Time - USA (2021-03-01)

THE SHADOW CAMPAIGN Molly Ball’s

Feb. 15/Feb. 22 feature on the bipartisan

coalition that worked to ensure a fraud-free

2020 election was eye-opening for readers

across the political spectrum. Though

Richelle Mitchem of Edmond, Okla.,

worried that the

article wouldn’t “turn

down the temperature

in the country,”

other readers said it

strengthened their

belief in “protecting”

democracy “from

authoritarian and

dictatorial impulses,”

as Claire Tiernan of

Candler, N.C., wrote.

“The forces of good

can and did prevail

over forces of harm and deceit,” Tiernan

continued. “I wish I could thank every

one of them.”

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BLACK RENAISSANCE Readers were

inspired by Awol Erizku’s Feb. 15/Feb. 22

cover portrait of Amanda Gorman, the

22-year-old poet who spoke at President

Joe Biden’s Inauguration, as well as an

accompanying piece

featuring Gorman in

conversation with

Michelle Obama.

“Amanda’s vision

is crystal clear and

constructive,” wrote

Richard Sutherland

of Winter Haven, Fla.

Paying tribute to the

fi rst Black woman in

America to publish

a book of poetry, William Dodd Brown of

Chicago added that “somewhere in the

heavens, Phillis Wheatley is very proud.”

And there are signs that Gorman is already

inspiring the next generation: Shannon

Perkins tweeted that her 4-year-old daughter

“won’t let go of the latest @TIME” and

“keeps calling her princess Amanda.”

‘I tear up

every time

I read her

poetry.

What a gift

she is to us!’

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‘I will

never, ever

take an

election, or

democracy,

for granted

again.’

ANNE KERRIGAN,

West Islip, N.Y.

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