Nov 2, 2015 Vol 186 No 18

Inside the Quest for Fusion, Clean Energy’s Holy Grail

A New Prime Minister Could Fix the Troubled U.S.-Canada Relationship

Meet the Real Sicarios Who Created a Blood Bath Across the Americas
They raised drug murders to a new level of violence and organization

China’s Other Women
Under Mao, China promoted socialist equality for women, but the market-reform era has left many commodified in a country where mistress can be a career choice

Travel Insurance Is No Longer Just for the Over-Prepared
Aggregation is changing the business

Carly Fiorina’s Convenient Truths
Why the GOP’s top saleswoman thinks she can win the White House

The Daughter Dress Code
You only get to make the rules for a little while

Inside Nepal’s Bloody Fuel Crisis
Youtube Millionaires

Mammogram Guidance Gets an Overhaul-Again
Walmart’s Woes Suggest a Bumpy Road for the American and Global Economies
The company is in a particularly tough spot, but it speaks to broader trends

Women Flip the Script on Hollywood
Sandra Bullock and her A-list sisters are hunting down the best new roles-the ones written for men

Meet Marilynne Robinson, Humanist in Chief
Reviewing her new book of essays, The Givenness of Things

Review: Bill Murray’s Rock the Kasbah
The actor stars as a has-been manager in Afghanistan

Review: An Uneven Vote in Suffragette
The film is both earnest and costumey

Joanna Newsom’s Deep Dive
Reviewing the harpist’s new album ‘Divers’

Carrie Underwood Returns to Her Roots on Storyteller
Reviewing the country star’s new album

Review: Paul Murray’s The Mark and the Void
What’s so funny about the financial crisis? A lot

Renaissance Woman Carrie Brownstein Writes of Her Life in Rock
Her new memoir is Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

Review: Becoming Nicole Shows a Family in Transition
Identical twins in all but one way

Quick Talk With Sarah Silverman
The comedian stars in I Smile Back

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9 Questions With Ted Koppel
The former Nightline anchor warns against a massive cyberattack and discusses the end of neutral news as his book Lights Out hits shelves

Joe Biden Decides to Sit Out the Race
The Vice President says “the window…has closed”

The Rise of Islamist Terror in Bangladesh

Why It’s Easier Than Ever to Get Great Advice
If you know where to look

Why Some Restaurants Have Declared War on Tipping
Danny Meyer’s Union Square Hospitality Group will cease the practice by the end of 2016

Why the Government Is Investigating Fantasy Sports
A Metal That’s (Almost) Lighter Than Air

Presidential Pranksters
The Federal Election Commission (FEC) has received over 1,200 presidential-candidate registrations this year, three times as many as in 2012. Most of the applicants aren’t serious--many aren’t even human. But some are still winning, in their own silly ways.

Healthiest Halloween Candy

What Happens When Drugs Aren’t Illegal?
A leaked U.N. report recommending that countries decriminalize narcotics for personal use brought the war on drugs into the global spotlight, even though it was later shelved. Countries that have loosened drug restrictions can boast some successes.

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