Dec 25, 2017 Vol 190 No 27

These Syrian Refugees Made It to Europe. But There Still Isn’t an Answer to the Crisis

A Light In the Darkness

This Year’s Flu Virus Could Be Worse Than Usual - And the Vaccine May Not Help

‘We Can Take Them Apart.’ ICAN Chief Beatrice Fihn Accepts Nobel Peace Prize for Group’s Work to Ban Nuclear Weapons
”They don’t have to be that special”

Gabby Giffords and Mark Kelly: The New Year Is a Time for Hope, Even After Tragedy

Robin Roberts: Grief May Change Some Holiday Traditions. But You Can Create New Ones

Kesha: The Holidays Are Hard If You Struggle With Mental Illness. Don’t Blame Yourself

Patton Oswalt: How to Conquer Loneliness During the Holidays

Katie Couric: What I’ve Learned Over the 19 Christmases Since My Husband Died

Joe Biden: How the Sandy Hook Families Give Me Strength
’Around Christmas, I remember my daughter Naomi and my son Beau-just as I know the Sandy Hook families do’

The Last Temptation of Michael Flynn

How to Raise a Sweet Son in an Era of Angry Men

How Doug Jones Beat Roy Moore and Shocked the World

Student-Loan Borrowers Await Debt Relief

Meet the Man Running a $100 Million Campaign to Save the Republican Majority
Corry Bliss has a plan to save the Republican majority

How Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Is Upending the Old Order
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince is upending the old order

Jacinda Ardern, New Zealand’s 37-Year-Old Leader, Rolls Up Her Sleeves
TIME talks to New Zealand’s new prime minister, and those that know her personally, about what drives her

Meet the Journalist and Reality-TV Star Challenging Vladimir Putin for the Russian Presidency

Superbugs Are Nearly Impossible to Fight. This Last-Resort Medical Treatment Offers Hope
How a forgotten 100-year-old therapy is saving lives

Is 2018 the Year for Polio’s Extinction?
The world’s last case of polio may have already happened. We will know soon

The Global Plan to Combat Climate Change Faces a Reckoning
President Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Agreement isn’t the only obstacle

Move Over, Millennials: How Generation Z Is Disrupting Work As We Know It
”There’s always going to be something special about being the first”

The Executive Who Wants to Revolutionize Your Work Life

The Last Jedi Is a Star Wars Movie That’s Truly for Everyone

Yara Shahidi Is Finding Her Truth Through Art and Activism
The black-ish star is tackling adulthood in her spinoff, grown-ish

Gus Kenworthy Is Ready to Embrace His Role at the 2018 Winter Olympics
He is the first openly gay male to compete at the Winter Games