TIME MAY 26 2025 NEW

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The Brief
27
The View
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Ukraine’s Quartermasters
On the road with the largest ever transfer of U.S. arms to another country—and the foreign volunteers showing up to fight
By Simon Shuster
Plus: Ukrainian women battle behind the lines By Amie Ferris-Rotman
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Capitol Hill Local 535
Congressional staffers trying to unionize are also testing the sincerity of Democratic lawmakers
By Abby Vesoulis

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On the Trail
A retired insurance-claims investigator is determined to figure out who’s shooting wild horses in an Arizona forest
By Marisa Agha
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A Quest for Justice
Lawyer Karuna Nundy’s crusade to outlaw marital rape in India
By Astha Rajvanshi
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Most Influential Companies 2022
TIME’s annual list of 100 businesses charting the future

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Time Off

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The Brief
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The View
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Carnage in Kyiv
Photographer Maxim Dondyuk documents the toll of war
By Simon Shuster
Plus: Mothers return to Ukraine
By Amie Ferris-Rotman
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Crypto Wunderkind
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin on the promise and perils of the new web
By Andrew R. Chow
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The Activists
Its goals stymied， a youth climate group charts a new path forward
By Molly Ball

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Flight for Survival
Mirard Joseph， the man at the center of a viral image， tells his story
By Jasmine Aguilera and Harold Isaac; photographs by Paul Ratje for TIME
Plus: Joe Biden’s Haiti problem
By Vera Bergengruen

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Streaming Sensation
Inside the creation of CoComelon， a new model for children’s entertainment
By Alana Semuels


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Time Off

The Brief
23
The View
30
The War President
How Ukraine’s Volodymyr
Zelensky inspired the West to
unite against Vladimir Putin
By Simon Shuster
Plus: Dispatches from Kyiv， Ukraine; Siret， Romania; Przemysl， Poland; and Washington， D.C.
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Paying the Price
Charging drivers to use roads
makes sense as a strategy
against climate change. But the politics is something else
By Justin Worland

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Under Attack
Doctors who treat trans youth
face harassment akin to that
faced by abortion providers
By Madeleine Carlisle
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Women of the Year
12 extraordinary women—
Amal Clooney， Kacey Musgraves， Amanda Nguyen， Zahra Joya，
Kerry Washington， Adena Friedman， Sherrilyn Ifill， and more—strive to create an equal future. Including conversations led by Maria Ressa， Chanel Miller， and Angelina Jolie

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Time Off

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The Brief
19
The View
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Time Off
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Disturbing Content
Facebook moderators in Nairobi make $1.50 an hour to look at the worst things on the internet
By Billy Perrigo
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Road
Worriers
The U.S. needs more truckers， but the industry prospers by churning through drivers
By Alana Semuels

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Bringing Comfort
End-of-life doulas， once rare， have seen their numbers grow significantly during the pandemic
By Melissa Chan
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Army
Green
Is it possible for the U.S. military to be both combat-ready and carbon-neutral?
By Alejandro de la Garza
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Local Heroes
How villages high in India’s mountains hit vaccination milestones long before the rest of the country
By Nilanjana Bhowmick
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What Lies Ahead
Nothing is more stressful than uncertainty. And yet here we are，
in Year Three
By Rebekah Taussig



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Kid of the Year 2021
Orion Jean， age 11， talks to Angelina Jolie about spreading kindness. Plus 18 others from a generation of hope

The Brief
23
The View
30
A Personal War
The real roots of the Ukraine conflict
By Simon Shuster
Europe must save itself By Bruno Maçães
40
An End In Sight
Omicron may shift the virus to endemic status By Alice Park
The wait for treatment of Long COVID
By Jamie Ducharme

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Confronting History
My search for answers about my enslaved ancestors By Imani Perry
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Gimme Shelter
HUD’s Marcia Fudge faces the housing crisis By Abby Vesoulis
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Waste Not
Finland’s effort to go beyond recycling
By Lisa Abend
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Outlawing Tobacco
A town aims to start a movement
By Jamie Ducharme
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Dog Runs
Saving millions of pets by moving them north By Andrew Blum

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Time Off

The Brief
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The View
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The Biden Blues
At the end of his first year， the President faces an uncontrolled pandemic， galloping inflation， tanking polls and a blocked legislative agenda. Where does he go from here?
By Molly Ball and Brian Bennett
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Putin’s Nemesis
In letters to TIME from a Russian penal colony， opposition-movement leader Alexei Navalny urges the West not to fall for Putin’s distractions
By Simon Shuster

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A Beijing Winter Games
Having struggled with fame after winning gold in 2018， snowboarder Chloe Kim is back and stronger than ever By Sean Gregory
Plus: 12 other Olympic athletes to watch， Alice Park on China’s plan to keep COVID-19 at bay and Ian Bremmer on the geopolitical stakes
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The Magic of Collaboration
World Economic Forum president Klaus Schwab on coming together; leaders recall winning partnerships; plus advice from Yuval Noah Harari， Indra Nooyi and more
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Time Off

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The Brief
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The View
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Time Off
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Jan. 6， Continued
Probed by the
FBI and the House，
but weaponized
by Trump
By Vera Bergengruen， Brian Bennett and Chris Wilson， and Nik Popli
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Bucking Up
The CDC
It’s up to CDC director
Dr. Rochelle Walensky to return trust to an agency brought
low by the pandemic
By Alice Park
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The Future
At Hand
Tiny reactors， digital twins， online creators and a joking robot
By Andrew Blum， Andrew R. Chow，
Raisa Bruner and
Corinne Purti
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Skiing on
An Edge
Freestyler Eileen Gu，
born in the U.S.， will compete for China in
the Beijing Games
By Charlie Campbell
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Money Talks
Wealthy local residents rode to the rescue of cash-strapped Kalamazoo. Not everyone is pleased
By Alana Semuels
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The Visionary
Shonda Rhimes upended network television， romped in the Netflix stream
and eyes what’s next
By Judy Berman


ON THE COVER:
Photograph by Djeneba Aduayom for TIME

Trump supporters rally near the White House on Jan. 6， 2021， hours before mobs storm the Capitol
Photograph by Mark Peterson—The New York Times/Redux

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The Choice
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HEROES OF THE YEAR

THE SCIENTISTS WHO CREATED THE MRNA VACCINES MAY HAVE SAVED THE WORLD FROM MORE THAN COVID-19
By Alice Park and Jamie ducharME

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ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
SIMONE BILES， THE GREATEST GYMNAST OF ALL TIME， USED HER OLYMPIC PLATFORM
TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT WHAT MATTERS
BY ALICE PARK AND SEAN GREGORY

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ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
TEENAGER OLIVIA RODRIGO WROTE A CONFESSIONAL ALBUM IN HER BEDROOM THAT BECAME THE SOUNDTRACK OF A RAW YEAR
BY LUCY FELDMAN

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ENDNOTE
BY WALTER ISAACSON

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The Year In ...

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Best of Culture

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The Brief
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The View
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Whistle-Blower
Frances Haugen’s life before Facebook compelled her to expose the company’s secrets
By Billy Perrigo
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Melting Pot
To understand why teaching race has become an incendiary political issue， look no further than one school’s fight over “cultural responsiveness”
By Molly Ball

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Wind Workers
The U.S. East Coast is preparing to draw energy from offshore wind farms. And trainees are preparing for the jobs they’re told will come too
By Alejandro de la Garza
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‘Peak Redundancy’
The burden of TV streaming services that want to be all things to everyone
By Judy Berman
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The Year in Photos
Moments of clarity， in a 2021 marked by fraught transitions

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Time Off
A fisherman feeds whale sharks in Tan-Awan， the Philippines， in September; while the chance to swim with big fish is a tourist draw， conservation groups denounce hand feeding
Photograph by Hannah Reyes Morales—The New York Times/Redux
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