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TIME spoke with Jon Levy about his new book, the evolving definition of “influencers,” and what the past year has taught him about how to effectively connect with people online

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. Americans love to give second chances. A come-back story is basically part of the national DNA. From elementary school, kids are taught that Founding Father George Washington took an…

Female community health workers are risking their lives at the frontlines of India's COVID-19 crisis

To the wider world, Bill and Melinda Gates have always appeared to be the Mazda of married couples: not very glamorous, but very reliable and unlikely to break down. So when they announced on May 3 that after 27 years they “no longer believe [they] can grow together” and were divorcing, almost everybody was stunned.…

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. It’s not in our nature to peacefully hold two contradictory thoughts at the same time. The friction isn’t something we are wired for; the cognitive dissonance usually forces us…

Ben Crump negotiated a record $27 million settlement from Minneapolis for the family of George Floyd, the latest in a string of civil court victories

“We are completely immersed in the legacies of the past,” says historian Olivette Otele

For America’s exhausted mothers, the pandemic has offered a million unwelcome lessons. A personal example: if you let an unsupervised 7-year-old swing, Tarzan-like, on a jump rope hung from the sun-porch ceiling, she will eventually kick out a window. Mostly, we moms learned that we aren’t as invincible as society expects, or as we aspire…

Someone recently asked me if I was hopeful for the direction of the movement to protect and defend Black transgender people’s lives. “No,” I answered bluntly. I continue to be disappointed by the lack of actions from policymakers and those in power who can make meaningful changes. I am mad, furious, every single day. But…

In the last week, as a board member for the Los Angeles Unified School District, I’ve seen students return to school campuses after more than a year of distance learning. As a leader for a nonprofit camp program, I also watched kids participate in an outdoor camp program after more than a year of limited…

As office buildings grapple with how to cope after a year of working from home, the Empire State Building's history may offer some hope

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. There are a few things that pester political pros, regardless of political party. The media’s fixation on debate performances, a function that has absolutely nothing to do with the…