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How China’s Digital Currency Could Challenge the Almighty Dollar
Every morning, Mei Yi waves goodbye to his wife and 3-year-old son and sets off for his finance job in central Beijing, riding into town by public bike share. Like most urban Chinese, the 37-year-old has long abandoned cash and instead pays for his commute—and a lunchtime bite from a convenience store in his office…
Andrew Cuomo Is Calling It Quits in Albany. But the Political Dynasty May Endure
Americans were frustrated with power accumulated in the hands of a few families.
Marlee Matlin Will Never Stop Trying to Kick the Door Open
With her new movie 'CODA,' Marlee Matlin continues her decades-long fight for deaf representation
You’re Not Imagining It: Biden Is Building His Team Slower Than Recent Presidents
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. Earlier today, President Joe Biden wrestled a win out of a deeply divided Senate and inched closer to signing a bipartisan infrastructure bill that spends roughly $550 billion in…
How Extortion Scams and Review Bombing Trolls Turned Goodreads Into Many Authors’ Worst Nightmare
Many authors and publishers now see the social networking site as a "necessary evil"
Japan’s COVID-19 Strategy Relied on Trust. Holding the Olympics Shattered It at the Worst Possible Time
Japanese people are defying COVID-19 restrictions during the Olympics as cases pile up
A New Documentary Reminds Viewers of Barack Obama’s Pure Political Skill
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. The label gets thrown around so much that it tends to lose its meaning, but there are individuals who possess truly once-a-generation talents. Barack Obama is without question one…
What Mike Fanone Can’t Forget
D.C. police officer Michael Fanone defended American democracy on January 6. Now, he's defending the history of that day
Ohio Special Election Results: The Mainstream Holds
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. In the end, what passes for mainstream politics —at least at this moment—prevailed last night in Ohio in an early glimpse of Democrat and Republican voters’ mood ahead of…
Big Tech Is Coming to Small-Town America, But There’s a Catch
Data centers run by Facebook, Google and other tech companies are expanding across the U.S., promising jobs and tax revenue but rarely delivering
Buried in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill: In-Car Breathalyzers
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. Amid the 2,702-page bipartisan infrastructure plan that could get a vote by the week’s end is a series of safety requirements for the vehicles set to travel on all…
25 Years Ago, Nigeria’s Super Eagles Won Olympic Gold—and Changed the World of African Soccer
Twenty-five years later, it’s clear Nigeria's 1996 Olympic soccer team had an impact that stretched far beyond the nation’s borders