Time Magazine - December 04, 2023

In this issue

PHOTOS OF THE YEAR
Shepherds block the road to a political rally in Poland before national elections in October.

Oil And Water
As the world gathers in a Gulf kingdom enriched by fossil fuels to hammer out agreements on climate change, one man embodies the paradox.
By Justin Worland

TIME100 Climate
Our inaugural list of the leaders, advocates, executives, and researchers steering the world’s businesses toward the only future that will work.

NIKKI HALEY'S MOMENT

The former South Carolina governor finds momentum in a GOP primary that remains Trump’s to lose

3 mins

How war in the Middle East got the British Home Secretary fired

SUELLA BRAVERMAN, THE CONTROversial Home Secretary in British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Cabinet, was fired after making divisive comments about pro-Palestinian protesters. She will be replaced by James Cleverly, who had been Foreign Secretary, and former Prime Minister David Cameron will replace him.

1 min

Israel's former PM: a two-state solution is the only solution

WITH A WAR RAGING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS, it's hard to imagine a new dawn of peace. The violence threatens to paralyze the moral and political imaginations of Israelis and Palestinians alike, deepening the impression that accommodation will remain forever out of reach. But to hear one of Israel's elder statesmen tell it, now is precisely the moment to resurrect the goal of a peace process.

2 mins

Sam Bankman-Fried - Disgraced crypto mogul

IT TOOK ONE YEAR FOR SAM BANKMAN-Fried to transform from beloved billionaire entrepreneur to convicted felon.

1 min

5 ways to get better at saying no

THERE'S A COMMON Malfunction that occurs when well-intentioned people open their mouths to say no: the word yes tumbles out instead.

3 mins

The delicate balance facing William Lai, Taiwan's presidential front runner

MORE THAN ONCE WHEN WILLIAM LAI WAS A small boy, a passing typhoon tore the roof of his home clean away. It's a recollection that brings a wry smile to Taiwan's Vice President, who grew up in the small coal-mining hamlet of Wanli perched on the island's far north.

4 mins

HOBBES THE OPTIMIST

When Thomas Hobbes described life in a state of nature as \"solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short,\" he penned one of the most celebrated sentences in the English language. The 17th-century philosopher asserted that without \"a common power to keep them all in awe,\" human beings fall into a state of nature-a condition of anarchical warfare and lawless predation.

3 mins

My kid deserved what we couldn't afford

SEVEN YEARS OUT FROM NEEDING to use food stamps, and it's interesting what still triggers that feeling of humiliation that consumed my life back then. Yet I always feel it when I use a self-checkout station at the grocery store.

3 mins

Man In the Middle

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ABU DHABI'S CHIEF OIL EXEC IS TASKED WITH PHASING DOWN FOSSIL FUELS?

10 mins

TIME 100 CLIMATE

The most influential leaders driving business climate action in their own words

8 mins

REBEL WITH A CAUSE

Tadashi Yanai grew Uniqlo into a global force. Now he's out to fix his country By Charlie Campbell

7 mins

THE MOVIE WIVES ARE SPEAKING

The wives of famous men, often relegated to the sidelines, reclaim space in a crop of new films

6 mins

Reality TV stops being polite

The Challenge speaks to a trend toward cruelty

4 mins

Fargo's fifth season is a darkly hilarious return to form

MINNESOTA HOMEMAKER Dot Lyon (Juno Temple) has a nice, quiet life. Her husband (David Rysdahl) worships her...

1 min

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