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# July 20, 2020 | Vol. 196 No. 3July 20, 2020 |  

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Vol. 196 No. 3

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Issue name

July 20th, 2020 | Vol. 196, No. 3 | U.S.

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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&apos; past as Orlando&apos;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&apos;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


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