Time - February 12, 2024

In this issue

Uncertain Ground
A year after a train spilled hazardous chemicals in an Ohio town, some residents are left with doubt about official assurances.
By Alejandro de la Garza and Rebecca Kiger

The Closers
One of today’s most significant inequities is the yawning gap between the wealth of white households and Black households.
These 18 people are working to eliminate it

THE ROAD AHEAD

After New Hampshire, only one path to victory remained visible

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Why India's Ram temple is so controversial

THE INAUGURATION OF a vast temple dedicated to Lord Ram, one of Hinduism's most revered deities, on Jan. 22 has set India on edge once again.

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Is it dangerous to keep getting COVID-19?

BY NOW, MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD COVID-19 NOT JUST once, but two, three, or even more times, making it much less scary and more common than it was three years ago. Often, repeat infections aren't as severe as they were the first time, leading to a sense of complacency about getting COVID-19 again and again.

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A rhino with a future

Hope for a species on the brink

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A wounded city marks the Lunar New Year

ONE YEAR AFTER A MASS SHOOTING LEFT 11 DEAD AND nine injured at Star Ballroom Dance Studio during a Lunar New Year dance party, Monterey Park, Calif., is preparing for its annual festival. But the festivities will carry a different weight this year.

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5 ways to scale back on social media

EMMA LEMBKE JOINED INSTAgram when she was 12. The last of her friend group to sign up, she had sensed the appeal of the app in the gazes of friends; people who used to look at her now looked at their phones. \"I thought to myself, There has to be something incredibly magnetic and magical and connective that pulls people into these apps,\" recalls Lembke, who's now 21 and founder of a nonprofit dedicated to helping kids use social media in a healthier way.

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HOW THE WAR WILL END

In the aftermath of the Hamas attack of Oct. 7, Israel declared an ever expanding list of war aims, ranging from the return of all hostages to the creation of a buffer zone separating Israel from Gaza's population. Yet no Israeli leader has explained how the military campaign, even as it has destroyed much of the Strip, could possibly achieve its objectives. That's because it can't-and they know it.

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Earth 2.0(°C)

MANY HIGHLY VULNERABLE POPULAtions and ecosystems are already facing the devastating impacts of climate change.

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The noises in my head at a silent retreat

OF COURSE, THERE WASN'T A PLUNGER. THERE'S NEVER a plunger when you need one. But there's always an audience: in this case, three women sitting on the other side of the thin bathroom door waiting for their turn to use a toilet that was now horribly, hopelessly clogged.

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Derailed

A hazardous chemical accident takes place almost every day in the U.S. The worst in recent history occurred on Feb. 3, 2023, in East Palestine, a small Ohio town on the Pennsylvania border.

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ISSA RAE

Spreading the wealth

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DREAMS OF THE SANDMAN

With Dune: Part Two, Denis Villeneuve reaffirms his commitment to big-screen artistry

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The Real Housewives of Truman Capote's New York

WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN queer men and glamorous women so intimate-and so volatile? Consider Jennifer Coolidge's tragic White Lotus character, Tanya, who wandered off with a crew of fortune hunters she memorably described as \"high-end gays.\" Or Andy Cohen playing ringmaster to a universe of pugnacious Real Housewives.

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The spy who married me

DONALD GLOVER IS KNOWN AS a provocateur, taking aim at pieties around race, celebrity, and pop culture in dark comedies like Atlanta and Swarm. But he also has a romantic side-one that has fueled Atlanta storylines about his character's bond with his daughter's mom and music he's released as Childish Gambino.

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