Sanya Mansoor

Sanya Mansoor is a reporter at TIME, where she has covered topics including state politics, criminal justice, voting access, religion, and South Asia.

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Chad Lorenz

Votebeat is the only news outlet in America that exclusively reports on elections and voting at the local level. It's journalists are more concerned with the process of elections—as opposed to candidates or campaigns—and keep...

By Sanya Mansoor

Janice Winfrey

Watch THE OFFICIALS, a documentary on election officials preparing for a contentious 2024 election, here Janice Winfrey never thought that she would feel unsafe in her job as Detroit’s city clerk, which she’s held for...

By Sanya Mansoor

Shanya Gill

Shanya Gill couldn’t stop thinking about the restaurant behind her house in San Jose, Calif., that burned down in 2022. Neither could her family. Her mom became paranoid and always double-checked to make sure their...

By Sanya Mansoor

Madhvi Chittoor

When Madhvi Chittoor of Arvada, Colo., learned at the age of 6 that PFAS “forever chemicals” are found in all sorts of consumer products, she wanted to warn everyone. So she started with one person:...

By Sanya Mansoor

How the U.S. Plans to Reduce the Carbon Footprint of Its Buildings

The U.S. Department of Energy is working to decarbonize America’s buildings, including the iconic Empire State Building.

By Sanya Mansoor and Video by Joey Lautrup

Students Celebrate at ‘The People’s Graduation’

Hundreds of students gathered at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Thursday for 'The People's Graduation'

By Sanya Mansoor

TIME100 Health Honorees on Survival, Solutions, and Security

Fidel Strub shared his experience with noma; Eric Topol shouted out fellow honorees who helped lead the response to the pandemic; and Alaa Murabit spotlighted health workers in combat zones.

By Sanya Mansoor

TIME100 Health Panelists on Investing in Women’s Health

Actress and healthcare advocate Halle Berry; geneticist Marlena Fejzo; and Daniel Skovronsky, chief scientific officer at pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly, shared their own experiences with “medical gaslighting.“

By Sanya Mansoor

What Student Photojournalists Saw at the Protests

Photographers from schools across the country share their images and reflections

By Sanya Mansoor

Kim Nolte

In 2023, migrants arrived at the U.S. southern border in record numbers, often malnourished and ill. The Migrant Clinicians Network, based in Austin, offers those with urgent medical needs a lifeline. Kim Nolte, the group’s...

By Sanya Mansoor

Rebeca Ramos

Rebeca Ramos was grateful but in disbelief last year when Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalized abortion at the federal level. As executive director of GIRE, an abortion-rights group, Ramos led her organization in filing the injunction...

By Sanya Mansoor

Inside Columbia and City College's Darkest Night

Police officers arrived at Columbia University and The City University of New York’s City College campus.

By Sanya Mansoor / New York

‘Columbia Falls’: Campus Protesters Defy Suspension Threats and Occupy Hall

Hours after Columbia University's deadline for students to disband their encampment to avoid suspension, emboldened protesters have taken over a hall.

By Sanya Mansoor / New York

Ethical A.I. and Innovation Are Related

CEOs of start-ups and big tech companies spoke at the TIME100 Summit about innovating with artificial intelligence in an ethical way.

By Sanya Mansoor

Fonda: Vote for Biden, Not 'Orange Guy'

Biden "provides us a context in which we can fight,” Fonda said at the Time100 Summit.

By Sanya Mansoor

Kerry: Trump Impeded U.S. Climate Work

Kerry said at the TIME100 Summit that he was wary of Trump's return to office.

By Sanya Mansoor

How Much Should A.I.'s Future Scare Us?

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and Professor Yoshua Bengio spoke A.I. risks at the Time100 Summit.

By Sanya Mansoor

Olympic Stars: Women's Sports Need More

WNBA Champion A’ja Wilson and fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad spoke at the Time100 summit.

By Sanya Mansoor

Climate Panel on Green Energy and Equity

The panel at at the Time100 Summit focused on ensuring poorer communities like "Louisiana’s cancer alley or Houston’s chemical quarter" benefit from the clean energy shift

By Sanya Mansoor

Scenes From Pro-Palestinian Encampments

Pro-Palestinian encampments have started on more than a dozen American college campuses.

By Sanya Mansoor
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