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We Need an Operation Warp Speed for Alzheimer’s and Dementia
No president has entered the White House with as clear a focus on Alzheimer’s disease as Joe Biden. The commitment and attention on Alzheimer’s at the highest levels of our elected leadership is long overdue. His pledge during his victory speech on November 7 to create an America that looks ahead to curing diseases like…
If the Biden Administration Is Serious About Protecting Voting Rights, Here’s What It Should Do Immediately
On Jan. 6, 2021, millions watched, horrified, as agitators hellbent on overturning the election results and disenfranchising Black and Brown voters staged an insurrection on the Capitol, fueled by demonstrably false allegations of voter fraud. While there are clear problems with our democracy and voting systems that must be fixed, these issues don’t arise from…
How Facebook’s Australia News Ban Could Hamper Vaccine Rollout to Aboriginal People
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Facebook has become a primary news source in Aboriginal communities.
‘I Want This Over.’ For Victims and the Accused, Justice Is Delayed as COVID-19 Snarls Courts
Witnesses die, memories fade, and defendants and victims struggle to find justice as COVID-19 delays criminal court cases
Fighting With a Family Member Over Politics? Try These 4 Steps
“We’re kind of a peace-loving family,” says Houston neurologist Dr. Steve Croft of his clan of five, including his wife, two sons and a daughter. Or at least they were until some time in 2018, when Croft began posting messages supportive of then President Donald Trump on his Facebook and Twitter, which had to up…
Fighting With a Family Member Over Politics? Try These 4 Steps
“We’re kind of a peace-loving family,” says Houston neurologist Dr. Steve Croft of his clan of five, including his wife, two sons and a daughter. Or at least they were until some time in 2018, when Croft began posting messages supportive of then President Donald Trump on his Facebook and Twitter, which had to up…
The Real Congress Is Kinder, Gentler Than What You See on TV
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. During normal times, when I’m visiting family and friends outside of Washington, the one question I am sure will always be asked is some variation of Are they really…
Cities May Be Our Greatest Hope in the Face of Climate Change and the Pandemic
Thirty days after President Joe Biden’s inauguration, we celebrate the United States’ re-entry into the Paris Agreement, an important victory for the country and the world. As mayors united in our commitment to address the climate crisis, we recognize this enormous opportunity to raise global climate ambition, and together, invest in a sustainable and equitable…
How Jin Liqun Charted an Independent Course for China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
The AIIB may be the only piece of Xi Jinping-era foreign diplomacy that is not routinely skewered in the West
Fox News and Donald Trump Have a Dysfunctional Relationship, But It Works For Them
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. All the signs of codependency were there. The irrational desire to make the other party happy. Manifestly low self-esteem. Abandonment issues. A compulsive desire to know what the other…
The Fight for a $15 Minimum Wage Is Our Selma
After the public lynching of George Floyd last summer, his cry of “I can’t breathe” galvanized a movement for Black lives that won majority support among Americans. Floyd wasn’t the only one gasping for breath. While Americans watched a police officer choke the life out of Floyd, we also witnessed Black Americans contracting a deadly…
Introducing the People Who Will Shape Washington for the Next Generation
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. When Sen. Ben Sasse got wind that his fellow Republicans were preparing to censure him — again — for not being a stronger apologist for Donald Trump, he didn’t…