Apr 17, 2017 Vol 189 No 14

Inside the Uranium Underworld: Dark Secrets, Dirty Bombs

No Way Home
A Syrian family seeking asylum gets an answer

Street Cred
Sesame Street has launched an ambitious plan to expand its global reach at the same time as it battles to keep kids watching

Coal’s Last Kick
As clean energy rises, West Virginia looks past Trump’s embrace of coal to what comes next

The ‘Doomsday’ Vault Where the World’s Seeds Are Kept Safe

Egypt’s al-Sisi Finds a Kindred Spirit In President Trump

Science Says Your Pet Is Good for Your Mental Health

The Incredible Shrinking Power of the President’s Threats

Cops May Get Freer Hand Under Trump
Attorney General Jeff Sessions (below) hinted that he may pull back on consent decrees, police-reform agreements enforced by the courts and pursued by President Obama. Here’s how three cities are responding.

Britain’s ‘Rock’ In Spain Gets Caught In a Hard Place

Can Trump and Xi Avoid War and Strike a North Korea Deal?
’In the 16 cases over the past 500 years when a rising nation threatened to displace a ruling one, war occurred 12 times’

The Legal Rights of Nature
An Indian court recognized Himalayan glaciers as ”legal persons” on March 31 in an effort to curb environmental destruction. Here, other instances when Mother Nature gained legal standing.

Unmasking and Leaks: Trump’s Russia Retort

Gilbert Baker, Who Designed the Rainbow LGBTQ Pride Flag
’He was moved by the idea that it is not only a natural phenomenon but one you have to be in the right place at the right time to see’

The World May Little Note, but Kansas City Still Remembers

Problem Colleagues and How to Deal
Lessons from two psychiatrists

A New Addition to the Glass Jungle
Plans for 666 Fifth Avenue in New York City made headlines when this rendering was released at the end of March--not only for the design, but also because presidential adviser Jared Kushner’s family’s real estate firm is the developer.

Canada Welcomes Tech Companies That Are Spooked by Trump

R&B’s New Wave Is All About Creative Destruction
From the minimalism of Syd to the progressive lyricism of Kendrick Lamar, here’s a tour of the shape of music to come

New Music Containing Multitudes
From the minimalism of Syd to the progressive lyricism of Kendrick Lamar, here are some of our favorites

How Khalid Makes Music

Pierce Brosnan Shows How the West Was Won in The Son

Chris Evans Wraps a Great Performance in Gifted

Anne Hathaway Battles Real and Metaphorical Monsters in Colossal

Why the President Needs a Chief of Staff
’Until he figures it out, it’s going to be a continuing clown show’

Fast & Furious: The Completist’s Guide

The epic franchise features more than big engines and bigger muscles. Millions of devotees delight in the series’ complex, interconnected universe. The Fate of the Furious comes out on April 14.

Letterman: A TV Traditionalist With a Weird Streak

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