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Surprising Data Shows Political Letter-Writing Still Gets Out the Vote
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. I’ll be the first to admit it: I rolled my eyes when (mostly progressive) political activists last year announced a massive effort to replace traditional get-out-the-vote canvassing and phone…
El Salvador Is Betting on Bitcoin to Rebrand the Country — and Strengthen the President’s Grip
Will the country's adoption of the digital currency help its people, or just its president?
America’s War in Afghanistan Is Over. But in the Horn of Africa, Its War on Terror Rages On
In a remote corner of eastern Africa, behind tiers of razor wire and concrete blast walls, it’s possible to get a glimpse of America’s unending war on terrorism. Camp Lemonnier, a 550-acre military base, houses U.S. special-operations teams tasked with fighting the world’s most powerful al-Qaeda affiliates. Unfolding over miles of sun-scorched desert and volcanic…
The Enduring Hope of Jane Goodall
In the early years of World War II, when Jane Goodall was around 6 years old, she was often woken from her sleep by the blare of air-raid sirens. The sound warned that Nazi planes were flying over Bournemouth, the English seaside town where Goodall’s family had moved at the outbreak of the war. Her…
Is Ukraine’s New Holocaust Memorial Also an Instrument of Kremlin Propaganda?
On a breezy afternoon last spring, the Russian billionaire Mikhail Fridman took me on a tour of a public park near the center of Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, along with a team of aides, architects, historians and artists. They had spent several years building a complex of memorials on the grounds, honoring the victims…
Why Joe Biden Isn’t Strong-Arming the Senate Democrats Holding Up His Agenda
Senators have spent hours on the custard-colored couches of Joe Biden’s Oval Office over the past several days. Dozens of chocolate chip cookies have been passed out. Irish poetry has been quoted. In one White House meeting on Sept. 22, a small group of progressive lawmakers perched on cushions where small note cards saved their…
Donald Trump Still Leads The Republicans—And That’s Bad for Almost Everybody
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. Donald Trump is out of office. That doesn’t mean he’s out of power. In the last week, the former President has once again shown just how he plans to…
The Overlapping Worlds of Author Amor Towles
Amor Towles had never actually been beneath the vaulted ceiling of an Adirondack lake house when he described the one in his 2011 debut, the best-selling Rules of Civility. He could only imagine the appeal of such an exalted communal space—“this great room where the family gathers”—until, while shopping for a second home with the…
Democrats Head Toward Piecemeal Infrastructure Votes As Coalition Frays
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had never wavered. She said simply would not bring any bill to the floor of the House for a vote if it didn’t have enough…
The Board Game Business Is Booming, But the Global Shipping Crisis Could Be Disastrous
"It's so problematic that we're probably going to close by the end of the year"
Atlanta’s First Black Female District Attorney Is at the Center of America’s Converging Crises
She's working under the spotlight of two cases that have drawn the nation’s eyes to her office
Labor Department Officials Frustrated With White House Over COVID-19 Vaccine and Testing Mandate
When President Joe Biden directed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on Sept. 9 to impose strict COVID-19 vaccination and testing protocols on large businesses, the OSHA employees were ready. It marked the first time in nearly five years that the small agency had the opportunity to fulfill its mission to protect workers across…