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# June 1, 2020 | Vol. 195 No. 20June 1, 2020 |  

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Vol. 195 No. 20

![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34e29b055666d6b0/698a0e5597cdff184a6bac39/generation-pandemic-behind-the-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3:4)

Issue name

June 1st, 2020 | Vol. 195, No. 20 | U.S.

Issue date

June 1, 2020

Location

U.S., Europe, Middle East, and Africa, Asia, South Pacific, North America, South America

[Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/)


## Table of Contents

HealthIdeasU.S.WorldOthers

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### How Remdesivir Moved From Back Shelf to Best Hope for Treating COVID-19

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Why TIME Devoted an Issue to the Impact of the Pandemic on the Next Generation

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'A Brilliant Satirist.' Rob Reiner Explains What Made Fred Willard So Funny

Singular satirist

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### 'Lynn Was the Magic Ingredient.' Rosemarie DeWitt on the Impact of Filmmaker Lynn Shelton

Indie filmmaker

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Pandemic Made My World Small. Social Media Helped Open It Up

When I&apos;m feeling isolated at home, I can log on to find community

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### It's Scary to Think About the Future. But What I Know About My Generation Gives Me Hope

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Voices of Black and Brown People Matter–and They're Finally Being Heard

The voices of black and brown people matter--and they&apos;re finally being heard

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### You Don’t Have to Be Hopeful to Fight for a Better Future

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### It's Hard to Picture a Future After the Pandemic. But Together We'll Help Shape It

It&apos;s hard to picture a future after this crisis, but together we&apos;ll help shape it

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### We Need Empathy in Times of Crisis. But That Doesn't Just Mean Feeling for Others

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### A Safety Net Should Help People Feel Safe. The U.S. Managed to Do the Opposite

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Road to Recovery: How Targeted Lockdowns for Seniors Can Help the U.S. Reopen

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Unreasonable Fear Is Killing Black Men in America—And There's No Justification For It

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What We Lose When We Hide Our Smiles Behind a Mask

### U.S.

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### How COVID-19 Will Shape the Class of 2020 For the Rest of Their Lives

[U.S.](/section/us/)

### ‘We Do This for the Living.’ Inside New York’s Citywide Effort to Bury Its Dead

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### Meet the 23-Year-Old Photographer Who Shot the Cover of TIME's Generation Pandemic Issue

[World](/section/world/)

### Zoom Parties, Missed Proms, Uncertain Futures. High School Seniors Share What It’s Like to Come of Age During a Pandemic

[World](/section/world/)

### Brazil Is Starting to Lose the Fight Against Coronavirus—and Its President Is Looking the Other Way

The pandemic is ravaging a country already at war with itself

### Others

[How to Rethink Your Investments When COVID-19 Uncertainty Reigns](/5840186/investments-coronavirus/)


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