THE TIME 100, OUR ANNUAL LIST OF THE most influential people in the world, left many readers feeling hopeful. “I was disheartened about the state of the world until today when TIME’s 100 Most Influential issue arrived,” wrote Dick Rozek of Portsmouth, N.H. Dorothy J. Stubblebine of Deptford, N.J., found “great joy” in reading about women such as #MeToo founder Tarana Burke and fire chief Jan Rader. “I’m passing this issue along to my daughter and granddaughter,” she added.
On the other hand, Everett Jones of Kingsport, Tenn., criticized the decision to have “GOP insiders” write the profiles of divisive conservative leaders, as with Senator Ted Cruz on President Donald Trump. And Sajeeb Wazed, a Bangladeshi government adviser, took issue with the citation for his mother, TIME 100 member…