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How a Pandemic Puppy Saved My Grieving Family
For years, whenever our children asked us if we could get a dog, my husband and I had some vague and only slightly encouraging go-to responses, such as, “Someday?” and “Maybe when you’re old enough to help.” Then came 2020, the year of our pandemic dread. Sometime between my mother’s live-streamed funeral in the spring…
Electric Cars Can Sound Like Anything. That’s a Huge Opportunity to Craft the Soundscape of the Future
What should you hear from an electric Vehicle? Automakers are working on answers--and composing the soundscape of the 21st century city
Facebook Says It Supports Internet Regulation. Here’s an Ambitious Proposal That Might Actually Make a Difference
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is telling everyone who will listen that it is time to regulate the internet. But do Facebook and other platform companies support meaningful oversight or simply a regulatory Potemkin Village? Zuckerberg’s efforts began with a 2019 op-ed in the Washington Post, “The Internet needs new rules.” The article proposed…
Why the Democrats’ Infrastructure Bill Hinges on One Ruling
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. More than Joe Biden’s oft-touted ability to work across the aisle and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s talent for holding together his Democratic colleagues, the fate of Democrats’ massive…
Inside Ibogaine, One of the Most Promising and Perilous Psychedelics for Addiction
Derived from the root bark of an African shrub, Ibogaine was ignored in modern medicine until recently
Matt Gaetz Gets Headlines for the Scandals. He Should Worry About the Receipts
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. Rep. Matt Gaetz is having a very bad week. Federal authorities are investigating him and a buddy for an alleged sex-trafficking ring that may involve underaged women. A shocking…
Can Public Transit Survive the Pandemic? London’s New Transport Commissioner Wants You to Believe It Can
Andy Byford is on a mission to save London’s transit network from post-pandemic collapse
Why Americans Could Be Paying for Biden’s Infrastructure Plan Long After the Roads Are Built
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. President Joe Biden’s massive $2 trillion infrastructure plan carries with it a corresponding tax on corporations that, as introduced yesterday, will be paying for the plan long after the…
Saying You Support Trans Rights Isn’t Enough. Here’s How to Prove It
Growing up, my best friend wore extensions in his hair, blue braids swinging down to his hips. He wore short leather skirts and platform boots. He bought me a fishnet top when I was 14 (a long-sleeved shirt I hid for years from my religious family). We used to walk home from the mall together…
‘A Big Asterisk on the Future.’ High School Counselors on Challenges Facing the Class of 2021
The pandemic has altered life plans for many high school seniors, and counselors have had a close-up view of their anxiety
Erasing Student Debt Makes Economic Sense. So Why Is It So Hard to Do?
The economy wins when student loans are erased, but borrowers often struggle to access relief programs
Applying to College Was Never Easy for Most Students. The Pandemic Made It Nearly Impossible
The first sign that Twyla Joseph’s college application process was not going to go as planned came on March 13, 2020, when, a day before her scheduled SAT, she learned the test had been canceled. The May and June tests were also canceled as coronavirus cases surged. Joseph never got to take the admissions test.…