Time Magazine - November 25, 2024

In this issue

How He Did It, Again - Inside the campaign that sent Donald Trump back to the White House, and America into
uncharted territory.

The Baby Question - People struggling with whether to have kids have beaten a path to the door of therapist
and author Merle Bombardieri.

TIME100 Climate - From the C-suite to the Klamath River to the farms of Malawi, these influential leaders
are driving climate action in the world of business.

BLAME GAME

Among Democrats, the soul-searching and finger-pointing has begun

3 mins

Why are sit-down chain restaurants struggling?

RED LOBSTER FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY IN MAY. TGI FRIdays closed nearly 50 locations abruptly in October, then filed for bankruptcy in early November. Hooters shut down dozens of stores in June, while Buca di Beppo declared bankruptcy in August.

2 mins

Quincy Jones

QUINCY JONES, ONE OF THE most important drivers of 20th century pop culture, died on Nov. 3 at 91. A music producer, composer, and executive, Jones served as the connective tissue between many eras and styles of music, from Ella Fitzgerald to Frank Sinatra, Michael Jackson to Amy Winehouse.

2 mins

Using AI for natural-disaster responses

THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE LIVING IN URBAN AREAS HAS tripled in the past 50 years, meaning that when a major natural disaster like an earthquake strikes a city, more lives are in danger. Meanwhile, the strength and frequency of extreme weather events has increased-a trend set to continue as the climate warms.

3 mins

Turning waste into buildings

Insect shells, rice husks, water bottles, and bamboo charcoal might not be the first things that come to mind when you think of high-performance building products.

2 mins

5 ways to improve your brain health every day

TAKING CARE OF YOUR COGNItive health ought to be-well, a no-brainer. According to a survey published in March, 87% of Americans are concerned about age-related memory loss and a decline in brain function as they grow older, yet only 32% believe they can take action to help control that trajectory.

3 mins

AMERICA'S ANIMAL PROBLEM

Imagine that you are going to be reincarnated as a domesticated animal, and you can choose whether to be reincarnated in the U.S. or in Spain. Which country would you pick? My hunch is that many of you will think that if you choose Spain, there's a chance you might be a bull raised to die in a bullfight, and so it is better to pick the U.S. and avoid such a fate. But that would be an unwise assumption.

3 mins

Russia's long shadow across Eastern European elections

WITH SO MUCH focus on elections in the U.S., it's easy to miss the political news from two countries that remain in Russia's long shadow. In Georgia and Moldova, two former Soviet republics, voters have recently cast ballots amid accusations that Russian interference helped shape the outcome in both countries.

2 mins

Health Matters

COVID-19 MAY NOT BE A PUBLIChealth emergency anymore, but you still need your yearly shot. In fact, it seems to peak about twice a year: once during the traditional respiratory-disease season in the fall and winter, and once during summer.

3 mins

The many horrors of the Pelicot rape trial

THE TRIAL OF DOMINIQUE PELICOT, THE MAN IN THE South of France who pleaded guilty in September to charges of secretly drugging his wife of 50 years, Gisele, and, over the course of about a decade, filming dozens of men as they had sex with her while she was sedated, would have been disturbing enough just as the story of an epically vile husband.

5 mins

How Trump Won

THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RE-ELECTION IS THE NEXT STEP IN A POLITICAL CAREER UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN AMERICAN HISTORY

10+ mins

BABY TALK

UNSURE ABOUT HAVING KIDS? THERAPIST MERLE BOMBARDIERI CAN HELP YOU FIGURE IT OUT

10 mins

TIME 100 CLIMATE

These are the 100 most influential leaders driving business climate action

10 mins

SENTIMENTAL VALUE

With Here, Robert Zemeckis stays true to his unlikely blend of new technologies and old-fashioned storytelling

6 mins

No rest for the songs of Wicked

THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST HAS BEEN A FIXTURE in American culture for nearly 125 years. After coming to life in 1900 with L. Frank Baum's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, she rose to prominence onscreen in 1939, portrayed by Margaret Hamilton as a sinister old lady intent on ruining an innocent girl's wish to go home.

5 mins

Portrait of the artist in his ninth decade

AS A CURATOR AT THE PHILADELPHIA MUSEUM OF ART, Eleanor Nairne is very particular about how an artwork should be placed. \"I always say that you have to ask the work if it's sat comfortably,\" she says.

5 mins

Say Nothing speaks volumes

IN 1972, AT THE BLOODY HEIGHT OF the Troubles, home invaders abducted a widowed mother of 10 named Jean McConville from her Belfast apartment. Her children never saw her alive again.

3 mins

Zak Brown The McLaren Racing CEO on Formula One in the U.S., his team's chase for a championship, and the future propulsion of the automobile

The McLaren F1 team is in the running for its first Formula One constructors' championship since 1998. What's that like? I'm kind of living on the edge of my seat. That's why sport is always going to be one of the most engaging forms of entertainment for people around the world.

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