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In late March, TIME spoke with former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan by Zoom from his home in Lahore for a new cover story. Khan was ousted in a parliamentary no-confidence vote last April, and he spent the next year holding rallies to demand snap elections that might bring him back to power.

In the interim, Khan has survived an assassination attempt, been hit with a flurry of charges that he claims are concocted to disqualify him from reentering politics, and narrowly avoided arrest amid pitch battles between police and supporters outside his home in Lahore. 

Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg has indicted Donald Trump over an alleged hush money payment during his 2016 presidential campaign. It is the first time in American history that a former president has been indicted.

Bragg’s’s case stems from events that occurred before Trump became President. Yet there are several other investigations underway involving Trump’s behavior after he was inaugurated. Prosecutors in Georgia’s Fulton County are looking into Trump’s efforts to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election win in the state. The former President is also under scrutiny by Justice Department Special Counsel Jack Smith for two separate matters: his handling of classified documents and his actions leading up to the deadly siege of the Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Given how many investigators have Trump in their sights, it’s worth asking why the case involving a 2016 payment to adult film actor Stormy Daniels became the first to land a charge. 

"An independently wealthy Republican president is tossed out of office after a single term amid massive economic hardship and fears of political violence. There are rumors he was under surveillance or about to be arrested. Relentless, bitter, appalled at his Democratic successor, he stews in his elegant midtown Manhattan suite, plotting his next move. Except it was not Trump Tower but the Waldorf-Astoria and the ex-president was Herbert Hoover.

Most ex-presidents enter post Oval life bearing scars and regrets. Some take up painting; some lean into atonement. “We all have sorrows,” as Jimmy Carter told me. Or as the prayer of confession puts it, presidents often leave office haunted by what they have done and what they left undone. The libraries, the foundations and philanthropies, even the memoirs, serve both as explanation and expiation, as their legacies settle and harden.

The scandal of Donald Trump’s passage through public life rests both in what he has done and what he has left undone–so much power to do good, deployed instead to divide and conquer."

- Nancy Gibbs, former Editor-in-Chief, TIME Magazine 

As we come closer to the 2023 Women of the Year announcements, it's important to reflect upon some of the amazing figures that have helped define this list. Today, we're reflecting back on Amal Clooney's 2022 Women of the Year selection, and the infinite impact that she has had on women's rights and legal education around the world.

"Amal Clooney doesn’t like talking about herself. Sit with the 44-year-old lawyer, and she’ll take you on a tour of some of the worst places in the world, where despots reign and standing up for your rights can get you killed. Yet, inevitably, she finds women in these places who want to challenge power, and she supercharges them with her own power: the law.

It’s sometimes hard to see all of Amal because of the glamour and celebrity that can overshadow her work. She embraces that and shines light on some of the darkest parts of the world to help her clients. She also quickly reminds you that she’s not just the wife of George but also the mother of adorable twins, Alexander and Ella. That has changed her. She told me, “With everything going on today, I want to have a good answer when they ask me what I was doing.” I’m glad she’s in my corner."

 - Maria Ressa 

There was fighting all around the village. Svitlana and Lilia called their families to say that it was too dangerous to leave Yahidne and that they would stay there a while longer. On March 3 the military vehicles entered the village in a long column. Valeriy hurried everyone—the nine members of his extended family and the two guests—into his makeshift bomb shelter.

From inside, they could hear heavy machinery driving into his yard, stomping, and gunfire. But that evening nobody discovered their hiding spot, thanks to Valeriy’s smart thinking: he hung a lock on the door to make it look as if it had been shut from the outside. The Russians pulled at the door and walked away. But the next day they broke the lock. Valeriy shouted:

“Don’t shoot, there are children here!”

Read the full TIME story here:
 https://time.com/6255183/ukraine-basement-yahidne-held-captive/ 

As the world has slowly returned to work following the peak of the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown, we have spent much of the year talking about the future of work and subjects like hybrid workplaces and “quiet quitting,” an idea that swept across social media and advocated for doing the bare minimum at work.

At the heart of it all is often the question about what a good work-life balance looks and feels like.

In this short film, which is part of an ongoing series called Quitting Time, filmmakers Laura Coxson and Cameron Yates feature the story of Luis Jimenez, a New York City bus driver with an unexpected hobby. 

When Sonoo Thadaney-Israni bought a house in a neighborhood in California’s Silicon Valley, she found something disturbing in the fine print of her home deed. She bought a home in Ladera, where property deeds contained racist
restrictions from decades ago. The rules are no longer enforceable or legal, but they’ve been on the books since the
neighborhood was established 70 years ago.

How did this happen? It traces back to New Deal programs meant to help Americans during the Great Depression.
While white Americans often reaped benefits from these programs, Black Americans did not.

Retro Report and TIME combine forces to tell the story of the secret restrictions placed upon minority communities across the United States. 

TIME100 Next honorees talk about the best piece of advice they have ever received at the TIME100 Next Gala 2022. 

"Trust your gut. I think I experienced self-doubt for a long time, and really trusted other people around me and external forces. I think had I just trusted my gut sooner; I would've avoided a lot of that turmoil."

- Jennette McCurdy 

"Khaby Lame doesn't need to say a word -- his videos will have you rolling in laughter in just seconds. That's why he's now the king of TikTok, with almost 150 million followers who can't stop watching his hilarious reactions to everyday ridiculousness.
There's magic in how his work connects people from all over the world. I'm so excited for him and all he has accomplished. He's real and so clearly loves what he does. Congrats on everything, Khaby -- I can't wait to see what you do next." - Charlie D'Amelio

Entertainer and TikTok star Khaby Lame is one of the TIME's 2022 Next Generation Leaders.

 https://time.com/collection/time100-next-2022/6213743/khaby-lame/ 

The death of Mahsa Amini did not happen in isolation. "The Iranian government sees women as the first line of opposition" says an activist in this 2020 TIME documentary documentary by filmmaker Jeff Kaufman.