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âThe Ripple Effect Is a Major Concern.â Chicagoans Worry Lollapalooza May Become a COVID-19 Hotspot
While many festivalgoers and businesses hope the music festival Lollapalooza will signal a return to normalcy, epidemiologists are worried about health impacts
Crypto Tax: How Congress Wants to Pay for Your New Roads
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIMEâs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. The whole sexiness of cryptocurrency has been its potential to disrupt the status quo, to revolutionize Wall Street and create a new democratic ethos in a global economic systemâŚ
Sunisa Lee Is Representing America in the Tokyo Olympicsâand a Community America Left Behind
In March 2019, a day before her 16th birthday and just over a year before the Olympic Trials were supposed to begin, Sunisa âSuniâ Lee appeared on 3 Hmong TV, one of the most popular Hmong-language news shows in the Twin Cities. Cushioned between her parents, John Lee and Yee Thoj, wearing her Team USAâŚ
Two Decades Later, the Lessons of the 9/11 Commission Echo
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIMEâs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. There are a few enduring narratives that, with a few tweaks here and there, can frame up just about any big story in Washington. And here in D.C., oneâŚ
Will Foxconn Billionaire Terry Gouâs COVID-19 Vaccine Deal Bring Taiwan Closer to China?
That the deal came via a businessman with strong ties to Mainland China months after the Taiwanese government failed to buy the same vaccines, indicates that Beijing put its finger on the scale, political observers say.
Texas Democrats Faced Criticism for Fleeing to D.C.âBut These Lawmakers See Their Gamble as a Deeply Personal Battle for the Future of Their State
Critics see Texas Democrats' walkout to D.C. as a publicity stunt. A few days in D.C. with the lawmakers show it's more than that
âNot a Victim.â Asian American Elders Stand Resilient in the Wake of Hateful Violence
In families that experienced firsthand the surge in attacks on Asian American elders, the strength of their loved ones is clear
Caught Between U.S. Policies and Instability at Home, Haitian Migrants in Tijuana Are in a State of Limbo
Haitians stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border are in a state of limbo due to U.S. immigration policies that would send them back to Haiti.
In Rejecting Trump Loyalists, Pelosi Defendsâand Damnsâthe Truth About Jan. 6
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIMEâs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi gave her Republican counterpart a chance to rethink his choices of appointees to a special panel to study how and why insurrectionists breached the U.S.âŚ
Companies Are Embracing Empathy to Keep Employees Happy. Itâs Not That Easy
âEmpathy is one of the values weâve had from our founding.â Thatâs what Chelsea MacDonald, SVP of people and operations at Ada, a tech startup that builds customer-service platforms, told me when we first got on the phone for this story in June. When the company was in its early stages, with about 50 people,âŚ
Hourly Workers Are Demanding Better Pay and Benefitsâand Getting Them
After 17 months of having to show up to jobs in person, Americaâs hourly workers may be gaining leverage
Foreign Lobbying Isnât Inherently BadâUntil There Are Lies
This article is part of the The DC Brief, TIMEâs politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox every weekday. About halfway through the second act of Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda reaches for George Washingtonâs farewell letter to script the Founding Fatherâs exit from the showâs plot. Theater kidsâand theirâŚ