Aug 22, 2016 Vol 7 No

Inside Donald Trump’s Meltdown

Rio de Janeiro’s Forgotten Legacy of Slavery Shadows the Olympics
More than 2 million slaves came through Rio de Janeiro

Joseph E. Stiglitz and Mark Pieth: Why We Left the Panama Commission
It’s time to act against secrecy havens

Thais Vote in Favor of a Constitution That Cements the Military’s Role in Politics
The draft promises fresh elections, but allows for an unelected Prime Minister and a 250-member upper house entirely appointed by the military

6 Questions for Colson Whitehead, Author of The Underground Railroad
The author of The Underground Railroad, Oprah’s new book-club pick, talks about making fiction from history’s great atrocity

Amid Donald Trump’s Stumbles, an America-First Rebellion That Is Just Beginning

Legends Live on In an Editor’s Book

To Understand America, You Have to Ride the Railroad

Why More Americans Are Choosing Cremation

Dear Mr. Putin: Here’s Why You Should Help Save My Beloved BlackBerry

How Airports Are Fixing Security Chaos

Requiem for Venezuela
How the nation with more oil than anywhere else in the world fell apart

The Origami Canoe

Quick Talk with Chris Pine
Fresh off his turn as Captain Kirk in Star Trek Beyond, Pine, 35, stars in Hell or High Water, a neo-western heist drama in which two brothers steal from a chain of Texas banks to save their family ranch.

A Girl Grows In Brooklyn

Off-Key, but on Point
Meryl Streep shows the power of a middle-aged dreamer in Stephen Frears’ Florence Foster Jenkins

Cheap Michelin-Starred Eats

Pop Chart

This Just In

Suicide Squad Asks Us to Choose: Evil or Extinction

Review: Baz Luhrmann’s 
The Get Down Misses Too Many Beats
The cast captures the ecstatic mix of turntables, rhymes, dance and art, but the feeling doesn’t last

A Beginner’s Guide to Cupping
An ancient Chinese therapy is center stage this Olympics after a handful of American swimmers were spotted (literally) with dark, round marks on their bodies. Here’s what to know about cupping.