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Russia Has Been Warning the West About Ukraine for Decades
When I was a journalist for The Times (London) in Moscow in December 1992, I saw a print-out of a speech by the then Russian foreign minister, Andrei Kozyrev, warning that if the West continued...
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In summer 2008, the Beijing Olympics marked a big moment in China’s progress toward global power. With that spotlight came controversy; activists used the event to highlight the government’s human—rights abuses, but the event’s triumphalist...
By Ian Bremmer
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Existing Federal Laws Could Protect Abortion Rights Even if Roe Is Overturned
On this year’s anniversary of Roe v. Wade, many wondered if it would be the last. Ever since the Supreme Court heard arguments in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization in December, legal scholars have...
By Greer Donley
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Ask most people why countries break apart and many will say that different groups sharing a single country naturally dislike and distrust one another. Yugoslavia fragmented because the Serbs and Croats and then the Bosnian...
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Putin's obsessive threats to Ukraine can't only be understood on geopolitical terms, and should shape how we respond
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The Life-Changing Practice That Will Help You Feel More Gratitude
I spent the first long months of the pandemic in suburban Maryland alone and away from my family. The world beyond my door became a stream of timelines, a social media cascade of triumphs and...
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Schools may be a local issue, but how they are run—especially during the pandemic—can stoke the outrage politics that define many state and national races. Democrats, to their grief, learned as much in November when...
By Michael Signer
January 21, 2022
The Brain Drain That Is Killing America's Economy
Each spring I get antsy WhatsApp messages from friends across the U.S., as well as London, Dubai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Their high school senior kids have just been admitted to colleges in America, Canada,...
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January 21, 2022
There’s So Much More To Say About Bill Cosby
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January 20, 2022
How Employers Can Do More to Support Families
Innovation and profit suffer when so many employees feel they can’t bring their whole selves to work, Indra Nooyi writes.
By Indra Nooyi
January 20, 2022
How Our Minds Keep Our Emotions From Getting Out of Control
In September 1965, James Stockdale was a naval wing commander on his third tour of combat duty over North Vietnam. Flying just above the treetops at nearly 600 miles-per-hour, his A-4 Skyhawk jet ran into...
By Leonard Mlodinow
January 20, 2022
The Story Behind TIME's 'Year One' Joe Biden Cover
As President Joseph Biden closes in on his first year in office, the Jan. 31, 2022, TIME cover returns to a familiar setting—a gloomy Oval Office. Artist Tim O’Brien christened Biden’s administration with “Day One,”...
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January 20, 2022
Solving Climate Change Requires A New Social Contract
The devastating threat of climate change is on our doorstep. The resources we need to decarbonise in a timely manner are more readily available than ever before. They are not yet enough, but increased government...
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January 20, 2022
The Story Behind TIME's Interview with Alexei Navalny
Navalny’s last letter arrived in mid-January, and its tone was a lot darker than the other letters had been
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January 19, 2022
Davos 2022: Klaus Schwab on Fixing the Global Trust Crisis
TIME editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal talks to Klaus Schwab, the founder of the World Economic Forum, about collaboration, hopes for the climate, and the power of youth. This interview has been edited and condensed. I recently...
By Edward Felsenthal
January 19, 2022
What the Greek Myths Can Teach Us About Our Moment of Crisis
In late 2020, towards the end of my work on my compendium of Greek myths, I was editing my version of the story of Phaethon. The source is Ovid’s famous epic poem about transformations, Metamorphoses....
By Charlotte Higgins
January 19, 2022
Sharing Personal Stories Won't Move the Needle on Paid Family Leave. Talking About Money Might
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By Katherine Goldstein
January 18, 2022
Don Cheadle, Kristalina Georgieva and 6 More Global Leaders Share the Most Powerful Collaborations in Their Lives
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The Surprisingly Low Price Tag on Preventing Climate Disaster
As the climate crisis worsens, too many people are swinging from denial straight to despair. A few years ago, it was common to hear people deny climate change, downplay the enormousness of the threat, or...
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January 18, 2022
How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed His Mind About America
More than fifty years after his death, Martin Luther King Jr. remains a towering figure in the history of American civil rights. As with most influential thinkers, there is a certain amount of ambiguity in...
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Voting Rights Isn’t Just a Black Issue
Ahead of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, President Biden visited the grave of Dr. King in Atlanta and gave the angriest speech of his presidency, insisting that the Senate has a moral obligation to...
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When I was Governor of Maine, I used to have a standing bet with my fellow Independent Governor, Jesse Ventura of Minnesota, about which of our states would have higher voter turnout. As we saw...
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U.S. Food Prices Are Up. How Monopoly Power Makes this Worse
2021 was a bad year for grocery bills. Shoppers paid 6.4% more for groceries in November 2021 compared to November 2020, according to the consumer price index. All food prices were up a bit more...
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I Searched for Answers About My Enslaved Ancestor
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In Durban, South Africa, scientists led by Dr. Tulio de Oliveira, director of the Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, were conducting routine genomic surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 from different regions when...
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Violent Crime in the U.S. Is Surging. But We Know What to Do About It
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America Must Rebuild Our Communities Before the Next Pandemic
As the Omicron variant spreads across the globe, we are reminded again that a pandemic is a disease of populations, not of individuals, and population-level problems require collective solutions. This is why societies with high...
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Don't Sell Your Fossil-Fuel Stock If You Want to Make a Climate-Change Difference in 2022
In 2022, investors who want to address climate change should focus on one simple but essential goal: active stock ownership. They should engage with companies on both sides of the energy transition–those heading in the...
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What It Takes to Get Support for a Black Boy With Special Needs
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More January 6ths Are Inevitable. How We React Is Crucial
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By John Browne
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