--- description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. title: April 12th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 13 | U.S. image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- Back to the vault # April 12, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 13April 12, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 13  Issue name April 12th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 13 | U.S. Issue date April 12, 2021 Location U.S. [Buy This Cover](https://www.timecoverstore.com/) ## Table of Contents BusinessHealthHistoryIdeasPoliticsU.S.World ### Business [Business](/section/business/) ### 'We Not Human At All.' Why the Fight to Unionize an Alabama Amazon Warehouse Could Spur a Labor Union Resurgence The move could signify a revitalization of private-sector union membership that has been in steady decline for decades [Business](/section/business/) ### Pinterest and the Subtle Poison of Sexism and Racism in Silicon Valley ### Health [Health](/section/health/) ### Here's What Will Actually Convince People to Get Vaccinated [Health](/section/health/) ### Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction Derived from the root bark of an African shrub, Ibogaine was ignored in modern medicine until recently ### History [History](/section/history/) ### 12 Questions for Kevin Young, Poet and the New Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture Having edited an anthology of poems about loss, he offers advice on what to do for people grieving during the pandemic ### Ideas [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Facing Boycotts H&M and Nike Are Learning the New Price of Doing Business in China [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### Joe Biden Should Make National Service the Cornerstone of His Legacy. Here's How He Can Achieve That [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### My White Adoptive Parents Struggled to See Me as Korean. Would They Have Understood My Anger at the Rise in Anti-Asian Violence? [Ideas](/section/ideas/) ### The White Fear That Drove the College Cheating Scandal Has Only Gotten More Acute ### Politics [Politics](/section/politics/) ### Representative Pramila Jayapal on How She is Pushing Biden to Be More Progressive and 'Creating the Tipping Point' for Change Jayapal plans to advocate for policies that will invest in America’s poorest communities ### U.S. [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Applying to College Was Never Easy for Most Students. The Pandemic Made It Nearly Impossible [U.S.](/section/us/) ### 'A Big Asterisk on the Future.' High School Counselors on Challenges Facing the Class of 2021 The pandemic has altered life plans for many high school seniors, and counselors have had a close-up view of their anxiety [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Erasing Student Debt Makes Economic Sense. So Why Is It So Hard to Do? The economy wins when student loans are erased, but borrowers often struggle to access relief programs [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Georgia Has Enacted Sweeping Changes to Its Voting Law. Here's Why Voting Rights Advocates Are Worried Voting rights advocates have decried Georgia’s new law as an attempt to influence whose votes are counted and suppress turnout [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Already Reeling From a Year of the Pandemic, Asian American Business Owners in Atlanta Are Despairing After an Attack on Their Community For Asian American small business owners in Atlanta, the attack on their community is an extension of the racism they’ve faced for years [U.S.](/section/us/) ### Deaths Among America's Homeless Are Soaring in the Pandemic. A Photographer Captures A Community In Crisis ### World [World](/section/world/) ### Spain Is Going to Trial a 4-Day Work Week. Could the Idea Go Mainstream Post-Pandemic? What the country can learn from companies and municipalities that have tried it [World](/section/world/) ### Can Public Transit Survive the Pandemic? London's New Transport Commissioner Wants You to Believe It Can Andy Byford is on a mission to save London’s transit network from post-­pandemic collapse April 12th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 13 | 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":"April 12th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 13 | U.S.","item":"https://time.com/magazine/us/5951743/april-12th-2021-vol-197-no-13-u-s/"}]}]} ```