Karl Vick

Karl Vick is a TIME correspondent based in New York. From 2010 to the autumn of 2014 he was the Jerusalem Bureau Chief, covering Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories with occasional forays into other lands.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in the first presidential debate moderated by Fox News anchor Chris Wallace (C) at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio.

The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Weakening Democracy Around the World, Report Finds

Governments around the world are using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse t...

Governments around the world are using the COVID-19 pandemic as an excuse to restrict freedoms, punish independent news operations and attack minorities, according to a global survey by Freedom House, the U.S.-based nonprofit known for...

Nour Saliba stands in her apartment in the Mar Mikhael area of Beirut on Aug. 6, two days after the deadly explosion at the city’s port, seen through her blown-out window. “Honestly, I had it easy. I only lost my home. I am one of the lucky ones who still have their family and friends by their side,” says the 27-year-old community manager and model. “Trauma is written all over the fumes of this explosion. Yes, we are all traumatized, but we are also burnt out.

'This Is Our Last Chance.' A Photographer Captures the Energy for Change in Beirut After the Explosion

Photographer Myriam Boulos captures the energy for change in Beirut after t...

Photographer Myriam Boulos captures the energy for change in Beirut after the devastating explosion

Clockwise from top left: Police officers in Minneapolis; two Camden County, N.J., police vehicles; an officer at a Minneapolis gas station; and Sister Chabree Muhammad, with kids in Camden in July.

America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety

The police are a broken legacy of a racist system and tasked with work they...

The police are a broken legacy of a racist system and tasked with work they are not trained to do

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms at a press conference on May 30 in Atlanta

How Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Seized the Moment While Her City Was Protesting

They say that in national politics, you get only one chance to introduce yo...

They say that in national politics, you get only one chance to introduce yourself to the country. For Keisha Lance Bottoms, that moment is kind of a blur. It came on the evening of May...

‘I’m a Contrarian.’ Chris Wallace on His Role at Fox News and His Latest Book

A video screen is of course just the place to meet up with Chris Wallace. T...

A video screen is of course just the place to meet up with Chris Wallace. That arched brow and knowing smile have existed as pixels since the 1970s, when he began a television news career...

Protesters watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street in St. Paul, Minn., on May 28.

After the Death of George Floyd: Voices Behind the Most Powerful Protest Photos

'My job is just to document a visual diary,' a Minneapolis photographer tel...

'My job is just to document a visual diary,' a Minneapolis photographer tells TIME. 'Obviously, we are in need of a deep conversation about police reform because this keeps happening'

Like Living in a War Zone Again: The Gift of Lockdown

It’s bad, but it’s not all bad. To be confined in your home with the people...

It’s bad, but it’s not all bad. To be confined in your home with the people you love most against an invisible plague may be, at times, uncomfortable. But it can also be like living...