Oct 19, 2015 Vol 186 No 15

Meet the Smugglers Bringing Migrants to Greece

George W. Bush: Better Health Care in Africa Must Go Beyond HIV
For the U.S., it’s a cause that advances our interests and our ideals

Photographing the Exodus
From the wine-dark waters of the Aegean Sea to the back roads of the Balkans, documenting the dangerous passage

The Smartphone Is the Refugee’s Best Friend
How migrants use mobiles to survive

The Lost Boys of Europe
Teenage refugees are strangers in a strange land

The Things Migrants Carry
What do you bring with you to begin life anew?

Germans Open Their Homes to Refugees
The country is offering open arms to migrants

Europe’s Big Gamble on Immigration
Migrants could be the key to a stronger economy

Immigration Divides Europe
The migrant crisis tests the limits of E.U. cooperation

How the Arab Spring and Civil Wars Led to Europe’s Refugee Crisis
Migrants have been plotting their escape

Iran Could Be a Surprising American Ally as Chaos Grows in Syria
The Persians are no picnic, obviously, but they do play nicer than the Saudis in several ways

Bridge of Spies Paints History in Black and White
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks on their new film

Peter Pan’s Backstory Is a Mess of Moviesplaining
Reviewing Joe Wright’s Pan

Steve Jobs Muddies Man and Myth
Reviewing the Michael Fassbender biopic

Crimson Peak Arms the Damsel With a Knife
Mia Wasikowska stars in Guillermo del Toro’s new film

Victoria Is a Single Shot of Adrenaline
Reviewing Sebastian Schipper’s new film

Lives Come Undone in The Clasp
A new novel from Sloane Crosley

R.L. Stine Finally Has a Movie After 400 Million Books Sold
The Goosebumps author opens up about a new adaptation

Selena Gomez
The actor and pop singer made some big changes for her new album, Revival, out Oct. 9. It’s the 23-year-old’s first full-length release since she left the Disney-owned label where she got her start, with edgier beats that reveal Gomez’s willingness to experiment.

How Fetty Wap Became a Hip-Hop Sensation

10 Questions With Ben Bernanke
The former Federal Reserve chair on the U.S. recovery, killing bad banks and his new book about the 2008 meltdown, The Courage to Act

The Way Ahead for Gun Control
A familiar tragedy calls for unfamiliar solutions

GOP Rule Change Could Make the Presidential Race Messy
The fight between Republicans could continue into the spring

The Great Ad-Blocker Battle
Our attention is just a pawn in the great game of Silicon Valley

A New Legal ‘Market’ Lets You Gamble on Politics
PredictIt users make bets about, for instance, whether Joe Biden will enter the race

6 Ways to Prepare for a (Much) Longer Retirement
How to make sure your money lasts

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Struggles After One Year In Office

What Will the Trans-Pacific Partnership Do?

Exercise Pills May One Day Be a Reality
It sounds too good to be true, and for now, it is. But since 2004, scientists have been trying to bottle the benefits of working out, and two new papers suggest they’re a little bit closer.

Anatomy of a Hillary Clinton Impression

Reclaiming Conversation

Laws of Attraction

El Faro
U.S. cargo ship

The War on Plastic Bags

A Modern Exodus