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The Brief

31
The View

36
A Nation Asunder
Overturning Roe v. Wade upended
a lot more than the law on abortion
By Abigail Abrams
No longer will feminist empowerment
be mistaken for power
By Charlotte Alter
Plus: The privacy questions
lurking in employers’ promises
By Katie Reilly
The looming issue of
how to define personhood
By Madeleine Carlisle
Doctors’ dilemma: When does
an abortion save a life?
By Jamie Ducharme and Tara Law

46
Healing Ukraine
In a nation ravaged by war,
First Lady Olena Zelenska immerses
herself in addressing traumas
both personal and collective
By Simon Shuster

53
The World’s
Greatest Places
The world is re-opening and tourists
are venturing forth. Fifty far-flung
destinations, from Ahmedabad
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to famed fashion designer.
Chasity learned how on YouTube.

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them, so she learned how on YouTube. A year later she was making
gowns to order, and today her fashion brand, Chasity Sereal,
is recognized from the catwalk to the big screen.

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‘They said I couldn’t buy Twitter

Then they wouldn’t disclose bot info.

$0.9998 Now they want to force me to buy

Twitter in court. Now they have
The value of €1 on July 13, bringing to disclose bot info in court ’
the euro to parity with the U.S. dollar
for the first time in 20 years ELON MUSK,
Tesla co-founder, in a meme he posted to Twitter
after saying he is breaking off a $44 billion deal to
buy the platform; Twitter sued Musk on July 12

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LAST FEW Height of the

MONTHS
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monument before
it was bombed on

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July 6, then
demolished.
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of the German gas
industry association rest
Zukunft Gas, on fears
as her
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that Russia could
extend a scheduled
maintenance humanity
shutdown of the Nord
Stream 1 pipeline, Population of the world by November, is being
which began July 11,
to punish Europe
according to a U.N. projection released July 11
stripped
from her.’
‘You have to do more!’
CHERELLE GRINER,
wife of Brittney Griner,
on July 6. The WNBA
star faces 10 years
MANUEL OLIVER, in a Russian prison
whose son Joaquin was killed in the 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in after pleading guilty
Parkland, Fla., interrupting President Joe Biden’s July 11 Rose Garden speech celebrating the passage to carrying hash oil
of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, which introduces new gun-safety measures into the country

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THE CASE
AGAINST
TRUMP
BY ERIC CORTELLESSA

New evidence from the

Jan. 6 hearings increases
the chances that the
former President will
face prosecution
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N
ot long ago, few in washington thought
Donald Trump would face prosecution for the
deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6,
2021. Trump did not directly participate in the
riot, unlike nearly all of the more than 800 people the Jus-
tice Department has charged as part of its wide-ranging
investigation. The former President’s allies have claimed
that the violence that day came as a surprise to them and
to Trump, and some of his defenders have suggested that
even if he could be linked to specific crimes, he lacked the
criminal intent legally required for conviction because he
really believed the 2020 election had been stolen.
Now, after seven hearings by the House committee inves-
tigating the Jan. 6 attack, the picture has changed. In widely
watched testimony, former Trump
aides have said under oath that the
fraud, intent is a key factor. Trump’s main legal defense,
in other words, could be a version of the George Costanza
line “It’s not a lie if you believe it.” That may be why some
of the earliest evidence the committee presented detailed
all the times Trump was told that he had lost the election
and that his schemes to nullify Joe Biden’s victory didn’t
pass legal muster. Greg Jacob, the top legal counsel to for-
mer Vice President Mike Pence, testified that even John
Eastman, a right-wing lawyer who was the most active
proponent of blocking the Jan. 6, 2021, certification of the
Electoral College, acknowledged in a meeting with Trump
two days earlier that the plan was legally unsound.
That fact, and other evidence presented by the commit-
tee, would incriminate Trump even if he really believed
the election was stolen from him.
Trying to stop congressional cer-

‘He has gone

former President was repeatedly
told his claims of significant voter
fraud were baseless. The commit-
tee has also produced evidence
that Trump urged his supporters
tification of the Electoral College,
especially by force, is a crime, and
Trump would be hard-pressed to
into a whole claim he didn’t intend to do that,
says Barbara McQuade, a former

to march to the Capitol even after
the Secret Service told him many
in the crowd were heavily armed,
and that he tried to recruit the Re-
publican National Committee to
different
U.S. Attorney for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Michigan. The same goes
for trying to submit fraudulent
category of electors for certification. “No
matter what he may believe about

help submit fraudulent electors to
the Electoral College.
Trump has dismissed the com-
mittee’s work, calling it a “hoax”
run by “political hacks and
potential
whether he won or lost the elec-
tion, he’s not allowed to be part
of submitting a forged electoral
criminal slate,” says Norm Eisen, a senior
fellow at the Brookings Institu-

liability.’
thugs,” but the sworn testimony
of eyewitnesses carries weight
under the law. Multiple former
prosecutors from both political —HARRY LITMAN,
FORMER PROSECUTOR
parties say Trump may now be
vulnerable to at least five federal
charges: conspiracy to defraud
the U.S., attempt to obstruct an official act of Congress, in-
citing an insurrection, attempt to intimidate a U.S. govern-
ment official, and, most seriously, seditious conspiracy. “He
has gone into a whole different category of potential crimi-
nal liability,” says Harry Litman, a former U.S. Attorney for
western Pennsylvania.
The JusTice DeparTmenT has never indicted a former
President, much less one who may run against the sitting
Commander-in-Chief—it’s a nightmare scenario for those
who seek to shield federal law enforcement from accusations
of political bias. That is one reason prosecutors would have
to be sure they could make a case against Trump stick before
bringing an indictment. Despite the committee’s work, it’s
still far from clear they have the goods. “Any lawyer telling you
that this would be an easy case,” says Renato Mariotti, a for-
mer federal prosecutor for the Northern District of Illinois, “or
no problem at all, all the evidence is right there, is misleading.”
On some potential charges, the Justice Department
would face a high burden of proof: on anything involving
The Brief is reported by Eloise Barry, Solcyre Burga, Tara Law, Sanya Mansoor, Billy Perrigo, Simmone Shah, and Julia Zorthian
tion who served as counsel to the
House during its first impeach-
ment of Trump.
For all that, Attorney Gen-
eral Merrick Garland will have to
weigh other factors before giving
the green light for a case against
Trump. Millions of Trump supporters might view the move
as politically motivated, eroding the public’s faith that the
feds use their massive powers to uphold the law, not to ad-
vance the interests of politicians. Bringing America’s first
case against a former President, even if it were a lock, could
also lower the bar for less principled future prosecutions.
But as the evidence against Trump mounts, choosing not to
indict isn’t cost-free either, as it could undermine the demo-
cratic principle that the law applies equally to everyone.
“If you let him get away with it, does it suggest that if you’re
a former President, you’re above the law?” McQuade says.
Only a few people know whether Trump is even under for-
mal investigation, but more lawmakers are calling for the com-
mittee to make a criminal referral to the Justice Department.
“I think that he should be held accountable,” says Represen-
tative Elaine Luria, a Virginia Democrat on the Jan. 6 panel.
For now, the committee remains focused on setting down for
history the most thorough account of the Jan. 6 attack and the
events leading to it. What Justice makes of the evidence pro-
duced in the process is ultimately up to Garland. 
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give less oxygen to

Black, Hispanic, and
Asian ICU patients,

The people’s palace

Angry protesters camp out in the Sri Lankan presidential palace in Colombo on July 11
following months of demonstrations over the country’s economic meltdown amid soaring food
and fuel prices. Sri Lankans stormed the residence to force President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
and the country’s Prime Minister, whom they blame for the crisis, to leave office. After hiding
out from protesters, Rajapaksa fled the country July 13 on a military plane.

THE BULLETIN
strengthening
relationships between
Akron police shooting sparks calls for DOJ investigation
Israel and Saudi Arabia,
slowing Iran’s nuclear
The police killing of Jayland TROUBLED HISTORY The Rev. Ray Greene Jr.,
program, and increasing Walker, a 25-year-old Black man who had executive director of the Freedom BLOC in
oil flow more than 60 gunshot wounds, on June 27 Akron, says Walker’s death sparked such a
in Akron, Ohio, led to large-scale protests response in part because of Akron police’s
in the city—and in Washington, D.C. Body- repeated targeting of the Black community.
cam video from some of the ofcers who “Why are we training ofcers to ‘eliminate
were on the scene when Walker was killed the threat’ of a citizen of the city that they
has raised more questions than answers for live in? This isn’t a war; you don’t elimi-
many. Activists say pledges by city and state nate the threat,” Greene says. While there
O P E N I N G PA G E : L O S A N G E L E S T I M E S/G E T T Y I M A G E S ; T H I S PA G E : R A F I Q M A Q B O O L— A P

ofcials to investigate the shooting are not
enough.
DRAMATIC ESCALATION The events that led
to Walker’s killing began when an ofcer
tried to pull him over for a trafc violation
and he fled. The situation escalated after
the ofcer reported that a shot was fired
from Walker’s car. Walker then got out and
ran. Eight ofcers began shooting, firing
more than 90 times, according to his fam-
ily’s attorney. Ofcers handcuffed Walker,
“on an
who was unarmed, even after shooting him.
expedited timeline” and Police said they later found a handgun on
train Russian troops to the front seat of Walker’s car. The local po-
use them, lice union has said it believes that use of
force was justified.
have been some reforms over the past two
decades, to Greene they represent “incre-
mental ways to keep people satisfied, keep
people shut up.”
CALLS FOR JUSTICE Local activists and
Walker’s family are calling for a federal in-
vestigation into Walker’s death. President
Joe Biden said July 6 that the Justice De-
partment is closely monitoring the case.
Greene, for his part, urges Congress to pass
the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act,
which would provide greater accountability
and tracking of police shootings and use of
force. “We don’t want incremental change,”
he says. “We need revolutionary change
today.” —Sanya ManSoor
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how ride-hailing
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politicians and evaded
local authorities
he was trafficked
to the U.K. at age 9
under a false name
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GOOD QUESTION
How will a Supreme Court setback change
the Biden Administration’s climate plans?
The Supreme CourT ruled againST
the Environmental Protection Agency’s
authority to regulate power-sector
emissions on June 30, a major blow to what
was once considered a promising avenue for
cutting U.S. emissions. Ye despite the ruling
in West Virginia v. EPA, Gina McCarthy,
President Joe Biden’s national climate
adviser, remains optimistic. “We’ve set
very solid goals; we’re making significant
progress on the transition to clean energy,”
she told TIME on June 28. “And that is
not going to live and die by the Supreme
Court’s decision.”
To meet the White House’s goals,
she said, the Administration must get
“creative”—a word she used at least 10
times during the conversation—and find
novel ways to galvanize the energy transi-
tion. This means relying on a range of laws
and authorities outside the EPA. McCarthy
cites Biden’s use of the Defense Produc-
tion Act, which will allow the government
to coordinate with industry on a range
of technologies including solar panels,
heat pumps, and insulation. The Admin-
istration’s plan to switch the federal fleet
of cars and trucks to zero-emissions ve-
hicles sets a market signal for industry to
shift, she says. And she touts the work the
Administration has done to bring together
state governments and the private sector to
rapidly expand offshore wind. Efforts like
these will continue, she says.
The EPA itself also plans to get creative.
While the Supreme Court significantly
curtailed the agency’s authority to make
major changes to the nation’s power sec-
tor under a provision of the Clean Air Act,
it didn’t limit the agency from addressing
climate change in other ways. On June 29,
EPA Administrator Michael Regan said
on a TIME-moderated panel at the Aspen
Ideas Festival that following the Supreme
Court ruling, the EPA plans to use a wide
range of authorities on water, waste, and air
quality to nudge electricity companies to
decarbonize. “The power sector then can
take a look at the economics to comply with
those rules at one time,” he said. “Or they
can say, ‘Hey, to hell with the past, let’s in-
vest more quickly in the future.’”
It’s not clear that all of these so-called
creative measures put the Administration
on track to meet its climate goals without
congressional help. But to get the U.S.
anywhere near Biden’s goal of slashing
emissions in half from 2005 levels by 2030,
creativity will need to be matched with
speed and focus. —juSTin worland
SPACE
Peering into
the past
NASA released the first
full-color images taken
by the new $10 billion
James Webb Space
Telescope on July 11 and
July 12. At left, galaxy
cluster SMACS 0723,
the light from which
traveled for 13.1 billion
years—offering one of
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the deepest looks into
space that humans have
ever had. At right, the
Southern Ring Nebula,
one of the brightest
nebulae in the night sky.
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WORLD
Farming the
unfarmable
BY NICOLA CHILTON
SKY KURTZ FARMS IN THE DESERT.
The co-founder and CEO of
Pure Harvest Smart Farms—
located outside Abu Dhabi, where
temperatures regularly top 113°F—
and his team use the challenging
environs to trial new crops and
technologies that have the potential
to change farming in climate-
challenged areas. Pure Harvest also
provides produce to supermarkets
and restaurants in Dubai and across
the region using less water, which
is important in one of the most arid
regions of the world.
Kurtz founded Pure Harvest Smart
Farms in 2017 with his co-founders
Mahmoud Adi and Robert Kupstas.
Passionate about food insecurity, they
spent the first year studying high-tech
food-production systems around the
world, as well as searching for the op-
timal site for their first farm.
Kurtz’s farms in the UAE started
out with “nothing but a PowerPoint,
24 TIME July 25/August 1, 2022
a pile of dirt, and the promise of what
we would do,” says Kurtz. But Pure
Harvest quickly proved it was built on
more than a promise. The founders’
research and technological innovation
led to the development of a proprietary
Controlled-Environment Agriculture
(CEA) system—a combination of high-
tech greenhouses and vertical farms
that provides a stable year-round cli-
mate. The first crop of tomatoes was
planted in August 2018 and harvested
in October. The company’s original
farm is now its R&D facility, and Pure
Harvest has expanded its facilities
in the UAE to 16 hectares of growing
area. It also operates a 6-hectare farm
in Saudi Arabia, and is developing a
6-hectare farm in Kuwait.
IT NOW PRODUCES 14 types of leafy
greens; two varieties of strawberries,
with seven more being developed; and
almost 30 varieties of tomatoes, the
product that started it all. With limited
availability of local, seasonal produce,
the UAE has typically imported much
of its food, often air-freighted, which
comes at a high cost, both economi-
cally and environmentally. And while
they are more expensive compared
with locally grown seasonal produce,
the company says its fruit and vegeta-
bles are typically up to 60% cheaper
than air-freighted imports of compara-
ble quality. “I think we’ve fundamen-
tally changed a belief system that said
local is worse,” says Kurtz.
Their vision fits in with a wider
goal for Dubai to become more self-
sufficient, and they have a desire
to use their R&D to help tackle the
impacts climate change is already
having on the food industry in the
Gulf region and farther afield. The
focus is not just on growing for
premium markets but also developing
affordable solutions to help
democratize access to fresh food.
Kurtz hopes the company’s data-
driven technology can become a
model for other regions that are
experiencing climate stress. “We
believe that we can develop a local-
for-local solution where it’s needed
most, and we’ve battle-tested that
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THE RISK REPORT

SHINZO ABE’S
LEGACY
BEYOND JAPAN
BY IAN BREMMER

On July 8, The wOrld learned ThaT ShinzO

Abe, Japan’s former Prime Minister, had been
shot in the Japanese city of Nara. Though Abe
had no current formal role in Japan’s govern-
ment, he was campaigning on behalf of a local
parliamentary candidate who was only too
happy to have Japan’s reigning political heavy-
weight speaking to voters on his behalf.
The shock and horror that follow this news
are amplified by its setting. Japan is one of the
safest countries in the world. Its gun laws are
among the world’s strictest. As the world reads
that the U.S. is home to more guns than people,
firearms remain extraordinarily rare in Japan.
Shinzo Abe was a remarkable leader, and it’s
no accident that he was Japan’s longest-serving
Prime Minister. His charisma, the force of his
personality, and his formidable political talent
gave him a lasting place in his country’s public
imagination. In his first tenure as Prime Minister
(2006–2007), he was Japan’s youngest PM since
World War II. In his second (2012–2020), he
provided a forceful leadership on the world stage
that Japan has not often offered.
His legacy will include both an ambitious
domestic reform agenda and a farsighted foreign
policy. The first two arrows of his “Abenomics”
economic-reform plan, which used a surge in
state spending and super-easy monetary policy
to try to kick-start Japan’s stagnant economy,
produced results that were positive but
inconsistent—and the country’s debt increased
dramatically. But his third arrow, structural
reform, brought more people, particularly young role in Asia in response to the rapid
women, into the country’s workforce, and eased expansion of China’s regional influ-
rules that have sharply restricted entry for ence helped pave the way for estab-
migrant workers as well. lishment of the Quadrilateral Secu-
rity Dialogue, a grouping of the U.S.,
Abe’s forceful foreign policy inspired Japan, India, and Australia that real-
both national self-confidence in Japan and con- izes Abe’s call for a “free and open
siderable controversy. He was a strong and un- Indo-Pacific strategy.” Here, the
apologetic ally of the U.S. He went to extraordi- strength of the relationship Abe built
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nary lengths to overcome protectionist pressures
within Japan to support the Obama Administra-
tion’s Trans-Pacific Partnership on trade—and
took leadership of the plan when American polit-
ical leaders of both parties renounced it.
His conviction that Japan must play a more
powerful political, economic, and even military
26 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
Abe’s forceful with India’s Prime Minister Narendra
Modi, with whom he shared a deep
foreign policy mistrust of China, was crucial. Even
inspired national more challenging for Abe was his
ever evolving relationship with Don-
self-confidence ald Trump, which depended as much
in Japan on the Prime Minister’s patience and

flexibility as on his personal commit-
ment to U.S.-Japanese ties.
Abe’s push to amend Japan’s paci-
fist constitution to give Japan a more
assertive military role in East Asia
provoked controversy both at home
and abroad, particularly in China.
Though his plan hasn’t yet been real-
ized, current Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida is still pushing in the same
direction. A solid performance by
their party in July 10th’s parliamen-
tary elections has given the LDP the
supermajority it needs to amend the
constitution. Japan’s voters appear
much more concerned for now about
Abe at Joint Base
Pearl Harbor
Hickam’s Kilo Pier
in Honolulu on
Dec. 27, 2016
economic headaches, particularly
high inflation, but Kishida will have
the numbers to advance Abe’s plan
if he chooses, and both the U.S. and
Chinese governments will be watch-
ing closely.
The good news for Japan is that
the country that must now absorb
this blow is blessed with a political
resilience and sense of national unity
that appears in short supply in some
other G-7 countries. An outpouring
of sympathy will likely boost Prime
Minister Kishida’s ability to deliver
on some of Shinzo Abe’s political and
policy goals.
Abe’s death
could help realize
the changes
that eluded him
BY AMY GUNIA
When Shinzo Abe, JApAn’S
longest-serving Prime Minister,
stepped down in 2020, he hadn’t
quite achieved what he’d set out
to. He resigned citing poor health,
but with dire approval ratings
over his handling of the COVID-19
pandemic, a struggling economy,
and a flurry of corruption scan-
dals. He also hadn’t succeeded in
his long held goal of revising the
country’s pacifist constitution.
Perhaps that’s why Abe, who
remained one of Japan’s most in-
fluential politicians even after
his resignation, was still work-
ing to write his legacy. Those ef-
forts were cut short on July 8 when
Abe was killed while campaigning
for the ruling Liberal Democratic
Party (LDP) ahead of parliamen-
tary elections.
“I believe there were expecta-
tions from both home and abroad
for him to continue to play a role
in the international arena as a for-
mer Prime Minister,” says Taro
Kono, the LDP’s director of public
affairs, who previously served in
Abe’s cabinet, including as Foreign
Minister. “How things turned out
is a tragic loss not only to Japan,
but to the world as well.”
There are already signs that
Abe’s legacy may continue to grow,
even in death. Two days after the
assassination, the conservative
LDP secured 63 of the 125 seats
up for grabs in the upper house
of parliament—a better showing
than previously expected.
The election gives political
forces supportive of a constitu-
tional revision the numbers they
need to succeed. Prime Minister
Fumio Kishida has promised to
“deepen parliamentary debate”
over amending the U.S.-drafted
post–World War II constitu-
□ tion, which renounces war. Abe
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THE BRIEF WORLD

had wanted to add a clause on the

existence of Japan’s military, the Self-
Defense Forces, to clarify its status.
“If Japan was invaded from overseas,
it would be the Self-Defense Forces
fighting at the risk of their lives. But
nowhere are they mentioned in the
constitution,” Abe said just days be-
fore his death. “I am committed to
changing that situation.”
Although Kishida is viewed as more
dovish than Abe, Japan’s foreign pol-
icy is unlikely to see radical shifts with
neighbors that include Russia and an
increasingly belligerent North Korea.
Tensions with China also continue to
rise, with growing incursions around
disputed islands.

Abe’s deAth will leAd to a chang-

ing of the guard within the LDP. No
clear successor has emerged for the
conservative faction of the party,
which Abe led, and a tussle for its lead-
ership is to be expected. The faction is
the largest in the LDP, and running it
allowed Abe to play kingmaker even
after leaving office. Any future leader
able to assume control of that faction
would prove tremendously power-
ful. Kishida, who took office in 2021
and helped guide the LDP to victory
in an election that year, heads a much
smaller, more moderate faction.
Before his death, tensions between
Abe and Kishida had been rising.
Kishida, who thanks to the July 10 re-
sult can govern uninterrupted until
elections in 2025, may well enjoy
more support than Abe did when he
left office in 2020. Abe’s death could
also give Kishida freer rein to push
forward his ideas. Although he’ll have
to tackle a few issues on the top of vot-
ers’ minds, like rising COVID-19 cases
and the mounting cost-of-living crisis,
Kishida will likely try to push forward
a “new form of Japanese capitalism,”
which he campaigned on. The aim is
to narrow the wealth inequality that
grew under “Abenomics”—Abe’s sig-
nature economic policy.
What’s not at stake is the LDP’s
continued grip on Japanese politics,
△
A mourner pays her respects at a memorial
to Shinzo Abe in Tokyo on July 11
a handful of years, is “really the only
game in town, and the real policy
debates tend to occur within the LDP
rather than with other parties,” says
Christopher Johnstone, the Japan
chair at the Center for Strategic and
International Studies, a think tank
based in Washington, D.C. “The
opposition is in complete disarray,”
Johnstone adds. For example, the rival
center-left Constitutional Democratic
Party of Japan won around one-third
the number of seats the LDP did in the
recent vote.
Even if Kishida desires to strike out
on his own, some of Abe’s views have
become cornerstones of the LDP. The
current Prime Minister has vowed
to take forward Abe’s unfinished
business—including, possibly, con-
stitutional reforms. “We will inherit
[Abe’s] will and tackle the issues he
had to leave unachieved,” Kishida said
following the election.
‘We will tackle
issues [Abe] had to
And ironically, Kishida may be
more successful in pushing through
Abe’s agenda than Abe would have
been. Abe was a polarizing figure
in Japan—even if he was the most
powerful politician in the country.
“[Kishida] can say the same things
and it will go down better,” says Jeff
Kingston, the director of Asian studies
at the Japan campus of Philadelphia’s
Temple University.
Abe was largely absent from the
public eye as COVID-19 cases ticked up
and the pandemic wiped out many of
the economic gains of Abenomics. Vot-
ers also grew frustrated over a costly an-
nual taxpayer-funded cherry-blossom
viewing party hosted by Abe and accu-
sations that he had granted special fa-
vors to friends and political allies.
But though Abe’s life was cut
tragically short, the shadow he casts
over Japanese politics may actually
lengthen. Yoshikazu Kato, a research
fellow at the Rakuten Securities
Economic Research Institute in
Tokyo, says he believes “Abe’s death
and this big election victory could
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INSIDE

NO CONSENSUS WHAT A 4-YEAR-OLD SAW GABBY GIFFORDS

ABOUT COVID-19 ON THE FOURTH OF JULY ON GUN SAFETY

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THE VIEW OPENER
In truth, a complex array of eco-
nomic, political, and geopolitical
factors have converged to cause the
national energy quandary, which is
unlikely to improve in the near future.
In summer 2021, the price of gaso-
line nationwide was just over $3. A year
later, it spiked to $5. What happened?
To answer that question, it’s necessary
to turn the clock back to 2019, just be-
fore the COVID-19 pandemic.
The world was awash in oil, thanks
to the shale boom in the U.S., which had
caused domestic production to double
from 5 million barrels per day in 2008
to 12.3 million barrels per day in 2019.
Then came COVID-19. In early
2020, demand for oil collapsed as the
global economy went into lockdown.
The price of oil fell to a historic low of
under –$30 per barrel in April. While
oil producers in OPEC cut production,
private oil companies cut costs and
shed assets.
As the global economy came back
online in 2021, OPEC and private U.S.
companies brought new oil onto the
market very slowly. They had good
reasons to be wary: the price had
collapsed twice in a decade, first in
2014–2015 and then again in 2020;
COVID still wasn’t totally gone; and
future demand looked uncertain be-
cause of growing concerns over cli-
mate change. Companies neglected
to invest in more capacity, and instead
offered dividends and buybacks to
shareholders.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in Feb-
ruary 2022 threw a fragile global oil-
supply situation into utter chaos. The
world’s second largest oil exporter,
Russia, faced sanctions. Global oil
prices spiked to $130 per barrel. At the
same time, the companies’ decision to
shut down several oil refineries left the
U.S. with a deficit in refining capacity.
As u.s. gAs prices hit $5, both sides
of the American political spectrum
have pointed fingers. Democrats have
been highly critical of private oil com-
panies, arguing that the current high
prices are the result of price gouging
and corporate greed. While the Demo-
crats rightly point out the huge profits
oil companies have earned from the
current spike in prices, such windfalls
The View is reported by Leslie Dickstein, Anisha Kohli, and Julia Zorthian
are a product of oil’s volatile mar-
ket and stem from forces outside the
companies’ control. Some Democratic
proposals, like an export ban on re-
fined products, would do little to miti-
gate crude-oil prices, which are set on
a global market, and would be coun-
terproductive toward lowering the
price of refined goods like gasoline,
since they would discourage further
investment in domestic infrastructure
by reducing companies’ opportunities
to produce.
Republicans, on the other hand,
have framed high prices as a result of
Biden’s energy policies, such as cancel-
ing the Keystone XL pipeline, which
they contend have cut into U.S. oil pro-
duction. But Republican attacks on
Biden are unwarranted. While it is true
the President has undertaken several
measures to limit the expansion of do-
mestic oil production on federal land,
such measures have not had an appre-
ciable impact on oil output, which is set
to exceed its historic high of 12.6 mil-
lion barrels per day in 2023. Oil execu-
tives have cited capital discipline, high
costs, and scarce labor for holding back
additional investment in new produc-
tion. It is doubtful the U.S. could be-
come self-sufficient in oil and gas.
▽ Brew is a postdoctoral fellow at the
Prices at a gas station
in San Francisco on June 9
Biden’s response has been a mix
of measures, from releasing oil from
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to
using federal power to encourage
more investment in renewable energy
to bring down demand for oil. On
June 22, the Administration proposed
suspending the federal gasoline tax.
Republican rhetoric aside, there
is little the U.S. can do to bring down
oil or gasoline prices in the short
term. There are material constraints
to boosting domestic oil production.
Similarly, Biden’s gas-tax holiday is
unlikely to lower prices very much
and may even contribute to the prob-
lem by encouraging more gasoline
consumption at a time when supply
is extremely tight.
Rather than boosting production or
encouraging greater demand, Biden
could take positive steps to rein in de-
mand and encourage conservation,
short of triggering a recession. Im-
proving energy efficiency, subsidizing
public transportation, campaigns to
promote energy conservation, or other
fairly simple measures could all have
an appreciable impact.
Unless demand for gasoline falls,
prices are likely to remain high
throughout the summer—and beyond.
Jackson School of Global Affairs at Yale
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University
By Philip Elliott
Pro- and anti-mask demonstrators face off at a rally in Marietta, Ga., in August 2021
The Coronavirus Brief
By Jeffrey Kluger
EDITOR AT LARGE
SINCE COVID-19 BEGAN SPREAD-
ing in the U.S., Americans have
disagreed about the pandemic re-
sponse, arguing over everything
from vaccines to masks to home
schooling and more. Now, a new
survey by the Pew Research Center
suggests that little has changed.
For starters, health authorities,
including those from the U.S. Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Pre-
vention (CDC), are feeling the love
from some groups, but not from
others. About 72% of Democrats
say that public-health officials have
done a good or excellent job of re-
sponding to the pandemic, com-
pared with just 29% of Republicans.
People also hold different views
on vaccines, which continue to di-
vide us. Only 55% of Americans
say that vaccination has been ex-
tremely or very effective at limiting
the spread of the disease. The rest
are evenly divided between saying
it has been somewhat effective and
that it has had little or no effect.
(If you look at the science, there’s
little debate on this point: a study
published in June 2022 estimated
that COVID-19 vaccines saved an
estimated 20 million lives globally
in the first year they were available.)
As to the near radioactive de-
bate over masking, the nation is
split down the middle, with 48%
saying that masks and social dis-
tancing have been extremely or
very effective at limiting the spread
of the disease, and a near equal
amount saying they have had little
or no effect. (Again, research has
found in favor of these practices,
including a 2021 Nature Commu-
nications study finding that people
who reliably wore masks were 62%
less likely to contract COVID-19
than those who didn’t.)
Finally, for the person who inev-
itably takes the most heat or praise
in any national emergency like a
pandemic—the President—the
numbers offer no joy. At the begin-
ning of President Joe Biden’s term,
65% of Americans said they were
confident in his ability to deal with
the outbreak. Now? Not so much.
Only 43% say he is doing a good or
excellent job at handling the pan-
demic, compared with 56% who say
his performance has been only fair
or poor. Unlike former President
Donald Trump, Biden might have
avoided contracting the disease so
far, but as the survey shows, he is
decidedly feeling its pain.
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THE VIEW NATION
What a 4-year-old saw
at a mass shooting
BY JULIA FINE
AT school on FridAy, July 1, 4½-yeAr-old liorA
drew four white crayon figures on black paper, smiling be-
neath a neon firework display. This was a picture of her
family at the Highland Park Fourth of July celebration.
The event would be canceled, the community shaken after
a mass shooting at the morning parade left seven dead and
dozens injured. In its place, a manhunt would spread ter-
ror through the Chicago suburb as residents sheltered in
place. When evening fell, Liora would be huddled in her
parents’ room, asking about the “bad man that wants to
shoot us” while her little brother kept repeating, “scary
part, run.”
But on Friday, she and her family knew none of this.
They, like so many of us, went into the long weekend ex-
cited for some pandemic-safe holiday fun.
I first met Liora when she was our 6-month-old neigh-
bor, around the same age as my son. They crawled together
at the playground, swam in baby pools, and made messes
of sensory bins. On July 4, this sweet, rosy-cheeked child
saw people at a family parade gunned down in front of her.
“Liora was standing out ahead of us, waving at the
people in the parade. Three people who were sitting in
chairs right in front of her on Monday are now confirmed
dead,” says my friend Melissa, her mother. “Those people
in those chairs took bullets for our children, who were
ducking for cover right next to them. I thought my son was
going to die in my arms. I thought I was going to watch my
daughter die on the ground.”
I ask Melissa how she knew right away that the sound
was a gun rather than fireworks. “There have already been
over 300 mass shootings this year,” she says. “I’ve been
thinking for a long time that it’s just a matter of time be-
fore one of us is in one. When I heard those shots, I knew,
this is it, this is our time.”
Melissa and I planned this conversation around our
kids’ schedules. Routine provides stability when children
are processing trauma, but as their parents, we no lon-
ger have the luxury of diving back into our own routines.
What happened in Highland Park is happening too often,
to too many Americans. After every mass shooting, we
post Instagram stories, respond to text threads, ask co-
workers, Did you hear? Our government spouts platitudes.
We cross our fingers we’ll be spared.
I am tellIng you now that we won’t be. If things don’t
change, everyone in America will soon be or know some-
one directly impacted by a preventable mass shooting. Gun-
violence victims aren’t only the wounded and the dead.
They are Melissa, who hustled her children out of harm’s
way; Liora, who’s talked about guts falling out of someone’s
stomach and keeps wanting to check on her brother; the pa-
rade attendees who thought they heard fireworks, then fled
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△
Liora at when told otherwise; the students run-
the Fourth of ning through active-shooter drills; the
July parade moviegoers eyeing the exits just in case;
in Highland the folks who jump when a car backfires.
Park, Ill., where How can we live like this? Melissa
people to her says she’ll never attend a large gather-
immediate right
ing again. She and her husband have
were killed
discussed leaving the country. Other
friends talk about avoiding crowds,
missing religious events, ordering on-
line to avoid shopping malls, skipping
stadiums to watch sports games on
TV. This isn’t freedom. Our days are
dictated by fear, because our leader-
ship has chosen guns over our lives.
Melissa says they’re lucky to be
PA R A D E : C O U R T E S Y M E L I S S A C A N N ATA ; G I F F O R D S : K R I S T I N A B U M P H R E Y— S H U T T E R S T O C K
alive, which speaks to our idea of what
luck now means. Other families are
not so lucky. They come home to rum-
pled beds and half-eaten yogurts, evi-
dence of lives cut short. They bury and
they mourn. And unless we choose our
children’s futures over a distorted in-
Our days terpretation of a centuries-old docu-
ment, they can and will be you.
are dictated “That picture,” says Melissa of
by fear, Liora’s drawing. “When I took it out of
because our her locker, I just started crying because
I was like, Oh my God, what if I was
leadership coming to pick this up without her?”
has chosen
Fine is the author of the novels The
guns over Upstairs House and What Should
our lives Be Wild
The big lesson from
small progress on guns
BY GABBY GIFFORDS
I OFTEN GET ASKED ABOUT
what could have been. If I hadn’t
met with constituents at a Con-
gress on Your Corner event on
Jan. 8, 2011. If I hadn’t been shot
in the head, leading to partial pa-
ralysis, aphasia, and a decade-
long journey to regain the ability
to walk and talk. Would I now be
a Senator, instead of my husband?
What might have been?
What I say in response, every
single time, is: Move ahead. We
can’t rewrite the past with our
wishing or our wanting. But the
future? Now, that’s something we
can play a role in shaping.
We’ve been living through
two years of a pandemic and are
now watching the Su-
preme Court overturn
long-established prec- Real life is not being the leading cause
edent. And yet, while as neat and
we are collectively pro- tidy as our
cessing and coming
to terms, we must not fantasy of it thing was possible.
discount the progress
we have made on the seemingly
intractable issue of gun-violence
prevention.
On June 25, President Biden
signed into law the first major piece
of gun-safety legislation in nearly
30 years: legislation that provides
funding for lifesaving extreme-
risk laws and community violence
intervention programs; addresses
deadly loopholes in dome
violence laws; and enhan
the background-check pro
cess for 18-to-20-year-old
purchasing long guns.
The gun-safety move-
ment accomplished this d
spite our bitterly divided
and partisan nation. Fif-
teen Republican Senators
▷ mentary presented in
Giffords at the
2022 TIME100 Gala
in New York City
stood up to the National Rifle Asso-
ciation and stood on the right side
of history.
No, this legislation isn’t perfect.
But it’s undoubtedly true that com-
promise and bipartisanship are
preferable to inaction—the status
quo for so many years on this issue.
The job of a legislator, by its
very nature, is incremental if you
do it right. Ten years ago when I
founded Giffords, a gun-violence-
prevention group, we spent months
trying to pass a similarly narrow
but impactful piece of legislation.
The bill failed. We kept going.
The difference between then
and now is the movement we’ve
built. Millions of Americans re-
fused to accept the sta-
tus quo of gun violence
of death for children.
Millions of Americans
believed that some-
One of the lessons
I’ve learned, in the more than 11
years since I was shot, is that real
life is not as neat and tidy as our
fantasy of it. But it’s a hell of a lot
more worth living than an unrealis-
tic dream.
Whether we’re talking about
legislation or the state of our coun-
try, nothing is ever everything we
wanted. We compromise and ne-
make the best of dif-
uations. We grit our
d we move ahead, as
y Americans do each
ery day, trying to
he best of this imper-
tion.
ffords is the subject of
abby Giffords Won’t
Back Down, a docu-
association with TIME
Studios, which opens
theaters on July 13
 NATION

The decision to
overturn Roe v. Wade
will upend the
political and legal
landscape in America
By Abigail Abrams

36 PHOTOGR APH BY JASON ANDREW FOR TIME

 Abortion-rights
supporters protest
the Supreme
Court’s decision

37
NATION

WHEN THE SUPREME COURT

HANDED DOWN ITS OPINION
OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE ON
THE MORNING OF JUNE 24, THE
N E W S S T R U C K L I K E L I G H T N I N G.

Protesters on both sides of the debate U.S., regardless of state restrictions.

bolted into the streets of most major
American cities, and thousands co-
alesced in the plaza in front of the Su-
preme Court building in Washington.
Anti-abortion advocates prayed and
danced as young activists declared
themselves the “post-Roe generation.”
Meanwhile, abortion-rights supporters
rippled with rage and despair. Many
wept. Others held images of hangers,
a grim reference to the dangerous abor-
tions that took place before Roe was de-
cided in 1973.
But if the searing emotions of that
day resonated with most Americans,
neither reference fully encapsulated
our new reality. We are neither the
post-Roe generation nor are we trans-
ported back to 1972. Technology has
made the future of abortion in America
both less horrifically grisly than it was
a generation ago and more frighten-
ing than anyone could have predicted.
The political and legal landscape we are
now barreling headlong into will look
nothing like it did 50 years ago. Rather,
it will be a futuristic steampunk version
of a deeper American past, as warring
factions battle over new technologies
and clash against a litany of new state
laws that aim to dictate whose lives
have value within their borders.
Abortion pills, which can now be
prescribed via telehealth appoint-
ments and mailed directly to peo-
ple’s homes, will take center stage.
These pills—two medications taken
in sequence—allow those who are up
to 10 weeks pregnant to safely and
privately end their pregnancies. Tele-
health startups like Hey Jane, Choix,
In most cases, abortion pills will arrive
in unmarked packages, indistinguish-
able from other mail. It will be diffi-
cult to put that genie back in the bottle.
Those who need to end their
pregnancies but who cannot—or do
not want to—use pills will also find
themselves in a world that looks un-
like the one when their mothers or
grandmothers were young. Already,
an army of abortion-rights advo-
cates have built a vast network on the
internet—unimaginable 50 years ago—
poised to help those in need travel to
a state where abortion is legal. In the
Mountain West, a telehealth service
is launching the country’s first mobile
abortion clinics—bulletproofed vehi-
cles equipped with abortion pills, exam accident that the top two Google search
tables, and medical equipment that results for “abortion in Dallas” lead to
will park in different locations each anti-abortion pregnancy centers—
week to offer free services to patients faith-based organizations that operate
from states where abortion is banned. sophisticated data-collection systems,
In the Midwest, a group of volunteer carefully organizing and storing troves
pilots has banded together to offer free of their clients’ most intimate informa-
private flights to patients who need to tion. In most cases, legal experts say,
travel to get abortions. all that data, which includes home ad-
But like all technological advances, dresses, test results, and what people
these innovations cut both ways. The plan to do with their pregnancies, is
internet, a fount of not subject to fed-
advice and aid, is eral privacy laws.
also a swamp of mis- ‘ [ W E E X P E C T ] M A S S
information and en- C R I M I N A L I Z AT I O N O N The legal and po-
trapment; apps and AN UNPRECEDENTED litical battles over
digital platforms, the future of abor-
S C A L E .’
readily available in tion access, now un-
our pockets, are also —NATIONAL ASSOCIATION folding at the state
OF CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYERS
powerful tools of and local levels, are
surveillance. Legal already reflecting
experts warn that period-tracking apps, this futuristic landscape. Anti-abortion
Google search histories, and even mes- advocates, who have spent a half-
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and Just the Pill are partnering with
online pharmacies to deliver the drugs
to people in states where it’s legal, and
overseas groups like Aid Access will
continue to ship them anywhere in the
38 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
sages exchanged between friends can
be used as evidence in a court of law.
Anti-abortion activists also have ac-
cess to the same digital organizing tools
as their adversaries on the left. It’s no
century amassing power in the fed-
eral judiciary and in state legislatures,
treated the decision to overturn Roe as
a starting gun. Within hours of the rul-
ing, policymakers in several states had

△
Demonstrators face off the
day before the Supreme Court’s
ruling to overturn Roe
called for special legislative sessions
to pass new anti-abortion bills, and
some local prosecutors and sheriff’s
offices announced they would begin
enforcing any new measures immedi-
ately. The weekend of the Friday deci-
sion, state lawmakers at the National
Association of Christian Lawmakers
conference promoted legislation that
would prevent people from traveling
across state lines for abortions while
others sought ways to crack down on
abortion pills, such as treating mailing
abortion pills as “drug trafficking.” Re-
publican leaders in the U.S. Congress
floated a federal abortion ban.
This explosion of legislation is
supercharged by other aspects of our
modern world—by advanced diag-
nostics in fetal medicine; by wide-
spread digital surveillance; by the vast
troves of personal health information
in largely unprotected databases. The
BY KATIE REILLY
National Association of Criminal De-
fense Lawyers’ warning last year ap-
peared nearly prophetic: without Roe,
it said, state abortion bans “will open
the door to mass criminalization on an
unprecedented scale.”
Already, doctors and health care
providers are warning that new state
anti-abortion laws will punish women
carrying fetuses that cannot survive
outside of the womb, and endanger
those seeking care for miscarriages
and other pregnancy complications.
In March, Missouri legislators intro-
duced a measure making it a felony
to perform an abortion on an ectopic
pregnancy—a condition in which a fer-
tilized egg implants outside the uterus
and cannot survive, and that can be
life-threatening to the pregnant per-
son. Now, ob-gyns around the coun-
try are reporting that some pharma-
cies are refusing to fill prescriptions to
treat miscarriages; others say they’ve
seen hospitals either outright deny
care or require patients with preg-
nancy complications to wait until their
conditions become life-threatening
39
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to intervene. This brave new world,
doctors say, compounds a horrific
problem: the states banning abor-
tion already have some of the highest
maternal-mortality rates in the country.
Historically, mainstream anti-
abortion advocates have avoided
laws that punish women for seeking
abortions, focusing instead on abor-
tion providers, says Mary Ziegler, an
abortion-law historian at the Univer-
sity of California, Davis. But in this
new political reality, that may change,
she says. Texas’ six-week abortion ban,
which has been in effect since Septem-
ber, essentially puts a price tag on per-
sonal health data by offering a $10,000
reward to any private citizen who suc-
cessfully brings a case against any-
one who provides an abortion or aids
someone in getting one. An Oklahoma
abortion ban, which went into effect
in May, offers a similar reward. Idaho’s
six-week abortion ban allows the fetus’
family members to sue for a potential
$20,000 reward, and was only blocked
in court this spring because Roe was
still on the books. In May, Louisiana
legislators advanced a bill that would
have classified abortion as homicide
and allowed pregnant women to be
charged. The bill failed this time, but
the threat hung in the air.
In the fury and emotion of this mo-
ment, historians have rushed to cau-
tion against making the easy sugges-
tion that the U.S. is
headed toward an- ‘[ANTI-ABORTION
other Civil War. But
it’s also worth not- L AW S A R E ]
ing that this deci- T O R E L E G AT E P E O P L E
sion, rolling back a TO A SECOND-CLASS
major constitution- C I T I Z E N S H I P.’
ally protected civil
—MICHELE GOODWIN,
right, has had the ef- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE
fect of re-creating a
starkly divided map
of America. About half of the states are
on track to severely restrict abortion or
ban it entirely. Most of the other half
are working to safeguard abortion ac-
cess or expand protections further. In
recent months, Connecticut, Oregon,
California, and New York moved to ei-
ther add funds for abortion patients or
impose safeguards for providers who
treat those from out of state; 20 states
40 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
△
Anti-abortion protesters
celebrate the overturning of
Roe v. Wade on June 24
now explicitly protect abortion rights—
far more than the four that did so before
1973. The future of abortion in several
swing states, including Pennsylvania
and Michigan, remains in limbo.
Michele Goodwin, a law professor
at the University of California, Irvine,
highlights another similarity with the
war that tore our nation apart 160 years
ago. Already, she says, the explosion
of new state bills in post-Roe Amer-
ica mirror the punitive Jim Crow laws
that defined post–Civil War America.
Both eras’ laws, she says, were “sub-
stantively and symbolically, meant to
relegate people to
a second-class cit-
izenship.” Many
M E A N T of the new anti-
abortion laws crop-
ping up in states are
designed not only to
stop abortions, she
says, but also to in-
timidate, to subju-
gate, to keep people
fearful. “The way in which the state
shows suspicion rather than care and
respect for [people] leads people to in-
ternalize shame and guilt. And it means
that people then will resist turning to
the state when they actually need the
state support and when they should get
it,” Goodwin says. Like data-collection
and surveillance efforts, these effects
may fall hardest on people of color,
poor people, and others who are al-
ready marginalized.
This heightened political landscape
is still very new, and both sides are
still assembling their armies. In June,
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America re-
branded itself with an eye toward state
legislative advocacy, and Students for
Life of America has changed its orga-
nizational structure to direct resources
to lobbying for state-based abortion re-
strictions. The National Right to Life
Committee, the country’s largest anti-
abortion organization, recently re-
leased a model bill, providing a legis-
lative template for states to criminalize
nearly all abortions, as well as people
aiding an abortion, distributing abor-
tion pills, and sharing any information
or hosting a website about abortion.
Meanwhile, the reproductive-rights
movement has sprinted to get ahead
of their opposition, publishing online
guides on how to access and take abor-
tion pills, filing lawsuits challenging
new abortion restrictions, and work-
ing to carve out underground systems—
complete with encrypted messaging
apps and advice on how to avoid license-
plate scanners—for women who need to
leave their states to get care. In states
where abortion will remain legal, pro-
viders are working to absorb a wave of
out-of-state need, according to Yamel-
sie Rodriguez, president and CEO of
Planned Parenthood of the St. Louis
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Planned Parenthood clinic in Fairview
Heights, Ill., just across the border from
Missouri, has already seen a 130% in-
crease in patients. The week before the
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ruling, it was considering whether it

could keep its doors open seven days
a week to meet the expected 8,600%
increase in out-of-state women whose
nearest clinic would be in Illinois.
That American women are in this
position now should not come as much
of a surprise. State lawmakers have
been pushing ever more restrictive
anti-abortion bills for years, and state
and federal courthouses, stacked with
conservative judges, have been increas-
ingly permissive in allowing ever more
borderline state laws to stand, egging
on the now ultraconservative Supreme
Court to take up a case challenging
Roe. And, of course, the leaked draft
of the Supreme Court decision, pub-
lished in early May, offered a thor-
ough blueprint of what was to come.
Still, for many Americans, the
opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s
Health Organization came as a shock—
a radical move undermining decades
of once immutable legal precedent,
upending politics, and running starkly
counter to public opinion. A major-
ity of Americans believe the court
should have left Roe intact. The rul-
ing was also sweeping in its implica-
tions. In his majority opinion, Justice
Samuel Alito writes, “Roe was egre-
giously wrong from the start” because
VIEWPOINT
abortion is “not deeply rooted in the
Nation’s history and traditions.” The
same could be said about the right to E M P O W E R M E N T
birth control, same-sex marriage, and
same-sex sexual activity—points Jus-
tice Clarence Thomas explicitly un-
I S N O T P O W E R
derscores in his concurring opinion. The failure of the Feminist Industrial Complex
For the many millions of Ameri-
cans just now grappling with the ram- By Charlotte Alter
ifications of this decision, the reality
will be harsh. It took half a century for
the anti-abortion advocates to reach WhaT is Women’s empoWermenT women consider themselves to be
this point and nearly twice as long in a world without Roe v. Wade? feminists, including 42% of Republi-
for Black people to get a Civil Rights Women receive more college de- can women. More than half of Amer-
Act after the Emancipation Proclama- grees than men, young women outearn ican women say they prefer to work
tion. The world we’re living in now is young men in some cities, and more outside the home, the highest Gallup
not temporary but the beginning of a women run Fortune 500 companies has recorded in three decades of poll-
long, hard battle that will unfold over than ever before. And still, Roe fell. ing. And still, Roe fell.
B E T T M A N N A R C H I V E /G E T T Y I M A G E S

decades. Fifty years from now, our
daughters and granddaughters will
see we are neither back in 1972 nor
are we the post-Roe generation; we
are the Dobbs generation now. — With
reporting by LesLie DicksTein and
simmone shah/neW York
42 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
More women are directing Hol-
lywood’s highest-grossing movies,
Ariana DeBose just became the first
out queer woman of color to win an
Oscar, and there’s a woman playing
Thor. And still, Roe fell.
□ More than 60% of American
How could a cornerstone of Ameri-
can women’s rights crumble at a mo-
ment of otherwise expansive economic,
cultural, and social empowerment?
The fall of Roe exposes a crack in
the foundation of mainstream liberal
feminism that has dominated the past
 ◁
Abortion-rights
activists at a
Republican platform
hearing in 1972
BY MADELEINE CARLISLE

Of course it should be cheered. But

somewhere along the way, many in the
mainstream feminist movement con-
vinced themselves that the soft power
of cultural representation was as im-
portant as the hard power of seats and
votes. Empowerment became not a
means to an end, but the end in itself.
Many feminists—particularly rich
white well-educated ones—assumed
that changing hearts and minds was
the difficult part. In a functioning de-
mocracy, winning seats and writing
laws would inevitably follow.
But that’s not how our democracy
works. Nearly 60% of Americans did
not want to see Roe overturned, in-
cluding more than 30% of Republi-
cans. The number of Americans who
identify as “pro-choice” reached a re-
cord high in the weeks after a leaked
draft opinion showed the Supreme
Court was poised to upend a half-
century of constitutional precedent.
And yet the course of American history
doesn’t always follow public opinion.
decade. This version of feminism— Just ask the two recent Republican
is it the fourth wave?—has been Presidents who lost the popular vote,
preoccupied with individual achieve- yet appointed four Supreme Court
ments, feel-good symbolism, and cul- Justices who voted to overturn Roe.
tural representation. It has, in turn, While fourth-wave feminists fo-
paid too little attention to the thorny cused on cultural empowerment, anti-
mechanics of federal courts and state abortion activists and policymakers
legislative races. Many fourth wavers better understood how power truly
presumed that re- works in this coun-
productive rights try. They didn’t rely
were basically se- C U LT U R A L on inspiring movies
cure, and that R E P R E S E N TAT I O N or heartfelt Oscar
therefore the re- speeches or Twit-
SEEMED AS
maining obstacles ter hashtags to ad-
for women were I M P O R TA N T A S T H E vance their cause.
not legal or politi- HARD POWER OF Instead, the anti-
cal but cultural and S E AT S A N D V O T E S abortion movement
emotional. Every has been extraor-
time a woman won dinarily success-
an Oscar, or released a hit album, or ful at getting conservative lawmak-
got a big promotion, the refrain was ers elected at the state level, where
the same: representation matters! they slowly chipped away at abortion
Nobody ever bothered to evaluate ex- rights. Mitch McConnell used the
actly how much. hard power of the Senate majority to
Of course representation matters. block a Supreme Court nomination by
43
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President Barack Obama, which in turn
allowed President Donald Trump to
appoint another anti-abortion Justice.
Conservative judicial activists selected
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health as the
vehicle to prompt this right-wing court
to overturn Roe.
None of that was exactly the fault of
mainstream feminism. Many feminists
spent years sounding the alarm about
the threat to abortion rights. Local
reproductive-rights groups have been
organizing to protect abortion access
on the state level for decades, while
feminist organizations like Planned
Parenthood, NARAL, and the Center
for Reproductive Rights have been lit-
igating to protect abortion rights (al-
though some national organizations
have been rightly criticized for fo-
cusing more on national politics than
on state races). Emily’s List has been
working to elect pro-choice women at
all levels. And now, in a post-Roe world,
Democratic governors, from Gretchen
Whitmer in Michigan to Kathy Hochul
in New York, are the last lines of de-
fense for abortion access in their states. of them led by women of color—got too
But overall, the fall of Roe shows
that liberal feminists were outmaneu-
vered. By focusing on empowerment
and losing sight of the nuts-and-bolts
of political mechanics, they failed to
see what McConnell
and his allies have
known all along: McCONNELL AND HIS
only power is power. A L L I E S H AV E K N O W N
A L L A L O N G : O N LY
I am as guIlty
POWER IS POWER
of this as anybody.
In 2014, I wrote a
piece that now strikes me as the apo-
theosis of mid-aughts feminist myo-
pia. Titled “This May Have Been the
Best Year for Women Since the Dawn
of Time,” the essay starts with this
cringey hyperbole: “Since the dino-
saurs roamed, since the pyramids
were built, since the locomotive was
invented, there has never been a bet-
ter year for women than 2014.” I listed
reasons that seemed important at the
time, but look superficial in retrospect:
the success of Frozen, a handful of new
women CEOs, Beyoncé dancing in
front of the word FemiNiST at MTV’s
Video Music Awards.
Some call this thinking girlboss
44 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
feminism. Others tie it to white fem-
inism. I think of it as the Empower-
ment Industrial Complex. Whatever
you call it, it now seems like a cheugy
distraction at best. While the Empow-
erment Industrial Complex spent the
early 2010s debating the ever changing
contours of feminist soft power, anti-
abortion Republicans were building
hard power seat by seat, state by state.
In 2010, Republicans raised $30 mil-
lion to gain control of 21 legislative
chambers, including in many states
that would go on to pass the toughest
abortion restrictions.
While movie stars were inter-
rogated about whether they called
themselves “feminists,” conservatives
were amassing the power to pass trig-
ger laws in 13 states. While nonprofits
threw galas celebrating female inspi-
ration, and brands spent millions on
body-positive ad campaigns, and ce-
lebrities partnered with NGOs to pro-
mote “women’s empowerment,” the
state and local organizations fighting
to protect reproductive rights—many
little funding and attention.
While liberals tallied the number
of women nominated for Oscars and
which top-grossing movies passed the
Bechdel test, savvy Republican op-
eratives were care-
fully building a
pipeline of conser-
vative judges with
immaculate résumés
in anticipation of fu-
ture Supreme Court
vacancies. 2014, the
year I dubbed the best ever for women,
was also the year in which Republicans
won the Senate, putting McConnell in
position to ignore Obama’s nomination
of Merrick Garland to the high court.
“The failure of folks to pick up the
shovel and fight this on the state level
is why we’re in the position that we’re
in right now,” says Nsé Ufot, executive
director of the New Georgia Project, a
nonpartisan civic-engagement organi-
zation devoted to building the power of
voters of color in Georgia. “I see that
as a failure of the large influencers and
culturemakers and popular feminists
to really flank state-level activists.”
It’s not that cultural representation
△
Activists protesting six
Supreme Court Justices in
New York City on May 3
is unimportant. It’s just not enough—
not even close. “Representation is
important but not sufficient,” says
Amanda Litman, co–executive direc-
tor of Run for Something, which re-
cruits and trains young progressives
to run for state and local offices.
Besides, gender representation
doesn’t always align neatly with
feminist advancement. Neither the
first woman Vice President nor the first
woman Speaker of the House has the
power to change the makeup of the Su-
preme Court or codify a constitutional
right to an abortion. Of the record 147
women in Congress, 41 are Republi-
cans, many of them anti-abortion. All
the major national anti-abortion orga-
nizations are run by women. For the
J U S T I C E S : S T E P H A N I E K E I T H — B L O O M B E R G /G E T T Y I M A G E S
first time in history, four women will
serve on the Supreme Court at the
same time—and Justice Amy Coney
Barrett was key to sealing the demise
of Roe. More white women voted for
Trump than for Hillary Clinton in the
2016 election. This too was represen-
tation. This too mattered.
The Trump presidency exposed the
faulty arithmetic at the heart of the
Empowerment Industrial Complex.
The rallying cries of representation
 BY JAMIE DUCHARME AND TARA LAW

politics convinced many that seeing

and being were inextricably linked,
as if obstacles like wealth inequality,
structural racism, and voter suppres-
sion could be overcome by enough
feminist inspo.
Now that Roe has fallen, it’s clear
that women have bigger problems
than representation. In a post-Roe
world, many women’s lives will be
defined by state laws restricting their
bodily autonomy—not by someone’s
empowering speech at the Gram-
mys. When you are forced to deliver
children you didn’t want to have and
can’t afford to raise, you may not care
whether you see yourself reflected in
the latest superhero blockbuster.
“It was a boiling-frog situation,”
says Meaghan Winter, author of All
Politics Is Local. “People didn’t realize
how bad it was until it was too late.”
And so, despite everything women
have achieved over the past half-cen-
tury, Roe fell. Now it’s up to the femi-
nist movement to regroup and reca-
librate. Inspirational narratives are
great, so long as they inspire people
toward building real political power.
Abortion rights can still be saved, but
only if feminists focus their energy on ‘HOW BAD DOES THE
electing allies at the state and local MEDICAL CONDITION NEED
level. In a post-Roe America, that’s
the kind of representation that mat- TO BE TO INTERVENE?’
ters most. —With reporting by Mariah
Espada and Julia Zorthian □
45
 Olena
Zelenska in
her office
at the
presidential
compound
in Kyiv
WORLD
Healing
Ukraine
FIRST LADY OLENA ZELENSKA TAKES ON THE
TRAUMA OF WAR BY SIMON SHUSTER/KYIV
Olena Zelenska, the First lady OF Ukraine,
got to bed late on the eve of the Russian invasion.
Her kids were long asleep in the presidential resi-
dence south of Kyiv, a vast mansion of yellow stone
that the family had always found a bit too grand,
bordering on ostentatious. They had moved there
in 2020 because the gated grounds contain a sep-
arate building to house their security detail. For
days, Zelenska had sensed the bodyguards were
nervous. The talk of war, she says, “was every-
where, just kind of hanging in the air.”
The government in Kyiv had urged civilians
not to panic, but that had become harder as the
Russians massed an invading force that sur-
rounded Ukraine to the north, east, and south.
Blogs brimmed with advice for would-be refugees.
News programs showed instructions on what to
pack while preparing to flee. On the night before
the invasion, Zelenska made a note to get a suitcase
ready for her family. But she never got around to it.
Neither did her husband Volodymyr Zelensky.
The President of Ukraine had seen the intelligence
reports—the satellite images, the intercepted phone
and radio traffic—indicating the Russians were
ready to attack. But he did not believe they would go
PHOTOGR APH BY ALEX ANDER CHEKMENEV FOR TIME
through with it, and he did not urge his wife to get
ready just in case. When they went to bed on Feb. 23,
Zelenska says, she did not imagine it would be the
last time they would sleep side-by-side for months.
The Russian attack began before dawn the next
day, and it split the First Family much like millions
of other Ukrainians. Zelensky stayed in his com-
pound in central Kyiv to lead the country, while
his wife went into hiding with their two children.
Her projects to improve the nation’s education and
health care had to be halted, as was her career as a
screenwriter. Surrounded by soldiers, she was sel-
dom sure where she would sleep on any given night.
But 10 weeks into the invasion, Zelenska
emerged from hiding, and she has since found her
voice as a wartime leader of a different kind. While
her husband has focused on securing weapons and
other support from the West, the First Lady has
devoted herself to helping the country cope with
its traumas, both collective and personal. In May,
she launched a government initiative to make psy-
chological support available to every Ukrainian. It
has now begun training trauma counselors, setting
up mental-health hotlines and tapping foreign ex-
perts for clinical support.
 The psychic toll of the war is over-
whelming. Ukraine’s Health Ministry es-
timates that 15 million people—nearly
a third of the population—are likely to
require mental-health care. Some 8 mil-
lion have been displaced by the war, the
vast majority of whom are women and
children. The number of military per-
sonnel has roughly tripled since the start
of the invasion, to more than 700,000,
and many of them are likely to experi-
ence trauma during their service. “There
could be enormous consequences for the
country,” Zelenska tells TIME in an in-
terview at the presidential compound on
June 20, “if we end up with posttraumatic
stress that goes untreated after the war.”
The Ukrainian armed forces will
need help screening soldiers for signs
of posttraumatic stress. Convincing reg-
ular Ukrainians to seek care will also be
a challenge. When Zelenska, 44, talks
about her efforts in this field, she often
borrows the English phrase—mental
health—because the concept is hard to
describe in Ukrainian. “We have a par-
ticular distrust for terms that include
the word psycho,’’ she says, in the muted
gray rooms that now serve as her head-
quarters, down the hall from the Situ-
ation Room where her husband gets
briefings from his generals. Ukrainians
associate the practice of psychotherapy
with state-run asylums, places that are
designed to isolate the ill from society. A
lot of that stigma, Zelenska says, has its
roots in the Soviet Union, where genera-
48 Time July 25/August 1, 2022
tions of Ukrainians were raised to deal
with trauma by hiding it away. The atti-
tude, she says, was “Deal with it, get over
it, and if you complain, you’re weak.”
The Trauma of The war began for
Zelenska before dawn on Feb. 24, when
the rumble of explosions shook her
awake. She got out of bed and found
her husband in the next room, already
dressed in a suit for work. “Emotion-
ally he was like the string on a guitar,”
she says: taut to the point of snapping.
But there was no fear or confusion on
his face, she recalls. “He was completely
together, focused.”
They spoke only for a few moments.
The President told her that the war had
started. “He had nothing else to say,”
Zelenska recalls, “and I didn’t know
what to ask.” He promised to call her
later that day with instructions on what
to do next.
By the time the President rushed out
the door, the children were awake, and
seemed to understand what was happen-
ing. Kyrylo, age 9, obeyed his mother
with a quiet intensity, stuffing a few of his
things into a little rucksack: some mark-
ers, a puzzle book, pieces of a partially
assembled Lego set. His sister, Oleksan-
dra, 17, was in touch with her friends
through social media, trying to get a bet-
ter sense of what was happening outside.
About a hundred miles to the north,
the Russian forces had exploded across
the border around dawn, aiming to en-
circle the capital and overthrow Zelen-
sky’s government. From the air, Russian
paratroopers were descending on Kyiv
and trying to seize the airports. Ukrai-
nian troops and volunteers were putting
up a tenacious fight. At one point that
morning, as the First Lady stood at the
windows of the presidential residence,
a fighter jet tore through the sky, flying
low enough for her to feel the sound in-
side her rib cage. The security guards told
the family that they needed to go down
to the basement. There was a risk the
Russians would bomb them from the air.
Zelenska and the children did not
want to flee. When the President called,
she told him that they felt safer at home
L E F T - R I G H T: S E R G E I G R I T S — A P ; E Y E P R E S S/ R E U T E R S; S U S A N W A L S H — T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S/ R E D U X
than in some secret location, and they
did not want to leave their pets behind:
two dogs, a cat, and a neurotic parrot
named Kesha. But there was no sense in
arguing. The family’s address had been
made public in media reports. So the
First Lady packed the family’s things
into one roller suitcase, and they drove
to the presidential compound to say
goodbye to Zelensky.
By the time they arrived, the Presi-
dent had decided to remain in Kyiv. His
team was busy setting up a command
center in his office and in the Situation
Room on the second floor. The farewell
was unsentimental. The family did not
even step into a private room to talk.
They hugged in the hallway, exchang-
ing a few hurried words while aides
rushed past. “It was a calm conversation

for the road,” she says. They were both
performing for their children at that
moment, trying to make them be-
lieve there was no reason to panic.
Both of them understood the dan-
ger. Western intelligence agencies had
warned Zelensky that the Russians
were aiming to kill or capture him. “The
enemy has marked me as target No. 1,”
the President said in a video address on
the second day of the invasion, “and my
family as target No. 2.”
To minimize the risk of assassina-
tion, Zelenska and her children had to
get off the grid. They could not bring
along their mobile devices or log in to
their social media accounts, which could
be used to track them. Before leaving the
compound, Zelenska posted a message
on Facebook, addressed to the people
of Ukraine. Parts of it read like a plea to
herself. “Today I will not panic and cry.
I will be calm and confident,” she wrote.
“My kids are watching me.”
Friends in Europe offered to host the
family for the duration of the war. But
Zelenska and her children were not spir-
ited out of the country. Nor were they
locked inside some secret bunker un-
derground. They stayed in Ukraine,
but were forced to move around to stay
ahead of security threats. “You just
hope that you’re safe right now,” she
says of her mindset in those early days.
“You don’t know what will happen in
two hours.” The uncertainty gave rise
to a habit of making the most of the
Zelenska celebrates her husband’s election victory in 2019;
visits families displaced by the Russian invasion in May; and
meets with U.S. First Lady Jill Biden in western Ukraine in May
amenities in the places where they were
taken, she says, “because you don’t know
when else you will have time, and when
you will next get to a normal shower.”
Due to security concerns, they were
not allowed to communicate with the
President through video calls. For weeks
they spoke only on secure phone lines,
which had to be arranged in advance.
Yet they saw plenty of him on television.
Despite the difficulty of the topics the
President addressed in his speeches, the
nightly appearances were a comfort to his
children. “They could see that dad was at
work and looked all right,” says Zelen-
ska. “There was some stability in that.”
But it was difficult for her to continue
working. Her campaigns in the field of
education, like a program to improve
school lunches, had to be put on hold
as schools around the country closed.
Zelenska also paused her career as a
screenwriter for comedy shows, which
she had continued to do while serving
as First Lady. “Before the war I could
do both,” she says. “Not anymore.”
The firsT days of the invasion left
little room for sorrow. It was too sur-
real and disorienting. Zelenska coped
by wearing a mask of optimism. Soon,
though, the adrenaline began to wear
off, and the horrifying reality of their
situation came into focus. The Russians
had already swept across vast regions
of southern and eastern Ukraine, and
their tanks were moving southward to
encircle the capital. Millions of Ukraini-
ans were fleeing the war, including many
of the family’s closest friends.
“I understood that I may never see
them again, all the ones I love,” Zelen-
ska wrote to Vogue in April. She had
trouble reaching loved ones, and could
not figure out where they were, or even
whether they had survived. “That was
probably the first time when I cried, the
first time I let my emotions go. I just
couldn’t take it.”
By the second week, Zelenska and
the children had settled into a routine.
Kyrylo did schoolwork and spent hours
drawing. Some of his pictures worried
his mother. Instead of the usual sketches
of Batman and Spider-Man, he depicted
scenes of war and destruction. Oleksan-
dra, whom the family calls Sasha, fol-
lowed the news and helped cook the
family’s meals. The ban on using social
media did not prove as difficult for the
17-year-old as her mother had expected.
“It was all right,” Zelenska says of her
daughter. “It turns out her phone addic-
tion was not all that strong.”
Over time, the security protocols
eased enough to allow the family to ac-
cess the internet. Zelenska was able to
track her husband’s pronouncements
and other sources of information about
the war. The news they delivered, com-
bined with the sound of air-raid sirens,
often kept her from sleeping. “It’s a re-
volting habit,” she says, “reading the
news at night.”
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Millions of Ukrainians have been
living that way for months, absorbing
waves of dread and tragedy through
their screens. One story hit Zelenska
particularly hard. In early May, she read
a few pages from the diary of an 8-year-
old boy who had survived the Russian
siege of Mariupol, a port city on the
Black Sea that has been reduced to rub-
ble by Russian bombardment. “My two
dogs died,” the boy wrote in one entry.
“So did my grandma Galya, and my be-
loved city.”
The boy’s story brought home the
depth of the trauma that Ukraine’s chil-
dren are facing. “Imagine how this could
affect the psyche of a normal child, who
was not raised for war, not taught to
hate,” the First Lady says. “And there
are thousands of these children.” It will
be a generational challenge to help them
heal after this war, and Zelenska has
tried to make that challenge her own.
On May 8, MOther’s Day, Zelen-
ska emerged from hiding to meet Jill
Biden, the American First Lady, at a
school in western Ukraine that had
been turned into a shelter for displaced
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Zelenska and her husband attend the
funeral of former President Leonid
Kravchuk in Kyiv on May 17
families. The appearance marked the
start of a new role for Zelenska. She
has since become a vocal and visible
advocate for Ukraine’s defense on the
international stage. Much of her work
has focused on empowering organiza-
tions that specialize in the treatment
of trauma and connecting them with
state institutions, like the Ministry of
Health, that can facilitate care for peo-
ple who need it.
After more than two months in hid-
ing, she is making up for lost time. Her
days are packed with speeches, meet-
ings, panel discussions, and interviews.
Her peers from around the world have
offered to help. The First Lady of Is-
rael, Michal Herzog, has helped Zelen-
ska create training programs for Ukrai-
nian trauma counselors. The First Lady
of Poland, Agata Kornhauser-Duda,
has worked closely with Zelenska to
aid Ukrainian refugees. “This club of
ours has been a big help,” Zelenska
says. “We understand each other.”
She and her husband still live apart,
and Zelenska understands that her
family has little hope of returning to
normal while the war rages. When they
reunited briefly in May, the children
clung to Zelensky, savoring the chance
to hug him for the first time in months.
“It was touching,” the First Lady says.
“But I can’t tell you more than that.”
She only admits that they still see him
most often on television and they have
not been able to return to their family
routines of watching movies and shar-
ing meals.
In some ways the separation feels
appropriate. Millions of families have
been divided in Ukraine. Like them, the
Zelenskys will need emotional support
as the fight grinds on and the casualties
mount. “Every day you read about them,
you hear about them, you absorb it, and
V I A C H E S L AV R AT Y N S K Y I — R E U T E R S
it has an effect,” says the First Lady.
“Each of us, including myself, have felt
that our psychological state is not what
it should be.” After four months of war,
she adds, “none of us are OK.” —With
reporting by mariah espada and
simmone shah/new York □
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Dolni Morava, Czech Republic

ONE-OF-A-KIND VISTAS

After a few years of grounded walk across the bridge.

travel, take it up a notch by walking A 2.5-hour drive (about
the world’s longest pedestrian 124 miles) from Prague, Dolni
suspension bridge, a new sky-high Morava mountain resort on the
architectural marvel in the Czech Czech Republic–Poland border
Republic. has already been luring travelers
Sky Bridge 721, which with a love of high-elevation thrills.
opened in May after two years of Along with its ski slopes, it has an
construction, is a new attraction alpine roller coaster (purported
named for the 721 m (nearly half a to be Europe’s second longest),
mile) it spans in the foothills of the and another “walk in the clouds”
Jeseniky Mountains. Hanging more attraction, the Sky Walk—a curved
than 95 m above the cloud-shrouded wooden walkway and a 100-m-long
valley and the Mlynsky Stream, it slide that descends 55 m in a
offers panoramic views on a heart- twisting spiral. Sky Bridge 721
pumping walkway that is less than has usurped the current Guinness
4 ft. wide. World Record for longest pedestrian
No climbing or skiing skills suspension bridge, gaining 154 m on
are needed to get your mountain the previous record holder, Baglung
high here. Bragging rights will Parbat Footbridge in Gandaki
only require a dose of courage to province, Nepal. —Kathleen Rellihan

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 KERALA, INDIA
ECOTOURISM HOT SPOT

On the southwest coast of

India, Kerala is one of India’s
most beautiful states. With
spectacular beaches and
lush backwaters, temples,
and palaces, it’s known as
“God’s own country” for
good reason.
At the new Amal Tamara
in Kerala, wellness is a
way of life. This tranquil
Ayurvedic retreat in the
Alleppey backwaters offers
meditation, yogic practices,
Ayurvedic treatments, and
bespoke meals crafted based
on careful assessment by
their team of Ayurvedic
physicians. Guests at the
intimate 19-room property
can also learn the tenets
and practices of Ayurveda,
participate in various healing
rituals, and explore the
nearby environs.
This year, Kerala is
boosting motor-home tourism
in India to inspire a new
pas de deux of exploration
and accommodation.
The state’s first caravan
park, Karavan Meadows,
opened in Vagamon, a
scenic hill station. In the
wake of the state’s success
with houseboat cruising,
caravans are expected to
follow suit with a similar
promise of sustainable
tourism. Over 1,000 campers
have already begun to
traverse the land, a fresh and
unique way to experience
Kerala’s beaches and verdant
plantations. —Ria Gupta
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to community land,
which was donated by
the local population,
who will also care for
the animals. Visitors
will be able to see
the endangered
white rhino up close, Queenstown, New Zealand
and meet the local HIGH-FLYING ADVENTURE
teams protecting the
animals. Set on the shores of Lake Wakatipu on South Island,
While in the area, Queenstown is both a destination in its own right and a
tack on a visit to fantastic base to explore the region’s diverse landscapes.
Victoria Falls, roughly With the resumption of flights from Qantas and Air
120 miles from New Zealand, travelers coming to Queenstown can finally
Hwange Main Camp. check in to a new luxury boutique hotel, the Carlin, with
Eurowings Discover extraordinary views of the lake and city below. High rollers
launched one of its can opt for the Skyhome suite—its seven bedrooms make
Hwange National Park, first long-haul flights up the largest penthouse in the southern hemisphere.
Zimbabwe from Frankfurt to
Victoria Falls in
For groups, Homes & Villas by Marriott launched in June,
offering stylish multibedroom apartments and houses.
CONSERVATION SAFARI March (with a brief Kingpin Queenstown, a new entertainment complex
stopover in Namibia). with a restaurant and bar, bowling, and escape rooms, will
Zimbabwe is home to Zimbabwe’s largest, And after $6 million greet tourists returning after a two-year pandemic hiatus.
a landmark conserva- empowering the local in renovations, the Three premier hikes of the Great Walks system—
tion project this community to pro- 16-suite Stanley & including New Zealand’s most famous walk, the Milford
year. In late May, the tect a species that Livingstone Boutique Track—are within a couple of hours’ driving distance.
Community Rhino was eradicated from Hotel has emerged The system of trails turns 30 this year, leading hikers
Conservation Initia- the park by poaching better than ever, through the mountain peaks, valleys, and waterfalls
tive and Imvelo Safari by the early 2000s. less than 15 miles of the Fiordland National Park. And for oenophiles,
Lodges translocated The project south of the falls Invivo (the winemakers behind Sarah Jessica Parker’s
two white rhinos to is the first and in a private game sauvignon blanc and rosé) is launching the world’s first
community lands only instance in reserve where you winery airline: a two-hour charter service from Auckland to
bordering Hwange Zimbabwe of rhinos can spot black rhino. Queenstown later this year, with a visit to South Island’s
National Park, being translocated —Terry Ward wine growers included in the fare. —Yulia Denisyuk

VALÈNCIA, SPAIN Rey de Egipto,” which features

DESIGN FORWARD ancient Egyptian artifacts on loan
from the British Museum.
The ancient port city of Outdoors, the new Parque
València, on Spain’s southeast Central project boasts more
coast, seamlessly integrates its than 24 acres of lush parkland,
innovative urban landscape constructed on top of an old
with its natural one. This year, rail yard. Innovative local cuisine
the World Design Organization is also on the menu—this is the
selected València to be its World birthplace of paella, after all—
Design Capital 2022, which is exemplified by award-winning
being celebrated with events, chefs like Ricard Camarena,
exhibits, and a new showpiece whose namesake Michelin-starred
pavilion, the Agora València in water-laced City of Arts and restaurant now offers a plant-based
Plaza del Ayuntamiento, designed Sciences. The latest addition to the menu. Best of all: València is now
by architect Miguel Arraiz. cultural complex, CaixaForum, faster to get to, on Renfe’s Avlo,
The Mediterranean is the city’s opened its doors in June with three a new high-speed, low-cost train.
muse, evident in the innovative, exhibitions, including “Faraón. —ANNELISE SORENSEN
56 TIME July 25/August 1, 2022
 SÃO PAULO
BACK TO BRAZIL

The pandemic hit Brazil hard in 2020,

but the country’s largest and most
cosmopolitan city is staging a tour-
ism comeback in 2022 by enriching
its already vibrant roster of standout
hotels. The Rosewood São Paulo,
over a decade in the making, opened
earlier this year in the Bela Vista
neighborhood, with a breathtaking
Jean Nouvel–designed vertical garden
tower bedecked with over 250 trees,
an instant landmark adorning the bus-
tling city’s skyline. Constructed of
upcycled locally sourced materials,
the hotel’s 180 guest rooms and suites
were designed under the creative di-
rection of modernist French designer
Philippe Starck. Works by Brazil-
ian artists and artisans are on view in
every public space, from hallway mu-
rals to illustrated ceilings.
Travelers who prefer to earn or
redeem Bonvoy points for their stays
can do so at the new JW Marriott
Hotel São Paulo, which opened in
May. For a nightcap, the city’s first
five-star hotel, the legendary Hotel
Ca’ D’Oro, unveiled its serene Skybar
on the 27th floor in May, where
visitors can take in city views while
sipping world-class caipirinhas.
—Karen CatChpole

El Chaltén, Argentina
LUXE PARK PERKS

Active travelers a private reserve that

Z I M B A B W E : S T E V E T H O M A S — PA N O S P I C T U R E S/ R E D U X ; N E W Z E A L A N D : L I S A W I LT S E — T H E N E W YO R K T I M E S/ R E D U X ; S Ã O PA U L O : C O U R T E S Y R O S E W O O D S Ã O PA U L O ;

who want feather- abuts Los Glaciares

topped mattresses, National Park.
personalized service, and Glaciares is the largest
attention—65 staffers park in Argentina, and a
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look after no more than 40 UNESCO World Heritage

guests—and a food-and- site, with peaks like
wine program designed Mount Fitz Roy and
by Pablo Rivera, owner of the vast Perito Moreno
Don Julio steakhouse in Glacier. During guided
Argentina (No. 13 on the excursions, Explora
2021 list of the World’s guests enjoy the park’s
50 Best Restaurants), can
book one of 20 rooms at
network of trails and
have privileged access
Ras Al Khaimah, UAE
the new Explora El Chaltén to the private preserve EXTREME AMUSEMENTS
lodge. The first Explora it calls home. After
luxury all-inclusive lodge a day of adventure, Defined by stunning geodiversity, of the region’s natural and urban
in Argentina was built traditional empanadas, the UAE’s fourth largest emirate landscape. Later in the year, Jebel
using stark prefabricated Patagonian wines, and five continues to attract thrill seekers Jais will unveil Jais Wings, which
steel and naked pine outdoor Jacuzzis with a with its superlative outdoor allows visitors to paraglide above
modules assembled on view await. —K.C. adventure offerings. spectacular scenery. Next year,
Earlier this year Jais Sledder, Jais Swing will offer a different
the region’s longest toboggan ride, perspective on the same views;
debuted, whizzing through the and Jais Yard, a culinary village
mountains at close to 25 m.p.h. with food trucks, an open-air movie
Named after Jebel Jais, the highest theater, and children’s play areas,
peak in the Hajar Mountains, the will welcome guests.
attraction joins Jais Flight—the Fresh additions to Ras Al
world’s longest zip line–as one of Khaimah’s hospitality scene,
the Middle East’s top adventure like the InterContinental Ras Al
activities. Also not for the faint of Khaimah Mina Al Arab Resort and
heart, the newly launched RAK Spa, and the upcoming Movenpick
Airventure is a tethered hot-air Resort Al Marjan Island, will
balloon experience—the 10- minute provide travelers with luxurious
flight soars nearly 100 ft. high, enclaves where they can recharge.
capturing a breathtaking panorama —Hannah Foster Roe

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Trans Bhutan Trail,

Bhutan
BREATHTAKING PILGRIMAGE

After a 60-year hiatus, the Trans Bhutan

Trail is set to finally reopen. Since
the 16th century, when the 250-mile
trek was the only way to travel across
Bhutan, the trail has served as a
pilgrimage route for Buddhists, running
from Haa in the west to Trashigang in
the east. Now it has been reimagined
as an outdoor adventure through the
world’s first carbon-negative country.
The Royal Government of Bhutan,
Tourism Council of Bhutan, and
Bhutan Canada Foundation combined
forces to oversee the restoration
of 18 major bridges, 10,000 stairs,
and hundreds of miles of pathways.
Intrepid travelers can hike, bike, and
camp through the lush meadows and
dense forests of nine dzongkhags
(districts), 28 gewogs (local govern-
ments), two municipalities, parts of
Phrumsengla National Park, and more
NAIROBI
than 400 historic sites. The route is CULTURAL METROPOLIS
peppered with museums and ancient
fortresses, like Jakar Dzong and the Kenya, the safari capital of the shuttering the iconic more than a
Fortress of the White Bird, perched on world, is also one of the fastest- half-century old Hilton Nairobi in
a ridge above the historic Bumthang
growing economies in Africa. December, the brand will open an
Valley. Tour company G Adventures is
And although tourists may have all-new property toward the end
R E U T E R S; P O R T U G A L : A L A M Y; P H I L I P P I N E S : R D W A E R I A L I M A G I N G — A L A M Y

launching an 11-day camping experi-

B H U TA N : S U Z A N N E S T R O E E R — G E T T Y I M A G E S ; N A I R O B I : B A Z R AT N E R —

ence that escorts trekkers along previously opted to make a beeline of the year: Kwetu Nairobi, Curio
some of the most extraordinary parts into the bush, today Nairobi is Collection by Hilton.
of the trail, starting and ending in
Paro, with a final breathtaking trek to
offering visitors plenty of reasons to In the food scene, a synthesis
Tiger’s Nest, the famous monastery keep inside the capital. The Nairobi of global inspiration is heating
embedded in a cliff wall. Contemporary Art Institute (NCAI) up. Cultiva Farm Kenya is an
A portion of the $200 minimum just celebrated its opening with an exceptional example, where
daily package charge paid to the
government of Bhutan by international
exhibit showcasing Nairobian artist Ecuadorian restaurateur Ariel
travelers visiting the trail is applied Sane Wadu. Last year, renowned Moscardi renders East African
to sustainable development efforts, fashion designer Anna Trzebinski ingredients and flavors with
such as environmental conservation, converted her home into Eden South American techniques.
social welfare, cultural promotion, and
improving infrastructure. Nairobi, a hub for creatives that Meanwhile, a growing
—Sucheta Rawal doubles as a luxury hotel. After number of luxury outfitters are
58 TIME July 25/August 1, 2022

funneling some of their capital
back into local neighborhoods in
need. In the district of Mukuru,
Micato Safaris opened the
Harambee Community Centre,
providing resources and education
to help ensure that the recent
economic boom will be felt more
equitably. As will the brand-
new Nairobi Expressway: the
$650 million project provides
a long overdue reprieve from
congestion in the center of the city,
so residents and visitors can access
it more easily and quickly than
ever before. —Brad Japhe
THE ALENTEJO, PORTUGAL
IDYLLIC ESCAPE
Reclining between Lisbon and
Algarve, the Alentejo—Portugal’s
most rural and least populated
region—is dotted with picturesque
towns separated by cork forests
and olive groves. But its many new
goings-on offer a contrast with its
unhurried pace.
In the ancient city of Estremoz,
the new Museu Berardo Estremoz
preserves traditional crafts like
tile making. In Esperança, a roughly
10-mile trail through the Serra de Évora, nestled amid orchards and
São Mamede Nature Park takes hik- meadows. And the towns of Elvas
ers past 6,000-year-old cave paint- and Évora, both UNESCO World
ings and birds of prey, including Heritage sites, have a raft of new
Bonelli’s eagles and Griffon vul- accommodations—including Vila
tures. A grownup theme park, Vila Galé Collection Elvas, Travassos 11,
do Gin, is dedicated to the name- and Hotel o Canto—that taste-
sake spirit. After a day of adventure, fully blend with their historic
visitors can stay at the new Octant surroundings. —roBin Catalano
Philippines closed its
borders, halting even
domestic tourism to
Boracay. It took a severe
toll on the local economy,
but the silver lining
was that this 4-sq.-mi.
speck in the Visayas
island chain had proper
time to truly recover.
As of February 2022,
international visitors
can finally revel in this
revamped, recuperated,
natural playground
after what was
effectively a three-year
Boracay, the Philippines convalescence. Locals
report the return of
PARADISE REBORN flora and fauna, like sea
turtles, and hospitality
It had become known traffic that comes from has come back just
as “Paradise Lost,” or 2 million annual visitors. as spectacularly. The
a “cesspool,” as former It reached a nadir in luxurious Crimson Resort
Philippine President 2018, when Duterte and Spa, originally
Rodrigo Duterte closed down all tourism opened in March 2018,
described it, after it on the island for six offers 192 rooms
was tainted by sewage. months—an emergency including suites and
The once brilliant white Band-Aid for decades of
sand and clear waters ecological abuse.
villas, plus cascading
infinity pools, and a
of Boracay Island were Then the pandemic private beach.
choking on the trash and struck, and the —Charlie Campbell
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BALI, INDONESIA villas for an off-the-grid jungle ex-

perience. For artsy types, a stay at
RESORTAPALOOZA! sustainability-focused Desa Potato
Head in Seminyak is a must. Andaz
Bali is bringing the heat this year with Sanur Bali, designed to mimic a tradi-
numerous openings, including the tional Balinese villa, offers three pools
kind of big-ticket luxury resorts and and a gorgeous beach on the south-
wellness experiences that make it the eastern coast. Wellness enthusiasts
ideal escape for those looking to re- will find their bliss at the new Ang-
connect with nature and themselves. sana Saranam Wellbeing Resort situ-
The long-anticipated Raffles Bali sunned skin. Watch the sunset on the ated in the central highlands amid the
opened late last year in Jimbaran Bay, spectacular outdoor terrace of the mountains of Bedugul. And the new
where guests enjoy the attention of Writers Bar, Bali Sling in hand. Anantara Ubud Bali Resort will have
a “well-being butler,” who does ev- Inland about a 40-minute drive 15 residences for sale, should you want
erything from drawing a bath with north of Ubud is Buahan, a Banyan to make your stay in Bali a little more
rose petals to providing aloe for over- Tree Escape, which offers open-air permanent. —BREKKE FLETCHER

Kaunas, Lithuania
ART FOR UKRAINE

Rarely has art been William Kentridge, and

so pertinent to real Yoko Ono.
life. When Lithuania’s Kaunas has
second city kicked turned that spotlight
off its E.U. Capital of onto current events
Culture program in with its innovative
January, it looked like an CulturEUkraine

I N D O N E S I A : C O U R T E S Y B A N YA N T R E E ; B O G O TÁ : J H O N H E AV E R PA Z— X I N H U A N E W S A G E N C Y/ E Y E V I N E / R E D U X ; C H I L E : N A F TA L I H I L G E R — L A I F/ R E D U X ;
underrated destination initiative, which provides
getting some time in a space—in the former

J A PA N : C O U R T E S Y J R K Y U S H U; P O R T U G A L : H O R A C I O V I L L A L O B O S — C O R B I S/G E T T Y I M A G E S ; L I T H U A N I A : F R A N Z- M A R C F R E I — G E T T Y I M A G E S
the spotlight. But then Central Post Office, a
Russia invaded Ukraine, historic city landmark—
and suddenly Kaunas’ for Ukrainian artists and
shining moment seemed entrepreneurs to create
frighteningly timely. new projects and kick-
The yearlong cultural
program explores
start new businesses,
including an artist-in-
Madeira, Portugal
the city’s turbulent residence program. EUROPEAN TROPICS
history—under Nazi Stay at the superhip and
occupation in World modern Moxy Kaunas Madeira may have originally adrenaline. Madeira’s iconic hotel
War II, and later as an Center, which opened in been known for its namesake group, Savoy Signature, recently
unwilling part of the the run-up to Capital of fortified wine, which is still aged opened the ultramodern NEXT
Soviet Union—through Culture just 500 yards in handmade oak barrels and hotel in Funchal, minutes from
exhibitions by the likes from the Central Post sometimes made with foot-stomped the waterfront. The completely
of Marina Abramovic, Office. —Julia Buckley grapes, but this underexplored renovated all-inclusive seaside
Portuguese island off the coast resort Hotel Riu Madeira in
of Morocco is also an adventure Caniço de Baixo reopened in
lover’s dream. The island is April with two new restaurants.
resplendent with natural wonders The Three House’s newly opened
to explore, with opportunities for rooftop bar features stunning
hiking, kayaking, climbing, and views of Funchal and the
diving. Take in the sunrise from the Atlantic Ocean.
top of Pico Ruivo, Madeira’s highest Direct flights were piloted
peak, or visit a waterfall along one earlier this year with the hope
of the island’s nature-filled levada they’ll return to shave several
walks, footpaths adjacent hours off the journey. Otherwise,
to irrigation channels dating from take the layover in Lisbon as an
the 15th century. opportunity to explore another
The island’s luxury resorts fabulous city.
also offer a respite from the —Cassandra Brooklyn

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Bogotá
CYCLE THE CITY
Colombia’s sprawling capital,
Bogotá, is making headlines
this year for its sustainability
efforts and top-flight culinary
offerings. Bogotá added
52 miles of bike paths to
its existing 370
miles during the
pandemic, and
the city’s altitude
(8,660 ft.) provides
year-round cool
temperatures,
making it one
of the most
cyclable places
in South America.
This autumn, a
new bike-share
program is launching in five
neighborhoods, including
the historic La Candelaria
district. The program will
offer e-bikes and hand bikes
too, improving the city’s
accessibility for people with
differing abilities.
The new Residence Inn by
KYUSHU,
JAPAN
VOLCANIC BEAUTY
Japan’s third largest
and most southwesterly
island, Kyushu, was
the early center of
Japanese civilization—
much of the nation’s rich
history and mythology
originated there. The
island is known as the
Land of Fire, thanks to
the smoldering volcano
Sakurajima and the
rejuvenating hot springs
of Beppu.
With Japan now
beginning to reopen
Marriott is ideal for extended
stays, and is located right
next to Mercado del Chicó,
a lively food hall serving all
manner of culinary delights.
For shorter trips, new
boutique hotel
and café HAB
is located in
the edgy-cool
Chapinero Alto
neighborhood.
Its restaurant
sources
vegetables
from its
own organic
farm. Also in
the news is
Restaurante LEO, helmed
by chef Leonor Espinosa,
who was just named the
World’s Best Female Chef
by the World’s 50 Best
Restaurants, which also
recognized Restaurante LEO
in its ranks in 2021.
—Kate Crittenden
its borders to tourism
for the first time since
2020—although there
are still restrictions—
an impressive number
of new offerings await
intrepid travelers.
In January, the Akane
Sasu Hizen Hamashuku
guesthouse opened inside
a revitalized 100-year-old
historic building on what
is known as Sake Brewery
Street, where three of
the original 13 sake
breweries still remain.
In August, Hoshino
Resort KAI Yufuin, a
hot-spring ryokan, will
open between the shores
of Beppu Bay and the
Rapa Nui, Chile
RESILIENT CULTURE
The storied island of Rapa Nui
finally reopens to tourists after
more than two years on Aug. 1.
Famous for the iconic massive
and mysterious Moai sculptures
crafted by its first inhabitants,
Rapa Nui, located roughly
halfway between Santiago and
Tahiti, has been part of Chile
since 1888. First inhabited
by Polynesians an estimated
1,200 years ago, it was visited
during Easter 1722 by Dutch
explorers who named the island
Paaseiland, translated as Easter
Island. Descendants of the
island’s first peoples call it both
Rapa Nui and Te Pito o Te Henua,
meaning “the navel of the world.”
The closure of Rapa Nui to
tourism because of COVID-19
affected both its economy and
shadow of Mount Yufu.
Goto Retreat Ray is also
set to open this summer
as an idyllic sanctuary in
the Goto Islands, offering
oceanfront views and
open-air baths.
On the transportation
the frequency of food deliveries,
so islanders have seized
the opportunity to expand
traditional and sustainable
agricultural practices, especially
for taro and guava. Once
Rapa Nui reopens, don’t miss
idyllic Anakena Beach—where
Rapa Nui’s first King landed—
and keep your eye out for
hawksbill and green turtles.
The spirit of King Hotu Matu’a
is said to have become a sea
turtle, called honu; the word
also represents patience and
perseverance, something Rapa
Nui has needed to rely upon.
Tourism will restart slowly;
some of the first to see
Rapa Nui’s sculptures will be
passengers aboard Silversea’s
Silver Explorer and Silver
Whisper, which stop in Rapa Nui
in November and December on
cruises between Chile and the
South Pacific. —Johanna Read
front, a new Shinkansen
bullet-train service to
Nagasaki begins this
September, and a new
route and upgrade on the
Seven Stars luxury train
experience will launch
in October. —C.B.
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Ecuador’s Galápagos Islands to this year. Luxe outfit Aqua

GALÁPAGOS encompass marine areas in several
ISLANDS neighboring countries, including
TO SEE AND PROTECT Cocos Island National Park in
Costa Rica and the Malpelo Fauna
One of the most biodiverse and Flora Sanctuary in Colombia,
destinations on the planet has creating a marine migratory
recently secured even more corridor that will curb commercial
stringent environmental protection. fishing in that area. Overall, the
Late last year, the leaders of new reserve expands the protected
Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, area of the Galápagos archipelago
and Panama ratified the more than by more than 40%.
20,000-sq.-mi. Hermandad Marine For visitors to see the flora and
Reserve. The reserve extends the fauna of the territory, a couple
existing protected zone around of new cruises have launched
Expeditions began operating
the Aqua Mare, a 163-ft., three-
passenger-deck, seven-suite
superyacht in June. In February,
Silversea christened the Silver
Origin, a ship designed specifically
to tour the Galápagos. The cruise
line’s significant sustainability
efforts on this innovative vessel
include a 15% reduction in fuel
consumption and a dynamic
propulsion system designed to
reduce damage to the seafloor.
—KAREN CATCHPOLE

G A L Á PA G O S : C R I S T I N A M I T T E R M E I E R ; B R I T I S H C O L U M B I A : J I L L S A LT E R ; S W E D E N : J O N A S W E S T L I N G ; G R E E N L A N D : M A R I O TA M A — G E T T Y I M A G E S

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 co-owned by former
NHL players Dan Skelleftea, Sweden
Hamhuis and NORDIC WARMTH
Willie Mitchell and
business partner Exciting new offerings have operating just outside town.
Andrew Purdey, also pushed this quaint Swedish Later this year, the city will
offers adventures city into must-see territory. introduce electric snowmo-
from fishing to Though it lies just 125 biles so tourists can explore
free diving, paddle- miles south of the Arctic the powdery expanse of
boarding, and whale Circle, Skelleftea emanates Lapland emission-free. It’s
or bear watching. undeniable warmth. a magnet for modern urban-
Tofino, British Columbia A new multiuse
pathway through
A parade of timbered
buildings line the main
ites, those who want to live
in tune with nature rather
WILDER WEST Pacific Rim National promenade, punctuated than in opposition to it. In
Park Reserve, by the newly opened Wood recent years, creative types
On the windswept winter storms completed this Hotel—one of the
west coast of produce ocean year, connects the largest structures
British Columbia’s swells, creating park visitor center in the world built
Vancouver Island lies epic storm-watching to Tofino village. entirely of its epony-
tiny Tofino, a former opportunities and a ?apsciik tasii mous material.
fishing village and thriving cold-water (pronounced ups- At the restaurant
the traditional home surfing scene. cheek ta-shee), a Bryggargatan,
of the Tla-o-qui-aht Earlier this 15.5-mile accessible Michelin-caliber Nor-
First Nation of the year, the Tofino trail created in dic cuisine is plated
Nuu-chah-nulth Resort + Marina partnership with the without pretension.
people, now a debuted a new Yuulu?il?ath and Sometimes the
bustling community experience, the Tla-o-qui-aht First warmth is literal:
surrounded by the West Coast Nations, provides downtown now boasts have emigrated from larger
UNESCO Clayoquot Floating Sauna. people of all ages heated sidewalks during the cities, peppering Skelleftea
Sound Biosphere Accessed only by and abilities a safe frigid Scandinavian winter. storefronts with art galleries
Reserve. Wildlife boat, the wood-fired and sustainable A steadfast commitment and street food, warming
tours, forest hiking, cedar sauna bobs in way to experience to sustainability encom- the crisp Lapland air with an
and walks along a still, secluded bay one of Canada’s passes it all, from biogas-- unexpectedly cosmopolitan
wide sandy beaches inside the reserve. most spectacular powered mass transit to the vibe for a town of less than
reconnect people The 63-room Tofino landscapes. electric-battery factory— 74,000 year-round resi-
with nature. Powerful Resort + Marina, —Claudia Laroye among Europe’s largest— dents. —Brad Japhe

ILULISSAT, the Ice,” that delves into

GREENLAND
ICY EDUCATION
Tourism and sustainability
have historically had a diffi-
cult relationship. Greenland
is looking to change that
with a new attraction that
focuses on this delicate bal-
ance, exploring the impacts
of climate change.
The Ilulissat Icefjord
Center opened last year
and overlooks a remote
UNESCO-protected
wilderness on the stunning
west coast of Greenland
near Disko Bay, located
155 miles north of the
Arctic Circle. Designed
by the Danish architect
Dorte Mandrup, the
twisted structure mimics
the flight of a snow owl,
representing the fragility of
the surrounding fjords and
landscapes.
The visitor center, open
year-round, has a permanent
exhibition, “Sermeq pillugu
Oqaluttuaq—The Story of
the history of Greenland’s
ice sheet and Inuit who
have lived in this harsh
environment for thousands
of years. Also part of
the exhibit: a display of
archaeological artifacts in
prisms of glass designed to
look like real blocks of ice.
A boardwalk leads from
the center to various areas
where one can view the
Ilulissat ice fjord. The hope
is that by learning about the
dangers of a warming world
in situ, tourists will go back
with a deeper understanding
of how and why this remote
wilderness is vital to the
survival of the planet.
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Devon, England
DRINK IN THE SCENERY

This picturesque coastal region of southwest England

is known more for its heritage coastline and rugged
landscapes than food and drink, but that’s changing.
In June, Sandridge Barton, home of Sharpham Wine,
opened its visitor center and winery, where guests can
learn about (and sample) the vineyard’s offerings, taste
cheeses from the dairy, and buy gifts to take home. Or
book a table at Circa, a new restaurant on the property.
International Space Station If beer is your tipple of choice, Salcombe Brewery’s
much missed tours relaunched in April; its Pilsner,
OUT OF THIS WORLD Session Lager, and small-batch Belgian Pale Ale all won
awards earlier this year. Epicures will also love Andria, a
The most rarefied $20 million per seat to $55 million each for restaurant in the estuarine town of Dartmouth, freshly
bed-and-breakfast fly aboard a Russian their fortnight-plus in added to the Michelin Guide in February.
ever built is located Soyuz spacecraft. space. Axiom plans For the first time in nearly half a century, rail service
not very far from On April 8, 2022, more such space- has resumed on the historic Dartmoor Line, connecting
you—just 250 miles the U.S. got in on the tourist flights in the the cathedral city of Exeter to Dartmoor National Park.
away. The trick is, it’s game as Houston- future. The price is Across the Bristol Channel, the Lundy Marine Festival will
250 miles straight up. based Axiom Space steep, but for deep- commemorate the island’s designated marine-protected
The not-so-little inn launched its first pocketed adventurers, area as it turns 50, with activities like guided dives to
is the International crew of three paying the incomparable famous shipwrecks off the island’s rocky bluffs. Attendees
Space Station, which tourists and a mission view, not to who gather data on local sea life can unlock cheaper ferry
over the course of its commander (an mention the thrill travel and free camping accommodation.
24-year life has hosted Axiom employee) for of weightlessness, And for part of its multimillion-pound renovation,
a handful of tourists a 15-day ISS stay. The makes it worth it. the iconic Burgh Island Hotel is building 27 affordable
paying upward of three tourists paid — Jeffrey Kluger rooms solely for employees. —Hannah Foster Roe

COPENHAGEN Plenty of impressive hotels can

RIDING INTO THE FUTURE serve as home base. Now that
international tourists have finally

I N D I A : S A M PA N T H A K I — A F P/G E T T Y I M A G E S ; S O U T H A F R I C A : D AV I D S I LV E R M A N — G E T T Y I M A G E S ;
Having hosted the start of this returned to Denmark, they can be
year’s Tour de France, Copenhagen
T O R O N T O : T O R O N T O N I A N /A L A M Y; C O P E N H A G E N : L A E R K E P O S S E LT — A G E N C E V U/ R E D U X
among the first non-Danes to stay
further expanded its cycling- at the gorgeous Villa Copenhagen, I S S : K AY L A B A R R O N — N A S A ; E N G L A N D : F I N N B A R R W E B S T E R — G E T T Y I M A G E S ;

capital bona fides: the Danish housed in the historic Central

Ministry of Transportation dubbed Post & Telegraph head office. The
2022 the Year of the Bicycle, rooftop bar at the new Scandic
investing $64 million in additional Norreport hotel offers spectacular
bike lanes around the country this views of the city. Its sister property,
year alone. Copenhagen is also on Scandic Spectrum, also opened this
track to achieve the goal of 50% of year and is the Nordic hotel chain’s
all work and school commutes on cycle over to the newly renovated largest property in northern Europe.
bicycles by 2025. Design Museum Denmark, where And the new five-star NH Hotel
Travelers can take a biking a “Matters—rethinking materials” Copenhagen opened late last year
break at Ark for a gourmet plant- exhibit will showcase five cutting- in a former shipyard headquarters,
based dining experience, or its new edge Nordic designers in the with views of the harbor.
sister vegan restaurant, Souls. Then Museum Plaza this fall. —VANESSA WILKINS
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INDIA
HIGHER LEARNING
As India’s first UNESCO World
Heritage City, Ahmedabad
boasts both ancient landmarks
and contemporary innovations
that make it a mecca for cultural
tourism, from the serene Gandhi
Ashram that sits on 36 acres on
the banks of the Sabarmati River
to Navratri, a vibrant nine-day
celebration (this year from Sept. 26
to Oct. 5) billed as the longest dance
festival in the world.
Ahmedabad’s Gujarat Science
City, a sprawling entertainment
center and theme park, unveiled
three major attractions last year,
including a 20-acre nature park to
educate the public on local flora
as well as provide new spaces for
playing chess and practicing yoga.
There is also a new interactive robot
gallery that celebrates innovation
in robotics and features a towering
replica of a Transformer. And
Science City’s new aquarium,
which showcases aquatic species
from around the globe, is now
India’s largest.
New hotels include the Hillock
Ahmedabad, which offers old-world
elegance with antique furniture and
golden chandeliers, and the luxu-
rious 18-story ITC Narmada, with
patterns and woodwork inspired by
Gujarat’s legendary stepwells.
—Rosalind Cummings-Yates

Toronto Franschhoek, South Africa

FRESH PERSPECTIVES A WINE LOVER’S DREAM

The capital of Ontario—a Art, featuring citywide Within the lavish valley of South alongside breathtaking views
multidimensional, forward- programming intended Africa’s Western Cape, about an of the farm and wines from the
thinking, diverse city—is to inspire global hour from Cape Town, oenophiles vineyard.
experiencing a growth conversations. And just in can now visit Paul Siguqa’s Klein Chef Nanda Cardoso heads
spurt, thanks to a slate time for summer, the Lake Goederust, Franschhoek’s first Deux Lions restaurant at La
of new hotel openings, Shore Inflatable Water Black-owned wine farm. Siguqa’s Bourgogne Wine Estate, also
including W Toronto. But Park debuted, adding a mother was a farmworker, and opened in March this year.
even beyond hospitality, family-friendly attraction he grew up Using local
Toronto is a city begging right off the shore of in the region. seasonal
to be discovered and Ontario Place. The farm is ingredients,
appreciated. On deck this In between excursions, more than Cardoso’s
year: the Frida Immersive lounge in CIBC Square 100 years menu
Dream, from the creators Park, an elevated old, and today features
of the immersive Van park—the city’s first, it produces cheese and
Gogh exhibit; ArtworxTO, in an ongoing effort to Chenin Blanc, charcuterie
a yearlong initiative create green spaces amid a peppery boards,
showcasing Toronto’s skyscrapers—complete Shiraz 2020, a grilled
diversity as it supports with public wi-fi and vibrantly fruity seafood,
its local artists; and spectacular city views. Noble Late meat, and
the Toronto Biennial of —Stacey Lastoe Harvest 2020, vegetarian
and a 2018 selections.
cab-merlot For those
blend. All can looking
be enjoyed to stay
alongside a overnight in
meal at the estate’s restaurant this idyllic locale, there’s the
run by chef Linda Abrahams, also intimate 11-room Sterrekopje,
known as Aunty Linda. situated on a charming farm in
Another boutique winery, Dieu the foothills of the Franschhoek
Donné Vineyards, opened its Mountains, where farm walks,
new Country Grand restaurant in body treatments, breathwork, and
March, with fresh seafood dishes yoga are on offer.
and delicious pizzas to be enjoyed —Jabulile Ngwenya

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Riviera Nayarit,
Mexico
HIDDEN GEM

With almost 200 miles of pristine

coastline fringed by the emerald
forests of the Sierra Madre and
the Pacific Ocean, Riviera Nayarit
offers the coast’s most unspoiled
tropical beauty. A host of luxury
hotels (upcoming and recently
opened) are enticing travelers to
experience this under-the-radar
region. Susurros del Corazón, a
seaside stunner from Auberge
Resorts Collection, is scheduled to
open in Punta de Mita in November,
with 26 guest rooms and 36 indoor-
outdoor terraced suites, decorated
with Mexican furnishings and textiles
from local artisans.
Also later this year, the Four
Seasons Resort Punta Mita
is expanding its footprint with
the opening of Naviva, an all-
inclusive adults-only enclave

THE ARCTIC
with 15 luxury tents with private
plunge pools. settlement: Longyearbyen, in
Recently acquired by World of
BREAKING THE ICE the archipelago of Svalbard,
Hyatt, the all-inclusive newly opened
adults-only Secrets Bahia Mita
about halfway between Norway’s
and family-friendly Dreams Bahia The icy landscape of the Arctic, northern coast and the North Pole.
once reserved for only the most The ship has the power to carve
M E X I C O : E D U A R D O V E R D U G O — A P ; A R C T I C : O L I V I E R B L A U D — P O N A N T;
I TA LY: PA N T H E R M E D I A G M B H /A L A M Y; D E T R O I T: S A R A H R I C E — R E D U X

Mita share the same beachfront

Sordo Madaleno–designed property adventurous mariners, is now through dense layers of ice and
facing the Bay of Banderas, which
includes a swim-up bar and a
accessible to tourists who want uses liquefied natural gas to power
water park. to see the North Pole in luxury. its hybrid engine. This rarefied
Besides the 23 beach towns Ponant’s Le Commandant experience comes at a considerable
to explore in the area, the Charcot, a new state-of-the-art price (staterooms start at $30,235),
most anticipated attraction is
Islas Marías Biosphere Reserve, icebreaker cruise ship, sets off on its but guests can choose from three
four islands off the coast of Nayarit Arctic maiden voyage this month, gourmet restaurants (one of which
that once housed a prison, which bringing passengers to 90 degrees is run by renowned chef Alain
have been transformed into a
north. Ducasse) and relax at the onboard
UNESCO protected area set to open
this summer. The 16-day cruise originates spa, complete sauna, and an indoor
—Rosalind Cummings-Yates from the world’s most northerly pool. For a true Arctic experience,
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 CALABRIA, ITALY
HIKE ACROSS THE BOOT

Calabria is one of the most over-

looked Italian destinations—
underdeveloped and unfairly
dogged by a louche reputation.
(Easy Jet was forced to apologize
after a 2020 ad cheekily promoted
it as a land of “Mafia activity.”)
The province, spanning the toe of
the Italian boot, is home to breath-
taking beaches, stunning mountain
vistas, ancient hilltop villages, and
unique, spicy cuisine. Last year a
group of enterprising and passion-
ate hiking guides knitted the land-
scape into a three-day cross-country
trek, starting in the beach paradise
of Soverato on the Ionian coast and
ending about 34 miles west, in the
14th century fortress town of Pizzo
on the Tyrrhenian Sea.
The meandering Kalabria Coast-
to-Coast trail takes hikers through
olive groves, mountain pastures,
deep forests, and small villages,
with stops in towns famous for their
wine, smoked ricotta cheese, and
a spicy spreadable sausage known
locally as ’nduja. The trek is well
signed and self-guided, but hikers—
who should be reasonably fit—who
have paid the 5-euro registration
fee can access help, advice, and en-
couragement via a WhatsApp busi-
ness account run by the organizers.
The website includes a list of hotels
and B&Bs to stay along the route.
Participants receive a certificate of
completion once they reach Pizzo’s
Murat Castle. The best way to cel-
ebrate? Tucking into the town’s
iconic tartufo ice cream, another
Calabrian specialty. —aryn Baker

Detroit
NEWFOUND GLORY

Nearly 10 years café and accompanying development for lodging.

get off the ship for snow trekking,
kayaking, dog sledding—and for the
truly brave, an Arctic swim.
Other new ships exploring the
Arctic this summer—though not
as far north as Le Commandant
Charcot—include Quark’s
Ultramarine and Lindblad’s
National Geographic Endurance.
They join existing Arctic cruises
Seabourn Venture, Royal
Caribbean’s Jewel of the Seas, and
Silversea’s small luxury expedition
ship, Silver Wind, with departures
scheduled from June through August.
—Jennifer Duggan
after Detroit filed for
bankruptcy, travelers
can now play a role in the
city’s vibrant economic
recovery by simply driving
through. Detroit was
recently selected as
home of the USA’s first
electric-vehicle charging
road, solidifying its
title once again as the
Motor City—but for the
modern age.
The revitalized city has
plans for lots of new offer-
ings, especially for food
and drink. Some of the
best: Midnight Temple,
an Indian gastropub
near Eastern Market;
Rosemary, chef Maxcel
Hardy’s rosemary-filled
cigar lounge called Cambria Hotel, a 158-
Byrd; What’s Crackin’, a room downtown hotel
seafood-boil restaurant featuring Bluetooth
serving up Great Lakes– mirrors, golf simulators,
and the Detroit Taco
Company Bodega, will
open in late 2022.
ROOST Apartment
Hotel is preparing to
open early next year in
Book Tower—just one of
Detroit’s iconic buildings
currently being restored
to its former glory.
Visitors shouldn’t miss
the summer opening of
Phase 2 of the historic
caught fish; and Basan, $55 million Motown
a Japanese robata Museum expansion,
restaurant. featuring an outdoor
Over 500 new hotel plaza and performance
rooms are currently in space. —Sarah Bence

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ISTANBUL Collection portfolio.

The city’s first con-
A CLASSIC REBORN temporary art museum,
Istanbul Modern, will
Coinciding with the coun- with shops and restau- return to its original lo-
try’s deanglicized rebrand- rants. Cruise ships depart- cation in Karakoy as part
ing of its name (which has ing or arriving at the new of the regeneration—in
been used by Turkish peo- port include MSC Fantasia, new premises designed by
ple since 1923), Turkiye’s with departures starting Pritzker Prize–winning ar-
most magical city is experi- in September, Viking Sky, big on Istanbul’s allure, chitect Renzo Piano. Late
encing a renaissance of its Seabourn Encore, and Seven opening several new prop- last year, the Ataturk Cul-
own. Galataport, the result Seas Explorer. erties this year: Adahan De- tural Center resumed op-
of a $1.7 billion harborside Right after the New Camondo Pera, Autograph erations for the first time in
development in Istanbul’s Year, the highly anticipated Collection; Sheraton Is- 13 years, after its old build-
historic Karakoy neighbor- new Peninsula Istanbul tanbul Esenyurt; the Wes- ing was closed in 2008 and
hood, is home to the world’s will open in the Galataport. tin Nisantasi DeCamondo subsequently demolished.
first underground cruise Also new on the scene: the Galata, a Tribute Portfolio The reimagined space holds
terminal, where passenger JW Marriott Marmara Sea, Hotel; and Burdock Hotel concert halls, theaters, a
services are tucked below a seafront luxury resort in Istanbul, which will also gallery, and a library.
a waterfront promenade, Istanbul. Marriott is betting be part of the Autograph —HANNAH FOSTER-ROE

Portland, Ore.
ALL ARE WELCOME

Portland continues to roster of well-known

expand on its commitment hotels, like the original
to planet earth, with new Ace Hotel, which just
infrastructure for bikers refreshed its rooms and
and walkers. The Earl added more greenery. The
Blumenauer Bicycle and Moxy Portland Downtown,
Pedestrian Bridge opens which opened in February
July 31 and will connect 2021, has a lively lobby
the Central Eastside and bar with board games. And

I S TA N B U L : C E M A L E M D E N — C O U R T E S Y O F I S TA N B U L M O D E R N ; G R E E C E : S H U T T E R S T O C K ; U Z B E K I S TA N : YA M G -J U N ;
Lloyd neighborhoods; the the new, dog-friendly Hotel
new, earthquake-resilient Grand Stark spoils its

U TA H : P E N D R Y PA R K C I T Y; A U S T R A L I A : G E T T Y I M A G E S ; O R EG O N : P O R T L A N D B U R E A U O F T R A N S P O R TAT I O N
Ned Flanders Crossing guests with brand-name
pedestrian bridge amenities: Nespresso
(The Simpsons creator machines, Diptyque
Matt Groening was raised
in Portland) connects
products, and SMEG
refrigerators.
Fremantle, Australia
the Northwest and Pearl At the airport, PDX EAT, DRINK, AND BE AUSSIE
districts; and Tilikum is undergoing major
Crossing carries trains, renovations and recently After nearly 700 days of pandemic shutdown, the Australian port city of
buses, streetcars, cyclists, debuted a sensory room Fremantle is bustling with food and drink openings. The reimagined city
and pedestrians over the designed for travelers with center, Walyalup Koort, is part of a $270 million renewal project—the
Willamette River. anxiety and those on the largest of its kind in the area’s history. (Walyalup is the Nyoongar name
A handful of new stays autism spectrum. for the region, and Koort means heart.) The district includes ironically
are joining the Rose City’s —Sucheta Rawal named FOMO’s hawker-style food stalls serving pho, ramen, kebabs,
burgers, and even fried ice cream, and Funlab offers an array of, well, fun:
bowling, mini-golf, arcade games, and cocktails. The Old Courthouse,
dating back to 1899, has transformed into a lively bar where visitors can
sip one of 18 single-malt whiskeys in the original witness box. The beer
company Gage Roads, named after the shipping channel between the city
and Rottnest Island, opened its 1,500-person-capacity brewery and bar in
a 100-year-old warehouse with portside seating to watch the ships roll in
from the Indian Ocean. Farther down the Swan River is Jetty, which boasts
a Mediterranean-inspired menu and waterside views to soak in western
Australia’s famed sunsets. —Nardia Plumridge

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 since 1925.
When it reopens
in September, the
market will be host
to gastronomy
festivals and pop-
ups, in addition to its
regular roster of food Historic Silk Road sites,
stalls. Designed and
built by a descendant Uzbekistan
of Sephardic Jews, WALKING AN ANCIENT PATH
Modiano is a
Thessaloniki, Greece testament to the
city’s diversity;
As Uzbekistan celebrates more than 30 years of
independence from the Soviet Union, new projects and
CULINARY MELTING POT Christian, Muslim, openings let international travelers more easily explore the
and Jewish cultures Central Asian country.
The second action at MonAsty, have coexisted in A high-speed train network opened in 2011 and is now
most populous Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki for being expanded to include the ancient Silk Road stop of
metropolis in Greece, Autograph centuries. That Khiva, simplifying travel to UNESCO World Heritage Sites
Thessaloniki has Collection, a new blended cultural from the capital city, Tashkent. And a new airport terminal
long attracted five-star hotel, which history will also in another Silk Road city, Samarkand, opened this year,
foodies, so it came is a short walk from be celebrated designed to resemble an open book.
as no surprise that the completely throughout the The Silk Road Samarkand complex, spread over 640
it recently became refurbished Modiano year as Greece acres and incorporating Samarkand Rowing Canal, opens
the first Greek city Market. commemorates the this fall. It includes the 22-story Samarkand Regency
to be added to the The city’s largest centennial of the end Amir Temur, a member of the Leading Hotels of the World,
UNESCO Creative market is housed of the 1921–1922 and seven other hotels. This fall, Uzbekistan will host
Cities of Gastronomy in a basilica-style Greco-Turkish the first Silk Road Literary Festival. Later, look out for the
network. Stay building and has been War. —Margarita Tadao Ando–helmed expansion of the State Museum of
close to all the serving shoppers Gokun Silver Arts of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. —Michelle Tchea

PARK CITY, UTAH

YEAR-ROUND PLAYGROUND

“If you build it, they will come” (at the Pendry) boost the city’s
seems to be Park City’s mantra. culinary chops.
The charming ski town rose to fame But it’s not all upscale
hosting the annual Sundance Film accommodations, new restaurants,
Festival, a star-studded celebs-in- and ski-in ski-out at this beloved
snow-boots event, but is now growing winter escape: the city is enticing
into a major winter and summer summer visitors with golfing,
destination on par with Aspen. hiking, fly-fishing, and mountain-
Recent additions to the area’s biking opportunities set on a
luxury resort collection include the mesmerizing backdrop.
Pendry Park City—its location in The town’s aspirations to be
the center of Canyons Village is a a creative hub beyond Sundance
harbinger of greater things to come are evidenced in a new arts-and-
for this oft overshadowed area. culture district centered on the
And over in Deer Valley, the iconic Kimball Art Center and Sundance
boutique Goldener Hirsch debuts Institute. Park City Song Summit—
40 residences, joining the Auberge with live music and chances for fans
Resorts Collection. Restaurants to connect with artists—debuts in
Tupelo Park City and KITA September. —Stacey LaStoe
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 Lower Zambezi National Park, Zambia
TEEMING WITH WILDLIFE

Before the Lower river frontage along a water-treatment

Zambezi was declared the Zambezi, this system sustainably
a national park or a enviable location also manage the power
UNESCO Heritage serves as a de facto and water supplies,
Site, it was a private wildlife sanctuary. and prevent river
sanctuary of Zambia’s An ideal destina- pollution. The lodge

Jamaica vigils, and the World then President: a tion for groups and offers game drives
Reggae Dance finals. protected haven families, the six suite (except during the
A YEARLONG PARTY Shenseea, who recently for the wild acacia accommodations have rainy season from
collaborated on the track forest and herds of thatched roofs and December to March),
When the Duke and “Lick” with Megan Thee elephants. In June, private plunge pools, canoe trips, and
Duchess of Cambridge Stallion, headlines the Lower Zambezi and showcase locally walking safaris where
visited the Caribbean Reggae Sumfest. National Park wel- sourced materials you’ll see hippos,
island in March, they were The adults-only comed the Lolebezi and contemporary leopards, lions, and
met with anticolonialism holiday giant Sandals Safari Lodge, the African design. The water buffalo, and
protests and demands for Resorts International latest addition to property also features perhaps hear Africa’s
slavery reparations as the will be adding three new African Bush Camps’ an on-site spa and signature call, the
Jamaican people took a outposts to the island Zambia portfolio. yoga deck. shrill of the fish eagle.
stand against the British for 2022 partyers. Two With 1 km of private Solar power and —Jabulile Ngwenya
monarchy’s problematic couples-only Ocho Rios
legacy. This year is the resorts, Sandals
60th anniversary of Dunn’s River and Sandals
Jamaica’s independence Royal Dunn’s River, are
from the U.K., and the designed to highlight
country is marking the local landscape
the occasion with while introducing new
a year of cultural luxury features like the
events, highlighting its island’s Beachfront
history, food, music, SkyPool Suites. Beaches
and community. A Runaway Bay, located
mammoth weeklong between Ocho Rios and
celebration will bring Montego Bay, caters to
the Independence Day sporty guests with golf,
festivities to their peak skateboarding, and a
in August, including a climbable tree house.
parade, emancipation —Hannah Foster Roe

SALTA, de la Frontera. Located 110 miles

ARGENTINA
AUTHENTIC ALLURE
Known for its stunning scenery,
vibrant culture, and award-winning
wines, the northwestern Argentine
province of Salta welcomes visitors
this year with new (and ancient) expe-
riences guaranteed to warm the soul
and calm the body.
In May, one of South America’s top
restaurants, El Baqueano, relocated to
Salta from Buenos Aires, where it had
operated for 13 years. Owners Gabriela
Lafuente and Fernando Rivarola chose
Salta for its biodiversity and will con-
tinue to bring indigenous ingredients
and cuisine to the forefront, balancing
a casual vibe with a world-class din-
ing experience. Expect unusual dishes
like llama carpaccio with quinoa and
alligator gyoza.
This year also marks the 142nd anni-
versary of the Hotel Termas de Rosario
southeast of Salta city, the hotel has
seven types of thermal baths, fed by
nine hot springs, and is offering tours
of its historic complex to celebrate the
anniversary. In the village of Seclantás,
considered the birthplace of Salta’s
iconic red-and-black poncho, see the
newly refurbished Artisans’ Road,
where some of Argentina’s finest crafts-
people spin and dye wool, and weave
on a traditional standing loom.
And getting here is easier than ever,
with additional flights from Buenos
Aires starting in May and a new route
connecting the Patagonian city of
Bariloche taking off in July.
—Kate Crittenden
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SAN
FRANCISCO
GREAT GOLDEN GATE

San Francisco’s incredible

scenery, cultural institutions,
and diverse culinary offerings
are all making major strides
this year. This July, the Presidio
of San Francisco, located in
Golden Gate national park,
debuted Presidio Tunnel Tops, a
14-acre outdoor park expansion
built on top of old highway
tunnels with unfettered views of
the Golden Gate Bridge.
Over in the Dogpatch
neighborhood, the Institute
of Contemporary Art San
Francisco opens its fixed
premises in October, launching
with an exhibition by
multidisciplinary Choctaw-
Cherokee artist Jeffrey Gibson
as well as “Resting Our Eyes,”
guest-curated by Autumn Breon
and Tahirah Rasheed.
Food hall and feeder of social
change La Cocina Municipal
Marketplace provides kitchens
and kiosk space to woman
culinary entrepreneurs of
color. Don’t miss the market’s
Fluid Cooperative Cafe, a
transgender- and POC-owned
café—and pick up a bag of
Queer Wave Coffee while
you’re there.
Overnight visitors have a
wide selection of new hotels to
choose from, among them the
LINE SF, with 236 rooms and
a rooftop solarium; the eco-
driven 1 Hotel San Francisco;
and the luxurious Hyatt
Regency Downtown SOMA.
—HANNAH FOSTER ROE
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 DOHA, QATAR
WORLD CUP WONDERS

An oasis of luxury and excess,

Qatar is replete with remnants
of ancient civilizations and
desert landscapes juxtaposed
with ultramodern skyscrapers
and designer boutiques. This
year, Qatar will host the 2022
FIFA World Cup, and Doha
has gone all out to meet visitor
demand. One hundred hotels
are scheduled to open this
year: Le Royal Méridien Doha
is designed to evoke the Place
Vendôme in Paris, the posh
Chedi Katara Hotel and Resort
sits right on the beach, and the
all-suite Fairmont and Raffles
Doha coexists with the 80,000-
seat flagship stadium in the
iconic U-shaped Katara Tower
in Lusail.
Still facing a shortage
of hotel rooms, Qatar has
dialed up some last-minute
accommodations, including
1,000 tented camps in the
desert and two MSC cruise
ships docked in Doha Port. Gulf
airlines, including Flydubai
and Oman Air, are instituting
shuttle service from Dubai and
Muscat, to move ticket holders
in and out of Doha on 160
daily flights throughout the
tournament.
Building on the
architecturally stunning sports
stadiums, the 3-2-1 Qatar
Olympic and Sports Museum,
one of the largest museums of
its kind, opened in March. An
updated Museum of Islamic
Art is also on track to debut
later this year.
—Ulrike lemmin-Woolfrey
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MIAMI hotel openings in the past several

months, including the playful Moxy
SO HOT RIGHT NOW Miami South Beach, the dual-branded
AC Hotel by Marriott and Element by
Miami is emerging as the U.S.’s capi- Westin in Brickell (the two share a fit-
tal of cool. The inaugural Miami ness center and a rooftop pool), and
Grand Prix in May drew a spectacu- the Art Deco Gabriel South Beach,
lar cross section of VIPs and celebri- Curio Collection by Hilton, which is
ties to witness Formula One stateside, powered exclusively by renewable
making the city feel, according to energy.
ESPN, like “the center of the sporting Uma House, South Beach, near
universe.” paths and public spaces (think yoga the convention center, and the Esmé
To soak up the sun, the Underline and live music) underneath the Miami hotel, with its village of bars and res-
is a new outdoor park on the city’s Metrorail, which just won Architizer’s taurants on Española Way, round out
Riverfront, opening in phases through A+ Award for Architecture and Urban the city’s openings for visitors looking
2025. The first section is Brickell Transformation. for posh playfulness.
Backyard, a half-mile stretch of bike Then there’s the avalanche of —STACEY LASTOE

Setouchi Islands, Japan

IMMERSED IN ART

While the Venice Biennale yellow polka-dot pumpkin—

may get more buzz, the now removed because of
Setouchi Triennale, held damage from a typhoon.
every three years since It had been housed at the

M I A M I : J E F F R E Y G R E E N B E R G — U C G /G E T T Y I M A G E S ; S C O T L A N D : C O U R T E S Y C U L L I N H I L L S H O T E L ; R W A N D A : E D W I N R E M S B E R G — A P ; M A R S E I L L E S : A L A M Y;
2010, is arguably more Benesse House Museum,
distinctive. a museum-hotel designed
Spread out over 14 by Tadao Ando that is an
locations and three ideal escape for art lovers.

A U S T R A L I A : C H R I S T I A N M I L L E R — C O U R T E S Y C I T I Z E N S O F T H E G R E AT B A R R I E R R E E F ; J A PA N : C H AT C H A W AT P R A S E R T S O M — S H U T T E R S T O C K
seasonal sessions from Also designed by Ando,
April to November, the the Valley Gallery opened
world-class art festival on Naoshima this year
has revitalized this cluster and exhibits Kusama’s
of rural islands in Japan’s Narcissus Garden steel-
Seto Inland Sea, which balls installation.
suffered from a shrinking The newly opened Ryo- Great Barrier Reef, Dive & Snorkel’s Indigenous sea
population. Now aban-
doned elementary schools
kan Roka, a luxury inn that
doubles as an art gallery Australia rangers, or aboard Reef Magic,
a newly launched sustainably
and homes exhibit works and incubator for emerging UNDER THE SEA powered pontoon (using 18 solar
by James Turrell and oth- artists, honors local cul- panels and three wind turbines).
ers, and old fishing boats ture with open-air onsens This year, Australia’s Great Barrier Its team of Indigenous guides
are turned into large-scale (hot springs) in all 11 Reef was hit by another mass interweave Aboriginal storytelling
art installations. suites. Japan has COVID- bleaching. Scientists say the reef with Western science, while
Japan’s own 93-year-old 19 restrictions in place for isn’t dying, but it also isn’t thriving. an onboard marine-biology lab
Pop art icon Yayoi Kusama visitors, who must be part With only about 100 of the 3,000 conducts research. Guests can
put these islands on the of a registered tour group. individual reefs actively monitored, swim, snorkel, scuba dive, or just
art map with her enormous —Kathleen Rellihan there’s still much to learn. lounge in the sun.
In November, the Great Reef Other new attractions
Census—a citizen project led by include Townsville’s Museum
Earth Hour co-founder Andy Ridley of Underwater Art and the Lady
and supported by local tourism Musgrave Pontoon.
operators and their guests—will Pent-up demand for travel
move into its third year of mapping to Australia prompted United
the entire 1,400-mile reef, Airlines to add new nonstop,
resulting in critical knowledge to year-round transpacific service
safeguard its future. Visitors can between San Francisco and
also learn about traditional reef Brisbane, beginning in October.
management from Dreamtime —Jessica Wynne Lockhart

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Portree, Scotland
WHISKY AND WILDERNESS

The Isle of Skye has a

stunning Scottish landscape
characterized by coastal cliffs,
craggy hills, and medieval
castles, and its capital of
Portree (pop. 2,300) is just
as inviting as it is rugged.
For generations, city-weary
Glaswegians have been
escaping here on weekends,
drawn by idyllic scenery and
relative proximity. Now it’s
casting a wider net, welcoming
a postpandemic influx of
American visitors.
Greeting them upon arrival
are quaint yet luxuriously
appointed inns like the Cuillin
Hills Hotel, with a pristine
lawn at the edge of the loch.
On the horizon is Bracken Hide,
a sustainably constructed
wilderness lodge consisting
of 27 cabins around a Nordic
sauna. Nearby, explore the
landscape on countless miles
of well-maintained hiking trails.
Amble your way along the Old
Man of Storr, a mossy pinnacle
that stands some 2,300 ft.
above sea level. Or complete
a 4.3-mile circuit through the
Quiraing, with unmistakably
Tolkienesque terrain.
When you’re back in town,
you’re as likely to hear and taste
the local culture as you are to see
and feel it. The annual Skye Live
Music Festival returned in 2022,
and the island recently celebrated
the opening of Torabhaig, its
first new whisky distillery in 190
years. Save room for the fried fish:
Portree’s seaside chippers are
among the best in all of Britain.
—Brad Japhe
Kigali, Rwanda
BUILDING A BETTER FUTURE
Often described as the friendliest African city, the Rwandan
capital of Kigali is pushing toward a green future, especially
for its growing tourism trade. GuraRide, the new Rwandan
bike-sharing app, provides easy, affordable access to
scooters, road bikes, and e-bikes, with docks peppered
throughout the city. Kigali is also upgrading its roads as
part of the recently launched yearslong Kigali Infrastructure
Project, which aims to ease congestion, provide more
direct connection among hard-to-reach neighborhoods, and
reduce pollution. Newly created car-free zones, the most
recent launched in Gisimenti, let residents and visitors
take back city streets on weekends.
More investment has yielded more development in
the tourism sector in the past year. The first 18-hole golf
course in the city, at the new Kigali Golf Resort and Villas,
hosted its first golf tournament last December. And the
opening of the Nyandungu Wetland Ecotourism Park
early in January safeguards 121 hectares of endangered
wetlands, home to more than 70 bird species and a fig
forest—viewable from walking routes and cycling paths.
Located southeast of Kigali, Bugesera International
Airport is set to open in late December, delivering more
direct flights. And a new Four Points by Sheraton opened
in Kigali in June, just in time to house attendees of the
Commonwealth Heads of Government summit.
—Michelle Tchea

MARSEILLES Any trip to France is incomplete

MEDITERRANEAN DARLING
France’s second largest city is fast
becoming one of southern Europe’s
leading cultural destinations, with
the June opening of the Cosquer
Méditerranée.
The attraction houses a full-
scale replica of the famous Grotte
Cosquer, a cave in the city’s scenic
Calanques National Park that
prehistoric people etched with
artwork before it was eventually
submerged underwater.
But a visit is decidedly
contemporary. The replica is
located in the ultramodern Villa
Méditerranée, and guests ride
through in silent autonomous
electric vehicles.
The city is also one of the 10
stages of the “In the Footsteps of
Mary Magdalene” hiking trail,
a new 222-km-long route that
retraces the biblical journey of
Mary Magdalene through Provence.
without sufficient gastronomy, and
Marseilles’s food scene is carving
out its own identity. Europe’s first
100% solar-powered restaurant,
Le Présage, has taken root in a
leafy corner of the Technopôle
de Château Gombert. La Famille
Marseille serves Moroccan-inspired
vegetarian dishes in an intimate
outdoor courtyard.
And in July, Les Grandes
Halles du Vieux-Port, with 15 food
stalls linked by their menus of
Mediterranean flavors, opened its
doors on the lively Cours Honoré
d’Estienne d’Orves near the harbor.
—Chrissie MCClatChie
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CHINAWATCH
PRESENTED BY CHINA DAILY
Grassland heritage
sees new horizons
Traditional values remain as modernity presents opportunities
BY WANG KAIHAO
and YUAN HUI
The sun has not yet risen, but
herdsman Oyunbileg, 39, has
got up to prepare for this big day.
For locals in Bayan-Undur sum,
a township-level administrative
division of North China’s Inner
Mongolia autonomous region,
who have experienced pastoral
life and witnessed the circle
of nature one generation after
another, the mid-June season is
among the busiest of the year.
The room is infused with an
aroma of dairy, thanks to the
heavy Mongolian breakfast
prepared by Oyunbileg’s wife —
milky tea, quark cheese and dried
beef — a must before setting off
on the journey with his “family”.
This includes about 70 sheep and
goats as well as 30 head of cattle.
The grass is flourishing and
lush. Bayan-Undur sum sits in
the heart of boundless prairies
spreading across Ar Horqin
Banner (a county-level adminis-
trative region) in Inner Mongolia.
To better nurture their livestock,
Smart factories help sew up
town’s title of sock capital
BY MA ZHENHUAN and QI XIAO
Yang Yucheng practically lives
in his hosiery factory these days,
inspecting the production and
quality of products, and commu-
nicating with overseas custom-
ers about their orders.
The machines in his factory in
Datang, a town in the city of Zhuji,
Zhejiang province, have run at full
capacity since early spring, which
is usually the off-season.
“We bought new equip-
ment at the start of this year
to ramp up production and
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Top: A herdsman builds a yurt.
Above: Modern vehicles facilitate
seasonal movement.
more than 3,000 households of
the sum, or about 15,000 peo-
ple, will move to their summer
camps. Just like their ancestors,
they will stay there for about
three months before returning
to the winter settlements.
keep up with incoming orders,”
said Yang, the owner of Haina
Textile Technology Co.
Haina specializes in athletic
socks, the favorite of his inter-
national customers, with the
biggest export markets being
Europe and North America. In
the first three months of the
year Haina exported more than
10 million pairs of socks, nearly
55% more than in the corre-
sponding period last year.
At the end of 2013, Yang
bought 60 hosiery machines and
started his company in Datang.
These three months also
enable the grass at the winter
camp to restore its lushness,
providing herders with feed for
the approaching snowy season.
In 1546, the 15th-generation
grandson of Genghis Khan’s
younger brother led his tribe to
relocate here, but the nomadic
tradition on this land stretches
back many more centuries, even
further back than the rise of
Genghis Khan. Archaeologists
have found evidence that people
carried out basic production here
as far back as the Neolithic Age.
Since Oyunbileg’s childhood,
summertime journeys have
been etched into his memory.
“I first moved around in sum-
mer with my parents when I was
7 or 8,” Oyunbileg says. “It was a
really tough journey riding the lele
cart (a type of oxcart) for days. It
was exhausting, but so much fun.”
Throughout history, until
about 10 years ago, lele carts
carried the hopes of locals for
robust livestock, which were fed
on the flourishing grass. Over
the past decade there has been
Last year the value of the com-
pany’s exports was more than
$23 million.
Yang’s company is one of
more than 6,000 companies
that produce and process socks
in Datang. That figure does not
include individual businesses and
family mills, which would bring
the total to 10,000.
While the town is known to few
people outside China, there is a
good likelihood that many of the
socks and stockings they wear
come from Datang. The town’s
hosiery industry turns out as
many as 27 billion pairs of socks,
worth 75 billion yuan ($11.2 bil-
lion), each year, accounting for
70% of the national market and
35% of the global market.
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an increase in the use of modern
vehicles. A journey now is often
shortened from days to hours.
“When we set off with other
families, it’s sometimes like a
group trip, and, driving a van
on the road, we don’t worry
about bad weather anymore,”
he says. “The yurts we live in
are also much better equipped
nowadays, with things like solar-
powered facilities.”
Tools may change, but some
key traditions linger.
On May 20, Ar Horqin
Grassland Nomadic System in
That means one-third of all
pairs of socks worn on the planet
are made in Datang, which is why
the town has long been known as
the sock capital of the world.
Now the value of annual sales
of more than 350 companies in
Datang exceeds 20 million yuan
each, and the annual sales of
about 100 companies exceeds
100 million yuan each.
But it hasn’t all been plain
sailing. By 2014, it was apparent
that the traditionally labor-
intensive hosiery industry could
no longer sustain itself, as profit
margins dropped to as low as
5%. In addition, issues such as
environmental pollution, unsafe
production and fierce price com-
petition came to the fore. Within

Inner Mongolia was inscribed
on the list of Globally Important
Agricultural Heritage Systems,
or GIAHS, by the Food and
Agriculture Organization of the
United Nations.
The FAO says on its website
that by evolving in the middle of
lofty mountains, vast grasslands,
densely covered rivers, the tradi-
tional nomadic production and
lifestyle of the Mongolian ethnic
group has been well preserved.
“The special natural environ-
ment also gave birth to the unique
Mongolian nomadic culture,
A saleswoman promotes socks during a
livestream session in Datang, Zhejiang
province in November. XU YU / XINHUA
a year thousands of substandard
workshops and mills closed, and
the remaining ones committed
to upgrading.
Zhejiang Kaishili Technologies
Co. was one of them. In recent
years the company, established
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which is based on the relation of
interdependence among sheep,
goats, cattle, horses, camels and
other livestock,” the FAO says.
Nonetheless, for hardwork-
ing herders like Oyunbileg, life is
more than idyllic descriptions.
“We are busy all day long,”
Oyunbileg says. “Milking, cleaning
cow dung, feeding ... you name
it. But as long as the weather is
fine, I don’t have much to worry
about. Our calves will grow fast
this spring, and they will surely
sell for a good price.”
Oyunbileg’s family can earn
in 2010, has invested heavily in
product research and develop-
ment. It now makes more than
1,000 types of high-end socks
made from choice wool each year,
integrating elements of traditional
Chinese culture and arts.
Qi Jianjun, the company’s
founder and chief executive, set
up his own research and devel-
opment team and collaborated
with colleges and universities to
improve the raw materials and
product designs.
“We spend 7 to 10% of the an-
nual revenue on R&D,” Qi said.
In Datang, R&D is now a
common practice. The nylon
developed by a local company,
Yongxin, when made into leg-
gings and undergarments, can
about 70,000 yuan ($10,445) a
year selling livestock.
“The heritage site has a variety
of ecosystems, such as forests,
grasslands, wetlands, rivers,
and so on, each with important
ecological functions,” says
Liu Moucheng, an associate
researcher with the Institute of
Geographic Sciences and Natu-
ral Resources Research, Chinese
Academy of Sciences.
“The forests and shrubs on
the hillside can conserve water,
and, in conjunction with the
surface runoff formed by pre-
provide heat of up to 3 C for the
body. Another company, Wang-
lai Knitting, specializes in hoof
socks for horses and exports
about 100,000 pairs annually
to Europe and New Zealand,
where the company is widely
known among equestrians.
Qi has also been digitally
transforming his factory. For
example, with a self-developed,
3D-powered design simulation
system, it now takes only three
to five days to settle product
design with international cus-
tomers, compared with a month
in the past, when paper-based
designs were the norm. In ad-
dition, the 160 machines in his
plant can show in real time the
manufacturing progress of each
cipitation, have the functions of
nourishing grasslands, promot-
ing nutrient cycling and ensuring
the domestic water of herders.
“Grassland vegetation can
also prevent wind erosion and fix
sand encroachment, conserve
water and soil, and provide life-
sustaining habitats.”
The seasonal movement of
herds among different pas-
tures plays an important role
in maintaining the self-renewal
and recovery capacity of the
grasslands, and the nomadic
lifestyle can protect vegetation
and make rational use of water
resources, while keeping soil
fertility from degrading, Liu says.
Chuluunbagana, the head of
Bayan-Undur sum, says: “Within
the summer pastures, we rotate
different grazing spots. We start
from somewhere higher up on
the hill, or farther away from our
camps. Grass there is flourish-
ing at first. Then we gradually
approach our camps. We can
thus leave enough time for the
grass to take a rest and grow.”
Ar Horqin is now one of the
few places in Inner Mongolia
where traditional seasonal
movements are as they were in
the old days. Obtaining GIAHS
status will greatly improve
people’s consciousness of tradi-
tion and encourage more ideas
for sustainable development,
says Wang Zhiwei, director of the
agricultural heritage protection
center of Ar Horqin Banner.
product and the status of each
order, much of which had to be
recorded manually in the past.
“In fact, you can also see the
information in an app here,”
Qi said, pointing to his mobile
phone. “A corresponding app
for the customers will be put in
place soon so that they can see
everything, like we do here. It im-
proves efficiency for both sides.”
Many companies in Datang
are following suit and making
their factories more intelligent.
Yang’s Haina Textile Technology
Co., for example, has installed
an enterprise resource plan-
ning system that manages
procedures, from raw material
purchases to sales, to reduce
production and delivery times.
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A NEW JANE AUSTEN ADAPTATION AFTER VIRAL LITERARY FAME, WELCOME TO THE SUMMER
DRAWS THE SCRUTINY OF PURISTS AUTHOR CJ HAUSER GOES DEEPER OF EUPHORIC POP MUSIC

ILLUSTR ATION BY LOVEIS WISE FOR TIME 79

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I
n the first episode of Rap
Sh!t, a new HBO Max comedy
from Issa Rae, a bitter rapper an-
nounces her retirement. “Y’all’s
favorites are out here doing the bare
minimum, with no originality, while
I’m living and breathing this rap sh-t,”
Shawna (Aida Osman) chides her so-
cial media followers in a video. “Y’all WE ARE
say, ‘Ooh, I want a different type of fe- L A DY PA RT S
male rapper.’ No, you f-ckin’ don’t.”
Shawna has hit a rough patch. A Five young Muslim
talented MC who enjoyed brief viral women in London
make blistering
fame but now struggles to find an au- punk music together
dience for her socially conscious raps,
she works at a Miami Beach hotel.
The producer she dropped out of col-
lege to collaborate with promotes a
surgically enhanced white woman
who raps in a bikini. A pal who works
at Spotify isn’t helping. Meanwhile,
Shawna’s long-distance boyfriend is
too busy flirting with his NYU Law
classmates to care.
What she doesn’t yet realize is that
she has just reconnected with the
person who will reignite her aspira-
tions. Mia (Love & Hip Hop: Miami
star KaMillion), a long-lost friend
from high school, has a daughter in el-
ementary school, a musician ex who’s
turned out to be a disappointing co-
parent, gigs doing makeup and teasing
men on OnlyFans, and a robust social A compelling mystique saturated in stories about female singers—like
media following. Streaming live from tales of female friendship in the pop- musical soap Nashville pitting Connie
a parked car after a night out, Shawna feminist 2010s, from Elena Ferrante’s Britton’s country diva against a young
spins a fire freestyle around Mia’s Neapolitan novels to Rae’s Insecure. upstart played by Hayden Panettiere.
catchphrase “seduce and scheme.” But to extrapolate from these works A lighter approach to the mixed
The song builds buzz, and they’re sud- the idea that women possess a greater messages women receive about rivalry
denly a duo. innate capacity for intimate, complex and sisterhood can make for wickedly
Rap Sh!t, premiering July 21, friendship is lazy thinking. The in- effective comedy. In Girls5eva, whose
is a show about two Black women tensity so many of these relationships second season aired on Peacock this
believing in each other when no one share comes out of life in a sexist soci- past spring, the four surviving mem-
W E A R E L A DY PA R T S : P E A C O C K ; R A P S H ! T: H B O M A X ; G I R L S 5 E VA : P E A C O C K

else in their lives does. It’s also the
latest in a string of recent series—
including Girls5eva, We Are Lady
Parts, and Queens—that revolve
around all-female musical acts.
Although TV’s preoccupation with
women’s friendships predates Sex
and the City, there is something new
and, amid dark times for the feminist
cause, energizing about this slant
on the subject. Neither snarky fren-
emies nor lonely achievers, these
characters can achieve their dreams
only by building one another up.
So that is what they do.
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ety; they’re the consolation prize for
enduring gendered humiliations that
would be inconceivable to any man.
Ferrante captures this gallows cama-
raderie when she writes, in The Story
of a New Name: “If nothing could save
us, not money, not a male body, and
not even studying, we might as well
destroy everything immediately.”
Female friendships can also hold
tension, balancing precariously on
the edge of competition for the suc-
cess and autonomy only grudgingly
granted to members of the second sex.
It’s this dynamic that predominates
bers of a short-lived Y2K-era pop quin-
tet reunite after a rapper samples their
retrospectively ironic hit “Famous
5eva.” Their lives have taken divergent
directions. While Dawn (Sara Bareilles)
has settled into anonymity, with a fam-
ily and a restaurant job, Wickie (Renée
Elise Goldsberry) keeps chasing fame.
Busy Philipps’ Summer, a Christian air-
head in a sham marriage to a closeted
boy-band alum, is the foil for Gloria
(Paula Pell), a divorced lesbian dentist.
In the group’s original incarna-
tion, the girls were exploited, un-
derpaid pawns of a scuzzy producer,
 RAP SH!T G I R L S 5 E VA been treated as puppets by a control-
Two estranged A late-’90s pop ling male Svengali. Now, and perhaps
friends reunite and group gets a second especially post-Roe, it’s still subver-
accidentally become chance to navigate sive to see women unite in uncensored
Miami’s next big the music industry self-expression, regardless of how
rap sensation on their own terms many people are listening.
That spirit of liberation animates
We Are Lady Parts, Peacock’s wonder-
ful comedy about an all-female Mus-
lim punk band in London. Although
they share a gender and a religion,
the five young women (including the
band manager) who make up Lady
Parts represent a variety of ethnici-
ties, walks of life, and personalities.
Each practices Islam in her own way.
What binds the characters together is
a passionate, angry energy whose cre-
ative outlet is music. For the show’s
protagonist, Amina (Anjana Vasan),
Lady Parts is a revelation. Focused on
her studies, fitting in with her perfect
Muslim girlfriends, and making the
right arranged marriage, she joins the
Larry (Jonathan Hadary). Among their The show made some fascinating at- band unwittingly and finds a rebel-
darkly hilarious singles was “Dream tempts to foster sudsy drama without lious voice she never knew she had.
Girlfriends,” in which they wooed recycling the ancient soap opera di- All the desires and frustrations left
boys with pandering come-ons like: rective that all female characters must unarticulated in the women’s daily lives
“Tell me again why Tarantino’s a ge- be in conflict. Before its cancellation, come out in their songs. “Voldemort
nius.” Now, with the deck stacked Queens was expanding its ambitions, Under My Headscarf” playfully pokes
against them as women over 30 in as the group founded a record label to fun at people who can’t deal with hi-
music, the characters still sometimes elevate the next generation jabi. Watching frontwoman
succumb to the industry’s grossest ex- of women in hip-hop. Al- A girl Saira (Sarah Kameela
pectations. But when they succeed, it’s though their girl-power sen- Impey) transform Amina’s
through collaboration. Season 2 finds timents sometimes felt ge- band is boy-crazy ramblings into
Girls5eva recording a reunion album, neric, these fantastical story more than the crush anthem “Bashir
and although it’s slow going at first, lines underscored how far a strategic With the Good Beard,” song-
their creative breakthrough comes from ideal the real music in- writers might protest that
when Dawn and Summer improvise a dustry still is. alliance of the process is never that
song about leaving Larry behind. girlbosses easy. But what resonates in
Queens, an uneven but exhilarating These shows aren’T just the scene is the ecstatic ex-
melodrama that ABC canceled after about women rejecting a in harmony perience of collective art-
a single season, couldn’t be more dif- lifetime’s worth of misogy- making—of conjuring a
ferent in tone from the absurdist Girl- nistic messaging for the sake of get- perfect chorus out of the ether, just by
s5eva, yet the two shows’ premises ting rich or topping the charts. A girl jamming with your bandmates.
are extremely similar. Built around a band, in this context, is more than a These pleasures aren’t just for boys,
cast of late-’90s TRL staples includ- strategic alliance of girlbosses in har- and they haven’t been for generations.
ing Brandy and Eve, Queens also fol- mony. The core of these collaborations Yet it’s a novel thrill to see them cele-
lows a quartet of middle-aged female is creativity. Women in music have al- brated on the small screen. When Mia
musicians—in this case a hip-hop act in ways faced more scrutiny than men, and Shawna, in Rap Sh!t, spontane-
the mold of Salt-N-Pepa—who reunite especially when it comes to techni- ously jump up on a table the first time
after two decades out of the spotlight. cal skills like playing instruments. It’s their song plays in a club to rap along
Like Girls5eva, they’re determined to telling that rock ‘n’ roll had existed in front of a captive audience of fel-
reclaim the agency they signed away in for two decades by the time Fanny, in low revelers, that’s a vision of female
their youth. One of their first collective 1970, became the first all-female rock friendship that revolves around mak-
decisions is to trade their hypersexual- band to release an album on a major ing each other better rather than tear-
ized original band name, Nasty Bitches, label—and that girl groups, from the ing each other down. Or, as Mia puts
for a new moniker: Queens. Ronettes to the Runaways, have often it: “Real bitches gon’ ride for you.” □
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ESSAY
Can any film survive
the Jane Austen police?
BY STEPHANIE ZACHAREK
FOR NEARLY 200 YEARS, JANE AUSTEN BELONGED TO
anybody who had the good fortune to find their way to
her books. Emma, Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensi-
bility: these shrewdly observed novels about manners
and mores among the well-heeled English of the early
19th century—and about the position of women, spe-
cifically, in that world—are among the most pleasur-
able reading experiences any writer has ever given us.
But around 1995—the year of the explosively popular
TV miniseries Pride and Prejudice, of Ang Lee’s elegant
movie version of Sense and Sensibility, and of Clueless,
Amy Heckerling’s delightful riff on Emma—Austen’s
popularity, always steady and true, skyrocketed. Her
superpopularity had a downside: it bred a population
of Austen purists who seem to think they understand
her motives better than even she herself did.
Today, any Austen interpretation faces a tough
crowd. That’s certainly true of Carrie Cracknell’s N
flix adaptation of Persuasion, whose trailer, when
dropped in mid-June, drew hoots of derision from
corners of the internet. Many noted with disdain
Cracknell’s Persuasion looked like a comedy—a
complaint with some merit, given that Austen’s
final novel, released after her death in 1817, is
a comparatively pensive, searching book. Her
understated humor vibrates in the background,
but it’s hardly the main feature.
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Johnson, as Anne Elliot,
outrunning small nephews
and Austen purists alike
Even so, the ferocity of the Austen-
ites’ possessiveness—fomented by a
mere piece of advertising—is unbe-
coming at best. It’s also dazzling in its
lack of originality: the virulently pro-
Austen brigade is really just a subset
of the larger and even more annoy-
ing “The movie can never be as good
as the book” crowd. Movies are their
own creations. The likelihood that a
film adaptation can match, with com-
plete verisimilitude, your own vision
of your favorite book is like wishing a
leopard could be an elephant.
UNFORTUNATELY, PERSUASION isn’t
a great movie, not even a close to good
one. But its problems are failures of
filmmaking, not necessarily of adap-
tation: Cracknell, who has until now
worked largely in theater, may make
some choices that undermine her
aims, but she gives no indication of
being careless with the material—her
affection for it comes through.
Dakota Johnson stars as Anne
Elliot, the youngest daughter of a
preening baronet (Richard E. Grant)
who has fallen on hard times. Anne is
bright and sensible and kind, but nei-
ther her father nor her two sisters ap-
preciate her. And at 27, she remains
unmarried, with no prospects on the
horizon. Eight years earlier, she’d been
deeply in love with a young naval offi-
cer, Frederick Wentworth (Cosmo Jar-
vis), and he with her. But a close fam-
Grant in ily friend, Lady Russell (played by the
Persuasion: marvelous Nikki Amuka-Bird), had
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a suitably urged her to break off the couple’s se-
i cret engagement, believing the match
ath her. When Wentworth, now
▽ hy and well-regarded, re-enters
’s family orbit, she’s forced to
nd she no longer cares for him.
is Persuasion is peppered with
hronistic language, and the her-
ne often addresses the cam-
ra head-on, confessing her
houghts and feelings directly to
us rather than allowing them to
hover in voice-over nowheres-
ille. Though cheesy, those aren’t
the worst filmmaking choices; they
underscore the story’s timelessness
rather than defying it. But Cracknell
stumbles in other areas: the mov-
ie’s score (by Stuart Earl) leans too
heavily on the kinds of plinky piano
passages—what I call tiptoeing-elf
music—common in romantic com-
edies of the 1990s and generally used
to signal that a heroine is about to fall
into a mud puddle or the like. And in
one truly egregious example of dumb
slapstick, Anne, with a smear of jam
on her face, impersonates Wentworth
to amuse her young nephews, not real-
izing he has just entered the room.
Part of that sequence is included in
the movie’s trailer, and you can’t fully
blame the Austenites for blanching at
it. But there’s still plenty to appreciate
in this Persuasion: the costumes are
stripped down to an earthy elegance—
simple linen coats take precedence
over the usual coy, big-brimmed bon-
nets. And we may have the success of
Bridgerton to thank, at least partly, for
Persuasion’s inclusive casting, but this
is the direction all adaptations of clas-
sics should be moving in. These sto-
ries belong to everyone.
And if Johnson flails in some of the
movie’s jokier moments, she’s subtly
moving in its quieter ones. Both she
and Cracknell grasp what’s at stake for
Anne: it’s rare to get a second chance
at happiness, especially after you’ve
let others talk you out of following
your own instincts. Johnson plays
Anne as a woman who finally knows
her own mind—which also means
she’s deeply in tune with her own vul-
nerability and fears.
There’s something else: because of
this Persuasion, an astute 15-year-old
Dakota Johnson fan might find his or
her way to the pleasure of discovering
Austen firsthand. Jane Austen doesn’t
care if we’ve studied the precise way
in which a piece of voile should be
gathered into the perfect Empire bod-
ice. In fact, she’d probably be embar-
rassed by all the overkill defensive-
ness on her behalf. She’ll live forever,
both because of her die-hard fans and
despite them. All she needs is for us
to keep reading, and that’s a legacy
she ensured for herself, writing it into
every perfectly considered line.  For Mrs. Harris (Manville), a dress is never just a dress—even when it’s Dior
REVIEW
A couture dress brings a
made-to-order dream with it
WATCHING MRS. HARRIS GOES than a perfume whiff of sanctimo-
to Paris is like stepping through niousness here. But it’s rare to find
a portal in time—not back to movies that value the mere idea
the 1950s, the movie’s setting, of beauty, and this one—directed
but to the 1990s, when sweet- by Anthony Fabian—does so un-
natured, visually resplendent apologetically. For some of us, the
pictures like this were plentiful. words 1950s couture fashion show
In this adaptation of a popular are tantamount to summoning a
1958 novel by Paul Gallico, kind- cat with “Here, kitty-kitty,” and
hearted London clean- Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris
ing woman Ada Harris does not disappoint:
(Lesley Manville), a It’s rare the film was made with
war widow, falls in love to find Dior’s cooperation, and
with a client’s swoon- movies the featured garments
worthy Christian Dior are so gorgeously de-
gown and vows to buy that value tailed, you might wish
one for herself, even the mere to examine them at
though the price is far close range.
beyond her means. idea of Manville’s perfor-
With some luck, she beauty mance has a similar
scrapes the money to- understated elegance.
gether and treks to Paris, where Her Ada is uncompromising
she’s at first rebuffed by the mas- not just in her fashion sense but
ter’s right-hand woman (a frosty- also in defining her own hap-
chic Isabelle Huppert), only to piness. If she has all the twin-
win over everyone at the house kling charm of the nighttime
with her forthright warmth. Eiffel Tower, she also stands just
This is a story about following as proud. In the end, Ada creates
one’s dreams and then learning her own enchantment. The dress
there’s a lesson attached to those is just a red herring—albeit a
dreams—you might catch more gorgeous one. —S.Z.
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PROFILE

CJ Hauser is
an open book
BY ANNABEL GUTTERMAN

CJ Hauser Has one of THose faCes. sHe JusT

looks like someone you could talk to—and
strangers tend to do exactly that, stopping her
on the street or unloading their life stories on her
on airplanes. It only adds to the phenomenon
when, the day we meet in Brooklyn’s Prospect
Park, Hauser brings along her 6-year-old Ber-
nese mountain dog, a gentle giant named Mo-
riarty. Within minutes of setting foot into the
park, a man approaches Hauser to tell her about
the time he was attacked by a dog, and how the
bright orange of Moriarty’s harness reminded
him of his trauma. Later, while we’re sitting on
the grass, a woman stops and shares the story of
how she came to adopt her mutt. Hauser laughs
off these interruptions, a part of her daily real-
ity with and without the dog. “I thought this was
a thing in everyone’s life until a friend was like,
‘You realize this is weird, right?’” she says.
Hauser’s comfort with oversharing goes
both ways. This is the person who wrote an un-
assuming Paris Review essay so potent that it
went viral. “The Crane Wife,” published online
in July 2019, told the story of Hauser’s experi-
ence traveling to the gulf coast of Texas to study
whooping cranes 10 days after calling off her
wedding, and why she chose to end that engage-
ment. The piece exploded on Twitter and was
read by more than a million people.
Now the 38-year-old author and college writ-
ing professor is set to publish her debut essay
collection, named for her viral piece, on July 12.
The Crane Wife, which includes seven previously
published essays and 10 brand-new ones, ex-
plores Hauser’s shifting perspective on love,
in all its forms, as she dissects her most meaning- myself, the thing that has fluctuated over time.”
ful relationships. After growing up in small-town Connecticut, in
If self-exposure and confessional writing is a family and a culture she says were not open to
ubiquitous these days, what sets Hauser’s story- discussing the bitter or challenging parts of life,
telling apart is her ability to harness universal she is firmly in her sharing era: “I find it very
questions about love and the stories we tell our- soothing to put stuff on the table.”
selves and filter them, devastatingly, through
specific, visceral moments from her own life. She In The Crane Wife, there is a lot of putting stuff
drills under her own skin, excavating emotions ‘I find on the table. In one piece, Hauser unearths the
that are still, even in 2022, hard to talk about. it very memory of a college relationship with her friend,
“There are a lot of feelings in here,” she says, ges- a young woman, which turned romantic in secret.
HAUSER: BEOWULF SHEEHA N

turing to herself. “It’s true of us all. My relation-
ship to what to do with those, whether to feel
them or shove them away, who to share them
with, whether to share them at all—that was
the thing that made me feel good or bad about
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soothing She writes, “I am not an ofcially elected delegate
to put of bi-kids-who-were-not-yet-out-in-college-who-
messed-you-around, but I will offer a statement
stuff on on our behalf to whoever needs to hear it anyway:
the table.’ That was so, so f-cked up of us. We are so, so sorry.”
 ◁
Hauser teaches English
and fiction writing at Colgate
University in New York
She also reflects on the angst and sorrow of
being tapped to spread her grandparents’ ashes in
Martha’s Vineyard, dives deep into why she’s con-
sidered having breast-reduction surgery, and, in
three parts, unfolds the painful, turbulent story
of her bond with her first boyfriend, who, over
several years, moved in and out of her life and
struggled with his sobriety. It was that relation-
ship that Hauser found particularly difficult to
put to paper—she remembered how much it hurt
when they were together, and writing about him
meant revisiting a specific, punctuating heart-
break. Still, throughout the collection, Hauser
demonstrates that she’s unafraid to go there, espe-
cially as she parses the wrenching details of mem-
ories associated with lust, loss, and longing.
Hauser spent most of her life obsessively fol-
lowing fictional relationships as they played out
on the page, screen, and stage. She’s seen all 11 sea-
sons of The X-Files at least four times all the way
through—not just because she’s into the mysteries,
but more so because she can’t get enough of Mul-
der and Scully, her favorite onscreen couple. And
she’s deeply attached to The Fantasticks, the star-
crossed-lovers musical she once saw with her first
boyfriend. So, naturally, she positioned herself
as a fiction writer, publishing the domestic novel
The From-Aways in 2014 and the climate-
meets-family narrative Family of Origin in
2019. Both were well received, if somewhat
quietly—nothing like the impact of “The
Crane Wife.”
Hauser says she hesitated to capital-
ize on the success of that piece. “I was very
stubborn about not wanting to write more
nonfiction after that,” she says, “because
everyone said they liked it better than the
thing I spent five years working on.” But
nonfiction is where her writing career tech-
nically began. When Hauser was an under-
only one creative-writing class. She applied
every year, sending in fiction samples, only
to be rejected. Her senior year, the year she fi-
nally got in, Hauser turned in a handful of real let-
ters she’d written to her ex-boyfriend with the ap-
△
plication. “I called it an epistolary story,” she says
The Crane with a shrug. There was something there—some-
Wife, named thing about the way she wrote what’s true.
for Hauser’s
viral 2019 essay, ANY AUTHOR WHO claims to be put off by liter-
marks her ary fame is lying, but for Hauser, the visibility
nonfiction debut she gained by going viral did come with a so-
bering side effect. She was startled to learn how
many people related to her story about sacrific-
ing her own needs for “love.” She did not expect
that writing about one of the most shameful ex-
periences in her life, allowing herself to be so
minimized, would result in thousands of strang-
ers on the internet saying they’d felt the same
way. “If it’s just one person full of feelings in a
bad situation, that’s an anecdote. But if it’s a ba-
zillion people, what’s going on?” she says. “I’m
worried about us.”
The piece was never meant to be a hit.
She pitched it to raise some modest awareness
of Family of Origin, which she was promoting
at the time. That it was able to break through
the oversaturated content landscape was a
feat. Hauser attributes her moment in the
spotlight to our modern conception of shared
art. Placing a hand on Moriarty’s side, she dons
her figurative professor hat. The canon, she
explains, is being disassembled. Most writers
have been left out of it for too long. The world
is pushing back against the concept of the
classics—those works deemed important by
legacy power structures. So we fill that void
with our own references; we can connect
over “Bad Art Friend” or an essay about
personal needs and whooping cranes. And it’s
especially meaningful when shared art, like
“The Crane Wife,” can put to words a notion
that so many have struggled to articulate,
let alone fulfill: that you should never have
to become less of yourself in order to be
deserving of someone’s love.
It has been three years since Hauser
published the piece, and she’s quick to disclose
that she’s still struggling when it comes to
romance. “Someone suggested I do a love
advice column,” she scoffs. “I was like, Have
you read this? I’m so bad at that.” But even if
it doesn’t contain a traditional “and they lived
happily ever after” ending, her new collection
presents a person who seems pretty confident
in her understanding of what love can look
like—and all the diverse shapes it should be
allowed to take.
As we gather our things to leave, Hauser and
Moriarty charting their course to the dog beach
at the center of the park, she notices a gaggle
of preteens running around with foam swords.
They’re stabbing each other, cackling, dashing
between the trees. Hauser asks an adult coun-
selor what’s happening. We’re told it’s a Percy
Jackson–themed summer camp. She turns to
me, elated to have found another example of
shared art, which, she affirms, is all around.
Then she turns to the counselor: “Do you have
room for someone in their 30s?” □
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Henry Kissinger The éminence grise on his new book
about leadership, how the internet has made it more
difficult, and what he actually thinks about Ukraine
Do you consider yourself a leader?
Yes, but more in the intellectual and
conceptual field than in the actual
political leadership field.
You include Richard Nixon in a
book of inspired leaders. Are you
trying to retilt history in his favor?
Not in the sense that I set out to find
a way to retell history. In the field of
foreign policy, in which I knew him
best, he took over a difficult and de-
clining situation and tried to show a
way out; some of his policies in the
Middle East and on China set a pat-
tern that lasted for over a generation.
How do you think history will
judge the leadership of Volodymyr
Zelensky? Zelensky is doing a heroic
and extraordinary job in leading a
country that normally would not
elect somebody of his background as
leader. He has made Ukraine a moral
cause in a period of great transition.
It remains to be seen whether he can
institutionalize what he has started.
At Davos, you suggested Ukraine
might think about ceding some
land. I never said that. What I said
is that the best dividing line for a
cease-fire is the status quo ante; that
is, one should not pursue the war
from the territories that were Ukrai-
nian when the war started into terri-
tories that had been tolerated or ac-
cepted as part of Russia at that time.
I warned against turning the war for
the freedom of Ukraine into a war
about the future of Russia.
You write that U.S. foreign policy
needs a “Nixonian flexibility.”
What might that look like in the
U.S.’s dealings with China? The
two countries have a problem that
has never existed before. Technology
has become a participant in the sense
that its evolution is rapid in a way
that is unheard-of. A war between
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7 QUESTIONS
them would therefore have implica-
tions of catastrophe that were not
If you had imaginable even 30 years ago. So
the United States and China have a
to pick just one, special responsibility, one, to be in
which leader contact with each other to define
the danger [of AI weapons and other
from your book technology] for each other, and sec-
do you ondly, to make this the basic princi-
ple of their foreign policy, even while
think America they disagree. No two countries have
ever had that challenge.
needs now?
You’re quite gloomy about the ef-
fect of the internet on leadership.
Why is that? The manipulation of
the internet requires such special
skills and can evoke such broad reac-
tions that the ability to affect the im-
mediate impact of stories or events
can become the preoccupation of
leaders, rather than a view of a more
distant future. And the impact is not
just of the internet but of technol-
ogy. Some of the greatest ideas of
history, of philosophy, or literature,
came out of the anguish of struggling
for understanding, and might never
have been reached if there was a
helpful assistant who gave an imme-
diately relevant solution.
At 98, do you feel hopeful about
the world? I’ve had the opportunity
to participate in many things that,
from where I sat, were attempts to
improve the world. This possibility
now exists in an even wider sense.
That is a positive aspect. But I’m
concerned that if my children’s gen-
eration doesn’t make progress in un-
derstanding [the promise and threat
of technology], this could become
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a world of great violence and divi-
sion. So there is an opportunity and
also a danger, and both are relatively
unique. In this book I tried to show
how it was done by some people
in different times. It’s not a cook-
book; it’s supposed to inspire some
reflection. —BELINDA LUSCOMBE
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