An Ode to State Fairs
The opening day of the Minnesota State Fair in 1997. —Joey McLeister—Star Tribune via Getty Images On America’s 250th birthday...
Republican Senator Calls On Trump to Replace Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrives to meet Australia Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Richard Marles during an...
Agriculture—and Farmers—Should Be at the Heart of Transforming Africa’s Economy, Leading Voices Agree
Elizabeth Wathuti; Ismahane Elouafi; Temiyeoluwa Alabi; Kingsley Moghalu —Matt Jelonek—Getty Images for TIME; Taylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images; Courtesy (2) Africa’s agricultural...
Why America’s AI Boom Isn’t an Industrial Boom
—Jonathan Kitchen—Getty Images America’s AI investment boom is real. However, this surge has yet to result in the kind of...
Ink Is an Exhilarating Portrait of the Beginning of the End of Newspapers
Guy Pearce and Jack O’Connell in Ink —Courtesy of Netflix What do we mean when we say a filmmaker has...
What is ‘Scromiting’? ER Doctors Are Seeing it More
—Anastassiya Bezhekeneva—Getty Images Recreational cannabis use is now legal in 24 U.S. states. After Illinois legalized it, in 2020, James...
E.U. Chief Says Alleged Russian Drone Plot Had ‘Hallmarks of State-Sponsored Terrorism’
Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs, addresses journalists in Wicklow, Ireland, on Sept. 2, 2026. —Michael...
U.S. Mint Begins Selling Trump $1 Coins. Are They Legal?
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent shared a photographic rendering of a commemorative $1 coin featuring the likeness of President Donald Trump...
Trump Says Tariffs Saved the U.S. Auto Industry. The Data Tells a Different Story
U.S. President Donald Trump, alongside Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford and Ford CEO Jim Farley, tours Ford Motor Company’s River...
The Danger of Ignoring Nepal
Families in Nepal search for missing relatives at the National Trauma Centre in Kathmandu, Nepal, on September 1, 2026, one...
TIME Reveals the Inaugural 2026 Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future List
Presented in partnership with Autodesk, TIME will convene this year’s listmakers at a special event in Las Vegas on September...
Introducing TIME Trailblazers: Designing and Making the Future
Click here to read the full 2026 list. In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina’s devastating August landfall, Resilience Force founder and...
6 Signs Your Venting Is Straining Your Relationships
—Science Photo Library—Getty Images Twenty minutes ago, you called a friend to complain about something your boss said. Since then,...
80-Year-Old Sen. Ed Markey Holds Off Younger Challenger in Democratic Primary
Sen. Ed Markey addresses his supporters during a “Power to the People” rally at the IBEW Local 103 facility in...
The Hidden Value of Back-to-School Shopping
—Nikita Burdenkov—Getty Images One of my first school memories comes from the first day of first grade, when my German...
