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# July 6, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 1 July 6, 2020 |  

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Vol. 196 No. 1

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Issue name

July 6th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 1 | U.S.

Issue date

July 6, 2020

Location

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

Related categories

[Society](/vault/subject/society/)

[North America](/vault/subject/north-america/)

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


## Table of Contents

IdeasPoliticsWorld

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### America's Critical Moment

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Story Behind TIME's 'America Must Change' Cover

TIME commissioned Atlanta artist Charly Palmer to capture a moment in which Americans will see whether their country is able to live up to its promise

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All

Asian Americans have embraced a country that passed a law to keep them out. The real American dream would unite all of us in justice and economic equality

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What's Happening Right Now in America Is a Start. But There's No Quick Fix for White Supremacy

White Americans are finally waking up to the fatal consequences of white supremacy. But there's no quick solution for foundational rot

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Corporations Say 'Black Lives Matter.' Here's What They Need to Do to Show They Mean It

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### James Baldwin Insisted We Tell the Truth About This Country. The Truth Is, We've Been Here Before

Police violence against Black people in this country is as American as bald cypress trees and Southern magnolias. In each generation we have to experience the haunting ritual of a Black family grieving in public over the loss of a loved one at the hands of the police.

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### America Is in Crisis. But Some of Us Have Never Known Anything Different

The truth is, some of us have always been in crisis. Some of us have never felt safe, writes Jaquira Díaz

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Athletes Across the World Embrace Activism in this Moment

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Amid a Crippling Economy and U.S. Sanctions, the Syrian Regime May Be On the Brink of Collapse

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### What Police Can Learn From the Military About the Effectiveness of Soft Power

### Politics

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### 'Find the People Who Actually Want to Do Things.' Samantha Power Remembers the Wise Words of Jean Kennedy Smith

Jean Kennedy Smith died on June 17 at 92 years old

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### 12 Ways the Trump Administration Has Deepened Inequality

[Politics](/section/politics/)

### Trench Lawfare: Inside the Battles to Save Democracy From the Trump Administration

Since the start of the Trump presidency, non-profit Protect Democracy has cast itself in a role its name suggests: defender of America's government against the threat of authoritarianism

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### 'I Will Not Stand Silent.' 10 Asian Americans Reflect on Racism During the Pandemic and the Need for Equality

[World](/section/world/)

### The Key to Europe's Economic Recovery From COVID-19? Saving the Summer Vacation

Europe&apos;s recovery from COVID-19 depends on the return of summer vacations


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