Celebrity Life

With private space flight on the rise, paying customers can blast off for orbit. But does a spacecraft ticket make one an astronaut?

The Inspiration4 mission marks a turning point in which space is within the grasp of private corporations and citizens

For this week’s special issue, Visions of Equity, we turned the cover over to Jordan Casteel. Here's the story behind her painting

Since last June, police in the U.S. have killed people at virtually the same rate that they have for the past five years

Janell Ross reflects on what has changed—and what hasn’t—one year after America’s so-called racial reckoning

Longstanding journalistic maxims would have a reporter remain disengaged while gathering the facts. But pursuing the whole truth means considering the humanity of one’s subjects—and of oneself. Lived experience can help a reporter empathize and deepen their work in the service of telling stories that accurately reflect the world. After an intense year of reporting…

A year ago, we at TIME started talking about the ways we’ve fallen short. Soon after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, staffers from across the organization began sharing painful memories of being mistreated in our workplace and demanding change. I called Edward, our editor-in-chief, whose words you usually read in this space, to ask…