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France is cracking down on the influencer industry

GLOBALLY, INFLUENCING WILL BE a $70 billion industry by 2029, according to Data Bridge Market Research

DIGITAL BLIND SPOT

The U.S. government's security-clearance process is struggling to keep up online

Patrick Ta

FOR PATRICK TA, A MAKEUP ARTIST AND FOUNDER OF PATRICK TA BEAUTY, diversity and inclusion is central

As police forces shrink, private security takes over

ANDRE BOYER ENTERS THE GAS STATION LIKE A SOLDIER— back straight, boots shined, AR-15 pointed toward the floor

OUR COVID-19 LESSONS

More than three years into the COVID-19 pandemic and with America's public-health emergency expiring on May 11, it is clear that this moment is an opportunity not only to reflect on successes but also to grapple with the setbacks, pitfalls, and failures that defined our response. The responsibility to improve our response to future health crises lies in correcting our failures in this one

The D.C. Brief

DIANNE FEINSTEIN HAD ALREADY made history back in 1978, when she became the first woman elected to lead the San Francisco board of supervisors, effectively setting the agenda for the legislative arm of the country's eighth largest economy at the time

TEXAS COULD BE THE WORLD'S CLEAN-ENERGY CAPITAL. DOES IT WANT TO BE?

There’s just one problem: politics. While many cities, states, and even countries are fighting for the trillions of dollars in public and private green investments that are transforming the energy industry, many Texas leaders, including a powerful segment of the state’s political leadership, are opposing the new opportunities

She was Tucker Carlson's 'office mom.' Now she's suing

AT FIRST, ABBY GROSSBERG THOUGHT FOX NEWS WOULD be her big break

PLANET PROTECTORS

THESE INNOVATORS ARE PUSHING THE BOUNDARIES OF TECHNOLOGY TO DEVISE CREATIVE SOLUTIONS TO CLIMATE CHANGE AND OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL CHALLENGES

Sustainable Fashion Trends Around the World

Staying on trend can have a steep price when it comes to the environment, but 2023 is shaping up to be the year sustainability is sexy

Tamron Hall

THE POOL OF PEOPLE WHO CAN CALL THEMSELVES TALK SHOW HOSTS IS very, very small, and Tamron Hall is keenly aware of that

The American Century Ends in the Middle East

Beijing is replacing Washington as the player with the contacts and the power to broker deals between rivals in the region

The CROWN AT LAST

How King Charles III, Britain's longest serving heir to the throne, overcame scandal and tragedy to finally reach CORONATION DAY

THE OPIOID BACKLASH

PATIENTS WITH LEGITIMATE MEDICAL NEEDS ARE LOSING ACCESS TO OPIOIDS WHILE ADDICTION AND OVERDOSE RATES CONTINUE TO CLIMB

IT'S A MEAN, MEAN WORLD

As a plot driver, the traumatic home invasion has long been a staple of both film pulp-movies like Cape Fear, Death Wish, and John Wick-and artier projects like Michael Haneke's Funny Games and Ari Aster's anxious new Beau Is Afraid. All play into our collective fears of lawless hooligans invading our personal space. But a plot device, as every sane person knows, is simply a tool for the creation of fantasy

WHAT LIES BENEATH

Grappling with how to approach great works of art by bad men in the book Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma

Defending French Open champion Iga Swiatek plays for more than titles

WHEN IGA SWIATEK, THE WORLD'S TOPranked women's tennis player, travels to tournaments around the globe, her bag is filled with the usual accoutrements of superstars in her sport: racket, wardrobe, Legos. OK, Swiatek is likely the only three-time major winner toting around tiny plastic bricks. During the pandemic, Swiatek began toying with Legos; she finds the process of building the Disney World castle, or a Porsche, or the International Space Station relaxing.

What's next for misoprostol, the other abortion pill?

THE ABORTION PILL MIFEPRISTONE HAS been on uncertain legal ground since a Texas judge ruled on April 7 that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s approval more than two decades ago should be suspended. After the Department of Justice appealed the decision and requested that the Supreme Court step in, the high court decided that mifepristone should remain available while courts continue to decide its legal fate.

CLEARING THE FIELD

Why a President most voters say shouldn't run faces no real party challenge

America's life - expectancy map

THE AVERAGE U.S. LIFE EXPECTANCY HAS HIT ITS worst decline in 100 years, and America's standing is dismal among peer nations. But the average obscures a more complex story. The U.S. is facing the greatest divide in life expectancy across regions in the past 40 years. Research from American Inequality found that Americans born in certain areas of Mississippi and Florida may die 20 years younger than their peers born in parts of Colorado and California.

Pat & Candy & Allan & Betty

NOBODY WAS SUPPOSED TO GET hurt.

How Jenny Jackson wrote a best-selling novel while her kids were in the bath

Two decades ago, Jenny Jackson put aside her own writing dreams to become a book editor-but now her debut novel, Pineapple Street, is a New York Times best seller and a Good Morning America book-club pick, and has already been optioned for TV. The wildest part? She wrote it in four months, while holding down her job and raising a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old. She also managed to talk to TIME as part of our series on how parenting shapes the people who shape the world; find more at time.com/parent-files

ARSENAL of DEMOCRACY

The race to arm Ukraine

TO INSPECT AND SERVE WATCHING THE DETECTIVES

After 2020's protests, eyes turned to city budgets. Can controllers' audits change policing?

Powered UP

Tired of being at the mercy of the regional utility, a bluecollar Latino community took matters into its own hands.

Getting to YES

Learning to love the green building boom

GROUNDS FOR RECONSIDERATION

Howard Schultz sold himself as a benevolent, modern boss. Then Starbucks employees pushed for a union.

Electrify Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Decarbonizing America will require a building spree not seen in generations.

Green Machine

How California NIMBYS and city councils use environmental laws to kill climate-friendly development

How a far-right former bounty hunter popularized a Covid conspiracy theory

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