guarantees them—freedom of speech—to further an agenda of hatred,” says Rodriguez, who was recently named one of the [Top 50 Creatives by Advertising Age](http://adage.com/article/news/creativity-50-2016-creative-people-year/307209/). “It’s very coy, with a wink and a nod, but very dangerous.” Rodriguez has illustrated nine children’s books, two of which he has written. He has also created several stamps for the U.S. Postal Service and has illustrated poster and advertising campaigns for many operas, films, and Broadway shows. 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