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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription.  ## Charlotte Alter 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_](https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/598359/the-ones-weve-been-waiting-for-by-charlotte-alter/). 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.  ## Charlotte Alter Articles 1472Collections 61 *  Dec 1, 2025 ### [Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech’s Power and Profit](https://time.com/7337866/big-tech-social-media-regulation/) Rep. Jake Auchincloss and bipartisan co-sponsors introduced three bills to curb social media compani... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 22, 2025 ### [Court Filings Allege Meta Downplayed Risks to Children](https://time.com/7336204/meta-lawsuit-files-child-safety/) Newly unsealed court filings allege Meta tolerated sex trafficking, hid harms to teens, and prioriti... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Nov 19, 2025 ### [The Lawyer Suing Social-Media Companies On Behalf of Kids](https://time.com/7334078/matthew-bergman-social-media-victims-lawsuits/) Matthew Bergman has become the go-to attorney for families who say their children were harmed by soc... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 22, 2025 ### [The AG Putting Big Tech on Trial](https://time.com/7327229/raul-torrez-new-mexico-meta-lawsuit/) Raùl Torrez, the attorney general of New Mexico, says social-media companies are inflicting harm on ... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Oct 9, 2025 ### [Instagram Promised to Become Safer For Teens. Researchers Say It’s Not Working.](https://time.com/7324544/instagram-teen-accounts-flawed/) A new report suggests the safeguards Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  Sep 5, 2025 ### [One Community's Experiment With a Phone-Free Childhood](https://time.com/7314325/balance-project-phone-free-childhood/) The Balance Project, a parent-run movement, tries to encourage childhood independence and get kids o... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Aug 20, 2025 ### ['Everything I Learned About Suicide, I Learned On Instagram.'](https://time.com/7310444/instagram-lawsuit-self-harm/) They spent hours a day on Instagram. Now they're suing the platform, alleging it supplied a persiste... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Aug 4, 2025 ### [Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools](https://time.com/7307163/parent-movement-phone-free-schools/) Support for phone-free schools is rising thanks to a growing constellation of grassroots organizers [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 18, 2025 ### [Social Media Led to an Eating Disorder. Now She’s Suing](https://time.com/7295323/social-media-case-instagram-tiktok/) Caroline Koziol is among hundreds of plaintiffs suing top tech companies in a case that could reshap... [BUSINESS](/section/business/) *  May 28, 2025 ### [Audra McDonald Is Our Greatest Living Stage Actor](https://time.com/7285826/audra-mcdonald-broadway-tony-gypsy-interview/) The Gypsy star is now the performer with the most Tony wins and nominations in history [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  May 19, 2025 ### [Inside the Democrats' Reboot](https://time.com/7286163/inside-the-democratic-party-reboot/) After the 2024 fiasco, the party is rethinking everything [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 17, 2025 ### [Elissa Slotkin: How Democrats Can Go on Offense Against Trump](https://time.com/7278375/elissa-slotkin-interview/) The Michigan Senator talks to TIME about how the Democrats can devise a strategy to counter the Pres... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 11, 2025 ### [Sen. Jacky Rosen: Democrats Are Starting to Find Their Footing](https://time.com/7276226/jacky-rosen-interview-democrats/) The Nevada senator talks to TIME about the impact of Trump's tariffs and why Cory Booker's speech wa... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Apr 2, 2025 ### [Mallory McMorrow Wants Democrats to Reclaim the American Dream](https://time.com/7273181/mallory-mcmorrow-interview-senate-campaign/) The newly announced Senate candidate from Michigan talks to TIME about the Democrats' messaging mist... [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Mar 28, 2025 ### [Rep. Pat Ryan: Democrats Need a 'Patriotic Populism'](https://time.com/7271582/pat-ryan-interview-democrats/) The Democratic congressman talks to TIME about the party's flawed brand and how to fix it [POLITICS](/section/politics/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@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/author/charlotte-alter/","name":"Charlotte Alter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"},"name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","description":"Alter is a senior correspondent at TIME. 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