AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar'Now I Am Speaking to the Whole World.' How Teen Climate Activist Greta Thunberg Got Everyone to ListenTIME - By Suyin Haynes“Can you hear me?” Greta Thunberg asks the 150 members and advisers in the U.K. Houses of Parliament. She taps the microphone as if to check if it’s on, but the gesture is meant as a rebuke; she’s asking if they’re listening. She asks again later in her speech. “Did you hear what I just said? Is my …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarTessa Thompson Is the Superhero Hollywood Has Been Waiting ForTIME - By Eliana DocktermanTwo years ago, Tessa Thompson said something controversial on Twitter — even if, to people outside Hollywood, it might not have seemed that radical. She simply reminded fans that Valkyrie, the Marvel superhero she plays in Thor: Ragnarok and again in this summer’s blockbuster juggernaut Avengers: …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar'I'm Not Here to Cater to White People's Discomfort.' How This Chef Is Using Food as a Tool to Address InjusticeTIME - By Osayi EndolynTunde Wey has lost his train of thought. A late-evening April drizzle has moved over the NoMad neighborhood in Manhattan, and a bumping 90s R&B playlist at pan-African restaurant Henry at Life Hotel has taken the Lagos-born writer and chef down memory lane, back to watching black American music …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarShe Fled Somalia's Devastating Civil War. Now She Wants To Be Its First Ever Olympic BoxerTIME - By Billy PerrigoIt’s the second day of Ramadan, and Ramla Ali is wrapping her hands at a boxing gym in London’s East End. It’s now midafternoon, and as a practicing Muslim, Ali hasn’t had any food or drink since before dawn. “I’m still training,” the featherweight says as she gets ready for a workout. “Which is …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarThis Ohio Teen Got Vaccinated Against His Mother’s Wishes. Now He’s Helping Others Do the SameTIME - By Alice ParkMeasles was declared eliminated in the U.S. in 2000, but since January this year, 764 cases have been reported in 23 states—the largest outbreak in a quarter century. And like the majority of children and teens who have been vaccinated against the disease, Ethan Lindenberger was relieved that he …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarMeet the Female Gamer Taking the Male-Dominated World of eSports by StormTIME - By Alex FitzpatrickWho wouldn’t want to get paid to play video games all day? Being a professional e-sports athlete sounds like a dream job—that is, until you realize just how grueling it can be. High-level professional gamers practice and strategize from sunup to sundown, hitting pause only for sleeping, eating and …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarHow This Egyptian Artist Is Drawing From History to Inspire Change for the FutureTIME - By Joseph HincksFor Egyptian musician Dina el Wedidi, each project is a kind of journey. Her debut album in 2014, Turning Back, was a trip through history, mining Egyptian folk music and Arab poetry. The collaborative musical and environmental Nile Project she worked on crossed borders, connecting African artists …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarHow This Black Gay Politician Is Standing Up to the Far-Right Government in BrazilTIME - By Ciara NugentFor his first two weeks in Brazil’s Congress in February, David Miranda, 34, was too scared to take the microphone. Far-right firebrand Jair Bolsonaro, known for homophobic and racist outbursts and policy pledges had just assumed the presidency. Violence against LGBTQ people in Brazil was at …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar'Music Is About Experimentation.' How Rosalía’s Flamenco-Inspired Music Became a Latin Pop PhenomenonTIME - By Ciara NugentHanging out in a park in suburban Barcelona in 2006, 13 year-old Rosalía Vila Tobella heard flamenco—a dramatic, folkloric music popularized by Romani communities in southern Spain—for the first time, blaring from the speakers of her older friends’ car stereos. “It was so visceral. I had never …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatar'You Should Be Yourself.’ How a Viral YouTube Star Is Embracing His Indian RootsTIME - By Abhishyant KidangoorWhen Indian YouTuber Ajey Nagar steps out of his house, even in the sweltering summer heat, he wears a black hoodie to disguise himself. Nearly 7 million people subscribe to the 19-year-old’s YouTube channel, and Nagar is regularly accosted by teen fans. “I can’t go to malls or restaurants,” Nagar …
AvatarTIMEAvatarAvatarThe Story Behind TIME's Greta Thunberg CoverTIME - By Suyin HaynesWhen Dutch photographer Hellen van Meene was commissioned by TIME to create a portrait of the climate activist Greta Thunberg, she knew that she wanted to portray the teenager in a different light to how the world has seen her before. “When someone asks me to make a portrait, I always think about …