In this issue

Trump Ascendant
Optimism at the RNC in the wake of the assassination attempt.
By Eric Cortellessa and Brian Bennett

A Call to Rise Above
Reasons to be hopeful about unity—even as American politics continues to divide.
By Nancy Gibbs

Server Harms
The arrival of a Bitcoin mine in a Texas town heralded a wave of mysterious health concerns.
By Andrew R. Chow

BIDEN BOWS OUT

IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY FOR JOE BIDEN to rise to the pinnacle of American politics, an ascent haunted by tragedy and capped by triumph. The fall, in comparison, felt brutally fast.

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Behind the opulence of Anant Ambani's big fat Indian wedding

THE WEDDING CELEBRATIONS FOR the son of Asia’s richest man culminated in a lavish, celebrity-filled three-day gathering that came to a close in Mumbai on July 14. Mukesh Ambani, chairman of India’s largest conglomerate, Reliance Industries, hosted festivities over seven months for his son Anant Ambani’s marriage to pharmaceutical heiress Radhika Merchant.

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5 reasons to start walking backward

I'VE SPENT MY WHOLE LIFE happily walking in one direction: forward. It was, I believed, the only way to go, so I dutifully logged dozens of miles a month looking like every other person out for a morning stroll.

3 mins

Why is Modi embracing Putin?

HOURS BEFORE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

3 mins

Shannen Doherty

The quintessential Gen X girl

1 min

The complicated work of treating trauma

DR. BESSEL VAN DER KOLK HAS SPENT 30 YEARS FIGURING out why people behave so strangely.

5 mins

HIP-HOP NEEDS A RECKONING

Misogynoir is, of course, not unique to hip-hop. Universal systems of oppression are prevalent in the lives of Black women.

3 mins

A global movement against the status quo

WITH SO MANY elections in big countries this year, it's a good time to look at how the politics of democracies is shifting. But this is no simple turn to the left or the right.

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Health Matters

IT'S SUMMER, AND FLU AND RSV HAVE come and gone. But as ever, COVID-19 is different. Even though the pandemic is behind us, the virus is once again surging in the U.S.

2 mins

The border is not the problem

WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM ETHIOPIA in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill.

5 mins

Trump Ascendant

IT'S NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RACE TO LOSE

10 mins

Unity is still possible in America, even now

A COUNTRY BORN BY BREAKING WITH A KING inherits dissent as a birthright.

5 mins

DARKNESS RISING

An attack on former President Trump punctuates the alarming surge of political violence

9 mins

TECH RACKET

INSIDE THE \"NIGHTMARE\" HEALTH CRISIS OF A TEXAS BITCOIN-MINING TOWN

10+ mins

When Mother Knows Best

They have advanced degrees, kids of their own, and massive followings. A new kind of parenting expert has emerged online

10+ mins

The WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES

Our annual list of the globe's most desirable destinations takes you from urban art hubs to remote rain forests-and even Antarctica. Start here, and find the rest of our top 100 places to stay and things to do at time.​com/worldsgreatestplaces.

10+ mins

GO BIG OR GO HOME

With Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung illustrates the promise and pitfalls of indie directors making blockbusters

6 mins

An audacious new read of The Decameron

IN THE ANNUS HORRIBILIS OF 2020, AS COVID-19 RAVAGED the world, a generation that had yet to experience a cataclysm of precisely this scale turned to art for insight into how we might survive it.

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