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How Donald Trump Turned Jan. 6 into a Windfall
For millions of Americans, Jan. 6 was a jarring day that ended their nation’s 150-year streak of peaceful transitions of power. For Donald Trump, it was a windfall. Ever since his supporters stormed the Capitol as Joe Biden’s victory was being certified, Trump has continued to falsely insist he won in 2020 and paint the…
For the Jan. 6 Rioters, Justice Is Still Coming
As officers deployed around a modest house, one man videoed a SWAT team arresting his neighbor, Mason Courson, bringing him out of his home with his hands behind his back. It’s a scene that has played out in hundreds of neighborhoods across the country over the past year. Courson, 26, was allegedly part of the…
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky Faces a Surging Virus—And a Crisis of Trust
Over the last year, Rochelle Walensky has worked to regain the trust of CDC personnel—and the nation—while facing a surging COVID-19 pandemic
Shonda Rhimes Already Knows What You’re Going to Watch Next
Television's most influential creator is poised to reshape the streaming landscape, just like she did with prime time TV
How Addictive Social Media Algorithms Could Finally Face a Reckoning in 2022
Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are under mounting pressure to reform the ways in which they're built to be addictive for users
The Supreme Court Could Let Religious Schools Take Taxpayer Money. Former Students Say That’s a Mistake
Two graduates of Bangor Christian say the school at the center of a Supreme Court case, Carson v Makin, discriminated against LGBTQ students
Biden’s Been Counted Out Before—And Loves To Prove the Haters Wrong
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 been an easy idea to hold over the years, a tempting one at times, really: Joe Biden is dunzo and isn’t coming back from this setback. The 1972…
How Vanessa Guillen’s Tragic Death Is Helping Transform Sexual Assault Reporting in the U.S. Military
Mayra Guillen has been too busy to grieve her younger sister, Vanessa Guillen, who was murdered in April 2020. In the year and a half since Vanessa’s death, a good chunk of Mayra’s time has been spent caring for her parents, particularly her mother, Gloria Guillen, who became ill after Vanessa died, and her four…
How John Madden Became the Most Influential Person in NFL History
Madden, who has died at age 85, was a coach, ubiquitous broadcaster and video game impresario
Joan Didion Didn’t Offer Us Answers
Cool is the word used most often to describe her: the Coca-Colas and the cigarettes each morning, the leotard and the typewriter, the scotch and the shawl. California. Writing for the movies to make a living, making notes for the director, the short tight dispatches from the South and West. But the word cool means…
Nobody Should Be Surprised Joe Manchin Killed Biden’s Agenda
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. And just like that, Build Back Better died. With apologies to the Sex and the City spinoff, that was the effect of Sen. Joe Manchin’s visit to the set…
What Low-Wage Workers Understand About the True Meaning of Christmas
The manger scenes that decorate homes and church yards this time of year remind us that first-century shepherds were the original witnesses to the good news of Jesus. The low-wage workers of their day, shepherds in first-century Palestine were either young boys from poor families or migrant workers—the same class of people who work for…