--- title: TIME Publishes a Special Report on Finding Common Purpose in a Shared Threat: Apart. Not Alone description: TIME releases a special report—Apart. Not Alone—on COVID-19 and finding common purpose during a shared threat. canonical: https://time.com/5810585/time-special-report-apart-not-alone/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2020-03-26T12:13:51.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T08:31:37.753Z article:section: Press Room og:title: TIME Publishes a Special Report on Finding Common Purpose in a Shared Threat: Apart. Not Alone og:description: TIME releases a special report—Apart. 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The special double issue features a cover profile of chef Jose Andrés, who is bringing his food relief mission to the center of the crisis, advice on pulling together from Connie Schultz, Vivek Murthy, Van Jones, Madeleine Albright and more, a list spotlighting the 27 individuals bridging divides across the U.S, video profiles and interviews, a photo essay on people in isolation around the world, and more. Read the special report: See the cover featuring a photograph by Martin Schoeller for TIME: _TIME editor in chief and CEO_ **_Edward Felsenthal_** _writes in his letter to readers_: “We began planning this special issue of TIME before any of us had heard the phrase flatten the curve, much less contemplated our own roles in the flattening. Its theme—getting out of silos and coming together as ­communities—is one we’ve been thinking about a lot here over the past few years. The world we cover is increasingly tribal and polarized—some studies suggest that empathy itself is in ­decline—and yet so many of the challenges we face require us to act together. And none more so than this pandemic that is testing our collective strength even in isolation.” _Felsenthal continues:_ “We all have a role to play as billions of people now are, by staying at home, often despite extreme hardship. It’s hard to fathom another moment when so many of us will find ourselves so dependent on the goodwill of strangers.”[ https://bit.ly/2wD6uPJ](https://bit.ly/2wD6uPJ) Alone. Not Apart, the special report, is made possible by **State Farm**. “State Farm is proud to be a part of this special issue, at a time when our nation and the world are confronting something most of us never contemplated would happen in our lifetimes,” said State Farm President, Chairman & CEO Michael Tipsord. “We will get through this by pulling together. Now is the time for us all to be good neighbors.” The April 6 / April 13, 2020 double issue of TIME goes on sale on Friday, March 27. [https://time.com/collection/apart-not-alone/](https://time.com/collection/apart-not-alone/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5810585/time-special-report-apart-not-alone/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5810585/time-special-report-apart-not-alone/"},"headline":"TIME Publishes a Special Report on Finding Common Purpose in a Shared Threat: Apart. Not Alone","datePublished":"2020-03-26T12:13:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T08:31:37.753Z","description":"TIME releases a special report—Apart. 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