The cover story: Visions of equity

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The Cover Story Visions of Equity By Lucy Feldman Senior Editor, TIME A year ago, we at TIME started talking about the ways we've fallen short.  Soon after George Floyd was murdered in Minneapolis, staffers from across the organization began sharing painful memories of being mistreated in our workplace and demanding change. I called Edward, our editor-in-chief, to ask if he would consider inviting the people in our newsroom who identify as Black, Indigenous and people of color to lead our coverage of racial justice. For all of our focus on telling stories about the need for diversity and inclusion, we needed a push toward centering the voices of our own staff in that work; this was just one of many shifts in perspective we've held one another accountable for making over the past year. The result of that conversation is this week's cover package, Visions of Equity. It's the first of its kind for TIME—a project dreamed up and led by BIPOC staff. We begin with a reality check on American history from senior correspondent Janell Ross, who argues that the country is stuck in a pattern of talking about racial ­inequality but doing little to solve it. Our centerpiece is the Equity Agenda, a list of 40 ways for the U.S. to become a safer, more equitable nation. To make the list, we consulted with dozens of experts, leaders and innovators, from Fred Hampton Jr. to Tarana Burke to Dr. Rachel Levine, all of whom also wrote for the package. And to close, TIME journalists reflect on the complex experience of covering stories about people who share their identities. These essays mean the most to me personally, as they honor the range of my colleagues' perspectives and speak to their growth over the past year. I value the honesty in these pieces when it comes to the fact that we still have work to do.  Evolving our newsroom starts by asking for space and centering fresh voices within it. In her reflective piece—her first essay for TIME—my colleague Jenna Caldwell, a production associate, offers an enduring lesson. "Advocating on behalf of yourself isn't something you learn in school," she writes. "It's something you can truly learn only by witnessing how it's done up close." Read the Story » Share the cover story

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