COVER STORY this issue: Alex Morgan Strikes Back. On a drizzly spring evening in New York City, Alex Morgan fixes her gaze on the golf ball at her feet, cocks her arms and then propels them forward with effortless power. The ball leaps off the tee and sails towards the netting between the tee and Hudson River 200 yd. away. “This is nice,” Morgan says, exhaling between swings. “Really nice.” The driving range is a favorite escape for Morgan, but she’s spending less and less time there – even as she needs the release more than ever. The reigning U.S. women’s soccer player of the year, Morgan is the sport’s most…To understand the world we live in, read TIME.
A nation searches for a way out of catastrophe. Two men claim to be the President of Venezuela, which has the largest oil reserves on the planet and so little food that in a single year the average citizen lost 24 lb. One, Nicolás Maduro, secured a second term in a 2018 election widely regarded as a sham. The other, Juan Guaidó, took an oath of office on Jan. 23, in a maneuver that was equal parts…
When Tom Shicowich’s Toe started feeling numb, in 2010, he brushed it off as a temporary ache. At the time, he didn’t have health insurance, so he put off going to the doctor. The toe became infected, and he got so sick that he stayed in bed for two days with what he assumed was the flu. When he finally saw a doctor, the physician immediately sent Shicowich to the emergency room. Several days later, surgeons amputated his toe, and…
