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# April 26, 2021 | Vol. 197 No. 15 April 26, 2021 |  

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Vol. 197 No. 15

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Issue name

April 26th, 2021 | Vol. 197, No. 15 | U.S.

Issue date

April 26, 2021

Location

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

Related categories

[Environment](/vault/subject/environment/)

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## Table of Contents

EntertainmentHealthIdeasScienceU.S.World

### Entertainment

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### The Livestream Show Will Go On. How COVID Has Changed Live Music—Forever

COVID-19 sent the live music industry online. It won't go back to normal.

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### How Celebrity Memoirs Got So Good

[Entertainment](/section/entertainment/)

### Jon Batiste on His Oscar-Nominated _Soul_ Score and Being a 'Black Pop Star Making Black Pop Masterpieces'

The pianist talks life lessons from Stevie Wonder, re-learning how to rap, and jamming on Justin Bieber songs

### Health

[Health](/section/health/)

### Exclusive: Inside the Facilities Making the World's Most Prevalent COVID-19 Vaccine

Behind the scenes at the German facilities making COVID-19 vaccines for the world

### Ideas

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Vanessa Nakate: How Educating Girls Will Help Combat the Climate Crisis

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Our Digital World Can Deliver a Greener Industrial Future

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Lisa P. Jackson: The Fight Against Climate Change Is a Fight for People

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Our Planet Faces Twin Climate and Nature Crises. Here’s How We Can Tackle Both

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### The Case for Abandoning 'Corporate Responsibility' When We Judge Company Practices

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### Joe Biden Should Make National Service the Cornerstone of His Legacy. Here's How He Can Achieve That

[Ideas](/section/ideas/)

### How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family

### Science

[Science](/section/science/)

### The Pandemic Remade Every Corner of Society. Now It's the Climate's Turn

The intertwining of the economy and climate change promises to alter the shape of global politics and society for the foreseeable future

[Science](/section/science/)

### The Story Behind TIME's 'Climate Is Everything' Cover

[Science](/section/science/)

### The Climate Real Estate Bubble: Is the U.S. on the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?

### U.S.

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

### 'I'm Going to Make a Change.' Police Departments Struggle to Recruit Black Cops, So This HBCU Came Up With a Plan

The first class of mostly Black students at Lincoln University's new police academy is about to graduate

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

### 'Garbage Freaking Everywhere' as Americans Venture Outdoors After a Year of Lockdowns

Several cities reported big jumps in garbage collection as people stayed home and created trash or went out and littered

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

### From Sirens to Songbirds: COVID's Second Spring Brings Hope

### World

[World](/section/world/)

### What the Protests in Northern Ireland Could Mean for the Future of Its Peace


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