Person of The Week

By TIME

TIME Senior Correspondent Charlotte Alter hosts candid conversations with the people who shape the world, about the forces that shape them. Tune in each Thursday to meet TIME's Person of the Week.<

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February 07, 2019 An Arizona City Warns It Will Sue If Razor Wire Isn’t Removed From Its Border Fence... and More Stories
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1) An Arizona City Warns It Will Sue If Razor Wire Isn’t Removed From Its Border Fence
2) How the U.S. Departure From Afghanistan Could Echo Kissinger’s Moves in Vietnam
3) The ‘Green New Deal’ Is Popular. Now Backers Need to Decide What It Is, Exactly
4) Having More Education Won’t Slow the Effects of Dementia, New Study Says
5) Why Vietnam? 4 Reasons the Southeast Asian Nation Is Perfect for the Second Trump-Kim Summit
6) Professor Comes Forward With Graphic Details of Alleged Sexual Assault by Virginia Lt. Governor
7) A Top Watchdog Is Rolling Back Payday Lending Consumer Protections
8) Here’s Why You Always Feel Sicker at Night
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39min
February 06, 2019 How TLC’s Left Eye Helped Save The Hate U Give Author Angie Thomas’ Life... and More Stories
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1) How TLC’s Left Eye Helped Save The Hate U Give Author Angie Thomas’ Life
2) The Families of Migrants Held Hostage Are Using Facebook to Raise Money for Smugglers’ Ransoms
3) Pope Francis Publicly Acknowledges Nuns Are Also Victims of Sexual Abuse by Priests
4) President Trump Couldn’t Decide Which State of the Union He Wanted to Give. So He Gave Both
5) Donald Trump Announces Plan to Meet With Kim Jong Un in Vietnam Later This Month
6) Former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell: Northam Scandal Is an Opportunity for ‘Repentance’
7) President Trump Used the State of the Union to Call for an End to Investigations. So Did Nixon
8) A New Study Says Pot Smokers May Have Higher Sperm Counts. But There’s a Catch
9) Texas Man Dies After E-Cigarette Explodes in His Face and Severs an Artery
10) Tyra Banks Is Opening a Supermodel Amusement Park Called Modelland to Bring ‘Modeling to the Masses’
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39min
February 05, 2019 14 Books That Are Being Made Into Movies and TV Shows in 2019... and More Stories
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1) 14 Books That Are Being Made Into Movies and TV Shows in 2019
2) Pope Francis Delivers the First-Ever Papal Mass on the Arabian Peninsula
3) Japan’s Deputy PM Apologizes for Blaming the Country’s Low Birthrate on Women
4) A Third of the Himalayan Glaciers Will Melt by the End of the Century
5) This Game of Thrones Theory May Signal the Return of a Very Unexpected Character in Season 8
6) Pentagon Warns ISIS Could Resurge in Syria Within Months
7) IUD Insertions Spiked After Trump’s Election, Study Says
8) U.K., Germany, Spain Recognize Venezuela’s Juan Guaido as Interim President
9) Kansas Judge Says Teen Victims Were the ‘Aggressor’ in Sex Case Against 67-Year-Old Man
10) Investor Who Made Olive Garden Salt Its Pasta Wants to Make Papa John’s Pizza Better
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42min
February 04, 2019 Our 9 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2019... and More Stories
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1) Our 9 Most Anticipated Video Games of 2019
2) U.S. Aid to Venezuela Will Test Military Loyalties Amid the Spiraling Political Crisis
3) The Patriots' Super Bowl Win Cements Bill Belichick's Legacy As An All-Time Great Coach
4) President Trump: Up to the Attorney General Whether the Public Sees Mueller’s Report
5) Experts Weigh in on The Simpsons‘ Impressive Record of Predicting the Super Bowl
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20min
February 03, 2019 On-Duty TSA Agent Dies in ‘Apparent Suicide’ at Orlando International Airport... and More Stories
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1) On-Duty TSA Agent Dies in ‘Apparent Suicide’ at Orlando International Airport
2) ‘Willful Ignorance.’ Inside President Trump’s Troubled Intelligence Briefings
3) Americans Eat More Than a Billion Chicken Wings on Super Bowl Weekend. There’s a Surprising Past Behind That Number
4) A New York Law Has Catapulted Later Abortion Back Into the Political Spotlight. Here’s What the Legislation Actually Does
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24min
February 02, 2019 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week... and More Stories
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1) 5 Songs You Need to Listen to This Week
2) Apple Apologizes For FaceTime Bug, Says Fix Due Next Week
3) Virginia Governor Apologizes for 'Racist and Offensive' Costume in 1984 Yearbook
4) 21 People Died In Weather-Related Incidents During The Polar Vortex
5) Trump's Attacks on Former Staffers Really Show He's Got a Loyalty Problem in The White House
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16min
February 01, 2019 'Together, America, We Will Rise.' Cory Booker Launches 2020 Campaign... and More Stories
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1) 'Together, America, We Will Rise.' Cory Booker Launches 2020 Campaign
2) Here’s What’s New on Netflix in February 2019 — And What’s Leaving
3) Beyoncé and JAY-Z Want to Give You Free Concert Tickets for Life for Taking a More Plant-Based Approach to Eating
4) U.S. Court Finds Syrian Government Liable For Death of Journalist Marie Colvin
5) ‘Empire’ Actor Jussie Smollett Arrived Home With a Rope Around His Neck After Alleged Attack: Police
6) Are Mushrooms Healthy? Here’s What Experts Say
7) Brexit May Have to Be Delayed, Says British Foreign Secretary
8) The Polar Vortex Caused Striking Solar Phenomena Called 'Sundogs.' Here's What to Know
9) The Senate Just Rebuked Trump’s Plan to Withdraw U.S. Troops From Syria and Afghanistan
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37min
January 31, 2019 The Surprisingly Mysterious Story of the World’s First Filmmaker... and More Stories
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1) The Surprisingly Mysterious Story of the World’s First Filmmaker
2) Minnesota Is Battling Minus 28-Degree Weather. That’s Just How These Ultramarathoners Like It
3) ‘We’re Flying Blind.’ The Shutdown Is Making it Harder for Economists to Understand the Shutdown
4) The Beatles Performed Their Last Live Gig 50 Years Ago. Here’s the Story Behind the Rooftop Concert
5) Ian Bremmer: The Quick Read on Venezuela’s Current Political Crisis
6) ‘Do Not Let Him Escape Responsibility.’ Prosecutors End Closing Arguments in El Chapo Trial With a Plea
7) Companies Selling Fake Likes and Followers on Social Media Settle With New York State
8) Health Officials Confirm Three Cases of Measles in Atlanta
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41min
January 30, 2019 India's Main Opposition Party Is Promising a Basic Income for the Poor. Can It Work?... and More Stories
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1) India's Main Opposition Party Is Promising a Basic Income for the Poor. Can It Work?
2) Lawmakers Don’t Want Another Shutdown. Now They Just Need to Convince Trump
3) What Howard Schultz’s Missteps As Seattle SuperSonics Owner Reveals About His Politics
4) How Chicago's 80,000 Homeless People Are Surviving in Deadly Zero-Degree Weather
5) Stacey Abrams Will Deliver Democratic Response to Trump’s State of the Union Speech
6) Oxfam Director: What Davos Can't Solve
7) Trump Said 'We Need' Global Warming to Deal With Record Cold. Here's Why That Doesn't Make Sense
8) Trump’s Own Intelligence Chief Contradicted Him Several Times
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43min
January 28, 2019 Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine’s I Am the Night Is a Retro Noir Thriller With Nothing New to Say... and More Stories
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1) Patty Jenkins and Chris Pine’s I Am the Night Is a Retro Noir Thriller With Nothing New to Say
2) ‘I Feel Like a Second-Class Citizen.’ Shutdown Pain Continues for Furloughed Government Contractors Who Don’t Get Back Pay
3) Tunisia’s Fledgling Democracy Shows Signs of Wear and Tear
4) North Carolina Boy, 3, Found After Missing in the Woods for 2 Days. He Says He ‘Hung Out With a Bear’
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