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1. ‘VALUABLE
INSIGHTS FOR
OUR TROUBLED
W O R L D .’
JANE MCKINLAY, of New
Orleans, on the Feb. 1/
Feb. 8 issue announcing
the launch of TIME’s
2030 initiative
- ‘Our treatment of
the earth is an insult
to the universe...
a wholesale damning
of humanity.’
JOHN WAWRZONEK,
of Northborough, Mass.,
on the April 26/May 3
climate issue
3. ‘MY BIGGEST
HOPE IS THIS
COVER MIGHT
INSPIRE OTHER
LITTLE GIRLS TO
THINK, “I CAN
DO THAT!”’
REESE WITHERSPOON,
writing on Instagram
about TIME’s inaugural
list of the world’s most
influential companies
of 2021 in the May 10/
May 17 issue
- ‘As history and
society continue to
evolve, so should the
school curricula.’
JANE TAEGER, of
St. Augustine, Fla.,
on Olivia B. Waxman’s
July 5/July 12 cover story
on the controversy over
critical race theory
- ‘WORKERS
THAT STRUGGLE
TO PAY BILLS
ARE FED UP
HEARING
ABOUT THE
PAY OF CEOS
AND ARE
DEMANDING
MORE.’
RITA BALLONE, of
Carmichaels, Pa., on the
Aug. 2/Aug. 9 “Rethinking
Work” issue
- ‘I would like for
Mr. Fanone to know
that his experience
was not in vain... and
that he is being heard.’
KAREN WARTICK, of
Mesa, Ariz., on Molly Ball’s
Aug. 23/Aug. 30 profile
of D.C. police officer
Mike Fanone
- ‘Jane Goodall is one
of the few who can
persuade individuals
to accept their own
responsibilities
for slowing climate
change.’
STEPHEN JOSEPH
SHELLSHEAR, of
Brighton, Queensland,
Australia, on Ciara
Nugent’s Oct. 11/Oct. 18
profile of the 87-year-old
naturalist
- ‘WE NEED
A RESET OF
CORPORATE
MORAL VALUES.
PUBLIC GOOD
MATTERS.’
CÉLINE GOUNDER,
writing on Twitter about
Billy Perrigo’s and
Roger McNamee’s
Oct. 25/Nov. 1 features
on the most significant
leak in Facebook’s
17-year history
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The Year in Covers, Quotes, Firsts & Lasts, Language and Then & Now were written and reported by
Madeleine Carlisle, Cady Lang, Tara Law, Sanya Mansoor, Megan McCluskey and Olivia B. Waxman
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