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.

In this Saturday, Dec. 30, 2017 file photo, university students attend a protest inside Tehran University in Iran. A channel on a mobile messaging app run by exiled journalist Roohallah Zam helped fan the passions of some of those who took to the street. Zam was kidnapped by Iranian operatives—apparently from neighboring Iraq—imprisoned and then hanged on Dec. 12, 2020.

The Number of Journalists Murdered for Their Work Doubled in 2020

Twenty-one journalists were murdered because of their work—up from 10 the p...

Twenty-one journalists were murdered because of their work—up from 10 the previous year, the Committee to Protect Journalists said

There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1, 2020—the most since the Committee to Project Journalists began its troubling annual census in 1992.

3 U.S. Allies Are Among the Countries With the Most Journalists in Jail – Another Opportunity for Biden

There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1—the most since the Committee t...

There were 274 journalists in jail on Dec. 1—the most since the Committee to Protect Journalists began its troubling annual census in 1992.

Scenes from election day, Nov. 3, in New York City.

One Thing Did Actually Work Out This Year: U.S. Democracy

Not much has been going right this year. But look: In an atmosphere various...

Not much has been going right this year. But look: In an atmosphere variously described as “great uncertainty” and a prelude to civil war, the people of the United States conducted an election. It went...

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (R) and Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat (C-R) look on as Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit (C) reads a statement during an Arab League emergency meeting discussing the US-brokered proposal for a settlement of the Middle East conflict, at the league headquarters in the Egyptian capital Cairo on February 1, 2020.

Saeb Erekat's Dream of a Palestinian State Died Long Before He Did

He was the face of Palestinian side in a Mideast peace process that is long...

He was the face of Palestinian side in a Mideast peace process that is long deceased

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