Charlotte Alter

Charlotte Alter is a senior correspondent at TIME. She covers politics, social movements, and generational change, and hosts TIME's Person of the Week podcast. She is also the author of The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America. Her work for TIME has won a Front Page Award from the Newswoman's Club of New York and has been nominated for a GLAAD Media award.

Recent Articles

The Democrats' Blame Game Begins

Democrats have begun soul-searching and finger-pointing over what went so wrong in a landslide loss

By Philip Elliott , Brian Bennett and Charlotte Alter

What a Woman President Would Mean

With Kamala Harris is on the cusp of history, Democrats are gripped by terrifying optimism

By Charlotte Alter

How the Democrats Plan To Thwart Jill Stein

For the first time, the party has built a war room devoted to tracking and attempting to discredit third-party candidates

By Charlotte Alter

Democrats Bank on Ground Game Advantage in Pennsylvania

In a tight race, the Harris campaign hopes that a superior ground game will make the difference.

By Charlotte Alter/Philadelphia

Democrats Believe This Might Be An Abortion Election

'Abortion works as both a persuasion and mobilization issue'

By Charlotte Alter

Harris Battles for the Bro Vote

The Democrats are making a late scramble to win over young men

By Charlotte Alter

Kamala Harris Intensifies Pitch to Disaffected Republicans

The Democratic nominee pitches conservatives on putting country over party

By Charlotte Alter

What Kind of President Would Kamala Harris Be?

The fight to define Harris will be one of the central battles of the campaign’s final weeks.

By Charlotte Alter / Pittsburgh

J.D. Vance Pretends He’s Moderate on Abortion

Vance appeared to understand the political unpopularity of the Republican position on abortion and outlined “pro-family” priorities, which are actually being proposed by Democrats.

By Charlotte Alter

The Reintroduction of Kamala Harris

The Vice President's star turn atop the new Democratic ticket has reshaped the presidential race.

By Charlotte Alter/Philadelphia

How Kate Cox Became a Reluctant Face of the Abortion-Rights Movement

Months after being forced to leave her home state to terminate a nonviable pregnancy, Cox is speaking out in detail for the first time

By Charlotte Alter/Dallas

Operation Save Biden

The President's reelection campaign is in trouble. Will the turnaround plan work?

By Charlotte Alter , Brian Bennett and Philip Elliott

The Dread Election

For Democrats, disillusionment is the core theme of the 2024 presidential race

By Charlotte Alter

The Fight to Free Evan Gershkovich

The reporter remains a political hostage in Russia, his parents’ homeland, while being detained on bogus espionage charges

By Charlotte Alter

Young Progressive Activists Lay Out 'Roadmap' For Biden To Win Back Gen Z

The policy agenda is both an olive branch and an ultimatum for the embattled Democratic President

By Charlotte Alter

Does Dean Phillips Have a Chance?

The moderate Midwestern Congressman argues Biden is the only Democrat who would lose to Trump in 2024.

By Charlotte Alter

Renters in Revolt

How KC Tenants is turning renter grievance into political power

By Charlotte Alter

How the Activist Left Turned On Israel

Why factions of the grassroots left appeared to celebrate the terrorist attack by Hamas as an act of Palestinian heroism

By Charlotte Alter

She Sued Tennessee for Denying Her an Abortion. Now She's Running for Office.

After being denied an abortion, Allie Phillips joined a lawsuit challenging her state's abortion ban—then decided to challenge her state rep

By Charlotte Alter

The Man Who Thinks He Can Live Forever

Bryan Johnson's quest for immortality.

By Charlotte Alter
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