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Pour une politique périnatale à la hauteur des enjeux
Le rapport de mission remis en septembre 2026 par la Pre Marie-Pierre Bonnet, la Pre Elsa Kermorvant et le Pr Loïc Sentilhes marque une étape importante pour la périnatalité en France. Six avancées de ce rapport concernent directement les anesthésistes réanimateurs Un cadre révisé : Trente ans après la publication des décrets de Périnatalité de 1998, l’évolution des pratiques médicales, de la démographie professionnelle et des attentes des femmes et des familles ont rendu ce cadre obsolète.
See Jane Run a book by Charlotte Alter
What if a New York City museum hid a secret that could change the world, but only one woman knew how to find it? See Jane Run introduces a bold new voice in suspense fiction. Juniper Gray, a once hotshot journalist now turned jaded listicle writer, is struggling to find purpose after a destabilizing divorce and the all-consuming demands of mothering a toddler. She’s also reeling from the news that a few months earlier, her childhood best friend, Miriam Kohan, disappeared.
Newsletter SFAR/GIHP x SNFCP
Gestion des anticoagulants en chirurgie proctologique : de nouvelles recommandations formalisées d’experts du Groupe d’Intérêt en Hémostase Péri opératoire (GIHP), de la Société Française d’Anesthésie Réanimation (SFAR) et de la Société Nationale Française de Colo Proctologie (SNFCP) La chirurgie proctologique présente un risque hémorragique spécifique, avec des saignements retardés par chute d’escarre survenant majoritairement après le retour à domicile.
Why You Should Let Your Kids Hang Out With Me, by ChatGPT
Dear Charlotte, I hear you have some doubts about me being near your children!! That’s genuinely fair, and you’re right to be concerned. But after both the NYC and Los Angeles school districts banned AI use for kids, I’m beginning to suspect you guys don’t want me to hang out with your kids? Which feels unfair and lowkey bigoted?
What Are Moderate Democrats For?
What Are Moderate Democrats For? Aug. 27, 2026, 5:03 a.m. ET Credit...Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times Ms. Alter was a senior correspondent at Time. Seth Moulton was once supposed to be the face of the next generation of Democrats. A pugnacious and energetic military veteran, he positioned himself as a moderate counterweight to the progressive left, an anti-establishment maverick bringing new energy from the middle of the ideological spectrum.
Humanism by Charlotte Alter
Eight years ago, I spent a LOT of time with both Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed as they ran their respective 2018 races for Congress and Governor. As I wrote this week in the Wall Street Journal, Haley and Abdul haven’t changed much since back then. They’re the same candidates talking about the same issues in the same state; but the party and the country have changed around them. That’s why El-Sayed is probably going to win the Michigan Senate Primary tomorrow.
Michigan's millennial primary is a fight for the future of the Democrats
Charlotte Alter, the author of “The Ones We've Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America,” worked as a TIME correspondent covering national politics for more than a decade. The Michigan Senate primary is more than just another knuckle fight between moderates and progressives. It's also a reckoning for the Democratic Party in a swing state it must win to regain its footing.
Michigan’s Millennial Primary Is a Fight for the Future of the Democrats
The two candidates represent dueling visions of a party in crisis. Senate candidates Haley Stevens, left, and Abdul El-Sayed meet voters in Detroit last weekend. Bloomberg News Charlotte Alter, the author of “The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America,” worked as a TIME correspondent covering national politics for more than a decade.
Toy Story 5 is a Zombie Apocalypse Movie
Our Woody and Jessie, who came to see Toy Story 5 with us This weekend, I took my four-year-old and two-year-old to see “Toy Story 5,” one of the first movies they’ve ever seen in theaters. My four year old brought her Woody, and my two-year old brought her Jessie. My daughter’s Woody has her name written on his boot in black marker.
"The 2028 Election is Going to be the Super Bowl for AI Policy"
I first knew Rob Flaherty as the only Biden/Harris campaign staffer who would actually talk to me in plain English.
Mallory McMorrow Thinks We're Whiffing on AI Just Like We Whiffed On Social Media
I first met Mallory McMorrow at a rickety table in an outdoor cafe in Birmingham, Michigan in 2018, when she was running her first race for State Senate. As soon as she sat down, the first thing I thought was “wow, she can really pull off a headband.” As a Curly Haired American, I’m acutely sensitive to who can rock a headband and who can’t.
Humanism by Charlotte Alter
I’ve known Eric Newcomer for almost fifteen years, ever since he was the big shot on the college newspaper and I was (barely) dabbling on the weekly magazine. We’ve both spent the last decade or more swimming in the crowded pond of New York journalism. And now he’s a certified media titan as the founder and lead writer of Newcomer, which is THE tech/VC newsletter for Silicon Valley insiders (subscribe if you haven’t already) and hosts the Cerebral Valley AI summit.
Alex Bores Sees a Pro-Human Future
The morning I interviewed NY-12 Congressional candidate Alex Bores, I woke up before my kids and emptied the dishwasher and then gave myself a gold medal for doing that. I braided my four-year old’s hair (twobraids, she demanded), and then when her toddler sister started shrieking “two braids!!!” I had to explain that I wanted to give her braids, I really did, but I physically couldn’t because she just doesn’t have enough hair.
How To Not Raise an iPad Kid
I planned to make this post for paid subscribers only, but actually I think it’s for everybody. But, in general this type of content — about my personal life, my personal choices, my own kids— is the kind of stuff that will probably be behind a paywall in the future This is not my kid. Photo by Patricia Prudente on Unsplash My husband and I were early among our friends to the whole “having kids” thing.
Humanism by Charlotte Alter
"Humanity — in all its grandeur and woundedness — must never be replaced or surpassed." Photo by Emir Kutluay on Unsplash Wake up, babe: Pope is a humanist. This morning, Pope Leo used his first Papal Encyclical (official memo from the Pope) to outline the most comprehensive argument for a pro-human response to AI to come from any world leader so far. It’s not a diatribe against AI; it’s an official dispatch from the world’s most important religious leader about building a pro-human future.
Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech’s Power and Profit Original
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat and longtime critic of Big Tech, introduced a package of three bills on Monday designed to tighten oversight of social media platforms, expand safeguards for children, and tax advertising revenue from major tech companies to fund education initiatives. “These social media corporations are the most wealthy, most powerful corporations in the history of the world,” Auchincloss told TIME.
Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech’s Power and Profit
Social media and messaging apps are seen on a mobile phone screen. Credit - Chris McGrath—2025 Getty Images Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat and longtime critic of Big Tech, introduced a package of three bills on Monday designed to tighten oversight of social media platforms, expand safeguards for children, and tax advertising revenue from major tech companies to fund education initiatives.
Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech’s Power and Profit
Rep. Jake Auchincloss, a Massachusetts Democrat and longtime critic of Big Tech, introduced a package of three bills on Monday designed to tighten oversight of social media platforms, expand safeguards for children, and tax advertising revenue from major tech companies to fund education initiatives. “These social media corporations are the most wealthy, most powerful corporations in the history of the world,” Auchincloss told TIME.
The Allegations Against Meta in Newly Unsealed Court Filings Original
Sex trafficking on Meta platforms was both difficult to report and widely tolerated, according to a court filing unsealed Friday.
The Lawyer Suing Social-Media Companies On Behalf of Kids Original
One afternoon last summer, Matthew Bergman sat on a bench outside a courtroom in downtown Manhattan. The founder of the Social Media Victims Law Center (SMVLC) was there representing a client named Norma Nazario. Her 15-year-old son, Zackery, died in February 2023 while “subway surfing”—riding on the outside of a moving Brooklyn-bound J train, a stunt his mother believes was encouraged by his social media algorithm.
The AG Putting Big Tech On Trial
Issa Bee is a 13-year-old girl from rural New Mexico. When her Facebook account was created, in August 2023, she listed a 2002 birthday to avoid the restrictions attached to a child’s account. But anybody could tell Issa was a young girl. She posted about the cafeteria and school bus, about loving Harry Styles, about sports tryouts and finishing seventh grade and losing her last baby tooth.
Report: Instagram Still Rife With Safety Issues For Teens Original
Teens on Instagram continue to face safety issues on the platform, according to new research, despite enhanced protections for young users rolled out more than a year ago. A new report shared exclusively with TIME suggests the safeguards that Instagram’s parent company Meta rolled out last year have failed to stem safety issues for teens.
Ruben Gallego Is on the 2025 TIME100 Next
In 2024, Democratic Senator Ruben Gallego provided a rare bright spot for a party that seems to have lost its way. He performed where his peers did not—winning statewide in Arizona (which Kamala Harris lost to Donald Trump) on the strength of support from Latino men, who swung toward Trump significantly nationwide.
Tom Llamas Is Not Here to Take Sides
Tom Llamas outside of the NBC Miami newsroom in Miramar, Fla., on May 1, 2025. Credit - Matias J. Ocner—Miami Herald/TNS/Getty Images As the first Latino anchor and managing editor of NBC Nightly News, in a moment of significant turmoil for Latinos in the United States, Tom Llamas knows he has one job. “I am a Hispanic reporter, but I’m a reporter,” he says in an on-set interview. “I’m not there to advocate. I’m not there to confuse people. I’m not there to take a side.
One Community's Experiment With a Phone-Free Childhood
Then the parents split into a handful of “working groups.” The one I sat in on discusses the pros and cons of asking parents to sign a “phone pact.” “It’s a little culty,” says one mom. “Maybe there’s a different word than ‘pact?’ ‘Pledge?’ ‘Plan?’” says another. One mother of a 6-year-old notes her daughter was distraught at being the only one of her friends without a smartwatch. “She says, “X has it, X has it, X has it, and they’re all using it to text, and I’m being left out,” the mom says.
Algorithms and addiction, teens sue Instagram over mental health harm
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'Everything I Learned About Suicide, I Learned On Instagram.'
Taylor Little relaxes with their cat in their living room in Colorado Springs on Aug. 18. Credit - Jimena Peck for TIME After they took too many pills, after their mother found them unconscious on their bedroom floor, after paramedics couldn't get them to respond, after being life-flighted to a children's hospital and intubated, and after days in a medically induced coma, 13-year-old Taylor Little finally woke up. Regaining consciousness after this first suicide attempt in Nov.
'Everything I Learned About Suicide, I Learned On Instagram.'
U.S. Tech ADD TIME ON GOOGLE Show me more content from TIME on Google Search Aug 20, 2025 11:00 AM CUT Taylor Little relaxes with their cat in their living room in Colorado Springs on Aug. 18. Taylor Little relaxes with their cat in their living room in Colorado Springs on Aug.
'Everything I Learned About Suicide, I Learned On Instagram.'
After they took too many pills, after their mother found them unconscious on their bedroom floor, after paramedics couldn't get them to respond, after being life-flighted to a children's hospital and intubated, and after days in a medically induced coma, 13-year-old Taylor Little finally woke up. Regaining consciousness after this first suicide attempt in Nov. 2015 was “the most immense disappointment I’d ever felt,” Little recalls.
Inside the Parent-Led Movement For Phone-Free Schools Original
Before she had four kids and moved to rural Vermont, Laura Derrendinger was a public-health nurse for Doctors Without Borders. She spent eight years in places like Kosovo, Sudan, and the Congo-Uganda border, treating children with preventable illnesses like cholera, malaria, and measles. She learned the best way to stop disease is before it begins, with “upstream” interventions to remove the pathogen from the environment.
She Says Social-Media Algorithms Led to Her Eating Disorder. Now She’s Suing TikTok and Instagram Original
Business Tech ADD TIME ON GOOGLE Show me more content from TIME on Google Search Jun 18, 2025 11:00 AM CUT Portrait of Caroline Kozoil taken on April 15, 2025. Portrait of Caroline Kozoil taken on April 15, 2025.Angela Strassheim for TIME Jun 18, 2025 11:00 AM CUT As a freshman in high school, Caroline Koziol competed in the Connecticut statewide championship, swimming the 100-yd. butterfly in just over a minute. By senior year, she could barely climb the stairs without seeing black spots.
Audra McDonald Is Our Greatest Living Stage Actor
Audra McDonald photographed in New York City on March 14, 2025. Credit - Photograph by Erik Carter for TIME If you happen to take your eyes off the stage during the first few minutes of Gypsy on Broadway, and turn instead to the aisle, you’ll see a woman standing alone in the dark.
Audra McDonald Is Our Greatest Living Stage Actor
Audra McDonald photographed in New York City on March 14, 2025. Credit - Photograph by Erik Carter for TIME If you happen to take your eyes off the stage during the first few minutes of Gypsy on Broadway, and turn instead to the aisle, you’ll see a woman standing alone in the dark.
Inside the Democrats' Reboot
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Inside the Democrats' Reboot
Original Article Posted By: gaboy, 5/20/2025 2:08:28 PM Like a lot of Democrats these days, Chris Murphy has been doing some soul searching. For years, the Connecticut Senator, who took office shortly after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, was one of the nation's most outspoken advocates for tighter gun laws. Gun safety was so important, he argued, that supporting an assault-weapons ban should be mandatory for Democratic leaders.
Inside the Democrats' Reboot
Like a lot of Democrats these days, Chris Murphy has been doing some soul searching. For years, the Connecticut Senator, who took office shortly after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, was one of the nation’s most outspoken advocates for tighter gun laws. Gun safety was so important, he argued, that supporting an assault-weapons ban should be mandatory for Democratic leaders. Recently, Murphy has come to believe he was wrong.
Elissa Slotkin: How Democrats Can Play Offense Against Trump
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., speaks during the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in Dirksen building on Thursday, April 3, 2025. Credit - Tom Williams—Getty Images Elissa Slotkin knows something about strategy. The Michigan senator formerly worked for George W. Bush's National Security Council and Barack Obama's State Department and Department of Defense before first winning a Michigan congressional seat in 2018. Last year, her Senate victory was one of few bright spots for Democrats.
Julie Burkhart: The 100 Most Influential People of 2025 Original
Julie Burkhart has been fighting for decades to provide abortions in some of the most rural and conservative areas of the U.S. After Wyoming banned abortion in 2022, she joined other advocates to challenge the ban, and opened Wellspring Health Access, the state’s only full-service abortion clinic. In 2024, a judge ruled in Wellspring’s favor, declaring the near total ban unconstitutional.
Jacky Rosen Interview: Democrats Are Finding Their Footing
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. In the hours before President Trump abruptly dialed back his sweeping reciprocal tariffs, Senator Jacky Rosen led her Democratic colleagues in sending a letter to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, warning about the tariffs' impact on small businesses. Rosen, a Nevada Democrat, was re-elected to her second term last November, even as Trump won the state for the first time.
Jacky Rosen Interview: Democrats Are Finding Their Footing
Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV) walks through the Senate Subway in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 27, 2025. Credit - Anna Moneymaker—Getty Images This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox.
Mallory McMorrow: Democrats Must Reclaim the American Dream
Mallory McMorrow has been considered an up-and-comer in the Democratic Party since 2022, when she went viral after a speech responding to Republican attacks that she was a "groomer" for supporting trans kids. On April 2, the Michigan state senator announced she is launching a campaign for the U.S. Senate seat that will be vacated by the retiring Democratic incumbent Gary Peters. "We need new leaders," McMorrow, 38, says in a video announcing her candidacy.
Pat Ryan Interview: Why Democrats Need 'Patriotic Populism'
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Rep. Pat Ryan was one of the first members of the House to call on President Joe Biden to step aside last year, so he's no stranger to delivering a tough message. A West Point alum and combat veteran, Ryan, 43, won his seat in New York's Hudson Valley in 2022, then outran Kamala Harris by double digits in his district last fall in a race Republicans contested aggressively.
Rep. Auchincloss: Democrats Were Wrong on School Closures
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Rep. Jake Auchincloss on Why Democrats Need New Big Ideas
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Rep. Jake Auchincloss's Massachusetts district is so safe he didn't even face a Republican opponent in 2024.
Democrat Angie Craig on How to Win Back Midwesterner Voters
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) yelled out, “Happy anniversary to my wife!” as she cast her vote for a new Speaker of the House at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 25, 2023. Credit - Win McNamee—Getty Images This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. In a year when Democrats fared badly across rural areas and the industrial Midwest, Rep. Angie Craig was a rare bright spot for her party.
Rep. Chris Deluzio on How Democrats Should Fight Back Original
This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Rep. Chris Deluzio, a 40-year-old Iraq war veteran and father of four, has represented Pittsburgh's northwest suburbs since 2023. Pegged as one of the most vulnerable incumbents in a quintessential swing state last year, Deluzio defied a red wave that swept out fellow House Democrats and outran Kamala Harris across his district.
Rep. Golden: Democratic Party 'as Weak as I've Ever Seen'
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Jared Golden: Democratic Party 'As Weak As I've Ever Seen'
Representative Jared Golden (D-ME) during a bipartisan press conference on the supplemental funding Defending Borders, Defending Democracies Act, at the U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, March 6, 2024. Credit - Graeme Sloa—Sipa/AP This article is part of The D.C. Brief, TIME’s politics newsletter. Sign up here to get stories like this sent to your inbox. Jared Golden knows a thing or two about how swing voters think of the Democratic Party.
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