May 29, 2017　Vol 189 No 20

Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America

Trump’s Loyalty Test
How the President’s actions are straining government institutions and the people who work for them

The YouTube Parents Who are Turning Family Moments into Big Bucks
Parents are putting their kids’ lives on YouTube and making a living out of having fun. But this family business has a downside

The Jobs That Weren’t Saved
A mile from the Carrier plant President Trump helped keep open, another factory is moving to Mexico and putting 300 Americans out of work

Why a Global Cyber Crisis Stalled-This Time

Indefatigable Merkel Complicates Europe’s Need to Reform

That Time I Failed Miserably at Charming My Own Son

Why the Census Matters Now More Than Ever
As its director resigned, Congress cut its budget and the President questions facts

The New Conspicuous Consumption
A review of The Sum of Small Things by Elizabeth Currid-Halkett

Sweden’s Solar Egg Sauna

8 Questions for Hong Kong Democracy Activist Joshua Wong
Wong is the subject of a new Netflix documentary Joshua: Teenager versus Superpower, scheduled for release on May 26

The Birth of the U.S. Police Force

President Trump Goes Global

Big Plans for China’s New Silk Road

Best Excuses for Sleeping on the Job
Nobody could blame Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe (below, left) for repeatedly drifting off during events, but on May 11 his spokesman said the dictator was in fact merely resting his eyes. Here, other excuses politicians have given for nodding off.

Sentencing Reversal Angers Both Sides

America’s Buzziest Baby Names
The Social Security Administration published its list of 2016’s top baby names. Here, the ones that increased the most compared with 2015.

Milestones

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