--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: July 20th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 3 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # July 20, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 3July 20, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 3  Issue name July 20th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 3 | U.S. Issue date July 20, 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 BusinessEntertainmentHealthIdeasPoliticsWorld ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Disrupted Big Agriculture. Here's What That Means for the Planet From fast-food restaurants to grocers, the impact of meat shortages ripples through America's food systems [Business](/section/business/) ### Pandemic Schemes: How Multilevel Marketing Distributors Are Using the Internet—and the Coronavirus—to Grow Their Businesses As most retail businesses struggle, multilevel marketing distributors are using the internet--and COVID-19--to grow their businesses ### Entertainment [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ### Best-Selling Novelist David Mitchell Talks About Visiting the 1960s Rock Music Scene in New Novel Utopia Avenue ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Caused Carbon Emissions To Drop. But That Likely Won't Last ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Story Behind TIME's 'One Last Chance' Cover Artist and scientist Jill Pelto created a vibrant landscape of key global climate change indicators [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### We're Handing Our Kids a Damaged Planet. And Our Excuse for Doing Nothing About It Has Now Fallen Apart [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Don't Try to Change the Minds of Climate-Denying Politicians. Vote Them Out [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The Climate-Change Community Desperately Needs to Address Historic Inequities [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### How Joe Biden Could Undo Trump's Damage to Environment [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### To Solve the Twin Problems of Racial Injustice and Climate Change, We Need to Stop Parachuting in ‘Experts’ [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### We Can't Solve the Climate Crisis Unless Black Lives Matter [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### My Husband and I Knew the Dangers of the Coronavirus. How Could We Still Put Our Neighbor at Risk? [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### As Ethiopians Take to the Streets to Protest a Musician's Murder, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Is Stuck in a Precarious Position ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### How President Trump Politicized School Reopenings [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Val Demings Is in the Mix to Become Joe Biden's Running Mate. Is Her Police Background an Asset or a Liability? Val Demings' past as Orlando's top cop could be an asset in the Democratic veep stakes--or a liability ### World [World](/section/world/) ### 2020 Is Our Last, Best Chance to Save the Planet The world was ready to tackle climate change. Then 2020 happened [World](/section/world/) ### Why This Year Is Our Last, Best Chance for Saving the Oceans Human beings owe our lives to the sea, but we have also been squeezing life out of it [World](/section/world/) ### 'We Heard Birds.' Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo on How Lockdown Offered a Glimpse at a Greener City Lockdowns offered cities a glimpse of a greener future. Mayor Anne Hidalgo wants to turn it into reality [World](/section/world/) ### A Revolution's Evolution: Inside Extinction Rebellion’s Attempt to Reform Its Climate Activism One of the world's most influential climate activist groups tries to find a new path forward after losing its way [World](/section/world/) ### Why the Larger Climate Movement Is Finally Embracing the Fight Against Environmental Racism The larger climate movement is finally embracing the fight against environmental racism July 20th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 3 | U.S. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":210,"height":60},"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"]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://time.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"July 20th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 3 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5864669/july-20th-2020-vol-196-no-3-u-s/"}]}]} ```