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Two-Way Main Street

The U.S. economy is strong. But with high interest rates, it's not all good news if you aren't rich

A solar revolution driven by power cuts

About 2,300 ft. above Beirut in the Matn district mountains, Roger Mazloum and his brother Elias greet me on an unusually balmy winter day as they chop wood to help keep their early 20th-century home warm before the cold returns.

Reading the (recording) room

ON FEB. 19, MANHATTAN'S BEACON THEATER was at capacity for a live taping of The Read, the beloved pop-culture podcast hosted by comedians Kid Fury and Crissle West.

In pursuit of the elusive climate drama

IN THE NEAR FUTURE IMAGINED BY THE Apple TV+ sci-fi drama Extrapolations, humans have discovered how to communicate with humpback whales.

A meet-cute worth singing about

THE BROADWAY-TO-HOLLYWOOD pipeline has never been more active, and it's easy to see why. Streaming needs content.

An amateur researcher follows a hunch, and the rest is history

RICHARD III AS A FICTIONAL CHARacter has a lot to answer for: Shakespeare painted him as a deformed, power-mad schemer.

THE WORLD'S Greatest PLACES

The travel industry is back in full swing in 2023, but not without notable shifts in how and where we wander. Steeper costs and increased interest in sustainability and authenticity are reshaping the landscape. Explore these 15 and 35 more of the most exciting spots at time.com/worldsgreatestplaces

The Mail Man

INITIALLY CAST AS A TRUMPIAN VILLAIN, LOUIS DEJOY IS DELIVERING FOR THE POSTAL SERVICE, AND DEMOCRATS

CLOCK WISE

After three years of pandemic, our relationship with time has changed- maybe for the better

Christian revival's unique opportunity

SOMETHING HAPPENED AT ASBURY UNIVERSITY. MANY Christians called the weeks-long worship service at the small Wilmore, Ky., school, which attracted tens of thousands and disrupted campus life, a revival.

Netanyahu faces his biggest test yet

AFTER MORE THAN 15 years, spread across three separate runs as Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has plenty of hard-won political experience. He's never needed it more.

THE REAL BANK CRISIS

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and the Biden Administration's unprecedented response, guaranteeing deposits and backstopping regional banks, has catalyzed an important and necessary national conversation over what went wrong, and what can be done to prevent future crises. But SVB's fall has also set off a frenzy of mythmaking, ranging from ideological clichés to hyperbole.

Luxury watches search for a different kind of green

AS WATCHMAKERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD GATHER in late March in Geneva for one of the industry's biggest events the Watches and Wonders fair-Switzerlandbased Oris will announce a luxury diver's watch with a swirly blue and green dial.

BIDEN'S BIG OIL TRUCE

Opening a wilderness to drilling, the President recasts relations with an industry he'd vowed to phase out

5 ways to find happiness on your own

Forget everything you've heard about being single starting with the assumption that it means ready to mingle.

A boxing franchise that feels like a gift, again

Now that our lives revolve around tiny screens tailored to our individual likes and dislikes, the act of trying to please a crowd-specifically, a crowd of moviegoers gathered at an actual theater has become more a noble pursuit than a purely money-grubbing one.

100 Years of TIME

A century-long tradition began March 3, 1923, with the first issue of TIME. Ten decades later and counting-we're still covering the world's news through the stories of the people who shaped those events. To mark TIME's centennial, we're looking back at some of our most influential moments, all framed by the cover's red border-and looking ahead to the stories that the events of tomorrow may bring. Find more at time.com/100-years

Women OF THE Year

12 EXTRAORDINARY LEADERS FIGHTING FOR A MORE EQUAL FUTURE

IN THE SHALLOW

Amazon's Daisy Jones & the Six adaptation is the latest rock-'n'-roll saga to paint a superficial portrait of musical genius

The Doctor Won't See You Now

PATIENTS ARE GIVING UP ON A LOUSY SYSTEM. WHICH ONLY MAKES THINGS WORSE

Welcome to the new American Dream

THE CLASSIC LEATHER BOOT HAS HAD MANY NAMES over the years-lace-up, cowboy, congress, pale rider.

The D.C. Brief

ABORTION IS STILL AVAILABLE IN South Carolina until 22 weeks of pregnancy, but intense efforts are under way to limit access. Dozens of state lawmakers back a bill that would make people who get abortions subject to the death penalty and another that would ban the procedure after 12 weeks.

The Leadership Brief

SINCE TAKING OVER AS CEO OF THE Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences last July, Bill Kramer has been putting out fires.

China's fraught plan to end the war in Ukraine

WITH ITS 12-POINT plan to end the war in Ukraine, China has taken a significant step toward center stage in international politics.

DEAR UKRAINIANS

You have been at war for a year now, and death must have touched virtually every family in your country.

On the front lines of the culture war over Black history

WHEN IT CAME TIME FOR EMMITT GLYNN TO TEACH the lesson on the Black Panthers in his AP African American Studies class, he says he was overcome with \"fear\" walking into his classroom at Baton Rouge Magnet High School on Feb. 17-fear that what happened in the room would be misconstrued by the outside world. The school has been fielding so many media requests about Glynn's class that administrators set up a day for the press to come see the curriculum in action.

Why are publishers rewriting classics?

ONLY DAYS AFTER A BRITISH PUBLISHER CAME UNDER fire for edits made to Roald Dahl's children's books, the Telegraph revealed Feb. 25 that James Bond was getting the same treatment. Just as Dahl's books would be adjusted to remove language that today's readers deem offensive, the estate of Bond author Ian Fleming has conducted a sensitivity review before an upcoming reissue of the spy novels.

Hollywood Movies Just Aren't as Sexy as They Used to Be. Blame Superheroes

Channing Tatum's stripper Magic Mike pulls on bookcases and beams in the Miami home of a wealthy woman played by Salma Hayek Pinault. Hayek Pinault's character looks confused, but if you've seen a Magic Mike movie, you know Mike is testing whether the furniture will hold up to his swinging and gyrating.

Apocalypse (possibly) now

It’s the end of the world. Or is it?

5 ways to find the right therapist for you

Research shows that people who have a good relationship with their therapist get the most out of therapy. "I tell friends that they should like talking to their therapist and feel like their therapist likes talking to them, because a strong relationship will generally lead to better outcomes," says Emily Maynard, a psychotherapist in California. But even after figuring out who's affordable and available, finding a provider who's the right fit for your personality and needs can take some work. Mental-health experts recommend casting a wide net, not getting discouraged, and taking advantage of the free 15-minute phone consultations that most practitioners offer to figure out if you'd like to work together. Here are five other things to reflect on when choosing a therapist.