--- title: Jimmy Carter | TIME description: Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is founder of the nonprofit Carter Center, advancing peace and health worldwide. canonical: https://time.com/author/jimmy-carter/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/jimmy-carter/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Jimmy Carter ## Jimmy Carter Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is founder of the nonprofit Carter Center, advancing peace and health worldwide. ## Jimmy Carter *  Nov 26, 2019 ### [Former President Jimmy Carter: How Empowering Women and Girls Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis](https://time.com/5739622/women-girls-climate-action/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 8, 2017 ### [President Carter: Lack of Universal Healthcare Should Be a 'National Scandal'](https://time.com/5012163/universal-health-coverage-national-scandal/) "This represents a violation of basic human rights" [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) 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/jimmy-carter/","name":"Jimmy Carter"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/jimmy-carter/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/jimmy-carter/"},"name":"Jimmy Carter","jobTitle":null,"description":"Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter is founder of the nonprofit Carter Center, advancing peace and health worldwide.","url":"https://time.com/author/jimmy-carter/","worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```