Their successes make the case not for abandoning affirmative action but for continuing it
What’s the Best Thing Your Dad Has Ever Told You?
TIME teamed up with Lean In to ask famous dads to write open letters to their daughters. In honor of Father’s Day, we want to know: what’s the best thing your dad has ever told you? Tweet us using #LettersFromDad.
New Labor Law Targeting Underage Models Could Change Our Body-Image Issues
Beautiful, tall, skinny girls provoke a lot of emotion in people, none of which is ever sympathy. But a bill that just passed the New York legislature is aimed at protecting this rare species of human. Known in legal-speak as
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Cremation Is on the Rise, but Where to Put the Ashes?
Scattering the remains of your loved one—legally—can present something of a challenge.
Our Double Standard of Privacy
We’re upset about the government tracking our communications, but we willingly hand over much more sensitive information to a handful of huge corporations
Our Antiquated Laws Can’t Cope With National Security Leaks
Is Edward Snowden a traitor or a whistleblower? We need a better legal framework to figure that out.
Let’s Not Forget, Many Working Moms Want To Work Less
Maybe it’s time to admit that a lot of mothers don’t mind the lost pay and status of part-time jobs
Bill Cosby’s ‘Tough Love’ Is Counterproductive
Bill Cosby is not alone in thinking black Americans need to do better, but his advice is not just tone-deaf, it’s useless as well
8 New Ways of Looking at Intelligence
Our brains can be strengthened (and weakened) in many more ways than we ever thought.
The Economic Reason for Having Just One Child
The world will tell you that money shouldn’t be a factor in deciding to have more children. But should we really have to justify wanting to preserve our resources?
Edward Snowden: A Modern-Day Daniel Ellsberg, Except for One Key Difference
It’s still unclear whether the NSA’s spying was actually illegal
‘Davos for Women’ May Marginalize Female Leaders
Creating a separate sphere of influence does not mean exerting an equal amount of influence
Response to Revelations of NSA’s Data Collection Program: From Denial to Nonchalance
As the nation comes to grip with the news that the National Security Agency has engaged in various surveillance programs that capture and catalog information like phone call records and the Internet data, reactions have ranged from near denials to outrage to nonchalance.
Companies who have been named in secret documents as having been …