The Story Behind TIME’s Our America Project

To mark America’s big birthday, TIME—with the help of 250 experts—is spotlighting art, places, and i...

Remembering Jimmy Carter's Civil Rights Contributions

'By showing that a nonracist Southerner could win a major party nomination, Carter gave new pride to...

Why Sandra Day O’Connor's Appointment Won Bipartisan Praise

O'Connor was the first woman ever appointed to the Supreme Court

Our Changing Relationship With Time Itself

The pandemic created a window for many to re-evaluate their attitudes toward time itself. Now we’ll ...

Queen Elizabeth II Showed Why Britain Still Has a Monarchy

Her power was not the work of tradition alone. Look back at TIME's coverage

It's Harder Than Ever to Care About Anything

How Prince Philip Became Queen Elizabeth's Unlikely Husband

Philip's unusual background allowed him to help his Queen and wife become the monarch who defined a ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Legacy Doesn't Start With the Supreme Court

Here's how she made news decades earlier

John Lewis on Why He Kept Telling the Story of Civil Rights

Read a previously unpublished excerpt from John Lewis' 2017 conversation with TIME

What It's Like to Be an Advice Columnist During a Global Pandemic

Doris Kearns Goodwin: Coronavirus Demands a Leader Like FDR

"The overwhelming majority have never seen a situation that so severely disrupts our daily routines....

Greta Thunberg Is the Youngest TIME Person of the Year Ever. Here’s How She Made History

The climate activist is the first teenager to receive the recognition

'We're All Growing Up Together': As Sesame Street Turns 50, Big Bird Is Still Making Friends Everywhere He Goes

Robert Mugabe Ruled Zimbabwe for Decades. Here's How He First Came to Power

What Mugabe did with his power, however, was less easy to explain

How to Be an Antiracist Author Ibram X. Kendi on What We Get Wrong About Racism

The National Book Award winner on "the R word," the end of capitalism and his new book, How to Be an...