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What I’d Say to the Drug Dealer Who Gave My Sister a Fatal Dose of Heroin

By Nadia Bowers

How I Overcame Losing My Job and Marriage — With a Jump Rope

By Amanda Kloots

How I Found the Courage to Quit My Job and Move My Family to a Farm

By Brent Preston

I’ve Never Been Good at Dressing Like a Woman

By Roxane Gay

Why I Spent the Last 40 Years In National Security

In 1977 I was finishing my sophomore year of college, working two jobs to put myself through school, and thought, “There has to be a better way.” So I enlisted in the U.S. Army as...

By Rick Ledgett February 24, 2017

James Baldwin and the Trap Of Our History

'We must confront the past if we are all to be truly free'

August 18, 2016

Training for the Olympics Taught Me the Secret to Life

'I had to be more intentional about the work I was putting in'

By Anders Weiss June 29, 2016

How to Write an Essay in 1 Day

Prepare a detailed action plan

By Brian Witte / Varsity Tutors November 20, 2015

5 Things I Learned From Writing Other People's College Essays for Money

"I didn’t charge enough"

By Beth Seaver / xoJane June 17, 2015

New York Ebola Survivor Says He was Treated Like a Fraud After Diagnosis

"My U.S. colleagues who have returned home from battling Ebola have been treated as pariahs"

By Helen Regan February 25, 2015

Suffer the Children: Saying "No Thanks" to TV's Child-in-Peril Stories

There's nothing wrong with a good story portraying terrible things. But there's no obligation to watch it over and over, either.

By James Poniewozik November 14, 2014

A Test of Faith

The Pope’s South Korea trip comes as Christianity is booming in Asia—and under growing strain

By Hannah Beech August 21, 2014

Is TV Drama Finally Getting Out of Its Murder Rut?

Manhattan, Masters of Sex and several upcoming shows are finding drama in subjects other than scowling tough guys stabbing people.

By James Poniewozik July 24, 2014

Alexis Okeowo: Beyond Nigeria

The mass kidnapping of the Chibok schoolgirls has awakened the conscience of the world

By Alexis Okeowo May 8, 2014

The Other Threat to Rwanda

Two decades after the genocide, the country's leaders must learn to embrace political dissent

By Dele Olojede April 10, 2014

'Under His Watch, Malaysia Is No Progressive Society'

Malaysia should be an example of religious tolerance. It is proving to be the opposite

By Zoher Abdoolcarim February 20, 2014

Theater of War: Photographs by Christopher Morris

TIME photographer Christopher Morris documents what Libyan government minders have orchestrated, and beyond, capturing the subtleties of a closely watched society at war with itself.

By Christopher Morris April 8, 2011

Dispatch from Japan: James Nachtwey’s Impressions in Words and Pictures

TIME photographer James Nachtwey was one of the first photographers on the ground in northern Japan covering the devastating effects of the earthquake and tsunami. Here is an essay, in his words, accompanied by additional...

By TIME Photo Department March 17, 2011