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'Time' magazine names Taylor Swift its 2023 Person of the Year

11:20am December 06, 2023

by Joe Hernandez

The 33-year-old international pop star has been playing to massive crowds on her Eras Tour and has garnered attention for her budding romance with Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg was named Time magazine's person of the year for showing "what it might look like when a new generation leads." She's seen here at the COP25 Climate Conference in Madrid on Wednesday.

Greta Thunberg Is The 'Time' Person Of The Year For 2019

11:36am December 11, 2019

by Bill Chappell

She burst onto the world stage after organizing school strikes and protests to call attention to the climate crisis. The Swedish activist, 16, is the youngest person to earn the title.

A 2-year-old Honduran girl cries as an official searches her mother in McAllen, Texas, near the U.S.-Mexico border, earlier this month. For many, the image has become indelibly associated with a Trump administration policy that for weeks separated migrant

Crying Toddler On Widely Shared 'Time' Cover Was Not Separated From Mother

5:42pm June 22, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The image has been tied to a border policy separating migrant families. But in this case, daughter and mother were detained together — and the White House says it's proof the controversy is overblown.

President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room of the White House this week.

In The Category of 'Fake News,' The Award Winner Is...

9:47pm January 17, 2018

by Richard Gonzales

After postponing the announcement of the 'Fake News Awards' winners for a week, the president's event crashed the website of the GOP. The New York Times took first place on the list.

#MeToo Movement Is Person Of The Year, 'Time' Says

9:47am December 06, 2017

by Bill Chappell

It created a wave of awareness and brave confrontations over sexual harassment and assault, taking down powerful men in the process.

President-elect Donald Trump speaks at the Crown Coliseum in Fayetteville, N.C., on Tuesday, during his USA Thank You Tour.

'Time' Magazine Names Donald Trump Person Of The Year

10:50am December 07, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The magazine continues a recent trend of naming the U.S. president-elect "Person of the Year" in election years; Barack Obama was given the title in 2012 and 2008, and George W. Bush in 2004 and 2000.

In 1975, Leonard Matlovich appeared on the cover of Time to challenge the military ban on gay service members.

'A Perfect Soldier': Remembering A Warrior In The Battle Against Homophobia

5:21am October 30, 2015

by NPR Staff

When Leonard Matlovich showed up on Time with the headline, "I Am a Homosexual," it shocked many. The decorated Vietnam veteran spent the end of his life advocating against anti-gay discrimination.