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At the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, TIME hosted environmentalist Jane Goodall (above left), who with TIME CEO Jessica Sibley discussed the need for urgent climate action at a dinner sponsored by Sompo and Deloitte. At ri

Nikki Haley did almost everything right in New Hampshire. Well, except for the winning part. For close to a year, the former South Carolina governor did the quiet, unglamorous work of joining sparsely attended town halls. She met with local activists

By now, many people have had COVID-19 not just once, but two, three, or even more times, making it much less scary and more common than it was three years ago. Often, repeat infections aren’t as severe as they were the first time, leading to a sense

The inauguration of a vast temple dedicated to Lord Ram, one of Hinduism’s most revered deities, on Jan. 22 has set India on edge once again. The temple in the city of Ayodhya sits where a centuries-old mosque once stood before it was destroyed by a

The two loneliest rhinos in the world are the female known as Najin and her daughter, known as Fatu. They live in the Ol Pejeta wildlife conservancy in Kenya and are the world’s last remaining northern white rhinos. But Najin and Fatu may soon have c

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, Israel declared an ever expanding list of war aims, ranging from the return of all hostages to the creation of a buffer zone separating Israel from Gaza’s population. Yet no Israeli leader has explained

One year after a mass shooting left 11 dead and nine injured at Star Ballroom Dance Studio during a Lunar New Year dance party, Monterey Park, Calif., is preparing for its annual festival. But the festivities will carry a different weight this year.

Emma Lembke joined Instagram when she was 12. The last of her friend group to sign up, she had sensed the appeal of the app in the gazes of friends; people who used to look at her now looked at their phones. “I thought to myself, There has to be some

Here in the U.S., we hear a lot about how legacy automakers are racing to catch up to Tesla and capture a piece of the growing electric-vehicle market. In the global race, however, there is another, perhaps more significant, competitor: Chinese-made

Aging may be inevitable, but researchers say there could be a relatively easy way to slow it down, at least in the brain. A new study shows that people who take a multivitamin—the kind that you can buy at any pharmacy—slowed the cognitive decline ass

Many highly vulnerable populations and ecosystems are already facing the devastating impacts of climate change. While COP28 last year provided glimmers of hope that countries can meaningfully respond, it is increasingly clear that the rise in global

Of course, there wasn’t a plunger. There’s never a plunger when you need one. But there’s always an audience: in this case, three women sitting on the other side of the thin bathroom door waiting for their turn to use a toilet that was now horribly,

Photographer Rebecca Kiger spent a year documenting its uncertain aftermath. Trains built East Palestine. Through the 19th and 20th centuries, the Ohio town grew up around the freight-rail tracks that carried goods, fuel, and chemicals between the in

In 1995, when the NCAA suspended UCLA linebacker Donnie Edwards for accepting $150 worth of groceries—in violation of rules prohibiting college athletes from receiving extra benefits—Ramogi Huma, a backup for the Bruins, felt incensed. “To see him tr

In 2021, about 161,000 of the 6 million companies that employ people in the U.S. were owned by African Americans. That’s better than the previous year, but to Erin Horne McKinney, the number’s still too small. “Research shows that entrepreneurship is

When Aurora James founded her nonprofit the Fifteen Percent Pledge in 2020, amid the reckoning sparked by George Floyd’s murder, she knew the push for racial justice needed to include addressing the Black-white wealth gap. As black squares flooded so

When Arian Simone was growing up in Detroit, it was her “job” to check in on one of her father’s legal clients every afternoon. The client was Rosa Parks. “She was quite a lady, a lady, you hear me? Just this incredible human being,” Simone says. Lit

Issa Rae’s office in South Los Angeles overflows with trinkets from her many successes: a Peabody award; pillows from her HBO show Insecure, which ran for five seasons; boxes of President Barbie dolls, her character from last year’s biggest blockbust

Two years after Brian Flores filed a racial-discrimination lawsuit against the NFL and three of its teams—the Miami Dolphins, Denver Broncos, and New York Giants—his influence continues to extend beyond the field. (Flores later added the Houston Texa

In July 2023, Connecticut deposited $3,200 into an account for a newborn, creating the nation’s first ever baby bond. Over the next 18 to 30 years, the effects of time and compounding interest will give that baby up to $24,000 to pay for college, mak

The racial gap in homeownership in the U.S. is wider now than it was back when it was legal to refuse to sell a house to a family because they were Black. The difference is that in the ’60s, it was people who were turning minority families away; now

On the wall behind his Senate office desk, Cory Booker keeps a map of Newark, N.J.’s Central Ward, where he moved fresh out of Yale Law School and still lives. The median household income in Booker’s Newark neighborhood is $19,500, and the map, he sa

When Rebecca Ajulu-Bushell was a student at Oxford University, she got an internship at a prestigious gallery. There, she learned about the art world, but not in the way she expected. The organization paid a stipend that didn’t even cover her London

Growing up in a middle-class neighborhood in São Paulo, where her family struggled to pay rent, Adriana Barbosa quickly learned that although more half of Brazilians have African ancestry, many of the Brazilians profiting off Black ideas do not. This

In 2017, Dedrick Asante-Muhammad and a team of researchers released a study with a staggering title and stunning conclusion, “The Road to Zero Wealth: How the Racial Wealth Divide Is Hollowing Out America’s Middle Class.” Should the U.S. continue its

While many know Angelica Ross for her work on the Ryan Murphy series Pose and American Horror Story, her sights have long been set on transforming another industry—the world of technology. In 2001, when another trans woman recognized that Ross was “g

Growing up in Compton, Calif., John Hope Bryant was exposed to people who made a living by selling drugs. It wasn’t until he was 10, and an entrepreneur visited his classroom and talked about being a businessman, that he realized having a legitimate

In 2016, Imani Ellis had a coveted job working in communications at Bravo, but what she really wanted was a community. So rather than wait for the industry to change and better support Black and brown creative professionals navigating a competitive j

Addressing inequities in health, especially gaps along racial and ethnic lines, isn’t just about tackling obvious factors like diet and exercise. It’s about addressing the context in which people make choices about their health—everything from where

For Denis Villeneuve, adapting any book—let alone one that’s been adored by readers since 1965—is an act of treason. “When you adapt, you kill. You destroy in the process of transformation. Going from the words to the image, this adaptation is my ada

What is it that makes relationships between queer men and glamorous women so intimate—and so volatile? Consider Jennifer Coolidge’s tragic White Lotus character, Tanya, who wandered off with a crew of fortune hunters she memorably described as “high-

Donald Glover is known as a provocateur, taking aim at pieties around race, celebrity, and pop culture in dark comedies like Atlanta and Swarm. But he also has a romantic side—one that has fueled Atlanta storylines about his character’s bond with his

Last summer, a video of Usher serenading actor Keke Palmer onstage at his Las Vegas residency made the rounds online. In the clip, Usher slow-dances with the star like she’s the only person in the room, while crooning his falsetto-laden 2010 ballad “

Where did the inspiration for Come and Get It come from? In the spring of 2019 I was teaching undergraduates who were really funny, bright, and, at times, a little bonkers, as you are when you’re 19 to 22. I was intrigued by the way money works on a