Jul 3, 2017 Vol 190 No 1

Will Robert Mueller Separate Fact From Fiction?

The Drug Cascade
A boom in prescription painkillers drove the opioid crisis. Now there are pills to solve it

Trump’s Great Faith In the Military Does Not a Strategy Make

Eyes In the Sky
A new age of telescopes dawns

Kumail Nanjiani Is the Romantic Comedian We’ve Been Waiting For

The Continuing Urgency of the Grenfell Tower Inferno
In the days since the fire, Grenfell Tower has been held up as a tragic symbol of the social ills facing Britain

Uber Shows Why Silicon Valley Needs to Rewrite Its Hero-Founder Myth
That’s the lesson in Uber CEO Travis Kalanick’s stunning fall

A Confederate Monument Solution, With Context

The Real Story in U.S.-Russia Relations Can Be Seen In the Skies Above Syria

The Beguiled Explores the Dark Side of Female Desire

Hand Me That Wrench: Farmers and Apple Fight Over the Toolbox

What Silicon Valley Can Learn from Travis Kalanick’s Uber Fail

Advertising Is Dead; Long Live Advertising
The new book ”The End of Advertising” details how companies must change

Otto Warmbier
North Korea Prisoner

Why Amazon Bought Whole Foods

Author Mark Kurlansky on the Surprising Histories of Salt, Cod and Milk
As well as oysters, paper ・and the many commodities that quietly affect everyone’s lives

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Helmut Kohl
Reunification Architect

Review: Something Twisted This Way Comes in The Changeling
Victor LaValle’s new novel blends horror and fables to talk about parenthood

Taking on the Animal Kingdom
Olympic superstar Michael Phelps will race against a great white shark in a stunt airing on the Discovery Channel on July 23. It won’t be the first time man has competed against beast.

For the Record

How Antarctica Is Being Invaded
Average temperatures in coastal Antarctica have risen over the past three decades. Scientists say those conditions might bring more invasive species to the South Pole.

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