--- title: Ideas | TIME description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. canonical: https://time.com/section/ideas/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/section/ideas/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: article twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- TIME Ideas hosts the world's leading voices, providing commentary on events in news, society, and culture. We welcome outside contributions. Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of TIME editors. # Ideas ## Ideas *  Jul 28, 2026 ## [The Iran War Exposed Africa’s Biggest Energy Weakness](https://time.com/article/2026/07/28/the-iran-war-exposed-africa-s-biggest-energy-weakness/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Michael Adu Okyere, Brian Mukhaya and David W. Yellen *  Jul 27, 2026 ## [Chalk One Up for Ukraine](https://time.com/article/2026/07/27/defense-innovation-drones-ground-robot-army-ukraine/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Thomas Nagorski *  Jul 25, 2026 ## [What Octogenarian Pop Divas Show Us About a Life Well-Lived](https://time.com/article/2026/07/25/what-octogenarian-pop-divas-show-us-about-a-life-well-lived/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Debbie Millman *  Jul 24, 2026 ## [Meet Me in the Notes App](https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/meet-me-in-the-notes-app/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Rainesford Stauffer *  Jul 24, 2026 ## [How NATO Is Quietly Reinventing Itself for Trump](https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/trump-mark-rutte-europe-nato-/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Mark Webber *  Jul 24, 2026 ## [The Case for Investing in Local Government](https://time.com/article/2026/07/24/the-case-for-investing-in-local-government/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by William Cogswell and Lauren McLean *  Jul 23, 2026 ## [Why The World Still Can’t Agree About Alcohol](https://time.com/article/2026/07/23/why-the-world-still-can-t-agree-about-alcohol/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Tim Brinkhof *  Jul 22, 2026 ## [The Allies Who Cannot Afford to Quit America](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/us-asia-pacific-allies-china-hegemony-taiwan-japan-australia/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Huong Le-Thu *  Jul 22, 2026 ## [The Enduring Power of Bro Language](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/the-enduring-power-of-bro-language/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Valerie Fridland *  Jul 22, 2026 ## [Want to Be More Successful? Think Like an Explorer](https://time.com/article/2026/07/22/want-to-be-more-successful-think-like-an-explorer/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by John Hagel *  Jul 21, 2026 ## [Postpartum Psychosis Is Rising. We Are Not Ready.](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/postpartum-psychosis-is-rising-we-are-not-ready-/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Dr. Uruj Kamal Haider *  Jul 21, 2026 ## [Why Rent Keeps Rising Because of Wall Street](https://time.com/article/2026/07/21/why-rent-keeps-rising-because-of-wall-street/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Anisha Steephen *  Jul 20, 2026 ## [The Cost of America's Broken Immigration System](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/the-cost-of-america-s-broken-immigration-system/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Ken Salazar *  Jul 20, 2026 ## [We’re Taking Hobbies Too Far](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/we-are-taking-hobbies-too-far/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Meehika Barua *  Jul 20, 2026 ## [AI’s Execution Problem](https://time.com/article/2026/07/20/ai-execution-problem/) [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) by Nigel Vaz ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/"},"name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"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"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}}]}] ```