Sep 25, 2017 Vol 190 No 12

Salman Rushdie Plays the Trump Card

Her Time
The unparalleled career of TIME editor-in-chief Nancy Gibbs

The Ad Guru Hired to Help Reshape Angela Merkel’s Image
The German Chancellor hired a hip, youthful advertising firm ahead of her campaign for a fourth term. Was it really needed?

The Angels of Irma
A lot of smart people did a lot of things right to prevent a historic hurricane from doing historic damage

Why Stephen Bannon Doesn’t Scare Washington Anymore

Back to the Wild

The Referendum Vote That Could Fracture Iraq

The Saga of Kenya’s Disputed Election Is a Good-News Story

‘Plus Size’ Goes Out of Fashion

Q&A: George Osborne on Theresa May, a Softer Brexit and Trump’s Visit
The former Chancellor of the Exchequer-turned-newspaper editor on why delivering Brexit is ”a lot trickier than has been claimed”

Edith Windsor
LGBT icon

Kate Millett
’High priestess’ of women’s liberation

Equifax and the Perils of Password Protection

America’s Newest, Oldest Nomads

Why Marriage Is Harder Than Ever-and Maybe Better Too

The Naughty Nineties Set the Stage for Our Reality-TV Presidency

How the Kindness of Strangers Is Helping Hurricane Victims Rebuild Their Lives

When the Military Does Battle With Nature

Ken Burns Takes on the Vietnam War
Ken Burns takes on the cataclysm of Vietnam

My Father’s Vietnam
The casualties of a lost war didn’t end with the fighting

Stephen King’s September

Fall’s Heavy Hitters

Celebrate Fall With These 6 Cookbooks
Indulge in recipes like sourdough bread and pumpkin gnocchi

Hillary Clinton Writes the First Draft of Her History

Sally Quinn

Celeste Ng Tackles Race in the Rust Belt in Little Fires Everywhere
The best-selling author talks about her childhood, her fiction and the importance of, yes, dolls

For the Record

Milestones

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