Jul 4, 2016 Vol 188 No 1

Iraq’s Fight for Survival

Bold, Brash and Under Renovation Donald Trump Hits Reset

A Joyous Cleveland Braces for a Fractious GOP Convention

A New Technique That Lets Scientists Edit DNA Is Transforming Science-and Raising Difficult Questions

Rugby? Yes, Rugby
Carlin Isles and his ”rocket shoes” are making the U.S. an unlikely contender

India’s Success Is Built to Last

Buildings That Power Themselves

Bookseller’s Tale Shocks Hong Kong
Lam Wing-kee, one of five Hong Kong booksellers who vanished last year before turning up in Chinese custody, broke his silence on June 16 after eight months in detention. His revelations have enraged the territory.

In Sports and More, Moscow Is Bending the Rules to Get Ahead

R&B Star Maxwell Returns, With a Sultry, Timeless Groove

The Secret Lives of Fish

This Is How the Next U.S. President Should Fight-and Defeat-ISIS

Father Doesn’t Always Know Best In Captain Fantastic

New Survey Brings Women Into the Action of Abstract Expressionism

History Flies Free In Free State of Jones

Tony Blair Faces Judgment Day on 
the Iraq War

Jo Cox
British lawmaker

Can We Curb Gun Violence by Treating It Like a Disease?

For Mr. Robot, the Devil Is In the Details

The World’s Dispossessed
In 2015 the global number of refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced people reached 65.3 million, the highest total since records began. Here’s how the numbers break down.

Gawker Founder Nick Denton on Peter Thiel, ‘Conflict and Trollery’ and the Future of Media
’I’ve always had a surprising amount of respect for Rupert Murdoch’

Freed, but Still Yearning to Escape In Thirteen

The Liberal Hypocrisy of ‘Free Speech’
’There’s no excuse for such behavior’

What You Said About …

A New Fight Over Digital Music

Shrinking States
The U.S. population grew to 321,418,820 people last year, up less than 1% over 2014, per new census figures. But that growth was not shared equally. Here are the states and territory that saw the largest drops.

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