Our 250 contributors pick the art, tech, food, music, architecture, movies, books, places, science, and television that define the country at its Semiquincentennial THE ART, INNOVATIONS, DESTINATIONS, AND IDEAS THAT DEFINE AMERICA NOW
The rising sea levels associated with climate change are already a problem for small towns in the boggy eastern reaches of North Carolina LOVIE MILLER DOESN’T REMEMBER A time when floods weren’t a part of life in Scranton, N.C. A native North...
The Knicks’ epic run to their first NBA championship in more than half a century brought New Yorkers together in the best possible way When you love something so much and that adoration goes unrequited for more than half a century until you...
A home in Scranton, N.C., on Oct. 12, 2025 Photograph by Cornell Watson for TIME MARA BROCK AKIL KNOWS HOW TO SAVOR A moment. You might presume that, for the creator behind TV hits beginning with the eradefining 2000s sitcom Girlfriends and...